Homemade History

Las Manitas, the Pérez sisters, and a usable past

"...As Congress Avenue is Austin's Main Street, Las Manitas is our main street cafe..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Crucial Issue Is Affordable Housing

"...the much more crucial issue of affordable housing. In Austin it is getting more and more difficult to put..."

May 17, 2006 Postmarks

At the Table

Our panel of service experts

"...Johnny Guffey, Jeffrey's server: Undoubtedly Austin's most famous waiter, Guffey is a career practitioner of..."

March 31, 2006 Food Feature

SoCo Dining Spots

Just across the river from downtown, the broad expanse of South Congress Avenue is the main artery of a dynamic city neighborhood and a microcosm of what we like best about Austin

"...it. SoCo reflects many of the tenets of our "Keep Austin Weird" aesthetic: an eclectic collection of locally owned,..."

March 3, 2006 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Orange Mothers

"...amount of dysfunction. His Orange Mothers have become an Austin institution since their migration South from Vermont in the..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Luv Doc Recommends: New Year's Eve Spectacular with the White Ghost Shivers and the Small Stars

Blue Genie Art Industries, Saturday, December 31, 2005

"...what you bring to it anyway, right? This Saturday Austin bands the Small Stars and the White Ghost Shivers..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Column by The Luv Doc

'The Border Radio Show': Blast From the Past

In The Border Radio Show, a stellar cast of Lone Star artists revive the days when radio towers south of the Rio Grande filled the airwaves with revival meetings, wild product pitches, and all kinds of music.

"...Corporation for Public Broadcasting. She is currently working with UT-Austin students to launch Keep Austin Weird Radio. The Border..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Page Two

The debate over the smoking ban is about rights, and saying it isn't is just silly

"...city pays lip service to the live music scene. Keep Austin Weird has become a successful grassroots marketing campaign...."

April 22, 2005 Column by Louis Black

TCB

A bumper crop of indie-rockers move to town, right before Audioslave burns it down

"...Howdy, Y'all After the onslaught of the past decade, Austinites are understandably prickly about new arrivals. Not so of..."

April 22, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

This 'Annual Affliction' Is A BLAST!

"...the fine winter weather, and all the fun that Austin has to offer. I tried to explain what “Keep..."

March 23, 2005 Postmarks

At Home With Dick

'At Home With Dick' is approximately an hour and a half of songs and memories from the funny, very talented songwriter Dick Price

"...yet they're the ones who bring a gem of Austin history back to a public-performance setting. OK, recent history,..."

March 18, 2005 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Abandoning Commercial Radio

"...used to listen to KLBJ-FM religiously. They exemplified the "Keep Austin Weird" spirit and local Austin music. Now they..."

July 22, 2004 Postmarks

News/Print

Qbp6++

"...foil during the past few years, and it's to Austin's great relief that not only will he be staying..."

July 9, 2004 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Luv Doc Recommends: Eeyore’s 41st annual Birthday Party

Pease Park, Saturday, April 24, 2004

"...If you moved to Austin so you could hang out in places like Cool..."

April 23, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Will Walgreens Save Taco X-Press – or Vice Versa?

Neighbors torn over union of chain store and Southside icon

"...dream of a deal has a make-or-break catch: South Austin neighbors, and ultimately the City Council, would need to..."

Feb. 27, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

'Chronicle' Biased, Ignorant, Insulting, Appalling, and Dumb

"...lauded by the choir of Range Rover-driving liberals in Austin! Kudos. I will avoid your publication from now on...."

Dec. 4, 2003 Postmarks

Though Appreciated, 'Chronicle' Hard to Read

"...occur. Your thoughtful response to the TV report about "Keep Austin Weird" on KLRU's Austin Now, which interviewed very..."

Oct. 1, 2003 Postmarks

TCB

Willie's July 4th picnic showers Spicewood with more than just fireworks.

"...20,000 strong ringed by vendors offering beer, Willie merchandise, "Keep Austin Weird" T-shirts, and $4 slices of pizza (the..."

July 11, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Naked City

Happenings

"...join author/columnist/radio commentator Jim Hightower at 5pm for a "Keep Austin Weird" rally in front of Waterloo, at Sixth..."

May 16, 2003 News Feature

Seven of Five

Brewster McCracken, Margot Clarke lead the pack in a crowded open-seat City Council race

"...This is not the kind of campaign rhetoric Austinites are used to hearing, after years of councils that..."

April 18, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Fire Marshalls of Bethlehem

Music Showcase

"...Union Theatre, Thursday, March 13 The first thing that Austin music fans will want to know about the Fire..."

March 14, 2003 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Page Two

SXSW looms, Seton's dubious deal, the war moves closer, the city silences the music, and the new GOP loves deficits.

"...Over the next weeks we'll gush SXSW information. The Austin Music Awards, the official kickoff of the SXSW Music..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Column by Louis Black

By Any Other Name

The history of Austin's cherished landmarks reveals the extent to which chance plays a part in who among their namesakes we remember and which fade with time.

"...So who's the more important figure in Austin history: Tom Miller or Robert Mueller?..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Results

Indie filmmaker Andrew Bujalski enlists Guy Pearce and others for his new movie

"...A schlubby guy named Danny (Corrigan) wanders into an Austin gym, looking for a trainer. The gym owner –..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Razzle-Dazzle 'Em

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'

"...original Broadway cast of Billy Elliot the Musical, the Austin song-and-dance phenom had a lot to say – more..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Two Turntables and a Microphone

Austin's DJ Culture

"...More importantly, perhaps, the showcase brought together Austin's long nascent electronica scene in a throng that included..."

May 29, 1998 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Girls Gone Geek

Weird Girls is an Austin-based website and YouTube channel dedicated to all things geeky, but from a female perspective

"...Call Danni Danger a weird girl, and she'll probably take it as a compliment...."

May 23, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Austin With a Conscience..."

May 7, 2004 Column

Five Graphic Gift Books For Your Creative Favorites

Or even for your own holiday-besieged self, right? Potentially?

"...screenshots on paper. That book becomes a thing worth keeping, a cultural artifact that pretty much defines the parameters..."

Dec. 15, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Turnt Up

The Weird City Hip-Hop Festival returns as a single-day rap off

"...Less than three weeks before the second Weird City Hip-Hop Festival, one of its organizers, local rapper..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

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