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Irvine Welsh's first novel 'Trainspotting' is one of the most successful first novels in recent history, but in this interview with Chronicle writer Marc Savlov, Welsh, whose new novel 'Glue' brings him to BookPeople on Monday, June 18, at 7pm, admits to thinking that "you had to be a bit strange to be a writer, to sit in your room, spending all this time with people that don't actually exist, you know?"

This musical sucks you in with its own brand of willful illogic and breathtaking visuals. Set in turn-of-the-century Paris, a penniless poet falls madly in love with a nightclub's star performer, a chanteuse-cum-courtesan who has a heart of gold and is an incipient consumptive. The music is a combination of restructured modern pop tunes manhandled into clever new forms.

Austin Preeminent Concert Promoter Ponders Retirement

A Legislative Wrap-Up on the 77th Session

Is Austin's Sixth Street Entertainment District undergoing an identity crisis? -- and who are the designated shrinks?

The video mailed across the state, the Christian film that found an audience in Austin, and other stories of evangelicals using film to spread the word

Bush's insane energy policy, Greenwashing on Earth Day, and the Washington Legal Foundation moves in on the White House

The State Policy Committee Politically Purges the State Employees' Charitable Campaign

What destroys a neighborhood? How can bikes help? What's wrong with the Julia Roberts/Brad Pitt vehicle THE MEXICAN? A few answers to these questions---and more!---right here, right now.

What seems to be an uplifting look into the liberating nature of women's pro wrestling in Japan quickly becomes an exploration into the psyches of the women who live it

Our readers talk back.

Warren Chisum resurrects the Andrews County nuclear waste dump, Longhorn Pipeline politics under scrutiny, and Austin marches against hate

Spicewood residents are protesting plans by Rainbow Materials to build a concrete batch plant in their small, semirural community.

Hyde Park Baptist foofaraw and assorted cultural allegations.

Our readers talk back.

Mardi Gras Rioting on Sixth Street brands Austin "The Mace, Pepper Spray, and Rubber Bullet Capital of the World"

Dick Holland assesses two Texas journalists, Gary Cartwright and Jan Reid, whose new collections of articles possess a cautionary wisdom, the kind you acquire when you court danger and danger provides you with a keen view of what lies beyond.

SXSW wristbands go on sale with the news that Dr. Demento will be attending this year's festival. Also, the passing of the Victory Grill's Johnny Holmes, and the expansion of Emo's.

Club hopping through Austin's musical past.

Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.

Global Warming, Public Schools, and Jazz a la Zorn.

Defending the death penalty, the new Gov, the schools, and all that Jazz.

The Downtown Austin Alliance presented its annual Impact Awards to groups and individuals responsible for "revitalizing" the Central Business District, but not everyone is happy with what they consider downtown gentrification.

Documentarian Ken Burns' takes on Jazz -- and loses.

A look at what's been filed for the 77th session at the Texas Legislature

Politics & music & the politics of music.