Page Two: Rogue Waves

Ghosts of SXSW and the Chronicle past

"...participated in a panel on SXSW moderated by Joe Nick Patoski at the History Center. There we were, telling..."

March 11, 2011 Column by Louis Black

In Memory of Dennis Hopper

'A walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction'

"...successful, Hollywood executives figured it had to be because young people made it. Consequently, they gave everyone they could..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Crazy Heart

At the crazy heart of the 2009-10 Austin Music Awards sits Stephen Bruton

"...of the Carter Family and unbound promise of a young Alison Krauss, Sarah Jarosz mines a vein of musical..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing SXSW 2010

"...the Gun Club's primal psychobilly, the murder balladry of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, and the Cramps' Psychedelic..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Austin Arts Groups

A dozen culture providers have been very nice, according to the NEA

"...the Arts has made its annual impersonation of St. Nick and dropped some federal funding into the stockings of..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Pirate Radio

This British import exudes about as much outlaw swagger as Tom DeLay in a dance competition.

"...Curtis. Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Sturridge, Talulah Riley, January Jones..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

You’ve Got a Friend in the Alternative Softball League

Making friends and havin' babies

"...During my nightcap at Mug Shots, I ran into Nick Schuley, captain of the C3 Presents squad...."

March 27, 2009 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

Uncontrollable Urge

Devo's 21st century 'de-evolution' hopefully won't get anyone arrested

"...chuckles the band's frontman. "It wasn't even about being young and horny like the Beatles. It was a few..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

TV Eye

A middling Bar and a wealth of questions

"...there in Raising the Bar. On one side, the young public defenders railing against the system led by an..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

John Sayles

The evolution of American music and Southern race relations in Honeydripper

"...his operation and sees his chance in the mysterious young drifter (Austin's own Gary Clark Jr., in his acting..."

Feb. 1, 2008 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Seven Days in Heaven and Hell

Getting a white-knuckled grip on the third annual Fantastic Fest

"...red stuff without resorting to the postmodern-meta-subtextualities? To paraphrase Nick Lowe: What's so funny about pieces, blood, and, um,..."

Sept. 21, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

NFL Preview

"...for mediocrity. With a rookie head coach and a young and arrogant quarterback who isn’t nearly as good as..."

Sept. 3, 2007 Sports Post by Timothy Braun

OoBer Alles

A guide to the troupes in the 2007 Out of Bounds Improv Festival

"...besides study if you're in college, this gaggle of young UT toilers manifests a sustained psychosomatic twitch they call..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Newest Adam Sandler comedy Chuck & Larry is a movie full of weak moments, contrived to the point of painful, that quickly turns from wild farce to gay-agenda movie.

"...Richard Chamberlain, Lance Bass, Dave Matthews, Rob Schneider and Nick Swardson. There was a time when “ladies man” meant..."

July 20, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Page Two: Let's Get Lost

An invocation on the eve of South by Southwest

"...for more than 30 years and is Chronicle Publisher Nick Barbaro's wife. Her father was one of the great..."

March 9, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

"...Festival, co-founded by Chronicle Editor Louis Black and Publisher Nick Barbaro, has announced that it will go carbon-neutral this..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature

The Dead Girl

The filmmaker and an all-star cast create this somber murder mystery that has little mystery but is filled with a deep foreboding about the anguish that dominates some women's lives.

"...Gay Harden, Mary Beth Hurt, Rose Byrne, Kerry Washington, Nick Searcy, James Franco, Josh Brolin, Giovanni Ribisi, Mary Steenburgen,..."

Feb. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Year of the Squirrel

Ralph White, 21st century naturalist, 18th century musicologist

"..."I'm kind of between an old guy and a young guy."..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Kars: The Movie

Ron Mann on 'Tales of the Rat Fink'

"...warping – delightfully so – an entire generation of young minds. His Revell plastic model kits, with their Basil..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Headlines and Happenings from Austin and Beyond

"...as "Grandma," which he ruled is not a true nickname but a political slogan, to which CKS replied, "Grandma..."

July 14, 2006 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the funeral, his mother said, "Yes, he died too young, but he stayed up late. That counts for something."..."

March 17, 2006 Column

A Family Affair

Those Canadians are too damn happy. Must be the the donuts.

"...the last decade, but that rambunctious, loud, and rowdy young cousin angling for more attention is the new face..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Page Two

What it takes to win the War on the War on Christmas

"...King knew in a moment it must be Saint Nick."..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

'Austin Chronicle' 24th anniversary redesign; and the politics of Katrina

"...after season there, without letup. We weren't all that young; I was 30, almost everyone else in their mid-..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Column by Louis Black

The Beautiful Country

A grueling journey is undertaken by a Vietnamese teen to find his absent mother in Ho Chi Minh City, and then his father, a former G.I., in Texas.

"...by: Hans Petter Moland. Starring: Damien Nguyen, Bai Ling, Nick Nolte, Tim Roth, Temuera Morrison and Arthur J. Nascarella...."

Aug. 5, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thursday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...Smith and Geoff Union – mix originals with Neil Young, John Hartford, and, of course, Bill Monroe. They're working..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Saturday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...and plays keyboard, Mom runs the projector, and their young daughter plays drums. Nothing quite like 'em...."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

A Midsummer Night's Dream

In director Lucien Douglas' staging of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," folly comes to the fore and makes for pretty pleasant company

"...Moody Northen Theatre production, we really see his point: young mortals chasing each other through the wood in the..."

March 4, 2005 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Because of Winn-Dixie

There are no big surprises in this family picture, but neither is the admonition against working with children and animals appropriate here.

"...Cicely Tyson, Dave Matthews, Eva Marie Saint, Courtney Jines, Nick Price, Luke Benward and Elle Fanning. During one sun-dappled..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Bad American

Bill Maher comes out on drink, drugs, and God

"...don't know. All I can say is we're a young country and young is dumb. But it's embarrassing. People..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

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