Entroducing... Applied Pressure

ATX crew celebrates three years with a live ode to DJ Shadow

"...With that understanding in mind, Applied Pressure, a four-man DJ/electronic collective founded in 2011 by..."

April 11, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Pressure Rising at the Water Utility

One manager forced out, another accused of harassment ... who's watching the valves?

"...slow to respond to leaks – was under political pressure to step up its repair program, resulting in the..."

May 7, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

SXSW Music List No. 9

Spoon, Atmosphere, Charles Bradley, and 243 more added

"...homegrown SXSWers include Akkina Adderley & the Vintage Playboys, Applied Pressure, Borzoi, Clouds Are Ghosts, Comforter, Dead Earth Politics,..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

David Whitley Back in Abbott’s Office With Promotion, Raise

Disgraced former secretary of state keeps failing upward

"...effort in the works since March 2018 – and applied pressure to Texas Department of Public Safety officials to..."

June 7, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Hot Luck Review: Questlove

Roots polymath demonstrates DJ prowess

"...a spectacular Sunday set at Mohawk, the godfatherly drummer/producer applied his Midas touch to the turntables...."

May 28, 2018 Music Post by Clara Wang

Mélat, 5D, Applied Pressure Orchestra

Empire Control Room & Garage, Jan. 6

"...final and best act. In a one-off performance, the Applied Pressure Orchestra (Slyce, BoomBaptist, Bird Peterson, Hobo D) went..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Music Review by Kahron Spearman

Meanwhile, in Houston

Same-sex marriage benefits case heats up with new lawsuit

"...Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, who applied pressure on the court by filing numerous amicus briefs,..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Austin Jousters A-Z

Locals take the stage

"...2:20pm, Forest stage Breakout beatmaker Andrew Thaggard, of Austin's Applied Pressure crew, brings a technician's touch to hip-hop, bass..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Five Nights on Dirty Sixth

Is Dirty Sixth Street the wasteland the music scene makes it out to be? Five straight nights answer loud and clear.

"...A cadre of local musicians, anchored by beat crew Applied Pressure and vocal sirens Keeper, re-create tracks by DJ..."

July 17, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Doug Sahm for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

The Austin Music Hall gets slated for teardown, the Roost closes while looking for a cash infusion, Backyard owner Tim O'Connor gets back in the concert game, and a Kickstarter campaign to get Doug Sahm into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

"...Drafthouse Ritz on Sunday night. Local beat music ambassadors Applied Pressure join dream poppers Keeper and drummer James Taylor..."

July 10, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Race Is to the Swift

In Texas, livestock are better vaccinated than children.

"...a big job. Ditto, New York's. That's when political pressure began to be threatened -- or applied -- in..."

May 9, 2003 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Funeralgate Hits Texas

What Did Bush Know?

"...the legislators, the governor's office, and others began applying pressure on SCI's behalf. Consider these facts: The day after..."

July 9, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

No Commitment Necessary

As the economy takes a dive, many high tech workers find themselves stuck on the temping treadmill

"...the 750 temporary employees whose jobs were eliminated by Applied Materials last month, or the 100 temps laid off..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

When Good Food Goes Bad

"...balance safety, quality, and finance while dealing with the high-pressure job of putting out a consistent, appetizing product daily...."

June 4, 1999 Food Feature by Mick Vann

To Your Health

My thighs look like orange peel! I've seen this on older women, but I am only 28. My friends call it cellulite, so what is cellulite and more important, how do I make it go away?

"..."orange peel" effect may develop as a buttress against pressure caused by fat accumulation...."

May 3, 2002 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

Postscripts

Shuttle Carnage Looms

"...accident rates for the last quarter alone. The constant pressure has increased worker accidents, injuries, and attrition. Attrition leads..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Column

Get Out the Bootstraps

Cause Texas Ain't Takin' Care of You No More

"...touch with them about jobs for which they had applied, and since they did not own a vehicle, getting..."

June 13, 1997 News Feature by Audrey Duff

The Making of an Endorsement

"...are optional anyway, that people can't just apply political pressure to the council and have it done from the..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature

Weed Watch

Fight to "equalize" penalties associated with the use of booze and pot in Colorado continues

"...chose to include it anyway – likely because of pressure applied by federal narcos with the Rocky Mountain High..."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin Police Consider Community Reforms

After a year spent making headlines APD prioritizes policing equity

"...demographical representation within the city. And in 2014, officers applied use of force (or its departmental classification, response to..."

Nov. 4, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Entertainment Economy

As the Austin film, music, and gaming scenes become a "cluster," civic leaders are looking for industrial-strength creativity

"...precipitous boom. Now, and not for the first time, pressure is being applied to local leaders, elected and otherwise,..."

March 14, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Public Notice: Threading the Needle

Is this the year of urban planning?

"...provide much of Austin's character and are under increasing pressure from market forces (largely the cost of the dirt..."

Jan. 6, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song: Amos Lee

Levon Helm & Asleep at the Wheel acolyte sells out the Moody

"...After Mission Bell went No. 1, did Lee feel pressure to follow it up, or was pressure applied from..."

Feb. 27, 2014 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...coming to tell me that we had no water pressure in the place that we were staying. It was..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

With a Possible Update to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Former Council Members Recall Local Scandal

How a misunderstanding changed Austin politics

"...it was unconstitutional," Wood said, holding that an "as applied" challenge specific to the Montgomery County case would have..."

April 19, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

High Court Turns Back Open Meetings Act

Rules that snared City Council thrown out

"...rule, more simply, that the provision was unconstitutional "as applied" in this specific case, rather than overturning it entirely...."

March 8, 2019 News Feature by Michael King

'Post Linear'

The paintings of Beili Liu, Shawn Camp, and Sandra Pratt might be what cartographers dream

"...that can be reached by sumi ink under the pressure of breath. Main streams of black go raggedly arterial..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Trying To Fix the World

Five-year review of APD Chief Art Acevedo

"...or endures it only grudgingly, after years of public pressure. But even longtime department critics, including Nelson Linder of..."

May 25, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Keeping the Faith

Women lawmakers endure – and defy – the anti-choice wrath of the Catholic Church

"...the number one issue," says Hutchinson, describing an institutional pressure that she says "runs afoul of what most of..."

April 6, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Can This District Be Saved?

The revival of the Warehouse District is rooted in Austin's history – and its popularity is also its peril

"...As Downtown thrives, the area is under increasing redevelopment pressure. While the fragmented ownership of the many small tracts..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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