The McGann Alternative

"...The central city is heavily Democratic, and in Dem circles the..."

Sept. 5, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

Pump It Up!

Flex Space coordinator Rebecca Marino takes over parent space Pump Project post-EAST

"...Flex Space's 2013 programming and some of early 2014's bookings to the main gallery space at Pump Project on..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Arts Feature by Caitlin Greenwood

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest 8

Fun Fun Fun Fest finally arrives

"...book what we like, book what everyone else isn't booking, though these days we get bigger acts because we're..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

AISD Bonds: Moving Parts

Half a percent of registered voters cast ballots on first day of early voting

"...said he understands "the implication was that I was booking [it] right before the election." However, he said, "The..."

May 3, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: October 31

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...He looks like he should be hanging out at Central Perk listening to a Gin Blossoms CD on his..."

Oct. 31, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Playback: Cheer Up Charlie's Sounds Off

The Rashomon view of Cheer Up Charlie's

"...media and circulating petitions. All the attention raises a central question perhaps underlying the whole episode: Is this the..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Headlines

"...about local bands to working for them and finally booking thousands of them for SXSW. For more, see "Playback."..."

Aug. 17, 2012 News Feature

Silver Threads and Golden Needles

Old Settler's Music Festival goes to 25

"...Saturday), great Salt Lick barbecue, and camping. Unlike other Central Texas music festivals, Spivey admits there isn't much talk..."

April 20, 2012 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

We Built This City

On rock & roll venues opening up left, right, and especially east

"...a Texas swing twist. O'Donnell says that method of booking will help establish the White Horse as an institution..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Progressively More Sexy

Radio host Stephanie Miller gets her Long on this Saturday

"...Much of the tour's crazy booking schedule has been driven either by social media demand,..."

Nov. 9, 2011 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Chaos in Tejas

"...in Tejas traffics in the unknowable, not just by booking foreign and underground acts, but also in the alchemy..."

June 10, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Off the Record

Throwing the first stone for the Chronicle Music Poll

"...ACOUSTIC VENUE: Central Presbyterian Church..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Forsaking the Song, the final chapter

"...marketing director for Houston's Justice Records with no prior booking experience. Fresh from UT orientation on Monday afternoon and..."

Sept. 17, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

KUT announces a new Cactus Cafe manager, plus this week at the movies

"...and The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, scored Comedy Central's new series Big Lake, and landed English Teeth's "Invasion"..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

The Dawg Days of Summer: Introducing Cameron Smith and Austin Backstage Live

"...Imagine every Central Texas tourist attraction cobbled together into one giant theme..."

July 23, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Thursday Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...showcase that highlights the diversity of musica Latina in Central Texas. Three-time Grammy winners Little Joe y la Familia..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Off the Record

The Parlor family serves pizza by the slice at the Monarch, Zeale gets down with Grooveline Horns, and crunching numbers for South by Southwest

"...to include the Monarch, the multievent center located in central Austin's Lincoln Village complex, between I-35 and Highland Mall...."

Jan. 15, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Handicapping the decade in Austin music and playing favorites for the Chronicle Music Poll

"...in June 2005 and formed Transmission Entertainment – a booking and promotion enterprise with Mohawk owner James Moody and..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Mothers of Reinvention

White Denim's Fits of maximum R&B

"...R&B. That's the comfort afforded by 30 acres of Central Texas Hill Country, nearly an hour removed from Austin...."

Oct. 23, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Food-o-File

How 'bout them apples?

"...far as I know, they're only for sale at Central Mar­ket ($2.99/lb), and there's no guarantee about how long..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Gay Place

Where the queers at? SXSW!

"...3:30-4:45pm, Austin Convention Center, Room 18ABC (badges); showcase, 11pm, Central Presbyterian Church (wristbands or better). www.myspace.com/whokilledamandapalmer...."

March 20, 2009 Features Feature by Ash Bell

I'm Eighteen

Thoughts on the Next Up teen band series

"...- Austin could use some sort of booking agency or resource center for these bands, who would..."

Nov. 17, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Off the Record

Ben Kweller saddles up in Austin, Willie Nelson and company share one last night in the Backyard, and Bavu Blakes and others gear up for election night

"...Grant Park, home of Lollapalooza. Representatives from the local booking concern declined to comment...."

Oct. 31, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Can the Bands Play On?

The Live Music Task Force tunes up to protect Austin's claim to fame

"...the thin profit margins on out-of-town gigs. Once slacker-friendly, Central Austin is no longer affordable for a singer-songwriter eking..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Rockin' Solutions: A Four-Piece Combo

Highlights of solutions emerging from the four Live Music Task Force subcommittees

"...subcommittee has identified: new affordable housing, preservation of older central-city apartment complexes, business-side coaching and services for bands, more..."

July 18, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Lasting Commitments

The 2008 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...Show With David Letterman, NBC's Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central's Laugh Riots stand-up competition, and more. Coyle has befriended..."

May 23, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir

'Austin, 1972,' an excerpt from Joe Nick Patoski's new tome, Willie Nelson: An Epic Life

"...elegant fiddle-dance instrumental "Westphalia Waltz," which paid tribute to Central Texas's German heritage. Collins fiddled with perhaps the best-known..."

April 25, 2008 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Page Two: South by Simplicity

The plain truth behind the Festival's origins

"...was then working for the Chronicle. Managing bands and booking clubs, Meyers didn't work for the Chronicle but was..."

March 14, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Band on the Run

ACL's battle of the bands, the Sound and the Jury, represents another new paradigm of indie music exposure in the post-label era of the music industry

"...really like doing all this other stuff. All the booking, all the promotion just takes so much time. It's..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

TCB

That's the news, and I am outta here

"...a marketing ploy to lure yet another corporation to Central Texas, or otherwise fatten its tourism coffers, the music..."

June 29, 2007 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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