Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?

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"...“We’re paying more for cops than ever in terms of PTSD payouts, in terms..."

Feb. 21, 2025 News Feature by Abe Asher

Night Call

A Belgian locksmith has one night to recover cash he unwittingly helped steal

"...and deeper pit for himself. He’s suddenly on the wrong side of gangsters and unable to go to the..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Horror Unearthed: The Return of Confessions of a Serial Killer

The lost Austin horror classic finally gets the respect it deserves

"...for an audition and immediately thought she was completely wrong for it. “She was delightful, and my first thought..."

Aug. 23, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Austin Chronic: Should I Throw Away My Marijuana in Fear of Fentanyl?

APD reassures there’s no evidence that contaminated marijuana is “prevalent in our community”

"...man who sold two $20 crack rocks to undercover cops outside a pawn shop on North Lamar, tested positive..."

May 17, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

The Austin Chronic: How Worried Should Cannabis Users Be Over Paxton Suing Austin?

A Q&A with Congressman Greg Casar

"...Casar: It’s a real problem, not because we are wrong on the law, but because the Texas Supreme Court..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

I Interviewed My Dad About Marijuana

The Family (Smoke) Circle

"...the night the freeze hit, and I think the cops just wanted to check me out. It was pretty..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Column by Kevin Curtin

Recommended Austin Events

Highlights for your week in music, arts, community, and more

"...act touring somewhat-life-affirming Seventies anthems through Austin’s newest arena? Wrong. This flyout, marking the Doobie Brothers’ only 2024 date..."

Jan. 26, 2024 Column

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Black Sea after chasing a money opportunity that goes wrong. Being the only black guy in the town, he..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Satanic Hispanics

Latino horror anthology hangs wild and loose in its pan-American chills

"...recounting bizarre tales of the supernatural to two disbelieving cops, Detectives Arden (Grunberg) and Gibbons (Eddy)...."

Sept. 15, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...and Charles Roxburgh, the minds behind Motern Media (Slingshot Cops, Don't Let the Riverbeast Get You!)...."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Questions Arise About APD's Use of Sound Machines

Sonic warfare?

"...APD and DPS units were there," Ellinger said. "The cops were on foot, they were on bicycles and motorcycles,..."

July 29, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin at Large: Good Guys With Guns Gone Bad

Will the Uvalde massacre blame game drain all the energy from firearms reform?

"...of small children and their teachers. Right now, those cops' employers and defenders are competing in the Stanley Cup..."

June 24, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Video of APD Use of Force on East SIxth Goes Viral

Elisha Wright's attorney says police version of events is wrong

"...just want to be behind him and let the cops know that it's not acceptable."..."

June 3, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Luv Doc: Stoned Alone

On the balance, the Luv Doc is thankful that most of the habitual pot smokers he knows are habitual pot smokers

"...really don't want to do. What am I doing wrong?..."

April 29, 2022 Column by The Luv Doc

Council and Advocates Balk at New Municipal Court Security Force

Would a proposed a stand-alone City Marshal Office be unmarshaled?

"...working in the community." That language rubbed advocates the wrong way, as the city departments involved gathered input internally..."

Nov. 19, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Eighth Street Survivors Still Wait for Resolution From the City and APD

Sixteen months later, civil and criminal cases move slowly

"...Council is not doing enough to right the City’s wrongs.” Another Unlikely "Rioter"..."

Sept. 29, 2021 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Austin at Large: Reform Follows Dysfunction

José Garza and Delia Garza didn't get elected by accident. The cops' own lies show us why.

"...but the news breaks, as it does. Those darn cops! What scamps! What mischief have they gotten into this..."

Aug. 6, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Yet Another Reason to Oppose Police Violence: It's Costing Us Millions of Dollars

Money for victims, perpetrators, and alternatives all comes from the same place

"...among the total. In 2016, Billie Mercer settled a wrongful death suit with the city for $1.85 million, three..."

April 23, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: Say Their Names, at the Capitol

Four Black Texans, four lives lost, four chances to advance criminal justice reform

"...by Rep. James Talarico, D-Round Rock, would ban Texas cops and sheriffs from doing such TV deals; it's also..."

March 26, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Checking In: Brannen Temple Stays Hyper Vigilant

“These are strange times with heightened social unrest”

"...Gov. Abbott affidavit about custody and threatened calling the cops on me if I didn’t relinquish my kids back..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Wolf of Snow Hollow

Unconventional werewolf story turns the beast on its head

"...to catch this maniac, but he and his fellow cops are clueless, and as the months (and the moons)..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Austin at Large: ARIC, Meet ALICE

Two acronyms walk into an ongoing conversation about justice and equity

"...Ann B. Davis), the working-class woman laboring on the wrong side of the chasm we abstractly call "income inequality."..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Local Activists Call Out Police and Find Themselves Flagged as Threats

Doesn't take much to get on the watchlist

"...they're doing. Because they know what they're doing is wrong." He then posts videos and calls for supporters to..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

Austin at Large: A Pre-November Pep Talk

Reasons for optimism as we ride this circus train into Election Station

"...to live under bridges, only crooks don't love the cops. That's what we're fighting against, but we are not..."

Aug. 7, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin At Large: Voices In Our (Old) Heads

OK Boomers, do you now regret pushing for 10-1? Where do you think it went wrong?

"...going to go politically, now that "no cash from cops" has become a meaningful litmus test for candidates and..."

July 10, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Deerskin

Wrong director goes, well, wrong in this film-making spoof

"...debut, Rubber, or the psychic canines of affable shaggy-dog-story Wrong. Yet in Deerskin it's a much more conventional world..."

April 30, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: People, Get Ready

We can all be responsible Austinites – now that we know what that requires

"...by two different engines, down the same track, the wrong way. The snarling old workhorse that is right-wing nihilism..."

May 1, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...fountain at Santa Monica and Wilshire Boulevards. If the cops or authorities interfered, then at least something exciting might..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

Sexual Assault Survivor Files Temporary Restraining Order Request Against Travis County D.A.

Filing seeks to stop Moore, Montford from discussing survivor’s rape

"...also learned that if I said or did the wrong thing, his mood would escalate into anger very easily...."

Nov. 8, 2019 News Post by Sarah Marloff

The Parts You Lose

Icy thriller has no idea what to do with its talented cast

"...launches into the kind of parable only expressed by cops in backcountry thrillers. You see, the marshal recalls, a..."

Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

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