Let Me See That Sissy Bounce

Big Freedia holds court

"...- a city defined by Mardi Gras, where gender-bending is the norm - Big Freedia and friends came up..."

March 12, 2010 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

'Cribdeath: Bellocq's Girl'

Second-place winner

"...Is that all you want?..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Books Feature by F.J. Schaack

Bud Shrake's Adventures in the Film Trade

'Midnight rambling, creative gambling': Louis Black's 1985 interview with Songwriter screenwriter Bud Shrake

"...battle with cancer, was celebrated locally and nationally for his fiction and nonfiction. He also wrote screenplays. Chronicle Editor..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Louis Black

The Mighty Hannibal Sees All

The Atlanta soul man has stories to tell, and who cares if they're true?

"...“I want somebody to tell my mother and go down yonder in Georgia and..."

Aug. 27, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Starting Over

For Tuna creators Jaston Williams and Joe Sears, the fourth time is the charm

"...1998, Joe Sears and Jaston Williams had already been dishing up Tuna for 17 seasons, spending the better part..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Shins' James Mercer: Fond of Y-O-U

The Shins' James Mercer winces upon a star.

"...let’s say – their first masterpiece. Only time will tell, of course, so let’s check back in 10 or..."

March 1, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Keeping Cesar Alive

Actor Ed Begley Jr. explains how he was inspired to write a musical honoring his friend Cesar Chavez

"...If all you know of Ed Begley Jr. is his work on..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bigger Stakes

Richard Linklater on remixing 'The Bad News Bears'

"...athletic supporter of our great American pastime by a misfit squad of little leaguers and their "cruddy alkie" coach..."

July 29, 2005 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Are You Decent?

Dudley & Bob and the footsoldiers in the FCC's war on pop culture

"...Friday morning, the crusade against smut on the airwaves is colliding with pee jokes. Dale Dudley, leader of the..."

Feb. 18, 2005 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Down at the Jinn Mill

Austin's dirigo group prepare to premiere the best new play one could wish for

"...three decades back), a tall, genial man who enjoys listening to the Wu-Tang Clan and their bass-heavy comrades, hunting..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

She Lives

Clementine Hall was the 13th Floor Elevators' hip, maternal Wendy, providing food and security for the band's tribe of Lost Boys

"...In the mid-Sixties, the Rock Wife didn't really exist. There were Beatle wives Cynthia Lennon and Maureen Starr,..."

Aug. 20, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

More McCanlies, Texas

The full interview with the director of 'Secondhand Lions'

"...was optioned four times). Hollywood viewed from the outside is any number of famous actors and actresses, a few..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Southern Destroyer

Barry Hannah at 60, in Oxford, and on why -- despite the energy drinks -- he's not feeling up to saving American fiction right this very minute

"...The Square Now there is something for tomorrow. What are women like? What is..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

The Golf Cart Story

The oral history of the Great Chronicle Lakeway Golf Cart Raid

"...some fun and let their hair down. I believe this was in 1984, in November. I remember it was..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature by Jordan Smith

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...1982-83 Chronicle History: By August of 1982, Sarah Whistler had moved out..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Thirty Years on Location

An overview of the Texas Film Commission, which has been wedding film production and the state economy for 30 years.

"..."You hear so many times about government not working, but..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Bad Blood

Did the Austin Police Department Shut Down an Investigation of Its Own Cops?

"...Austin Police Department officer Stan Farris sits in his lawyer's office and unzips the shirt..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Dead Club Crawl

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

"...This is no doubt the strangest story I've ever had..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Altman Speaks!

The ultimate indie director shoots straight about breaking into the business, staying there, and loving it.

"...Austin Film Festival and Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference is the first national conference to be devoted to the..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

No Place Like Home

All Belinda Acosta wanted was a roof over her head that wouldn't explode into flames. Little did she know that jumping into the Austin housing market is like jumping from the frying pan into the fire.

"...Dream analysts say the appearance of houses, buildings, and what happens in them are metaphorical expressions of the dreamer's..."

July 28, 2000 Features Feature by Belinda Acosta

In All Your Future Endeavors

A young writer comes to grips with his lot in life after graduation.

"...my car while I was home for a weekend visit. Three-car collision on a Houston freeway, and there I..."

May 12, 2000 Features Feature by Kevin Wood

Miracle Man

When an actor's bio claims 14,000 performances to his credit, you rather expect the fellow to have some good stories. And Eddie Bracken doesn't disappoint. In anticipation of his appearance at a screening of Preston Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Bracken talks about Sturges, Betty Hutton, Hollywood, and hitchhiking.

"...When an actor's bio claims 14,000 performances to his credit, you rather expect the fellow to have some..."

Feb. 18, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...being put to page, another vital piece of Austin is in danger of being taken away. Who knows for..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Greil Marcus and the Mad Parade

In his book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century, Greil Marcus explained punk to the world and created a bible for that music's true believers. As Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals opens its stage adaptation of Marcus' book, the author talks about the Stones, the Sex Pistols, and the "mad parade" of history.

"...Greil Marcus answered his phone just after 8am on a Monday morning with..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser

Esther's All-Stars

"...If Yankee Stadium is "the house that Ruth built," then Esther's Pool must..."

July 30, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Undercover on High School's Ritziest Glitziest Night It All Goes Down at Prom

"...This is a different high school story than the one..."

May 14, 1999 Arts Feature

Texas Platters

Jimmy Lafave

"...If you're already a Jimmy LaFave fan, run out and buy..."

April 23, 1999 Music Feature

What Is This?

"......"

April 9, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...has often been said that rock & amp; roll is a rather transparent metaphor for extreme sexual frustration. If..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"....footnote { vertical-align: super; padding-left: 2px; font-size: 12px; color:..."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

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