No Catharsis in 'The Comedy'

Rick Alverson and Tim Heidecker talk about savage reviews and the danger in grand gestures

"...from the perspective of most of those characters, most everything that happens in The Comedy – is inconsequential, revealed..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

‘The Comedy’ Is Not Joking Around

Rick Alverson and Tim Heidecker on their polarizing new film

"...from the perspective of most of those characters, most everything that happens in The Comedy – his name is..."

Nov. 28, 2012 Screens Post by Shawn Badgley

Free as a Bird

Andrew Kenny, leader of the American Analog Set, watches his phoenix rising in the Wooden Birds

"...Afterward, everyone picked up the relationships and careers and schooling that..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Page Two: Discovering Enough

End-of-year thoughts at the start of another day

"...too often, failure and despair prove a comfortable refuge, never disappointing, while enjoying a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Coach's Corner

The agony and the ecstasy of the Bears

"...this. I could go skiing any week, but it never occurred to me to look at the NFL playoff..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

A Time of Recognition

An excerpt from John Cale's new autobiography, What's Welsh for Zen?

"...Margaret Moser's groundbreaking Chronicle cover story on one-time Austinite, forever "Velvet Underdog" Sterling Morrison. What's Welsh for must-read? --..."

April 14, 2000 Music Feature by Victor Bockris

Choose Your Own Adventure

A short list of the most promising games slated to hit home systems before Christmas.

"...It was once noted that 90% of everything is crap. In the world of video games, it's..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Screens Feature by Brendan Sinclair

Book Reviews

"...home life recalls Robert Earl Keen's now-classic song, "Merry Christmas From the Family," while the new life he seeks..."

Feb. 19, 1999 Books Review

Record Reviews

Ani Difranco

"...to their roots, their music, their mission. So, while everyone claims to be the first ones to gaze at..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Review

TV Terrorist

KTBC Reporter Caggiano's Guerrilla Tactics Cost Him

"...reporter, but if anybody deserves it, it's him. He's everything people hate about TV reporters."..."

Aug. 8, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Dancing About Architecture

Do the Chili Mac

"...song], but just barely," a country line-dance version, and several others. And in another parallel to the big "Mac,"..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Column

Gift Guide: John Prine

Crooked Piece of Time: The Atlantic & Asylum Albums (1971-1980) (Rhino)

"...aren't as easily divisible as Democrats or Republicans. They're everyfolk, who work day shifts, eat meatloaf, fish, love, dream,..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Qmmunity: The Queer Stories That Made 2019

Looking back, enjoying gelato, and the return of Middle School Dance Party

"...high and still be cut down, but that will never stop us from rising again and again. So without..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Column by Sarah Marloff

Day Trips & Beyond: Twelve Weeks After Hurricane Harvey in Port Aransas

"Port A is open for business," says chamber of commerce

"...around Port Aransas the damage from Hurricane Harvey was severe and heartbreaking. Buildings along Port A’s harbor collapsed into..."

Dec. 2, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Luv Doc: Giving Thanks

The Luv Doc is not not conned by the deluded nostalgics who claim that turkey is their favorite meat

"...Things for which the Luv Doc is thankful:..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

25 Bars That Define Austin

Dives, lounges, and saloons that are raising the bar

"...honky-tonks. The best spots are a little bit of everything, hosting lazy Sunday Fundays, college bacchanals, and professional happy..."

July 21, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Fantastic Fest Unleashes Final Wave

New films from Charlie Kaufman and Owen Egerton join fest

"...Premiere When he blacks out after receiving a strange Christmas gift from his girlfriend, Quinn (Noah Segan) wakes the..."

Sept. 9, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Food Issue Extra Helpings: My Relationship as a Google Doc

Foodie favorites find an OCD home

"...the course of our meal – with barbecue sauce everywhere and grilled onions for both, because we have no..."

Feb. 10, 2014 Chronolog Post by Monica Riese

Playback: Screamadelica

Austin Psych Fest 2014 drops its lineup

"...Also in the stash box of the Reverberation Appreciation Society, the event's production team made up of..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Angels in South America

Round Rock-based Bolivian missionary project in crisis

"...standing in the middle of a football stadium and every chair was filled with a loudspeaker telling me to..."

Aug. 31, 2007 News Feature by Dan Selinger

Gypsy Rose

The 'Rockabilly Filly' bucks back into Austin

"...Because of severe tendonitis in her left hand, it's been six months..."

Aug. 10, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

SXSW Interviews

They said what?

"...Oldham), the voice that rings loudest is the one never heard. Returning to the canon he and his brother..."

March 9, 2007 Music Feature

Bubblicious

The year's best champagnes and sparkling wines

"...Consumers drink about 90% of sparkling wine between Christmas and Jan. 2. That's a shame, because champagne is..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

Cardinals Down the Drain: To Night the Impossible Mare?

"...impact is less broom cleaning floor than sword nicking several thoracic organs. We – this family member and I..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Sports Post by Shawn Badgley

Letters at 3AM

Stanley Crawford's 1966 novel 'GASCOYNE' has been out of print for 35 years, a literary crime redressed this month by the Overlook Press

"...Press. At last GASCOYNE, the character, is back from wherever GASCOYNE went. However, with beg-your-pardons to my friend Stanley,..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Red Hot Mama

Jill Lewis of Austin Slow Burn

"...with Kevin as chef and Jill as assistant manager. However, two days before opening, the general manager had some,..."

June 18, 2004 Food Feature by MM Pack

Being Robert McNamara

Through 'The Fog of War,' Errol Morris gets inside a mind full of hindsight, regret, and the lessons of Vietnam

"..."To do good you may have to commit evil," "Never say never." That last one is particularly fitting in..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

"...better understanding of what was at the time the worst act of terrorism on American soil during peacetime. Who..."

Sept. 6, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Coach's Corner

Year-end columns stink. Coach tells you why in 2002 sports will stink, too.

"...the Super Bowl rivals the slumberous sports writing between Christmas and New Year's. Even the best newspapers and their..."

Jan. 4, 2002 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Pearl Harbor with some sort of smirking commentary on Christmas commercialization?..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Column

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