The Year in Books
Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year
"...Maybe a bit of a snob, too. So say the words "genre fiction" – no, even worse, "Western novel"..."
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Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones
Happy To See Ventura Still Writing On Silliphant
"...newest piece last April (which I just discovered on the Internet), was pretty hard on him, but it was..."
Jan. 5, 2012 Postmarks
City Hall Hustle: The Hustle Bids Farewell ...
A bittersweet goodbye to the city politics beat
"...The City Hall beat here at the Chronicle comes with..."
Dec. 30, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Luv Doc Recommends: NYE 1977
Spider House Ballroom, Saturday, December 31, 2011
"...Saturday night begins the year of the Mayan apocalypse. Time to get your..."
Dec. 30, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc
The Artist
It's a silent, black-and-white film for the 21st century, full of coy delights.
"...Its star, Jean Dujardin, was a revelation, playing up the zany farce at the heart of that film, laughing..."
Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Adventures of Tintin
Steven Spielberg brings Hergé's comic books to animated life.
"...I haven't played the video game Uncharted, to which this animated via motion..."
Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Full-Gore Press
Mind the viscera: Austin's horror filmmaking scene is exploding
"...Will 2011 go down as the year the Austin horror filmmaking community definitively established itself..."
Dec. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
Down These Mean, Ink-Stained Streets
Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick brings his 'Nickel History' to Slugfest Gallery
"...The articulate Irishman from Chicago, who looks like he could..."
Dec. 23, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
One, Two, Tres, Cuatro
Carson Brock's grandmother is looking out for him, and other tales from the 'bless their heart' file
"...That was the essence of the email from Carson Brock's grandmother, Janet..."
Dec. 23, 2011 Music Column by Margaret Moser
There Ain't No Sanity Clause: Nasty Videos for Your Inner Naughty Child
Counter-programming Christmas with bad cheer and body counts
"...Overcast, wet, and about as warm as Morrissey's Manchester, the holidays are once more upon us, grinning with suspect..."
Dec. 19, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov
Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore Generation
Essential collection of not-so-disposable DIY markers
"...Visual Vitriol: The Street Art and Subcultures of the Punk and Hardcore..."
Dec. 16, 2011 Music Feature by Marc Savlov
Nirvana
When the album becomes Immersion
"..."There's more cameras in here than in a 7-11," cracks..."
Dec. 9, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: I Love Rock & Roll
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame needs to stay home
"...La., would like you to think of it as the birthplace of rockabilly...."
Dec. 2, 2011 Music Column by Margaret Moser
7&7 Is
7&7 Is
"...Bill Jeffery's Casio keyboard caper unwinds Krautrock as a lithe fivepiece aiding the frontman's non-Auto-Tuned good humor ("Here Sometime..."
Dec. 2, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
With this new entry, the series officially marks a transition from relatively harmless Victorian-minded trash to something flatly pernicious.
"...had a rough go of it. Her high school sweetheart, Edward Cullen (Pattinson), turned out to be a nonpracticing..."
Nov. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Page Two: The Metaphoric and the Mimetic
A journey
"...Having come together by chance, many of us stuck together, traveling through..."
Nov. 25, 2011 Column by Louis Black
Point Austin: Holiday Hunger
While helping our neighbors, consider the structures of poverty
"...Among the many subjects unaddressed in the seemingly endless series of..."
Nov. 25, 2011 News Column by Michael King
One, Two, Tres, Cuatro: Lives Well Spent
Life cycles of those who sold their souls for music
"...The subject Saturday morning was music and motherhood, as decreed..."
Nov. 18, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Luv Doc Recommends: East Austin Studio Tour
East Austin, Saturday, November 19, 2011
"...well, right? Those digs ain't cheap. If you're doing the EASTside shuffle this weekend, don't expect kegs of PBR..."
Nov. 18, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc
Metallurgy
Metallurgy
"...Doomriders Friday on the Black stage careened with reckless abandon into Fun Fun..."
Nov. 11, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Kool Keith
"...Consider the baseball statistic VORP: Value Over Replacement Player. It became..."
Nov. 11, 2011 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger
Point Austin: One, Two, Many Occupations
A movement being born is many things
"...Attempting to describe Occupy Austin – and more broadly, the Occupy movement worldwide – immediately conjures the fable of..."
Nov. 11, 2011 News Column by Michael King
Hull
"...HullBeyond the Lightless Sky (The End)..."
Nov. 4, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez
Machine Gun Preacher
Gerard Butler and Michael Shannon star in this drama about a reformed bruiser and drug addict who now rescues children from the conflict in Sudan.
"...somewhere between bloodthirsty nihilism and an unshakable belief in the twinned powers of religious redemption and obsession, Machine Gun..."
Oct. 7, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
City Hall Hustle: Agreeing To Disagree
Outside City Hall, crowds gather; inside City Hall, clouds form
"...As the Occupy Wall Street protests enter a second month, solidarity..."
Oct. 7, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Page Two: Fact-Free Follies
More fun from the wacky world of right-wing zealots
"...(Perception and reality, as well as the distance between them, has become the modern metaphoric Bermuda..."
Sept. 30, 2011 Column by Louis Black
Dog Years
Austin's version of the Band – the Gourds – steps into those brown shoes almost literally with Old Mad Joy
"...In 17 years together, the Gourds have fielded everything the greater music business..."
Sept. 23, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
Daniel Lanois' Black Dub
"...more intriguing as a live act than on disc. The dynamics between the quartet matched the steamy atmosphere early..."
Sept. 23, 2011 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri
Inventing New (Still Horrible) Ways To Die
You're Next
"...and director Adam Wingard are back with You're Next, their take on the home invasion trope. And guess what?..."
Sept. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Letters at 3am: Zelda's Law and 9/11
9/11 conspiracy theories will outlive their perpetrators
"...Zelda Fitzgerald gave us an invaluable tool for the study of history and politics. Call it Zelda's Law:..."
