The Austin Chronic: Crying at a SXSW Panel About Psychedelics

The power of healing evokes feelings on a trip down to the conference

"...I’m mistrustful of the business community that’s moved to patent aspects of naturally occurring substances with ancient practices. So..."

March 21, 2025 Column by Kevin Curtin

Damien Chazelle and the Fall of Silent Hollywood in Babylon

The director talks falling stars and the great studio inversion of 1927

"...vagabonds, a lot of immigrants, early filmmakers fleeing the patent trusts from the East Coast, even, you could argue..."

Dec. 22, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Homelessness and Mobility Top District 5 and 8 Issues

A southwest state of mind

"...report of over $100,000 on hand. Richard Smith, a patent attorney, former judge, and member of the Oak Hill..."

Aug. 26, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...was the first audio trademark accepted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The network began using it in..."

May 13, 2022 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Public Notice: Helping the Helpers

"...Maria Elena Bottazzi for their work creating Corbevax, a patent-free COVID-19 vaccine. Tickets start at $150, at austinpcc.org...."

May 6, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

TikTok Talents, Metal Gods and Comedy Provocateurs Added as SXSW Keynotes and Speakers

With a week to go, the fest expands its speaker and podcast list

"...Knight as they take a journey through the zeitgeist-iest (patent pending) of film, TV and comics, with fandom knowledge..."

March 1, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Teen Inventor Honored for His "FireBot"

Search and rescue robot helps firefighters navigate burning buildings remotely

"...Competition earned Thakur $2,000 and made him eligible for patenting help from the United States Patent and Trademark Office,..."

Oct. 22, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Lord Friday the 13th Album Review

Irrational Anthems

"..."Patent Leather" delivers a glossy mask to the crew's self-proclaimed..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Music Feature by Morgan-Taylor Thomas

The Nowhere Inn

Layered St. Vincent mockumentary warps reality and opens a window to artist's heart

"...where she donned thigh-high orange boots and a skin-tight patent leather dress to match, oozing the sex appeal that..."

Sept. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Philip Vaughan was the first person to receive a patent for the ball bearing...."

Jan. 8, 2021 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Ben Kweller hits the Continental Club stage, Threadgill's auctions some history, and more

"...polished and waxed for hygienic ears only. Music tech patent holder and longtime Austinite Jim Van Buskirk drums with..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Now Streaming in Austin: The Trolls

Austin comedy takes a potshot at tech culture

"...the idea of podcasts. What they did is called patent trolling: File an amazingly vague patent, then come threaten..."

May 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Monthly's Taco Editor on the Past, Present, & Future of the American Taco

Q&A with José R. Ralat, the man with one of the most envied titles in town

"...researching – I spent eight hours going through the patent office's online database. It was a wonderful day. It..."

April 22, 2020 Food Post by Lina Fisher

Kathy Valentine of the Go-Go's Recalls the Moment Her Band Topped the Charts in 1981

Austin born and raised, Valentine and the girls reigned with Beauty & the Beat – as excerpted from her new memoir All I Ever Wanted

"...on a Go-Go's T-shirt and a pair of red patent leather stilettos and tried to freshen up my makeup..."

April 17, 2020 Music Feature by Kathy Valentine

One in a Crowd: "A Grievance With Gravity"

Help this local short about feeling out of place raise essential funds

"...Zoe (Kelsey Thomas, who starred in Horan’s first film..."

Dec. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Death Watch: Is Randall Mays "Competent" to Die?

Trial court stays execution to consider if he's mentally unfit, again

"...as long. He believes he has been awarded a patent on a device that would put the oil and..."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Roosevelt Room Stands Its Ground in a New Downtown

How the right lease negotiations kept the Fifth Street bar in business

"...and innovative bar tools and were going through the patent process when they first heard about 307 W. Fifth...."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

CBD Companies Find Practical Uses for Marijuana Compounds

Canvas 1839’s scientist and Willie’s Remedy explain cannabis molecules

"...Roche – [they're] interested in a molecule they can patent, in new molecular discovery. They don't pay as much..."

June 7, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

What If Your Contact Lenses Could Change with the Light?

Acuvue debuts Oasys with Transitions, all eyes breathe a sigh of relief

"...also, our partner Transitions Optical is the authority and patent-owner on a lot of photochromic additives...."

April 3, 2019 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dragged Across Concrete

Police brutality and corruption in a world of malice and greed

"...director at the moment than S. Craig Zahler, whose patent brand of vicious drama has seen him painted as..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Startup Home Run Dugout Steps Up to the Plate

Pre-booking is open for the Dell Diamond facility in advance of baseball’s opening day

"...facility – think Topgolf, but for baseball. Utilizing a patent-pending proprietary pitching machine, Hermandorfer and Bambrick say their technology-driven..."

March 1, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Your friendly neighborhood web-head goes beyond Peter Parker

"...the expectations of Peter B. Parker (Johnson adding his patent brand of schlubbiness to the older, tubbier, divorced Peter)..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Pre-holiday travel tips

"...Legislature. The new moniker became official when the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office approved the city’s application to trademark..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Tom Gimbel Takes Austin City Limits Global

Sky’s the limit for the ACL brand

"...is a system universities use when they have a patent or a trademark that allows dividends to flow back..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Fantastic Fest Interview: Jim Hosking Spends An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn

British filmmaker goes from greasy weirdness to oddball rom-com

"...tucked into slacks, that would have had a thin patent leather belt with a gold buckle. Just put together,..."

Sept. 20, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Kunis and McKinnon run to Europe, but forget to pack jokes

"...Europe with her best friend Morgan (McKinnon, extending her patent on kooky), in possession of a highly coveted MacGuffin..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Coffee Lids Book at BookPeople Tonight

Architect Scott Specht presents his elegant collection of java caps

"...until it was revealed. An example or two of patent applications, even. We mean: This book defines "coffee cup..."

May 7, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Terrifying Laughter of Parenthood

Award-winning comedy Maybe Shower comes home

"...regular audiences laugh with his work. His last film, patent law satire The Trolls, "screened at a couple of..."

March 30, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film News

Locals at SXSW, plus RSVP for a Maybe Shower

"...comedy is his follow-up to his VOD success, 2016's patent law satire The Trolls. Tickets and details at www.maybeshower.com...."

March 9, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Tenth and Final SXSW Artist List

Action Bronson, Talib Kweli, a Blaze Foley tribute, and 196 more

"...Holland Patent Public Library (Brooklyn, NY.)..."

March 1, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

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