Luv Doc: Worthless

Everyone is a snowflake and we all have something unique and special to contribute

"...My boyfriend lost his job in November and has..."

Jan. 13, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Lack of Empathy

"...Uber/Lyft's decision to leave (and so much of our gig economy), you are disposable. Whether heads or tails, Austin's..."

May 12, 2016 Postmarks

Top 10 Labor Stories

"...for the formerly incarcerated. 4) The Rise of the Gig Economy..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Broke.com

How writer Spike Gillespie learned to stop worrying and love Austin's tech bust.

"...Even after I left that full-time gig and returned to life as a Web freelancer, I..."

March 2, 2001 Features Feature by Spike Gillespie

Connecting a Whole Community

Austin and Google Fiber move to bridge the digital divide

"...to lay down fiber-optic cable in Austin and offer "gigabit" Internet speeds up to 100 times faster than average..."

Jan. 23, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

There Will Be Food

Austin's film catering gurus learn how to make do in a changing industry. Spoiler alert: The answer is never pizza.

"..."Ever since the economy went into the crapper in 2008, the movie industry..."

June 14, 2013 Screens Feature by Jeff Winkler

Dancing About Architecture

"...Crooks asked this columnist to let bands know their gigs were off, but as far as I can tell,..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs at the Turn of the Millennium

"...Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs at the Turn of..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Review by Ann Guidry

Creative Capital?

In the City of Ideas, the people with ideas are dancing with day jobs.

"...a good way of making sense of today's Austin economy and exploring the civic commitment to building tomorrow's economy..."

Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael Erard

Jailbird

The Prison Diaries of the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Preston Hubbard

"...think twice, called to confirm it, and took the gig immediately...."

Oct. 20, 2000 Music Feature by Preston Hubbard

Holler

A stunning look at life buried under the Rust Belt poverty line

"...subsumed, really – by the background static of an economy, a town, a way of life utterly foreign to..."

June 11, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Big Picture

Taking stock of Austin music's female legacy

"...folk tunes without amplification. Take in an Erin Ivey gig and there's Elizabeth McQueen adding harmonies. Suzanna Choffel in..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Juke Joint Blues

Blues Boy Hubbard strolls down Eastside Austin's Chitlin' Circuit memory lane

"...route. It was an important and vibrant means of economy, community, and cultural trade. Since segregation placed limits on..."

July 13, 2007 Music Feature by Jonny Meyers

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...a middling singer, I was definitely interested in a gig. Alas, he never called, so I'm not in his..."

June 21, 2002 Column

Chapter 2: Biweekly and Proud

September 1982-August 1988

"...Now, I was ready for a gig away from academia (even if the financial prospects promised..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

Postmarks

Nofziger Responds

"...passage. I took the lead in reviving our busted economy of the late Eighties; moving the airport to Bergstrom;..."

April 25, 1997 Column

Bright Lights, Inner City

When Austin's Eastside music scene was lit up like Broadway

"...Miller's most famous gig ended its 16-year run in 1967 at the New..."

July 4, 2003 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Complete Freedom

A profile of Bad Livers banjo player Danny Barnes

"...and drug-addicted music industry as impotent as the English economy, to American misanthropes like the Misfits, Meat Puppets, and..."

Nov. 5, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Event Horizon

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

"...the Washington Post. For the past four springs, his gig ushered him south into the warm civic embrace Austin..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Rent Party Blues

Are post-boom rents killing the Austin music scene?

"...more accustomed to grim bottom lines, Austin's live music economy started 2003 with a pair of less-than-encouraging signposts: the..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Dancing About Architecture

As the Live Music Capital dries up, along comes the Austin City Limits festival to quench parched musical thirst.

"...hand, it's a sure sign of how bad the economy is that it's now dangerous to mention that the..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Real Greezy

Greezy Wheels, back from the dead (the Seventies).

"...The drive to the Greezy Wheels swan song gig was no different, except there would be no others...."

Oct. 12, 2001 Music Feature by Cleve Hattersley

Pride of the Yankees?

Evan Smith translates a New York pedigree into the editorship of Texas Monthly.

"...And, (5) He's taken on quite a tough gig. Says he: "It's not literally true that I go..."

July 20, 2001 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

In the Beginning There Was... the Demo

Cutting Tracks and Everything After

"...play, a solid fan base, good reviews, and regular gigs at clubs that pay. Without these things, music is..."

May 12, 1995 Music Feature

Is Austin’s New Arts Umbrella Organization Just in Time or Too Little, Too Late?

After two decades of treating culture and creativity as an afterthought, the city of Austin finally has a real arts department

"...for a grant was definitionally byzantine, “so just for economy of labor, we’re finally catching up with the rest..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mug Life

Austin isn't a world-class beer destination, but it's close

"...It's difficult to overstate how hungry the Austin beer economy is at the moment. With nearly 50 Central Texas..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Some Parts of the World Pt. 1

Singer-songwriter BettySoo battles elasticity in Italy

"...proud: items #90 and #93 have changed from “One Gig Outfit” and “Jeans” to “Decent Going Out or Stage..."

June 2, 2011 Music Post by BettySoo

Council's Got ... Talent?

At intermission, we talk to the headliners

"...her work for city staff prior to her current gig. With those bureaucratic bona fides, once she decides to..."

July 13, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Migrating North

As the Texas and national film industry feels the burn of runaway production, many agree with one directive: Blame Canada.

"...CEIDR has reported that "the U.S. economy has lost some 25,000 jobs per year and an..."

Oct. 4, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Thirty Years on Location

An overview of the Texas Film Commission, which has been wedding film production and the state economy for 30 years.

"...the day-to-day operations with Davis, Skaaren took his new gig on the road, flying frequently to Hollywood to beat..."

June 15, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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