The Hugh Beaumont Experience

Mark and Sarah Pratz

"...photograph by Bruce Dye Maybe Mark Pratz's daughter, Sarah, has been the biggest beneficiary of..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Playback: Roky Erickson at 70

Austin's native psych and horror rock pioneer Roky Erickson reaches 70 and throws himself a birthday concert to mark the milestone

"...would read different authors: Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain...."

July 14, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

This Old House

"...switched off. This isn't so much the case with Mark Pratz, primary architect behind everything that Liberty Lunch has..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Room With a View

La Zona Rosa's Ripple Effect

"...the war hasn't really started," says Liberty Lunch owner Mark Pratz of a highly anticipated booking battle that local..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer

The Year It All Went Wrong

Looking back at club closings in Austin in 1999.

"...late January, Lounge owners Mike Henry, Jay Hughey, and Mark Shuman announced that if things didn't turn around fairly..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Prime Time Irony?

The Future of Liberty Lunch

"...by Jason Stout It is, as Liberty Lunch co-owner Mark Pratz tells it, an irony made for Prime Time:..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Music Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Supersizing the Scene

From Rest Stop to Tour Stop

"...artist management and booking agencies considered Austin a secondary market without the large and mid-size venues necessary for extensive..."

May 12, 1995 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Day Labors - Night Falls

Austin's Day Labor Site Attracts Drugs, Criminals

"...representatives, or to local business owners like Liberty Lunch's Mark Pratz, who say they've complained for the past year..."

Aug. 30, 1996 News Feature

Fast Times at Liberty Lunch

"...the offended musician's management sidled up to Ward or Mark Pratz to inform them all was fine except for..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dancing About Architecture

Re-Zona Rosa

"...House of Blues club chain, and Liberty Lunch co-owner Mark Pratz. Pratz especially had good reason to hope to..."

April 25, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Far Out Is Having a Moment

Scrappy South Austin venue is building a major presence in the city’s live music ecosystem

"...acclaim than the words of former Liberty Lunch co-owner Mark Pratz, who doesn't hold back in stating a strong..."

May 13, 2022 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Dancing About Architecture

The rains came, sweeping away parking at Noahfest, Boozoo Chavis, and DJ Muppetfucker's name. Clifford Antone, meanwhile, remains in the pokey, while Schatzi prepares to go the same route and sign a record deal.

"...not actually residing in the city limits. Her partner Mark Pratz told the Chronicle, in a report from the..."

May 11, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Rock and a Hard Place

Balancing the Austin Music Ledger

"...this is the price of progress," says Liberty Lunch's Mark Pratz...."

Dec. 1, 1995 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

"...to cancel the gig at the last minute. Clubowner Mark Pratz would only reveal that he had paid Lydon..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Step Outside

California's Smoking Ban... Coming to a Club Near You?

"...harmed by that legislation, and again that's a question mark - nobody really knows because nobody's done it before..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Done Deal

Amending the CSC Deal

"..."I'm not here to criticize what's going on," said Mark Pratz, co-owner of Liberty Lunch. "I think it's a..."

April 9, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Postmarks

Losing Our Lunch

"...Raoul Hernandez ["You Do Not Tear Down Landmarks," Vol.18, No.23] hit the nail on the head regarding..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Column

Dancing About Architecture

To Be Or To Be Not

"...city hungrily eyeing the area for development, Lunch owner Mark Pratz didn't see much future for the club. Now..."

March 7, 1997 Music Column

Dancing About Architecture

On Your Marks

"...are that Austin is still probably too small a market for HOB. A big enticement, however, might just be..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Music Column

Dancing About Architecture

Right Off The Dial

"...the year the bottom dropped out of the "alternative" market. "Definitely," he says. "It was a tough year for..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Music Column

You Do Not Tear Down Landmarks

"...so chances are you just walked past this historical landmark. And yet there it sits, like it has for..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Origin Story of the Liberty Lunch Brand

Former venue owner Mark Pratz on Stubb’s potential re-branding

"...name change results from a two-year legal dispute over trademark claims following Stubb’s Bar-B-Q Sauce makers One World Foods..."

July 10, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Liberty Lunch Reunion, Genesis Owusu, Poppy, Chief Cleopatra, Georgia Parker, Monte Luna, and more

"...there is nothing to explain," the venue's longtime co-owner Mark Pratz explained in a statement. "If you never knew..."

April 8, 2022 Music Column by Tim Stegall

Dancing About Architecture

The Lunch's Last Supper

"...is of course not yet complete, as Lunch man Mark Pratz says he's still "down there every day dragging..."

Aug. 6, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Live at Liberty Lunch

The Neville Brothers

"...over the next 20 years. The club made its mark initially as a mecca for reggae and world music..."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Book 'em Dan-o!

The Club Runners Call 'Em

"...Mark Olivarez, Back Room Mesch: I like their presence up..."

Sept. 22, 1995 Music Feature

TCB

Clifford comes home, Steamboat packs up, and Spoon seeks a pianist transplant

"..."Without 'em, we wouldn't be here today." Direct Events' Mark Collins, now responsible for booking Antone's, said he was..."

June 6, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Dancing About Architecture

Mardi Gras Rioting on Sixth Street brands Austin "The Mace, Pepper Spray, and Rubber Bullet Capital of the World"

"...overzealous treatment of the situation. Friends of Sixth Street's Mark Shaberg says that from his rooftop vantage point, it..."

March 2, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Long Live Liberty Lunch

"...they had warm words for owners J-Net Ward and Mark Pratz, and wished them luck at their new location...."

July 23, 1999 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Never Mind the Mayor

"...to look at three localtions that she and Lunch-mate Mark Pratz had considered over the years. She also refers..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

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