Ace in the Hole

Who is Clay Blaker and why are all these famous people recording his songs?

"...and Strait's bands were gigging together around Houston and Central Texas...."

Feb. 23, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Dancing About Architecture

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.

"...music fans said goodbye to Johnny Holmes, whose first booking gig was a Grey Ghost performance in Bastrop in..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

South by Southwest draws closer -- lots of news from SXSW 2001

"...cut out any potential weather problems this year -- booking Stubb's is risky enough." SXSW needs all the roomy..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Born on Highway 61

Famed superharpist James Cotton settles into Austin.

"...halls like the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco began booking the likes of Cotton, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Albert..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...while we were touring. We hired ICM as our booking agency, Charles Comer (SRV's publicist, who came to this..."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Politics

"...Best Performance by a Neighborhood CoalitionCentral Round Rock vs. SH 130..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Best of Austin Feature

Tying the Knot: A Drama

Yes, the merger of Austin's Paramount Theatre and State Theater Company is a business affair, but since theatres traffic in stories, human dramas that talk to us about life, this historic event deserves to be looked at as a story, the story of a wedding between two neighbors.

"...rebound. The mix of Beutel's careful stewardship and savvy booking with Austin's economic prosperity in the Nineties gave the..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

The dulcet tones of the karaoke fill the former Electric Lounge, but that's not the fate of the building.

"...Ceremony Hall (4100 Red River), Canada's CCMC at the Central Presbyterian Church (200 E. Eighth) on the 25th, and..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Rhythm is King

"...his own collection (culled from years of travels in Central and South America), he admits to scraping the bottom..."

June 25, 1999 Music Review by Jay Hardwig

Dancing About Architecture

A Fright on the Townes

"...Look for last-minute booking of Tom Freud (ex-Silo/ Austinite) at Ruta Maya Saturday,..."

June 18, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

"...says Lunch Money Productions' Mileah Jordan, Liberty Lunch is booking acts for its current location through June and into..."

April 9, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Jesus Gonna Be Here

Johnny Toxic

"...referenced in the "Recording Strategies" panel, the notion was central to their discussion. And a discussion is exactly what..."

March 26, 1999 Music Feature

Day Trips

"...system to use the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's central reservation system. Beginning Jan.1, campers will be able to..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Dancing About Architecture

The Antone's Dance

"...near future. No, the club isn't moving, changing its booking policies, or selling out to a big chain. A..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Musical Manifesto

Davíd Garza's

"..."I go to Central Market or H.E.B. and run into cashiers and bread..."

April 3, 1998 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dream On

Austin Museum of Art Re-Examines Its Downtown Plans

"...space. The limited room severely restricted the museum in booking touring shows or mounting exhibitions of any scope on..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Postmarks

"...Those of us who love Central Texas understand that clean air, clean water, abundant wildlife,..."

Dec. 19, 1997 Column

Megachurch Miracle

Believers Flock to Bigger, Some Say Better, Churches

"...the only commonality in the umbrella-term "Christianity" is the central tenet that its followers worship Jesus Christ, by the..."

Dec. 19, 1997 News Feature by Kayte Van Scoy

Dancing About Architecture

"...unless someone mentions it." He's currently more concerned with booking the club and recording the Keller Brothers, the new..."

Aug. 29, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Left of Staid

UT's Texas Center for Writers Reading Series

"...his endowment, and Jim Magnuson, through his direction and booking of the series, have given our town, and I..."

May 9, 1997 Books Feature by Marion Winik

The Big Flamingo

"...ol' country dance hall in Round Rock, is now booking "alternative" nights on Wednesdays. New manager Mike Webb says..."

Sept. 27, 1996 Music Column

Butthole Surfer Update!

"...of months... I heard last week (from Sixteen Deluxe's booking agent, of all people) that the great dinosaur known..."

July 5, 1996 Music Column

Excuse Me, Sir, We'd Just Like to Ask You a Few Questions...

"...noise complaints from a recent show at "bleeding ears central" (Emo's) and singer/harpist Randall Stockton postulates that maybe the..."

Jan. 12, 1996 Music Column

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