Faster Than Sound: I’m Just Not Into Labels

CD Baby brings DIY Musician Conference to Austin, Sidewinder won't be ready for SXSW, and PledgeMusic withholds Fastball campaign funds

"...music distributor CD Baby imports its annual gathering to Austin for the next two years. The DIY Musician Conference..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Mayor's Omnibus Resolution: Where's the Fire?

How urgent is the plan to aid the music and creative sectors?

"...told the Arts and Music commissions about the crises Austin creatives are facing, you could feel the flames. So,..."

July 1, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Visa Wants a Chargeback

Governor and city propose economic development deal

"...Last week Gov. Rick Perry's office and Austin announced a proposed economic development deal for..."

Nov. 26, 2012 News Post by Michael King

How Do You Formulate a Grand Prix?

The race to nail down an F1 deal involves multiple entities

"...Five months ago, Austinites heard the surprising announcement that Formula One motor racing..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ott Taps More Fort Worth Talent

Anthony Snipes named city chief of staff

"...Hot off the wires: city manager Marc Ott today named Anthony..."

May 8, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Commission Debates Guidelines for Opening the Live Music Fund to Venues

Stressing preference that aid goes primarily to musicians

"...The Austin Music Commission picked up discussions on how to open..."

Feb. 7, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Protect and Preserve

How can we keep Austin's cultural heritage authentic?

"...social media, as these things do. On the weekend of June 20, reports and rumors flew. Two beloved clubs..."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Cindy Widner

Council: Boom Times, Boom Incentives

City considers deals with Websense and Dropbox

"...The next regular City Council meeting is Feb. 27, but this afternoon (Feb...."

Feb. 21, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

Event Horizon

As festivals, crowds, and expenses proliferate – is Austin approaching major event overload?

"...gig ushered him south into the warm civic embrace Austin offers its South by Southwest guests. Like all major..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

The Power to Change

A quick sound check with the Austin mayoral candidates

"...As the ongoing hullabaloo over the Austin sound ordinance in regards to live outdoor music at..."

April 30, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Sounds Like a Plan … or Three

City Council hears reports on Merck, racism, and housing

"...City Council adjourned at the fairly miraculous hour of 5:52pm..."

April 10, 2017 News Post by Michael King

Taking Budget Mountain by Strategy

To balance the city's long-term accounts, financial discussions need to climb beyond the General Fund

"...Attempting to "take the mystery out of city finances" has been an oft-declared goal of City..."

July 23, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Omnibus Resolution Report Arrives

Mayor’s plan to save Austin music takes shape

"...since Mayor Steve Adler stood on the balcony at City Hall and got serious about Austin music. Businesses are..."

June 27, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Happy Times ... in Moderation

City budget preview projects strong economy, careful spending

"...or less contradictory message transmitted last Thursday by the city of Austin's budget staff, kicking off the Fiscal Year..."

April 26, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Climate, Meet Mobility

Copenhagen is all about green transport – and Austin should be, too

"..."Make Austin the leading city in the nation in the effort..."

Nov. 6, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Creating Sustainability

City plans Colony Park project as a long-term Eastside neighborhood

"...Lake, you'll pass on the way a big slab of nothing. But not for much longer. The city has..."

Jan. 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Public Notice: What Goes Around ...

This week's news sounds suspiciously familiar

"...So, putting SXSW aside, two of the juiciest news tidbits in last week's paper are..."

March 20, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Split Council Approves Incentives

5-2 Vote on Websense and Dropbox suggests shifting perspectives

"...Last Thursday, Feb. 20, City Council approved incentive deals with two high-tech companies –..."

Feb. 24, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Urban Planning: A Roundup

How Austin is working toward getting better by design

"...Conventional wisdom: An economic downcycle is the ideal time to invest in urban-planning..."

Dec. 26, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Experience the C.H.A.R.M.?

Marketing the "live music capital of the world"

"...On the city's letterhead and bumper stickers, Austin is the "Live Music..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

We Can't Make It Here Anymore

As the city's Economic Development Department readies its recommendations to City Council on Mayor Adler's Austin Music & Creative Ecosystem Omnibus Resolution, is it already too late for local artists in terms of local affordability?

"...Mark Addison's Aerie Studio sits on the outskirts of town, in the limbo of the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, unincorporated..."

May 27, 2016 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Two Years Gone – How Many Left to Save the Planet?

This Earth Day, urgent evidence of global warming should kick the Austin Climate Protection Plan into higher gear

"..."WHEREAS, global scientific consensus predicts as a consequence of global warming costly and dangerous disruptions, including increased risk..."

April 17, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Council: Rosewood Moves Forward

Nondiscrimination ordinance stalls

"...After a hiatus last week, City Council returned to its regular Thursday (Feb. 25) session..."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

News Roundup: PDRD Splits; Bill Filing Ends

Council carries on

"...In this week's News Roundup, the Planning and Development Review Department splits in two, Council gets through a..."

March 16, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Budget Stretch Run

City money season at full speed – and the dollars are chasing the needs

"...Aug. 1: Proposed budget presented to Council by city staff..."

Aug. 2, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

Why Rail?

The city is pushing for a 2012 vote to build urban rail. The critics are asking, 'Who needs it?'

"...listening to him – as a packed dining room of Austin's movers and shakers did last year at the..."

April 8, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Best-Laid Plans

How does the patchwork of separate plans for the future of Central Texas fit together? No one knows.

"...In Central Texas, right now, there's a whole lot of planning going on. Big visions and decisions for the..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: 'Every Day It's Getting Worse'

Strategic Mobility Plan marks a way out of permanent gridlock

"...up for blocks on South Lamar, I had plenty of leisure time to reflect on transportation planning in Austin..."

March 12, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Developing Stories: Private Projects, Public Benefits

Could developers become Austin's new benefactors?

"...Austin has begun to wise up about how much developers..."

April 6, 2007 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Culture Cash

Austin's artists and arts groups are working hard to survive the economic downturn, and now more than ever it's essential for the city that they do.

"...sympathy these days, bound as it is to images of whiny twentysomethings debating the finer points of existentialism as..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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