SXSW Music Churns Out 8th Artist List

Ho99o9, Questlove, Nothing, and Get Up Kids join the action

"...Bill Small (Wimberley)..."

Feb. 14, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW’s Eighth Artist List

Nathaniel Rateliff, Bun B, Rob Stone, and 141 more

"...Night Sweats, Houston hip-hop legend Bun B, and “Chill Bill” rapper Rob Stone. The mid-March megaconference commences less than..."

Feb. 15, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW’s Sixth Artist List

Bully, White Reaper, Wye Oak, and 99 more luftballons

"...list are Milwaukee hip-hop iconoclast WebsterX, Strokes’ guitarist Albert Hammond Jr., piano-pounding boogie rockers Low Cut Connie, and emotive..."

Feb. 1, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Fear & Loathing

Travis County says goodbye to a coyote-killing machine

"...The city hired Tawny Hammond as its director of the Animal Services Office in..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

10 Freaks and Geeks to Redefine Austin Music

Local passion projects with singular visions

"...the Nineties, San Marcos artist Grady Roper bought a Hammond chord organ for $20. Because such an unlikely score..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Senators Hold Meeting to Reaffirm Anti-LGBT Discrimination

State Affairs Committee hearing used as anti-LGBT soapbox

"...Craig Estes, R-Witchita Falls, ( who authored an anti-LGBT bill cloaked as "religious freedom") to plead with one speaker,..."

Feb. 17, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...form of the sinister "Tall Man." Cast: Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, Kathy Lester..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Jane Got a Gun

Natalie Portman stars in and produced this Western

"...the New Mexico territory in 1871 as Jane’s husband Bill Hammond (Emmerich) returns home half-dead with gunshot wounds in..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Republicans Swap Marriage Ban for Angry Letter

Political cover after failure of gay marriage bill

"...Democrats were slapping themselves on the back after House Bill 4105, effectively a ban on gay marriage in Texas,..."

May 15, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

2015 Austin City Limits Music Festival Lineup

Foo Fighters, Drake, the Weeknd, and Deadmau5 top fall fest

"...Scanning down the bill, you’ll see Irish singer-songwriter Hozier, who cancelled his ACL..."

May 5, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Lege Goes to School: Education Bills

"...schools: Lawmakers have filed a broad slate of education bills, some of which fix what they've earlier broken, some..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Headlines

"...Educa­tion Committee Chair Jimmie Don Aycock. Aycock warns his bill is a short-term fix, and the system still needs..."

April 10, 2015 News Feature

Lege Lines: Guns vs. Business, Strange Bedfellows, and More

Lege walks the line between proliferating guns, protecting businesses

"...advocates expect that the open carry rules in Senate Bill 17 will pass, and that Speaker Joe Straus will..."

April 10, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

It's a Texas Issue

Oct. 14, 2014 Postmarks

SXSWedu Announces 2015 Speakers

Crowdfunding and school finance to dominate as LeVar Burton returns

"...why exactly teachers are being asked to foot the bill for materials like pens, paper, and text books)...."

Oct. 14, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: Does Business Really Hate Education?

It's way past time for some new voices on education policy

"...Austin Community College, two board seats and about a half-billion dollars in funding proposals (yes, that's a "B"). The..."

Oct. 10, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Eruption

Church on Monday guitarist Jake Langley transcends jazz

"...drummer Scott Laningham, but Dr. Polk's mastery of the Hammond B-3 is as otherworldly as the instrument's sound...."

March 28, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Fun and Games With Stratfor

APD and DPS collaborated with private 'geopolitical intelligence firm'

"...gathering and analysis, worth in 2012 more than $4 billion...."

March 7, 2014 News Feature by John Anderson

Playback: Lovers Rock

Announcing the Austin Music Awards and more Valentine's Day mash notes

"...› Drag City has released a dub version of Bill Callahan's 2013 LP Dream River, entitled Have Fun With..."

Feb. 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

UT Chancellor Cigarroa Quits

After surprise exit, will head pediatric tranplants in San Antonio

"..."a true renaissance man," Texas Association of Business CEO Bill Hammond wrote, "He has overseen tremendous growth and positive..."

Feb. 10, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

A Veteran's Voice

Playwright Johnny Meyer returned from war to learn that theatre is essential to life

"...for the first time as a civilian." Classmate Alli Hammond Zadrozny thinks this is a reflection of the program..."

March 22, 2013 Arts Feature by Jillian Owens

Enemies of Public Education

"...System Unconstitutional,” Newsdesk blog, Feb. 5]. Rick Perry and Bill Hammond are dirtbags and thugs, simply put. They know..."

Feb. 11, 2013 Postmarks

Judge: Texas School Finance System Unconstitutional

Now what? Legislators, education advocates and think tanks respond

"...remedy the situation immediately, legislators should restore the $5 billion cuts from public education in 2011...."

Feb. 5, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Bill of the Week: Down With Tests, Up With Standards?

Bipartisan starting point for school graduation reform

"...On Jan 24, the pair unveiled Senate Bill 240 and House Bill 640, creating what Van de..."

Jan. 26, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: We Want Your Urine

Rick Perry's latest bright idea is pissing on Texas

"...Yet, there they were last week grandstanding a pre-filed bill (Senate Bill 11) by Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound,..."

Nov. 23, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Bill Hammond's 'Absurd Suggestions'

"...Dear Editor, Perry-puppet Bill Hammond wants more businesses to move to Texas so..."

Nov. 12, 2012 Postmarks

The Life and Death of Schools

Educational warrior Diane Ravitch takes on the "school reform" movement

"...the Texas Tribune by Texas Assoc­i­ation of Business CEO Bill Hammond, who argued "we must stay the course" on..."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Scott Quitting Texas Education Agency

Controversial schools commissioner to leave July 2

"...Bill Hammond, president and CEO of the Texas Association of..."

May 1, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Romney Offensive

Perry gets mean as his campaign loses steam

"...business community like Texas Association of Business' head honcho Bill Hammond have lobbied against measures like E-Verify. So why..."

Oct. 19, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

The Last Laugh

Guy Forsyth signs off on God's Favorite Band

"..."The Spankers started back when I saw John Hammond play back in 1988. I just couldn't get in..."

April 21, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

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