The Basement Tapes

The Netherworld of Iconoclastic Music

"...such as improved home recording units, MIDI, and the Internet present a whole new set of potential opportunities and..."

March 28, 1997 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Nix to Negativity

Overheard at the broadcasters schmoozefest: Crisis? What crisis? Have some candy.

"...Sixx offered his advice on the way to fix radio to a packed room of radio industry executives last..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Autechre Melts IDM

UK duo spans from pirate radio to the dark side of the Internet

"...you played a role in the rise of pirate radio. How did that experience influence the trove of material..."

Oct. 8, 2015 Music Post by Conor Walker

Media Clips

Corporate media giants cause journalism to become less competitive; Walter Cronkite and Bill Moyers speak at The Daily Texan's 100th birthday event; Grassroots Media Conference held in Austin

"...corporate journalism is vigilantly guarding democracy, and that the Internet will bring the big boys to their knees all..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...just because they disagreed with his opinions on the radio. I think Jennifer Gale may have as good a..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Column

Media Clips

Southwestern Bell and Time Warner push Jump.Net and other small Internet service providers out of the Austin market with anti-competitive pricing schemes.

"...control the flow of information. Some of the smaller Internet service providers (ISPs) in Texas say that conflicts they..."

May 26, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

On the Move

With arguably the best content on the Web, Salon is poised to move into your living room and onto your radio dial :president and CEOMichael O'Donnell explains how.

"...network in the fall, he's also developing book deals, radio shows, and streaming and wireless operations: All Salon, all..."

March 3, 2000 Screens Feature by David Garza

Good Night and Good Luck

Why is 'podcast' 'Oxford American Dictionary's word of the year?

"...you do," says Hickman, who podcasts her music at www.zenlala.com/radio...."

Jan. 13, 2006 Music Feature by Dan Oko

Top Ten Technologies of the Century

"...2. Radio. The telephone was personal and interactive, but radio was..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...listeners of one of the most successful public supported radio stations in history?..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column

Untangling the Web

An Interview with Sue Beckwith and Gene Crick

"...people are talking about the elitist character of the Internet and a lack of access on the part of..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

When Accessing Education Is an IT Problem

AISD plots how to get wi-fi to students

"...students – perhaps more than 20,000 – lacked broadband internet connections, according to AISD Chief Technology Officer Kevin Schwartz...."

Aug. 7, 2020 Features Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Connecting a Whole Community

Austin and Google Fiber move to bridge the digital divide

"...Budd understands well that having Internet access is directly correlated with a better quality of..."

Jan. 23, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Cleared for Blast-Off

Locally owned and operated music site Blastro.com defies the Web bust with booming business and booming beats.

"...Like many Internet-based companies, the offices of Austin's Blastro.com aren't much to..."

Jan. 18, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

No Purchase Necessary

Does Napster, the MP3-sharing software program that has spawned several lawsuits and been banned at universities across the nation, mean the end of music as we know it?

"...(Napster CEO Eileen Richardson calls the company "the fastest-growing Internet company of all time," with a user base that..."

May 5, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

The Next Generation of Austin Hip-Hop

Young rappers reinvent the most streamed genre in America

"...Ultimate democratizer, the internet leads you to a mostly black and brown party..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Music Feature by Clara Wang

Lessons of the Good Run

An interview with Dean cyberforce Joe Trippi

"...people were throwing in the towel and saying the Internet was all hype, that the promise of the Net..."

March 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Work for Hire

The RIAA amends a copyright law that labels "sound recordings" as "work for hire" thus robbing most musicians of right to their masters.

"...and distribute your music over this thing called the Internet. The media would have you believe it's that easy..."

Aug. 25, 2000 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

What's Left of the Dial?

Virtual Deejays, Pay-to-Play, Celine Dion

"...Victoria is also the place where the future of radio can be heard. Only what you actually hear on..."

May 22, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Naked If I Want To

Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape

"...It was a time of AM Top 40 radio featuring limited playlists with only a few FM free-form..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

Not Shutting Up Anywhere

This Al Franken is your Al Franken

"...to publishing and criticism and activism to Air America Radio, where he hosts The Al Franken Show. Al Franken..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Bigger-Is-Better

Top Ten Media Stories of 1995

"...multi-national conglomerates. And while the continued development of the Internet provided a healthy alternative to this corporate-controlled climate of..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Column

Killer Green Information Environmental BBSs

BBS Basics

"...money into their hobby, in the vein of ham radio...."

April 28, 1995 News Feature by R.U. Steinberg

Air Head

KLBJ-FM shock jock Dale Dudley matures?

"...done every weekday morning since 1987 for the four-hour talk-radio program on Austin's homegrown classic rock station...."

May 4, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Postmarks

Our Free Radio coverage generates some audio radiance, and more.

"...and the Chronicle for an excellent article on Free Radio ["The Death and Life of Free Radio," June 22]...."

June 29, 2001 Column

Media Clips

The Internet offers new opportunities for newspapers to expand their coverage, but so far, Texas dailies have yet to heed the call.

"...goes, and where it stops, nobody knows -- the Internet is indeed something of a roulette wheel. The Net..."

April 21, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Whither Rock?

ii.

"...moment in time when it seemed like everything -- radio, MTV, the music industry in general -- would change...."

Oct. 17, 1997 Books Feature by Gina Arnold

In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs

The Death of Indie Labels: Reports Have Been Exaggerated

"...Another popular theory involved the Internet, which, at $20 a month for AOL, was seen..."

May 2, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Between Ships and Static

The "grandfather of Austin's avant-garde," Rick Reed, only don't call him that!

"...sheets of static and atmospheric interruptions reinterpreted via shortwave radios, VLF (very low frequency) transmissions, phonographic obscurations, modular synthesis,..."

May 20, 2016 Music Feature by Conor Walker

Media Clips

The world’s major corporations have realized that the media can be big money, and they have invested heavily.

"...corporations controlled the majority of the nation's newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, book publishing houses, and movies, and..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

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