Austin Psych Fest Live (Thursday): Flamin’ Groovies

Sold-out APF opener boasts reunited S.F. cults icons

"...In its two most significant incarnations, R&B-loving Sixties garage rockers and Seventies power-poppers, the Bay Area-born Flamin’ Groovies went..."

May 2, 2014 Music Post by Scott Schinder

SXSW Live Shot: Soundgarden

Back to the ‘Superunknown,' in its black hole entirety

"...Chris Cornell apologized in advance. “We have so many tunings..."

March 14, 2014 Music Post by Austin Powell

SXSW Interview: Blondie

CBGB survivors take on the hipster zombie apocalypse

"...Age hasn’t tempered the snide wit of Blondie guitarist Chris Stein. From behind shades and alongside bandmates Debbie Harry..."

March 12, 2014 Music Post by Richard Whittaker

The Pols Just Keep on Coming

Your Guide to Candidates for the New 10-1 Universe

"...passed 50 total candidates – not all of them rock solid, but most saying they are indeed running –..."

Feb. 3, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Top Tens

Tired of Brooklyn indie rock? Me too.

"...6) Chris Jamison, Sleeping With the T.V. On..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Twang Twang Shock-A-Boom ‘Cutz’ New Music

Chris Searles revisits the cult local trio’s salad years

"...local band name perked interest, it’s that one. Drummer Chris Searles explains. “I came up with the name as..."

Dec. 10, 2013 Music Post by William Harries Graham

Grown Ups 2

Sandler and pals return to the well.

"...Directed by: Dennis Dugan. Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello,..."

July 19, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

One-Man Bandstands

Shakey Graves and Chief White Lightning get lensed

"...Sitting with local mainstay Chris Brecht at North Loop’s popular Workhorse Bar last Wednesday,..."

May 20, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

The Luv Doc: Real People vs. Smart Phones

Nothing breaks the ice like a flawless recitation of the Monty Python 'Albatross' sketch

"...that material, you can always bust out with some Chris Rock or Richard Pryor. Once she hears your hilarious,..."

May 17, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

Moontower Extra: More Talk With Todd Barry

The rest of the 'Chronicle' interview with the deadpan comic

"...in the comedy food chain: juxtaposing your status with Chris Rock’s and Jerry Seinfeld’s, for instance. Is there a..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

You Gotta Have the Mettle

Legendary Texas doc 'Hands on a Hard Body' keeps on truckin'

"...Meryl Streep, Hilary Swank, Billy Bob Thornton, Jack Black, Chris Rock, John C. Reilly, and Steve Buscemi...."

April 19, 2013 Screens Feature by Leah Churner

Coffee Table Iconoclasts

Oversized books and outsized personalities

"...softcover release collects some 60 subjects, including Kanye West, Chris Rock, Iman, and Lady Gaga, whose Hello Kitty shoot..."

Nov. 30, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Tameca Jones at Continental Club Gallery

Get your hips moving on SoCo every Thursday

"...a wide range of genres, including sixties and seventies rock and roll, grunge, pop, and funk...."

June 5, 2012 Events Post by Cara Tillman

Ghost Knife

Rock Box

"...Church rhythm section of bassist Ben Snakepit and drummer Chris Pfeffer, Ghost Knife offers a leaner, looser setting for..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Music Review by Austin Powell

The Ups and Downs of Comedy

Hanging with the stand-ups for a look into the life

"...in the lean years before they become the next Chris Rock or Sarah Silverman or Louis C.K. or whoever,..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Kanye West

"...– like the three-minute vocoder solo eclipsing "Runaway" or Chris Rock's comedic relief for "Blame Game." The grand irony..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Music Review by Austin Powell

I Am Ozzy

Snorting ants? Who can remember!

"...I Am Ozzyby Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres Grand Central Publishing, 416 pp., $26.99..."

June 11, 2010 Music Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top Nine That We'd Like to Survive 2010

Chronique's 2009 Top Nine Style Notes

"...a fine-ass natural American Afro bouncing down the street. Chris Rock can take a little credit, bringing us the..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Design Post by Anne Harris

TV Eye

The new faces of late-night TV

"...not feature a nonwhite host. (I don't include The Chris Rock Show – 1997-2000, HBO – only because it..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

No Dagwood

Blondie Chaplin and more thump Friday night at Antone's

"...of pedal steel guitar. Elements of country, world music, rock, funk, and more make a soulful hybrid, taking cues..."

Aug. 24, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Ghost Mall? Retail Bagpipes Sound a Dirge for Highland Mall

Retail bagpipes sound a dirge for Highland Mall

"...Penney portal – now sealed up and somewhat sadly rechristened the children's "fun zone," with the addition of an..."

March 20, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Watchmen

Three documentaries shine a light on playing to the audience

"...Steinbauer: It was like a Chris Rock special or something?..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Coal for Your Stockings

A hard round-up of year-end hip-hop

"...Tony” and the seasonally appropriate “Ghostface X-mas,” riding a “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo” sample and cueing itself up with Ghost asking..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Bob Stoops Is on Line 3! Mack Brown Is on Hold …

Joe O'Connell has an (imaginary) talk with OU's Bob Stoops

"..."Stats are for losers. I like winning games." You rock, Coach! Of course the biggest stat of all is..."

Oct. 7, 2008 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Doesn't Like Obama

"...in a note, like writing to Santa, asking for Christmas presents. He wanted us to think he wants protection...."

July 29, 2008 Postmarks

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Tampons soaked in vodka before entry, sperm released on command by the angler fish, and more

"...Chris Rock once worked at a Red Lobster...."

Feb. 22, 2008 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Sundance: A Good Start

"...the transformation of racism into more subtle manifestations. As Chris Rock points out, equality will not be achieved until..."

Jan. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Horns Squeak by CFU, but Should Pass on the Purple Drank

"...early Eighties? The days of cocaine, disco, and punk rock? Gatewood faces his second marijuana charge, but what’s more..."

Sept. 17, 2007 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth – Now at SXSW!

The de-fossilizing of SXSW.

"...appearances worth seeing, seating permitted: Jandek, Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey (a tease of the dB's reunion), and Public..."

March 7, 2007 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

National Round-Up

"...In signs that reality has morphed into a bad Chris Rock sketch, O.J. Simpson will be writing a book,..."

Nov. 16, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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