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Everything Went Black: Live Fast Drive Faster
"Hello Kowalski..?
"...R/T side stripes" exterior both devours sunlight and reflects moonlight, and the black leather interior sports a back seat..."

Oct. 11, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts
Tim League reflects on the sale of Alamo Drafthouse franchising and marketing operations; W. is Dracula; and San Marcos is at the drive-in
"...it's just the kind we've been lusting after: a drive-in. This Saturday, July 31, is the kickoff of the..."

July 30, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Bowie on the Big Screen
Looking back on the rare gems of the Diamond Dog
"...same. Starting tonight with a double bill at the Blue Starlite Drive-In, and followed by a month of celebrations..."

Jan. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Keeping Softball Alternative
Local creative types battle it out on the diamond
"...decades. Skin as pale as soy milk in the moonlight … eyes blood-shot … showerless. The personal guard to..."

June 5, 2009 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

God's Own Clothesline
In Search of Far Flung Adventures With Butch Hancock
"...from the tape deck behind the bar and the blue haze of a hand-rolled cigarette. "You should meet him,..."

May 15, 1998 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Ray Manzarek: Trying to Set the World on Fire
The late Doors keyboardist at the Garden of Eden
"...were lots of black people, and there was the blues on the radio. My God, Chicago. It was outside..."

May 23, 2013 Music Post by Danielle Zelisko

Sleigh Ride
Robin Bradford takes a trip back to examine love, trust, and safety.
"...traveling through the dark cornfields of Kansas in her blue Malibu with my new Daddy Jim at the wheel...."

Dec. 24, 1999 Features Feature by Robin Bradford

Arts Bullets
Physical Plant Theater's first Garden Party raised more than $8,000, Ann Hume Wilson has been appointed associate director of the Blanton Museum of Art, Blue Lapis Light is exhibiting – and auctioning off – bras and breastplates for angels, and the city unveils a new mural at the Pan Am / A.B. Cantu Recreation Center
"...parking garage, 601 N. Lamar. It launches a new drive-in radio drama series dubbed Dashboard. The Fever opens June..."

June 4, 2004 Arts Feature

The Doors
"...by funk protest "Peace Frog" kicking into Hotel roommate "Blue Sunday." The second set inserts John Lee Hooker's (and..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Because the Night Playlist
Daylight savings end-times tunes
"...the boardrooms for contract negotiations. Long days where the blue summer sky lingers over pools like Barton Springs, Big..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Post by William Harries Graham

To Choogle or Not to Choogle
Everything you never wanted to know about choogle
"...are almost completely choogle-free. Choogle is rooted in the blues, but doesn't live there - the Allman Brothers couldn't..."

April 18, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks & Sleepers
"...BLUE NOISE BAND: This avant-jazz concern is dogged in its..."

March 8, 2002 Music Feature

Film Reviews
Recommended
"...MOONLIGHT AND VALENTINOD: David Anspaugh; with Elizabeth Perkins, Whoopi Goldberg,..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

SXSW Picks and Sleepers
"...then proceeded to pound the pulpit with wicked folk blues like a cross between Ben Harper and 16 Horsepower's..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

Playback: My Top 100 Austin Records of 2018
Kevin Curtin picks his favorite local sounds of the year
"...Laraaji, Arji OceAnanda, Dallas Acid, Arrive Without Leaving (Flying Moonlight)..."

Dec. 21, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Medicine Man
Up a Tree With Greg Ashley
"...stops the truck next to a red, white, and blue mailbox and unlocks a creaky gate. The cabin sits..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Qmmunity: Starry, Starry Night
The Jigglewatts Burlesque Revue invites Austin to celebrate the nighttime at their Starry Soirée
"...members – Ruby Joule, Ruby Lamb, Jolie Goodnight, Something Blue, Selma Bawdy, and the feminine drag alter ego of..."

Nov. 24, 2023 Column by James Scott

Black as Your Lungs, Black as Pitch
First-Place Winner
"...shiny wooden bar. It was hard-fired and glazed with greenish-blue...."

Feb. 15, 2008 Books Feature by Greg Koehler

David Garza Recounts a Few of the 10,000 Stories Behind Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Texan muse and former Austinite relocated production to El Paso
"...100-year-old haunted adobe room where we recorded tribal rhythms. Moonlight trance night walks amid thousands of acres of pecan..."

April 20, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Critics Poll
Chronicle critics size up 2003
"...Dentler: Blue October..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Music Feature

The Reluctant Celebrity
When you get caught between the moon and New York City, it's time to head back home to Austin
"...played the Deep Purple tunes I knew and some blues and got through it. I drove them to the..."

Jan. 20, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Thursday Picks
SXSW picks & sleepers
"...Margaret MoserTWO HIGH STRING BAND8pm, Opal Divine's Freehouse Austin bluegrass trio Two High String Band – mandolinist Billy Bright,..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

ACL Prime Time
Blurbs to ACL Music Fest by.
"...3:15pm, American Original stage When the future of Austin blues is mentioned, Gary Clark Jr. is among the first..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature

Storyteller
Talking turkey with X-Ray
"...Really Got Me," I wanted it to be a blues song. Like a Leadbelly or a Broonzy song. But..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Mindy LaBernz

ACL Music Fest Friday Listings
ACL Friday by the blurbs
"...preteen sing-alongs and Okee Dokee Brothers' catchy folk and bluegrass wrap nicely around the Verve Pipe's latest LP, A..."

Oct. 8, 2010 Music Feature

Rollergirl
A million lights are dancing and there you are, a shooting star! You are a muse on eight wheels! You are roller skating!
"...half-hour, the lights go down, and red, green, and blue police lights swivel in the dark. The neon signs..."

May 11, 2001 Features Feature by Sarah Hepola

SXSW Picks and Sleepers
"...heart poetics, Heiruspecs brings another new sound to hip-hop. Bluesy live instrumentation, including flute, bass, guitar, and DJs keeps..."

March 14, 2003 Music Feature

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