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Check Out Foo Fighters
21 Apr 2008 05:15 PM At the Brit Awards (the British music industry's most prestigious prizes) this past February,... » More
National Library Week is 50 Years Old!
14 Apr 2008 01:17 PM This week America is celebrating National Library Week. In 1958, the country started celebrating... » More
Lady Day's Diamond Eyes
7 Apr 2008 05:31 PM Billie Holiday was born on this day back in 1915. I’ve heard it said that a candle which... » More
Who Was Noel Coward?
4 Apr 2008 11:35 AM Noel Coward, the archetype of urbane elegance, began his long and successful career in the... » More
The A-List: 'Weakerthans at The Parish', 4.2.08
3 Apr 2008 08:18 AM Canadian folk/punk rockers return to Austin after their SXSW performance a few weeks ago.... » More
2008 Voices for Change Talent Competition
29 Mar 2008 01:48 PM MAS Youth brings you this first-ever opportunity to show off your skill in a mad competition... » More
Amazing Gracelessness
28 Mar 2008 03:25 PM I was driving south on Interstate 35, about 40 miles out of Austin, playing a CD I’d made... » More
David Cook Blows Roof Off Idol, What Was Left of It
27 Mar 2008 11:17 AM In what was one of the best Idol’s we’d seen in some time, star moments built upon one another.... » More
David Archuleta Preps for Vegas / Amanda Overmyer Too Much For American Idol
21 Mar 2008 10:21 AM Amanda Overmyer is the only contestant that will easily sell tickets to a show....because... » More
Free music Fridays at City Hall
18 Mar 2008 04:26 PM Free music every Friday on the plaza of Austin City HallThe 2008 season of "Live from the... » More
Posters
17 Mar 2008 04:56 PM I’m kind of into posters. For the last few years I have been heavily involved with music... » More
Personal Bests of the Fest
17 Mar 2008 10:06 AM Best reason to get a badge: Easy way to see Lou Reed; only way to hear M. Ward and Jim James... » More
I Heart SXSW
15 Mar 2008 10:32 PM I'm one of those Austinites who welcome the music festival to our city. I think SXSW is awesome.... » More
Sweet Who
15 Mar 2008 10:35 AM So Lou Reed sang “Walk on the Wild Side” with Moby at the Fort this week, reclaiming it from... » More
March 13, 2008 - The Hard Lessons
15 Mar 2008 09:24 AM Well that was a good time. This was The Hard Lessons from Michigan. They rocked the place... » More
Syd Straw's Strange Set
14 Mar 2008 01:19 PM Folk may have forgotten about Syd Straw who last played SxSW 12 years ago to support her War... » More
My New SXSW Identity
13 Mar 2008 05:09 PM So there I was last night, walking around the very epicenter of the South by Southwest... » More
Accelerate true to its word
13 Mar 2008 02:58 PM Longtime R.E.M. fans are stoked by the new, shorter guitar-based songs and ten of them were... » More
Six words about Austin Music Awards
13 Mar 2008 11:30 AM Too much yak, not enough music. Was hoping to catch the Judy's reunion and Okkervil River... » More
R.E.M. enough to dream
12 Mar 2008 04:38 PM So there will be no ticket distribution for R.E.M’s Thursday afternoon taping of the Austin... » More
A night with Van
12 Mar 2008 02:34 PM UPDATE: A line of wristband hopefuls started gathering by 4:30 pm or so outside Zona Rosa,... » More
South by Southwest
12 Mar 2008 02:29 AM In 1987, South by Southwest started as a weekend long music festival run by a handful of people,... » More
Swollen Circus beings pre-SxSW Tuesday
11 Mar 2008 08:12 PM Since you're probably not going to the Parish free-for-all tonight with the double bill of... » More
Pink Velour in Austin
11 Mar 2008 01:36 PM UPDATE: Syd Straw didn't exactly preview any Pink Velour material at the Hole, but she did... » More
Washarama and Accelerate
10 Mar 2008 08:42 PM In the summer of 1981, R.E.M. opened for Houston’s new wave sensations The Judy’s who were... » More
"You Can't Hold the Hand of a Rock and Roll Man"
9 Mar 2008 02:55 PM Gawd, that sounds like a Lou Reed song, but it’s really on Okkervil River’s latest The Stage... » More
Sensitive Boys
9 Mar 2008 11:41 AM As Alejandro Escovedo sings on the exquisitely played “Sensitive Boys” from his upcoming Real... » More
The SXSW Music Festival
8 Mar 2008 07:40 PM The South by Southwest Music Festival has been running strong, and getting stronger, since... » More
SxSW new sensations
6 Mar 2008 11:05 PM Lou Reed returns to Austin for the first time since 1996, when he irritated SxSW organizers... » More
Reivers Return
5 Mar 2008 09:21 PM After a rollicking two-night stand at the Parish in early February, could the beloved Reivers... » More
March 5, 2008 - MySpace
5 Mar 2008 06:00 PM Just taking a photo of MySpace. When I saw my friend Bryan playing guitar next to the Austin... » More
!!!!!!! HILLARY WINS TEXAS !!!!!!!!
4 Mar 2008 11:50 PM As we all know by know the momentum of Obama has been brought to a screeching halt..... Hillary... » More
Clinton Draws Line in the Sand
3 Mar 2008 10:30 PM Hillary made great strides in last her last stand before the TEXAS PRIMARY on Tuesday. Momentum... » More
Open Mic hosted by Austin Poetry Society
25 Feb 2008 01:20 PM The Austin Poetry Society inaugurates a new monthly open mic this Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30... » More
Some Random Observations about Life, Texans, Politics and Culture
25 Feb 2008 09:22 AM 1) OK, since a blog is all about calling attention to yourself (it is, isn’t it? or is... » More
OBAMA VS. HILLARY
23 Feb 2008 05:02 PM OBAMA VS. HILLARY Here we have two candidates fighting for the right to get your vote to become... » More
Austin Radio Stations
23 Feb 2008 06:12 AM In a time when even Clear Channel is being bought by another radio conglomerate, commercial... » More
Time To Breathe
22 Feb 2008 08:33 PM I am in a very strange position at Arts On Real... Rehearsals for Matt & Ben have not started,... » More
"OK - He's High" Part 2: "Blood"
22 Feb 2008 11:34 AM Warning: More metaphysicalishness from a completely ignorant non-metaphysical thinker. In... » More
Login to the Bump Band
20 Feb 2008 12:08 PM Ian McClagan and the Bump Band grace Lucky Lounge's loinsevery Thurs.at 6 pm in the month... » More
"It's the beat to keep."
15 Feb 2008 10:50 AM The Harry Ransom Center at UT recently opened its exhibition of "On the Road with the Beats,"... » More
February 14, 2008: Valentine Shuffle
14 Feb 2008 05:20 PM My wife got me a new little Shuffle for Valentine's Day. I like that it doesn't have a screen... » More
Don't Watch Me Work!
14 Feb 2008 04:28 PM Years ago, I worked for a woman who redefined the term “high maintenance.” When she wasn’t... » More
Grit, Glamour, and Greatness
11 Feb 2008 06:51 PM February is Black History Month. To show my appreciation for all the magnificent contributions... » More
Reivers Reunion Concert: "Things don't change they never have"
11 Feb 2008 11:35 AM No environmental news today. Just personal. It’s my 42nd birthday and Founder’s Day at EnviroMedia,... » More
Meeting Will Be Held In The Harper Valley Auditorium
9 Feb 2008 11:39 AM As a kid I loved music... I should say, "I always have loved music," but to clarify: As... » More
Donna Beckham
8 Feb 2008 06:15 PM Say is FEMA going to Tennessee? On another note musical, that is. I had the opportunity to... » More
After Superbowl, SuperCrash
2 Feb 2008 07:38 PM One of Austin's favorite hard rock bands will be shakin' it up after the big game on Sunday.... » More
Better Workouts
30 Jan 2008 12:56 PM While you wait for the FindIt catalog to come back up (Thursday or Friday, we hope) you can... » More
My Sister's Keeper - Hope in the Midst of HIV (2008)
30 Jan 2008 07:07 AM I read this poem at an HIV/AIDS program put on by the Wright House Wellness Center. It will... » More
Lying About Your Age
25 Jan 2008 04:47 PM Well, here we go again. According to The New York Times‘ Style section, looking older —... » More
Never too late to talk about Janis
23 Jan 2008 10:58 PM I was lucky enough to grow up in a household where everybody loved music. From my grandpa... » More
Forever (2007)
22 Jan 2008 07:28 PM note: I wrote this poem for the family of a lady who was killed last year on her way to/from... » More
WRESTLING: Butch, Sexy, Or Just Pretty Gay.
22 Jan 2008 04:04 PM In just 12 days, the wrestling comedy THE COLOSSEUM opens at Arts On Real. It's a series... » More
New Rule: The Snorer Gets The Green Light
19 Jan 2008 06:27 PM This topic has absolutely nothing to do with theater or the arts or Arts On Real - except... » More
The Greatest Albums Ever (the 9/04/2007, 8:49PM CST Edition)
19 Jan 2008 03:59 PM Recently, I've started listening to my CDs a lot more. It wasn't a conscious decision; rather... » More
Why don't black women like hip hop?
19 Jan 2008 03:54 PM November 11Femi is wondering why black women don't like hip hop. 11:21pmOn Friday, November... » More
Straight From The Straight Guys Mouth
18 Jan 2008 12:31 PM I'm typically and proudly accepting of people, their cultures and lifestyles and even their... » More
Getting a Life Back in Gdinya, Poland
11 Jan 2008 02:21 PM Ellen: No need to test whether I’mRuth’s sister, either. Though I have these periodic fits... » More
Living in the Live Music Capital
10 Jan 2008 02:09 PM I’m driving home from lunch, rocking out, because the radio is playing Junior Brown’s Highway... » More
First Austin Music Memorial inductees selected
13 Dec 2007 12:43 PM First Austin Music Memorial inductees selected for their contribution to Austin’s musical... » More
