Austin at Large: Everything’s a Priority Now

Council lines up its asks as a boom-time budget season nears its liturgical climax

"...pause before they decided to start spending Austin's latest boom dividends...."

Aug. 12, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Music Spotlight: Jackie Venson

The native ATX guitar-slinger's supersonic boom

"...at a graph, it’d go, ‘Do, do, do – BOOM.’ It would shoot up in July 2020 and just..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

This Week on The Austin Chronicle Show: SASS Is Back

Central Health, and the salad dressing that came back from the dead

"...to do with me? And how long before Austin's boom makes us even less affordable than San Francisco?..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Weekend Tip: Queens of Cattle

Capitol Visitors Center honors women who rocked the Texas cattle boom

"...gender norms way back during the 19th century cattle boom...."

July 18, 2014 Arts Post by Carmen Rising

Late Nights ... and Suspense

"...say, “There’s a visceral thrill to watching things go boom, and comic book movies allow us to indulge that..."

July 8, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Movies and Shakers

The production companies behind – and ahead of – the boom, and how they might be able to help you

"...Film is booming in Austin. That's hardly news: It's always booming, it..."

May 26, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Little Athletes, Big Dreams

Austin's youth sports boom is young athletes, big competition – and big money

"...these select teams form the structural core of the booming American social universe known as youth sports.The Big Picture..."

June 10, 2005 News Feature by Bill Crawford

Information Wants to Be Worthless

Money was never the most interesting thing about the Internet. Which is a good thing, since now it's gone.

"...creative, a species of creature from way before the Boom. Those characters were never anywhere near the big IPOs...."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Bruce Sterling

Riding the Tech Titanic

Austin looks for recovery after the dot-com bust.

"...High tech is booming..."

March 15, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bob Schneider

"...UGLY AMERICANS Boom Boom Baby (Capricorn)..."

June 5, 1998 Music Feature

All Eyez on Me

Keep ya head up but don't expect too much from this biopic

"...Directed by: Benny Boom. Starring: Demetrius Shipp Jr., Danai Gurira, Kat Graham, Annie..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Theatrical Fuse

Writer and performer Zell Miller III is an incendiary device waiting for a match, and once he flicks an ember into the hidden dry undergrowth of text, there is nowhere to hide. And the good news is that he has only begun to explode.

"...say about it.' And it was like a -- boom. You know?"..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Arts Feature by C. Denby Swanson

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

Bruce Hughes

"...- sidehanded, like a kung-fu star. It was always, `Boom, take that.'..."

June 5, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The June 21 article "Clean Energy: Austin's Next Boom?" is generally a fair depiction of the renewable energy..."

July 5, 2002 Column

Night and the City

"...to King's delicious turn as the disreputable boxing promoter Boom Boom Grossman, Warden's credible performance as Boom Boom's fragile..."

Oct. 23, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...The June 21 article "Clean Energy: Austin's Next Boom?" is generally a fair depiction of the renewable energy..."

June 28, 2002 Column

Professors of Pleasure

Their name may suggest a lack of intelligence, but make no mistake, the Flaming Idiots are wise men when it comes to comedy.

"...how things work in threes. You know, in comedy "boom-boom-bang" is funnier than "boom-boom-boom-bang." We realized right off the..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The New Nuclear Family

What Was Once Inconceivable

"...what has come to be known as the "gayby boom" was underway. "More and more of us are choosing..."

Aug. 25, 2000 News Feature by Jonathan David Carroll

boom

With this clever comedy, Capital T treats us to a kinder, gentler doomsday

"...boomHyde Park Theatre, 511 W. 43rd, 479-7529 www.capitalt.org Through June..."

June 15, 2012 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...bid for a new facility well after the Nineties boom began to go bust. It may have seemed like..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

This week, Stephen manages to connect Barbara K, the Shangri-Las, and Joey Buttafuoco. Go figure.

"...SOPHISTICATED BOOM BOOM I'm almost peeing on myself I'm so excited..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Crew Stories

Tommy Sturgis

"...the screen. Actors, producers, directors, costume designers, and ... boom operators? "Gaffer and best boy are some others that..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Screens Feature by C. Amber Pearce

I Am the Resurrection

Ignore Jim Morrison - do not cancel your subscription to the resurrection, because Roky Erickson is Lazarus unbound.

"...will outlive us all, step into the breach. The Boom Chica Boom girls bump 'n' grind the go-go into..."

March 10, 2006 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Usual Suspects

The first year of the Will Wynn era closes to very mixed reviews, as Austinites wonder whether the city leadership is floundering.

"...for the council to be high-profile and visible in boom times, when there's great resources and lots of activity,"..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Hightower Report

The new boom is still a bust for many; and the White House gets favorable press – from itself

"...A THUD OF A 'BOOM'..."

April 9, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Austin @ Large: New (and Improved)

The new Liveable City survey confirms a community consensus on development and governing issues.

"...uses civic power to move Austin past this tiresome boom-bust cycle. Contrary to the view of certain local leaders..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...I had always wanted to do. 1983-84 Austin: The Boom was on. Money floods the streets. Politics was defined..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Speaking of the Dead

To mark the Grateful Dead's final performances this weekend, a look back on the band's local history

"...Mickey Hart, and they're playing with the fireworks – boom boom – and they'd beat along on the drums..."

July 3, 2015 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

All Over Creation: Continuing Education

Turns out theatre is a great place for getting schooled

"...play in which evolutionary biology played a role. In boom (being produced by Capital T Theatre), fish are the..."

June 15, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

A chicken, a dog, and a homecoming: Just another week in the life of Your Style Avatar

"...BLOOM – I MEAN, BOOM Two weeks ago I attended Boom, an art party..."

July 1, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

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