Section B
ALAMO JUSTICE: Last Thursday, San Antonio police charged Joseph Gamboa and Jose Najera with one count of capital murder and two counts of attempted capital murder in the June 24 killing of Tacoland owner Ramiro “Ram” Ayala and wounding of employees Denise Koger and Doug Morgan. According to the San Antonio Express-News, a SWAT team arrested Najera, 28, Thursday afternoon, while Gamboa, 22, was already in custody on an attempted murder charge from a shooting spree on the city’s South Side two days after Ayala’s murder. A witness who played pool with the pair earlier that night identified them for police, as did bartender Koger, who was released from SA’s University Hospital last week. Morgan, Tacoland’s doorman, remained in serious condition.WIRING IN: Austin-based circuiteers AMD signed on as a principal sponsor of the Austin City Limits Music Festival last week, joining other Central Texas underwriters like HEB, SBC, and Capital Metro. AMD already provides the digital audio for the TV show, and will use its AMD64 technology to record the more than 130 performances at the Sept. 23-25 event. That includes new adds the Kaiser Chiefs, Blues Traveler, and Jack Ingram, and AMD stage bands like Ambulance LTD, Tortoise, Kasabian, the Frames, and Bloc Party. Festival organizers concurrently released their 2005 grid, and only broke TCB’s heart one time by pitting Doves against Rilo Kiley, but the Arcade Fire against Jason Mraz is just fine. (Map your own route at www.aclfestival.com.) Believe it or not, tickets are still left for this thing, at $105 for a three-day pass, but “not many,” says producer Charles Attal.
This article appears in July 15 • 2005.