The Luv Doc: Free Range Kids

On the ominous meaning of "kid-friendly"

"...and I both have preschool-aged children. We usually get together once a month at least to catch up and..."

May 4, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

The sometime Austinite tours the U.S. for the first time since 1969

"..."I am the God of Hellfire and I bring you … F..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

The Boxer Rebellion Gets Yang'd But Good

Graphic Novelist Gene Luen Yang brings his newest work to Austin

"...There's the ghost of the first emperor of all China,..."

Sept. 23, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Face Off Recap: The Finale And What Came Before

So what happened to Matt? The long overdue wrap-up

"...Yeah, so there was this little thing called SXSW that got in..."

March 29, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'To Need, the Women Say'

Short Story Contest first-place winner

"...Open a window and you can hear them cry outside – my mother is mad and sweeping..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Books Feature by Mary Terrier

The Marvelous Jew

Larry Harlow talks salsa consciousness

"...of musicians, Harlow grew up in New York barrios where Afro-Caribbean rhythms drifted from record shops and bodegas. A..."

Oct. 7, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Miller's Tale

Swinging across the century with Ernie Mae Miller, 'a little blues, a little bawdy'

"...holds in one small hand a framed photograph from the Forties. It's a band photo of the Prairie View..."

July 6, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Musicians on the Menu

In concert or in the kitchen, these locals have the chops

"...Austin has the well-deserved reputation as a city that fosters creative expression..."

May 12, 2006 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Lone Ranger

The legend of Jerry Lynn Williams

"...at Warner Bros. Records. It's dated 8/22/84, and at the top of the j-card is written "Shangri-La." There are..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Weird Science Takes the Stage

The strange but true tale of how a high school class turned a science textbook into a play

"...Think of the word "biology."..."

Feb. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

The Littlest Lunachick

Big Emo, Mommy Emo, and Little Emo

"...Brittany and Eric Hartman photograph by Bruce Dye The last time the Lunachicks visited Emo's, they brought with..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Life and Times of an Emotional Transient

Poetry Festival Salutes Albert Huffstickler

"...no country for old men." He meant our country, the world of the living, pulsing with the fury and..."

March 28, 1997 Books Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Beyond the Closet Door

Gay/Lesbian Filmmakers Find New Inspiration

"...The Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival (aGLIFF) is..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Screens Feature

What's Left of the Dial

Adults, Alternatives, and Anniversaries

"...The times, they are a-changing. Oh, sure, that line may..."

Dec. 1, 1995 Music Feature

True story: The

"...father of my early teenage friend, Bob Rudnick, ran the..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Column

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...this March likewise resurrected Austin's annual poster-palooza, Flatstock. When the city canceled its flagship conference March 6, 2020, in..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Luv Doc: TXT ME BK

Where U at?

"...Last Saturday at the Austin City Limits Festival I had the good fortune..."

Oct. 15, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

Under the Hoof of the Merciless Kandisha

Julien Maury on a Moroccan myth, and what scares him

"...But appearances are deceiving. Writer/director Julien Maury called it "the opposite of the classic slasher. ... The boogeywoman is..."

Aug. 10, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Queering the Archive With Kate Messer

"Your own culture is worth a memory."

"...been sacred ground for Austin’s queers and misfits. In the Eighties, Sandra Martinez opened Chances, a popular lesbian bar..."

July 5, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Beth Sullivan

The Luv Doc: A Lot More Alpha

The whole gender role system is built mainly on bullshit

"...husband and I have been married four years and together for a year before that. He's an uncommonly sensitive..."

March 23, 2018 Column by The Luv Doc

Here We Go Yet Again

Michael Ventura revisits his "Letters at 3am" Columbine column

"...Nineteen years ago – May 28, 1999 – the Chronicle published a..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Chronolog Post by Michael Ventura

Turk Pipkin's Book of the Every Other Month Club

When you subscribe to this service, you get six volumes, Kenya gets three libraries

"...Turk Pipkin is not one for small projects – the actor-writer-philanthropist has taken on interviewing Nobel laureates for documentaries,..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Letters to the Editor: Classic Cuts

35 years of "keeping it weird"

"...For this special anniversary issue, we've gathered letters from over the years that embody the voice..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Features Feature by Danielle White

Glutard Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Favorite treats and sweets around town

"...One hopeful side effect of giving up gluten is the reduction in carbs. Most restaurants don’t offer gluten free..."

May 21, 2013 Food Post by Margaret Shugart

Ebony Stewart Kisses Fear on the Mouth

'Love Letters to Balled Fists' puts slam poetry on the printed page

"...She was 8 years old, and her parents were going through a messy divorce. “I went to a psychiatrist..."

Feb. 27, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Face Off Recap: King of the World

Season four begins, and the sideburns are awesome

"...Eric Fox, aka Eric F.), and Jenna Green. Around them are another 11 contestants, of varying skill levels. One..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wizard World: The Brothers of Destruction of 'The Walking Dead'

Reedus and Rooker talk hunting, fishing, and zombie killing

"...So Merle Dixon is back on AMC's The Walking Dead, and he's cozied up with The Governor,..."

Oct. 29, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Better Than the Rest

Checking in with Transmission marketing guru Bianca Flores

"...If you’ve enjoyed the Austin nightlife these last couple years, you’ve no doubt..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Music Post by Zoe Cordes Selbin

Blood on the Tracks

The ballad of Griff Luneburg and Cactus Cafe

"...its 30th anniversary this month. Griff Luneburg has run the intimate, Texas Union listening room for 28 of those..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Taking the World Stage

How more theatre made Here is getting Out There and what that means

"...Exhibit A: An Austin-born theatre piece wows audiences from Galway, Ireland, to Seattle, snags..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Arts Feature by Katherine Catmull

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