Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue, Everything

What do Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, and Ocote Soul Sounds have in common? Prince, Maceo Parker, and Larry Harlow!

"...with an exclusive guest list. Soon, those Hollywood A-listers would learn what many Austinites have tattooed on their ears:..."

June 13, 2008 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Reefer Madness

War on Prohibition is the new War on Drugs

"...you understand that at the time, or did you buy into it and think you were helping?..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Leave No Child Behind

In a an excerpt from their new book, Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose expose Bush's No Child Left Behind policy as an educational Enron.

"...Then you could call your broker, sell Agillion, and buy Tivoli. The boom was like Robert Earl Keen's song..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...["Postmarks: How 'Bizarre'?" June 7], there's nothing local environmentalists would love more than to be irrelevant. We could all..."

June 14, 2002 Column

Postmarks

We are wrong, wrong, wrong. So is golf.

"...that is in most cases an advance, it's not what life is all about for any of us. We..."

March 10, 2000 Column

Council Watch

Water Gate: Is LCRA Offering City a Whale of a Deal?

"...deal about which two things are currently certain: It would leave the city of Austin flush with water, and..."

Sept. 3, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas

Lester's Last Stand

"..."an ongoing project and a labor of love." He would like to thank the 30 or so Austinites he..."

March 7, 1997 Books Feature

Shorty's is Still Closed

Yes, Folks...

"...East Eighth Street, has stood ready and willing to buy the property from the city, shoulder the loan, perform..."

June 23, 1995 News Feature by Chris Walters

Top 20 Austin Breweries

Gird your liver for our annual Central Texas brewery power rankings

"...confused grandmothers-as-beer-mules started queuing up at industrial complexes to buy limited-release jeroboams of rare liquids for a third of..."

Nov. 12, 2019 Food Post by Eric Puga

Naked City

News Short

"...of private life remains off-limits to cops: info about what citizens watch on cable television. A section of HR..."

Nov. 2, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin.

"...Council shredding another $1.4 million of your money to buy the Austin Police Department an expensive new toy. It..."

June 8, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Homage to a Road

"...crosses, to worship at the shrine of a crucified Jesus clad in a blue dress. The chamber of that..."

March 19, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Leader of the Pack

An Interview With the Head Coyote

"...a plate of bad fajitas on Austin's Eastside. Here's what he had to say:..."

July 14, 1995 Arts Feature by Robb Walsh

Opinion: For All Their Wins, Abbott, Patrick, and Paxton Have Lost So Much More

A Texan reflects on the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad GOP leadership

"...But if I could have advised them, I would have literally shouted, "Don't vote for Abbott, Paxton, or..."

Jan. 27, 2023 Column by Al Lindsey

Who the Hell is this Seth White?

And what, if anything, do RPGs and LARPing have to do with art?

"...cut through or cut into metal. He does, basically, whatever’s necessary to make the material meet his arcane purposes...."

July 30, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Luv Doc Recommends: The Miracle Bash

Sky Lounge, Saturday, June 9, 2007

"...nun. You don’t need a personal ad to marry Jesus. Even still, there could be occasions when you wake..."

June 8, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

Man and Myth

Comic-book artist Dean Haspiel set to attend Staple! Independent Media Expo

"...Austin Chronicle: So, what's the deal with this Staple! gig?..."

March 2, 2007 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Luv Doc Recommends: Whole Foods Rooftop Skating Rink

Whole Foods Market Downtown, Friday, December 8, 2006

"...are you didn’t move here for the ice fishing. What we do have in garish profundity however is holiday..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Column by The Luv Doc

Luv Doc Recommends: The Resentments

Saxon Pub, Sunday, November 16, 2003

"...geographical locus of the “Keep Austin Weird” battle, it would unquestionably be South Austin. While other parts of the..."

Nov. 14, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc

The Poetry of Pain

The Fires

"...What fills the holes dug by lies; what breeds in..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Books Review

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Hospice Austin wants to buy the beloved Christopher House, the recently closed healthcare site..."

April 11, 1997 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"..."The ordinance's ridiculous ban on smoking ..." Your readers would appreciate receiving just the facts, ma'am...."

June 27, 2003 Column

How Austin Transformed Danny Brown

The Detroit wild card on getting his shit together (and finding H-E-B)

"...this is SICK!’” he says. “Seeing how the crowd would change from me walking into a building to me..."

March 29, 2024 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Chronicle Endorsements for the May 1 City of Austin Special Election

Our picks for the eight propositions you'll see on your ballot

"...although it is more likely a move the AFA would make. As it should; the union has been clear..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Do We Really Need More Superhero Movies?

We asked local artists if we're approaching Peak Cape anytime soon

"...will continue striving (striving valiantly, to be sure) against whatever dire forces are invented to oppose them. But, c’mon..."

April 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: Looking Up

Along the path back to wonder

"...None of those assertions is revolutionary. They are, instead, what have become the all-too-easy, mass-produced, predictable, stereotypical statements that..."

May 22, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

Acting as if God partakes in partisan or national politics is a display of blasphemy, not faith

"...vision/and you know I'm strong and holy/I must do what I've been told.'"..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Leo, in her letter in your Aug. 1 edition, would accuse the 27 people who spoke against religion in..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Column

Let the Battles Begin!

The new city budget promises less is less.

"...of last week's budget presentation, "that four of us would go to a hotel in Round Rock and break..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks

Hyde Park Baptist foofaraw and assorted cultural allegations.

"...Jesus Christ wasn't a politician. His love was deeper than..."

March 9, 2001 Column

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