Joined in Progress

Three local channels get Austin back with the program – but is anybody watching?

"...which has such an enormous capacity for greatness, remains the most timid medium in the communications universe." – Ted..."

June 23, 2006 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Weekend at Casey's

Thousands converge in the president's back yard to make a stand with Cindy Sheehan

"...went to Crawford, Texas, to witness and participate in the convergence of rallies in this small Texas town on..."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Kate X Messer

"I Made a Movie, and They Didn't Want It!"

Shut out by distribution companies, indie filmmakers go DIY when it comes to getting their movie out there.

"...Noble. A record label signs a band and puts their new CD in mall store racks. An acquisitions company..."

July 11, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Citizen McCall

Kinky Friedman once remarked that the line between fiction and reality is the one he snorted back in 1978. More than two decades later, he's still getting things mixed up. Chronicle writer Sidney Moody investigates why he puts his friend John McCall, the multimillionaire shampoo magnate and owner of the beauty supply firm Armstrong McCall, in his new detective novel Steppin' on a Rainbow without even bothering to change his name.

"...Kinky Friedman once remarked that the line between fiction and reality is the one he..."

Nov. 2, 2001 Books Feature by Sidney Moody

TV Eye

ABC's new drama Wonderland takes us through the looking glass and into the disquieting reality of a psychiatric ward; also, The Sopranos head toward their second season finale.

"...As I was engrossed in the premiere of Wonderland (ABC), the new drama set in..."

April 7, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Eric's World

The Many Fanastic Colors of

"...Tarrytown, Eric Johnson's beige stone house is dwarfed by the tall trees that tower above it. Against their late-summer,..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

A Life in Fragments

The Eloquence of Betye Saar's Art Assemblages

"...beautiful, carefully crafted and crisply presented assemblages, in which the artist recontextualizes found objects and fragments from her own..."

July 26, 1996 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

50 Watts of Freedom

"...Radio activist Pete Tridish of Philadelphia's Prometheus Radio Project has been traveling across the southern U.S.,..."

Sept. 27, 2002 News Feature by Chris Womack

Postmarks

Good cops and bad cops, radio waverings and global warming warnings.

"...Setting the 'Off the Record' Straight..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...BFI Recyclery's contract with the city ends Jan. 31, but the nettlesome issue of..."

Jan. 8, 1999 News Feature

Eco-Currents: Spring Roundup

Butterflies, hummingbirds, power plants, and more

"...have figured out a way to take advantage of the season. With funding from the National Wildlife Federation and..."

April 15, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Talk to Me

Cheadle leads a great cast through a musical glance at D.C. in the Sixties and Seventies.

"...Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mike Epps, Taraji P. Henson, Cedric the Entertainer, Martin Sheen and Vondie Curtis-Hall. Don Cheadle rarely..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...us a look at KUT's financial doings ["KUT by the Numbers," News, Jan. 20], I've been wondering how the..."

March 24, 2006 Column

Postmarks

Our Free Radio coverage generates some audio radiance, and more.

"...Kudos to Emily Pyle and the Chronicle for an excellent article on Free Radio ["The..."

June 29, 2001 Column

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week..."

April 4, 2008 News Feature

Katrina Aftermath Radio: A Brief, Dysfunctional Life

Attempts to set up a low-power FM for Astrodome residents killed by bureaucracy

"..."The first radio license I got from the FCC, for..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

KAZI's True Colors

The Reverend Frank Garrett Pushes KAZI to the Edge

"...88.7 FM has a PR problem -- he is the Reverend Frank Garrett, Jr., host of the morning talk..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

Faster Than Sound: Taylor Wallace Takes Over KUTX Morning Show

KUTX replaces morning show mainstay John Aielli with Taylor Wallace after the iconic ATX deejay suffers a stroke.

"...COVID-19 disrupted KUTX 98.9 beginning in March, after which the mainstay Austin music frequency slowly reintegrated live, in-studio hosts...."

Sept. 18, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week "Racism is racism; xenophobia is xenophobia. It's too..."

April 27, 2007 News Feature

Dialing for Dollar$

Austin radio stations scramble to keep the money flowing in a strange new media world

"...Throw a nickel in the air in a crowded room and odds are it..."

Dec. 17, 2004 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Taking It to the Limit..."

April 12, 2002 Column

Postmarks

Expanding on neighborhood expansion, taking C. Robison to task, and much more.

"...Erica Barnett's "Austin Stories" article on the proposed redevelopment of 11 tracts along Marathon in the..."

July 13, 2001 Column

Postmarks

Readers weigh in on the criminality of musicians, the integrity of neighborhoods, and more.

"...not so much about his questionable conviction, but about the article layout which gave the impression that Furr's corporate..."

July 6, 2001 Column

You Won't Hear That on Commercial Radio

"..."You've introduced me to the Derailers, Tosca, Steve James, Shirley Dominguez, and Goddess knows..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Media Watch

KXAN promises a new approach to 'Austin News' – but will it go beyond just a new set?

"...with as much hoopla as local TV can muster. The set is the linchpin of a far-reaching rebranding campaign..."

July 13, 2007 News Column by Kevin Brass

KAOS at KOOP

Austin's "community-owned" radio station is once again fractured into factions.

"...Though it's a stretch to compare the war at KOOP 91.7 FM to the U.S. government's..."

Oct. 11, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Making Hay Out of Y2K

Preparedness 101

"...spectacularly attended Austin City Council meeting held recently brought together Mayor Kirk Watson along with the heads of the..."

March 12, 1999 News Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Terrorist

KTBC Reporter Caggiano's Guerrilla Tactics Cost Him

"...suspended pending an internal investigation and, in accordance with station policy, was escorted out of the office building by..."

Aug. 8, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Austin’s Steady Strides Toward Climate Sustainability

How are we doing and how effective can local policies be at mitigating a worldwide crisis?

"..."You had a future," chanted the young people taking part in the Sept. 20 Climate..."

Nov. 1, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

Making History, Part One

Playwright Robert Schenkkan on bringing LBJ to the stage in 'All the Way'

"...In his new play All the Way, Robert Schenkkan draws on his time growing up..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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