For Whom The Decibel Tolls

More on proposed changes to the sound ordinance.

"...the best time to revisit the sound ordinance and decibel limits, but Wynn, simultaneously striving to attract thousands more..."

Nov. 5, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Checking Different Decibel Levels Suggests That the Problem Isn't Loud Music

"...noise/sound ordinances, I became curious as to what different decibel levels meant in real terms ["Page Two," Nov. 9]...."

Nov. 11, 2007 Postmarks

Angel Dust

"...crazed, shock-cut editing, surreal cinematography, and bombastic use of high-decibel industrial music at the oddest moments create an infectious..."

April 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Keeping the Peace

Andy Langer examines round one of trying to establish a new city noise ordinance for Austin.

"...have reduced the legal definition of "noise" from 85 decibels to 75dB. From the moment the proposed new ordinance..."

May 3, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Council Watch

Planning Commission and two council members consider measures to reduce commercial noise pollution near residential land; Vista Ridge PUD developer negotiates compromise agreement on its single-family development overlooking Bull Creek.

"...inside his home. Alexander called the police, but the decibel readings officers took on Alexander's property didn't violate the..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Column by Kevin Fullerton

City Counseling: Face the Music

One man's music is another man's noise complaint

"...live music, after it looked like a laughably low 70-decibel limit (actually dating from the Eighties but seldom enforced)..."

May 1, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Reasonably Offensive

Two civil suits against live music venues downtown call into question Austin's sound ordinance.

"...home within the next two weeks, studying both the decibel levels and table-rattling vibrations he says hail from the..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Off the Desk:

"...thereby making the local ordinance's custom of a mandatory decibel reading virtually obsolete...."

Aug. 9, 1996 News Feature

Fests Vs. Farms

Changes to mass gathering permits in the works

"...he spent a fair share of the spring requesting decibel readings from the Travis County Sheriff's Office – usually..."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

In the Red Corner: Housecore Horror Film Festival

The new kids on the block possess the whole Emo's / Antone's complex

"...8) Decibel Magazine's 100th Issue Show: The Movie: If there's not..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

City Hall Hustle: Güero's Don't Need No Stinkin' Permits!

On second thought, why can't we all just get along?

"...the city's Public Assembly Code Enforce­ment team looking for decibel violations along South Congress during Lonestar Rod & Kustom..."

April 23, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces

Decibel magazine Hall of Fame metallurgy

"...Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpiecesedited by..."

July 17, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Urban Heat, Jonathan Terrell, Dayglow, Marcia Ball, and a smattering of metal headline our recommended shows

"...Three days after helping christen Decibel Magazine's initial Metal & Beer Fest in Denver, the..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Ford v Ferrari

Enduring male bonding cuts through racetrack noise and paddock politics

"...as a motorsport driver and a parent. In a decibel-heavy movie scored by the roar of engines, this especially..."

Nov. 15, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Final Girls

Smart homage to the cheesy campsite horror films of the Eighties

"...clever, self-referential screenplay. This is Scream at a lower decibel. What’s most striking about this little movie is the..."

Oct. 9, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

More Gore From Housecore Horror

New film fest adds more classics plus a locally lensed premiere

"...Decibel Magazine’s 100th Issue Concert (USA, 2013) Director, David Hall,..."

Sept. 5, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sorry, Charlie, Too Much Cheer

Silencing a bar that's been coming through loud and queer

"...situation to begin with,” he says. “It’s not a decibel level, it’s a curfew thing. Cut and dry.”..."

Aug. 17, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Tyler Pratt

Live Music Lands on Police Radar

Live music capital of the world, my ass

"...a ticket for having music equipment that could produce decibel levels above 85, even though the equipment wasn't being..."

Dec. 30, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

The Daily Hustle: 2/28/11

Council preview: Of parking, PUDs, and Project Recovery

"...Item 12: Amending recent changes to decibel limits. Backup states “The approved ordinance inadvertently included the..."

Feb. 28, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Off the Record

Can you hear me now? Local musicians and OTR get some much needed hearing aid while Jody Denberg signs off from KGSR.

"...midrange, and high treble notes all by the same decibel limit – a choice of 9 decibels, 15 decibels,..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Headlines

"...• Hopefully this headline's within the decibel limit: Shady Grove's variance allowing off-site parking was approved..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature

City Hall Hustle: Songs in the Key of Council

Players in proposed music department singing off different pages

"...which specified permitting requirements for venues. In pointing to decibel limits for music at restaurants, the item highlighted a..."

July 10, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Full metal racket.

"...might not be louder (though I didn’t bring my decibel meter) than its predecessor, but it’s assuredly “noisier” in..."

June 26, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cars That Go Boom

"...are the dozens of booming cars. I bet the decibel output is louder than the club I'm going to...."

June 23, 2009 Postmarks

Remixing the Music (Department)

The city is still trying to hit the right note with Austin's music scene

"...live music venue permit, how to comply with the decibel levels, how to attenuate your sound in case it's..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Loud Music Invades Privacy

"...by your statement that current proposals to reduce city decibel levels are attempts by "the morality police" to "impose..."

Nov. 29, 2007 Postmarks

Page Two: Living Just Enough for the City

City sound limits and national anti-immigration movements share absolutism and intransigence

"...of one, when one considers how low the acceptable decibel levels are already. There is a minority of voices..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Column by Louis Black

Naked City

"...the best time to revisit the sound ordinance and decibel limits, but Wynn, simultaneously striving to attract thousands more..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Noise ordinance debate blows over -- for now -- while Internet radio crisis threatens, and SIMS crisis subsides.

"...saw -- a draft indicating huge drops in acceptable decibel levels and stricter enforcement of noise violations -- was..."

May 3, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Stop! Hey! What's That Sound?

Proposed noise ordinance threatens downtown clubs.

"...shows; (2) limit sound leaving the property to 75 decibels; and (3) end shows at 10pm during the week..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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