Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...he is an aficionado, one for whom the beat and the noise and fury was All, punk rock has..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...first announcement for film, so you've had your headliners and competition titles, with the normal array of talent and..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Daniel Lanois and the Improbabilities of Sound

"...is missing. It’s Tuesday before the start of SXSW, and Lanois’ manager is standing uneasily outside the Hyatt Regency..."

March 20, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Short Stories

From Hollywood to Austin and beyond: the rise and rise of short film online

"...Just last week, another chapter in the seemingly endless Elián González saga was..."

May 5, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Carnage, Wrath, and Righteous Waves

What's the story with Doug Dorst's The Surf Guru?

"...(Riverhead Books), is about the CEO of a surfboard and accessories company who seems to ride in perpetuum that..."

July 16, 2010 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Tom Petty, Charli XCX, and Demi Lovato Headline SXSW Film 2021 List

Festival drops complete lineup, with 2020 titles getting their shot

"...Music and the movies, the two oldest and most defining elements..."

Feb. 10, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Telling War Stories

National Book Award winner and SWT professor Tim O'Brien is real. He's blunt. But he's also, according to Chronicle editor Sarah Hepola, responsible for her hangover.

"...I wake up way too early, my tongue thick and fuzzy, my head too muddy to hurt yet. The..."

April 28, 2000 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola

How Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" Became the Most Valuable Song of All Time

Buffett began composing the song after visiting a local Mexican restaurant

"..."When you wrote that song, did you have any idea what it would become?"..."

July 21, 2017 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Loving and Fighting

A history of struggle at Blackshear Elementary

"...The one and only dear,..."

June 28, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98 Further Reflections

"...be found in last week's issue. The symbols (RP) and (WP) indicate regional and world premieres...."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

A Conversation with Stephen Harrigan Telling Ghost Stories

"...Texas Press (paper, $14.95), with topics ranging from the poisoning of Treaty Oak and the filming of Lonesome Dove,..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Arts Feature by Robin Bradford

Good Night and Good Luck

Why is 'podcast' 'Oxford American Dictionary's word of the year?

"...even named "podcast" the word of the year. Austin-based singer-songwriter Sara Hickman, a 15-year veteran of the scene, sees..."

Jan. 13, 2006 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Blues 101

Blues 101

"...Anyone who thinks blues appreciation means reverence and solemnity needs a dose of Blues 101 -- it's..."

May 30, 2003 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Big Dogs, Young Rebels, and Aging Giants

The Austin promoters who bring the music come in all shapes and sizes

"...aware than in most cities about who's putting which bands into what rooms. The firestorm of criticism that flared..."

Oct. 8, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Man and a Half

Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler

"...to a Jewish Orthodox Polish immigrant turned window washer and a young German spitfire working in a bakery on..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Life and Work, Light and Dark

How the legacy of Townes Van Zandt more than met its match in 'some dumb New York girl'

"...Tex-Mex-eria as she talks about the New York premiere and national release of Be Here to Love Me, her..."

Dec. 9, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Best Things We Saw at Oblivion Access 2023: Earth, BEAK>, GEL, and More

Highlights from year two of the underground Austin music festival

"...of Earth’s rare performance. New partnerships, including with Stereogum and a national publicity firm, also leveled up Oblivion Access’..."

June 19, 2023 Music Post by Wayne Lim

Residential Address: Africa Night's Food, Dance, and Storytelling at Sahara Lounge

Musician Ibrahim Aminou brings West Africa to East Austin every Saturday

"...If you don't know the lay of the land, the rusty sign for the Baptist church next door..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Music Column by Gary Lindsey

Slabs, Screw, and Stories from the Country: Deezie Brown & EC Mayne Soundtrack Bastrop County

Candy Blue Like Screw reclaims Texas rap heritage

"...to a larger city nearby. Through­out Texas especially, history and culture originates in places considered provincial. As such, Bastrop..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Babadook Director Sings a Song of History With The Nightingale

Jennifer Kent honors a commitment to the Aboriginal people of Australia

"...The colonial history of Australia is one of blood and horror. With her new film The Nightingale, writer/director Jennifer..."

Aug. 9, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Chewies and Spikes And Jaynes, Oh My

Wizard World Austin Comic Con returns

"...This weekend, the touring sci fi, comic, memorabilia and fan event has occupied two exhibition halls and two..."

Nov. 13, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Reel Women Presents Real Stories

"...Saturday afternoon panel -- "Discovering Identity Through Film" -- and selected all documentaries, different in tone and subject matter...."

Aug. 11, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Whose Song? And Other Stories

"...Whose Song? And Other Storiesby Thomas Glave..."

April 6, 2001 Books Review by Lissa Richardson

SXSW Announces Film Lineup

Edgar Wright's Baby Driver, Ben Wheatley's Free Fire, and more

"...85 world premieres. 11 North American first time looks, and 51 feature debuts. The SXSW Film roster has arrived,..."

Jan. 31, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood, Richard Linklater's Austin-produced and -animated story of growing up in the shadow of..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Buck Dharma in the 21st Century!

Epic Q&A with Blue Öyster Cult’s “Reaper”

"...Long Island singer-songwriter cabal Blue Öyster Cult composed art-rock unlike any..."

Aug. 9, 2017 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

LoneStarCon 3: The George R. R. Martin Interview

'Game of Thrones' creator discusses how he writes and why

"...reports of a dramatic uptrend in babies named “Khaleesi” and tourism to Dubrovnik, Croatia (aka King's Landing), we're guessing..."

Aug. 29, 2013 Books Post by Amy Gentry

Face to Face With Fiction

Five notable authors come to New Fiction Confab

"...Pop stars and plane crashes, cultists and zombies: If these are a..."

April 12, 2013 Books Feature by Amy Gentry

All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...They call it a lineup drop for a reason: South by Southwest Film and Television Festival has just..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

From the Music Desk

On Willie, Billy, Stevie Ray, Blaze, and more highlights from four decades of covering Austin music

"...politics. It's the action. It's gossip. It's history. Love stories and tragedies play out through this scene that's the..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Michael Hall

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