MetroRail Progresses; 'Dillo Regresses

Dicking around with the 'Dillo

"...to trim costs, Capital Metro has proposed eliminating Downtown 'Dillo service in October. "The 'Dillo routes represent about 3..."

July 24, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Cap Met Seeks Input on Dillo

A public meeting and hearing are coming up on the proposal to eliminate Dillo service.

"...Capital Metro planners have proposed eliminating the Downtown Dillo service as a cost-saving measure, arguing that the Dillo..."

Aug. 3, 2009 News Post by Lee Nichols

Expand Dillo Program

"...to no fare … that sounds just like the Dillo Cap Metro already has in place Downtown, minus the..."

July 23, 2007 Postmarks

Storm Damage Update

City and Austin Energy getting power back, clearing downed trees

"...and tree limbs, which will then be recycled as Dillo Dirt. (see below the jump for full details). There..."

May 16, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Music Network

"...1pm Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun, Dillo Homecoming, Sunday..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Music Feature

Riding to the End of the Line

Can Cap Metro weather the recession, balance its books ... and run the buses and trains on time?

"...One cut has already been approved – the 'Dillos, those green-and-brown faux trolley cars used as Downtown circulators,..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Going Green

Going green is easier than it seems

"...withstand the heat and take a drought. Composting & Dillo Dirt..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Features Feature by Abe Louise Young

Friends and Family of the Original Owner of the Armadillo Sign Being Auctioned at Sotheby's Say Sign Was Purchased, Not Stolen, Despite Claims of Armadillo Associates 

Bidding underway for piece of Dillo history

"...from one of Austin’s most historic music venues: the Armadillo World Headquarters...."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

City of Austin "Major Events" Roster

The city lists over 400 days’ worth of events from the Commitment Day 5K on Jan. 1 to the New Year’s Celebration on Dec. 31. The full list is posted here.

"...Kustom Roundup Custom Car Show4/5/20134/6/2013 Austin American Statesman Jr. Dillo4/6/20134/6/2013 Farmers Market (every Saturday)4/6/20134/6/2013 Mayfield Park Trowel and Error4/6/20134/6/2013..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature

Doesn't Trust the Dirt

"...city's own waste products and a few other surprises. Dillo Dirt indeed. So after the big boys go home..."

Oct. 6, 2009 Postmarks

Cap Metro Accelerates Plans for Fare Hike

Transit agency seeks fare increases

"...public feedback on staff's proposal to kill off the 'Dillo, the faux trolley cars intended to help Downtown pedestrian..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Bike Month Happenings

"...ACA's Annual Armadillo Hill Country Classic..."

May 9, 2008 News Feature

Playback: And the Armadillos Went Wild

Threadgill’s World Headquarters goes the way of its predecessor, the Armadillo World Headquarters, plus Black Fret offers more than just money

"...who previously oversaw the three-ring circus known as the Armadillo World Headquarters, sat at table one having his lunch..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Rebirth of Doyle Bramhall II

For his first solo LP in 15 years, Eric Clapton’s top lieutenant may have put out the blues album of 2016

"...DB: When my dad wasn't playing at the Arma­dillo or Antone's, it was a family thing for all..."

Nov. 18, 2016 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Top 9 Cap Metro Derailments

"...5) KILLING THE 'DILLO If the new rail ever starts, Cap Metro will..."

Jan. 1, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Is 'New Urbanism' Just a Green-Washed Development Scheme?

"...Dear Editor, When Capital Metro hijacked 'Dillo bus service from working-class riders on East Seventh and..."

July 24, 2009 Postmarks

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...Capitol transfer hub and the elimination of the Silver 'Dillo. The state ordered Cap Metro to close the Capitol..."

May 2, 2008 News Feature

Cap Met's Five Year Bus Plan: More, Faster, Better

"...that bus. Repeat every six months. Look at the åDillo, supposedly a marquee service, now forsaken by otherwise sure-fire..."

Dec. 22, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Starting Up: Armadillo Den, a far south Austin bar and patio, is..."

Feb. 9, 2024 News Feature

Sound & Color: Four Visual Depictions of Austin's Musical Identity

A whole palette of music-related art happenings of late, from a new Daniel Johnston mural to Bob Dylan's depiction of the Hole in the Wall

"...the Black people who have been taken through COVID." Armadillo World Headquarters Sign Sells for 52K at Sotheby’s..."

Jan. 28, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Leon Russell & the Bob Dylan Rumor

Outlaw era deejay Woody Roberts helped produce Willie Nelson's first Fourth of July picnic in this excerpt from his new memoir Horse Racing & Rock 'N' Roll

"...Antonio. He now operated the recording studio inside the Armadillo and had financed the beer garden...."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Woody Roberts

Playback: Armadillo Tales

A review of the best book on Austin’s 1970s music scene since The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock

"...pipe, leaving our wagon as dead as a roadside 'dillo squashed by a semi...."

April 7, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: The Mayor's Plan to Save Austin Music

Mayor Steve Adler addresses the elephant in the club, Susan Antone honored, and Henry Gonzalez goes to the head of the Austin poster artist altar

"...Gonzalez might have died in November 1975 outside the Armadillo World Headquarters. The stocky young employee had bounced a..."

March 4, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Culture Connectors

The 2013 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...Ballet at the 'Dillo – hold that image in your head: Austin's quintessential..."

May 31, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

City Chews on Food Scraps

Garbage disposals vs. composting

"...benefits of [the water utility's] current operations (e.g., biogas, Dillo Dirt, etc.)."..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Steam Versus Cyber at ArmadilloCon

Bruce Sterling joins this weekend's sci-fi/fantasy literary event

"...After 33 years, ArmadilloCon is the little convention that could. Austin's literary sci-fi..."

Aug. 26, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

As the Years Go Passing By

Inner Sanctum Records and the Armadillo – rock & roll, Austin-historical-style

"...Build Around It." The whole year felt bleak. The Armadillo World Headquarters had announced its closing at the end..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Eco Currents

Saving the planet, one Earth Day activity at a time

"...of Texas for its work transforming wastewater dregs into Dillo Dirt; the Davis Water Treatment Plant also received recognition..."

April 23, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Off the Record

Shit happens: Hosing off and cleaning up after the glorious mess that was the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival

"...like a cow pasture, attributable to the use of Dillo Dirt, a city-backed compost that combines curbside yard trimmings..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Headlines

"...• Capital Metro's creaky, iconic, and underused 'Dillo trolleycar-styled buses are now officially roadkill. The Cap Metro..."

Sept. 4, 2009 News Feature

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