Porn Busters!

Investigators run roughshod over rights in hunt for cybersex offenders

"...of mine, joking around," he recently recalled during a phone interview from prison. Before he could react, the agents..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Dying in Committee, Part 9

Senators can't save every bill - not even those that would save lives.

"...simple car-safety law would bar drivers from making any phone call without a hands-free set and totally ban drivers..."

May 14, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

What Is This Miracle Called Movie Music?

Making movie-music magic 'Infamous'

"...After many long-distance phone consultations with my musical gurus, the only sensible plan..."

Oct. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by Mark Rubin

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar strikes a blow against the empire of 23-cent-overcharging convenience stores

"...not one on premises. Roger offered me the manager's phone number, which I then called from my cell phone...."

July 28, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

SXSW Film

Interviews and reviews

"...joy of having the beloved's number programmed into your phone...."

March 17, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

SXSW Film Reviews

"...Competition Screenwriter Larry Cohen may have recently cornered the stuck-on-the-phone-under-the-thumb-of-a-maniac market (Phone Booth, Cellular), but Cavite ingeniously tweaks the..."

March 18, 2005 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Naked City

Costello accuses Curtis of attempted bribery

"...Interviewed by phone, Gardner said that during his admittedly unfriendly exchange with..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Michael King

Hollywood Is Calling

Sarah Hepola shows you how to get celebrities like Robert Heyges to call your cell anytime you want, but ideally on special occasions.

"...the globe to be inspired and entertained by live phone calls from actual celebrities. -- from the mission statement..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

After a Fashion

Stephen talks about a few up and coming fashion events and tells Brooks Coleman what he can do with his Erector set.

"...local beauty emporium, strolling the aisles, yakking on her cell phone at the top of her voice. So concerned..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Jennifer Scoville

"...I've answered the phones. I've driven in the sweltering Texas heat to deliver/pick..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Chapter 5: An Ongoing Odyssey

Twenty years of The Austin Chronicle: the final chapter and coda

"...was when I asked, "So where's my desk and phone?" that I realized I had entered The Chronicle Zone...."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

After a Fashion

Announcing the Fashion Amnesty Program.

"...DIALING FOR DINNER A frightening glimpse into cell phone hell -- being served our meal at a..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

This Is America: Part Two

More from the Notes From the Field cast on living black

"...store, I think I was trying to find my cell phone. “Oh, no, no, don’t do that in the..."

Feb. 28, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Looking at the Lege After a Flaccid Special Session

Alpha males Abbott and Patrick can't get their red meat passed

"...from creating their own ordinances when it comes to cell phone use in cars. The Lege passed a texting-while-driving..."

Aug. 18, 2017 News Feature by the News Staff

Sound on Sound Review: Damian Abraham

Fucked Up frontman podcasts from Sherwood

"...“I was in my cell bouncing off the walls!”..."

Nov. 6, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Pioneers or Settlers?

Balancing renewables and affordability at AE

"...utilities face compares the utility sector today to the telephone industry before the transition to cell phones. Shalabi is..."

Jan. 16, 2015 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Getting Life: An Innocent Man's 25-Year Journey From Prison to Peace

Michael Morton's firsthand account of his unjust conviction and hard-won exoneration is both insightful and infuriating

"...He starts his story with the door to his cell clanging shut and maintains a similar clarity throughout. In..."

July 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Jesse Sublett

Through the Google Glass

Take the computer for your face on a test drive

"...swaths of people resisted – and still resist – cell-phones and social media. There's nothing wrong with a little..."

Dec. 13, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

F1 Racing Wrap and COTA's Tech Future

"...for a town with a major IT community, the cell phone network is busting at the seams. Even COTA..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Filibuster Fallout: The Gallery Arrests

After spending hours on crossword puzzles in the Senate gallery, an elderly woman gets cuffed

"...was the arrest of 74-year-old retiree Martha Northington. Several cell phones captured video of the elderly woman reaching for..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature by Amy Gentry

Midnight Cowboy

No more 'happy endings' here, unless you count the Kalamazoo Julep (and we do)

"...there are rules to be obeyed, such as no cell phone use (there's a back patio for those who..."

April 27, 2012 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Yes, but do any of them know the words to 'Beep Me 911"?

"...third-grade boys and 18% of third-grade girls have a cell phone, according to a 2011 Massachusetts study. Thirty-nine percent..."

April 20, 2012 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Increments of Destruction

Chris Jordan's 'Running the Numbers' at Austin Museum of Art

"...United States every two minutes. Four hundred twenty-six thousand cell phones are "retired" in the U.S. every day. One..."

July 2, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Turkish business cards, Poe, headscarves, and more

"...In Turkey, cell phone numbers on business cards are labeled "GSM" instead..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Texting Hazards Relative

"...been passing laws all over the country to ban cell phones and texting while driving. We are told this..."

Sept. 19, 2009 Postmarks

SXSW Interactive Panel: We Have Been Objectified

Objectified panel

"...At a time when environmentally unfriendly disposable technologies (cell phones, laptop batteries) are rapidly depleting the amount of..."

March 16, 2009 SXSW Post by Marc Savlov

Kevin Slavin

Off the screen and on the streets

"...is a gaming company whose main console is a cell phone. The games invented by Slavin and his partner,..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by Carson Barker

All Work, No Play

Gaming industry types converge on the Austin Convention Center

"...games and what they mean for everything from your cell phone to your still-shiny Xbox 360 (see "Throwback Throwdown,"..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

The 2006 'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival

Contest & Festival Facts

"...Use your cell phone or laptop to vote for your favorite commercial..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Food Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Yes, just like bicyclists, we are targets for oblivious, cell-phone-yakking, and/or drunken auto drivers, and if we crash, we..."

July 21, 2006 Column

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