The Reporting Life

Oh, the places you'll go

"...watching the characters roll in, or report on a noise ordinance dispute by moving into a room at the..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Features Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Music: Erykah Badu

Now you see her, now you don’t

"...occupation resistance. Actually, it was the tolling of Austin’s noise ordinance bell that brought the evening to a close...."

March 17, 2016 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Playback: Doug Sahm for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

The Austin Music Hall gets slated for teardown, the Roost closes while looking for a cash infusion, Backyard owner Tim O'Connor gets back in the concert game, and a Kickstarter campaign to get Doug Sahm into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

"...for new investors. "With the amount of zoning and noise ordinance problems in Downtown Austin, the Roost is perfect..."

July 10, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Roost Seeks Investors

Northside club closes while looking for new management and partners

"...“With the amount of zoning and noise ordinance problems in Downtown Austin, the Roost is perfect..."

July 6, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place: Tops & Bottoms

Tops? Hell, the Gay Place like Tops and Bottoms. Who's on Top? Who's on Bottom? How can we pick just 10?

"...5) CHEER UP CHARLIE'S HANGS IN THERE What noise ordinance? Stay tuned...."

Jan. 4, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Moseying Around the DNC

Dispatches from Charlotte, N.C.

"...I knew if Charlotte would be enforcing its 11pm noise ordinance laws. I guess all my credentials made me..."

Sept. 3, 2012 News Post by Jen Sorensen

Music Matters

Two meetings set to address Austin's sound ordinance

"...once again to discuss the recent uptick in sound ordinance enforcement actions visited upon various local club owners. Expectations..."

Jan. 16, 2012 News Post by Mike Kanin

What About a Northern Entertainment District?

"...a secondary or Northern Entertainment District designed to avert noise ordinance problems, thereby getting us out of this legal..."

July 6, 2009 Postmarks

Are the Same Sound Standards Going to be Applied to All?

"...our city's absurd "70 dB at the property line" noise ordinance, I wonder: Are we going to apply this..."

May 24, 2009 Postmarks

Off the Record

SXSW music news and carryings on

"...Street, was shut down prematurely by the authorities for Noise Ordinance violations. "Either SXSW didn't do their research, or..."

March 14, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Was It Just a Dream?

"...Dear Editor, What noise ordinance [“Page Two,” Nov. 9]? Can it be a..."

Nov. 18, 2007 Postmarks

When It's Gone … It's Gone

"...Black’s "Page Two" last week [Nov. 9] regarding the noise ordinance and the city's recent attempt to stifle its..."

Nov. 12, 2007 Postmarks

Caught 'Em in Autumn

Local scene roundup

"...and while everyone's debating about responsible growth and the noise ordinance, the live scene is growing under the surface...."

Nov. 9, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Page Two

Once again, Austin has demonstrated its deep indifference to front-line troops who nourish the music scene it purports to be so proud of

"...to find it empty and, actually, unconcerned. Is a noise ordinance, followed by an almost complete smoking ban, immediately..."

May 13, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Austin Is Just Dallas-Fort Worth Waiting to Happen

"...ubiquitous bumper stickers an embarrassment. How is an 11pm noise ordinance, ignoring free markets and imposing a smoking ban..."

May 11, 2005 Postmarks

'It's a Bar Stupid'

"...musician for more than 30 years, I find a noise ordinance law on Sixth Street, cops rousting folks and..."

May 3, 2005 Postmarks

Page Two

The debate over the smoking ban is about rights, and saying it isn't is just silly

"...industry. Recently, they have reconsidered and made tougher the noise ordinance. Then, working with small-business owners, among others, they..."

April 22, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...And it's time they get rid of that absurd "noise ordinance." One more note to city officials: Do not..."

April 2, 2004 Column

Austin No Longer Weird

"...And it's time they get rid of that absurd "noise ordinance." One more note to city officials: Do not..."

March 29, 2004 Postmarks

Austin @ Large: Music Minus Wynn

In front of screaming fans, the mayor smashes a guitar over his own head

"...help the Austin music scene by eliminating the misconceived noise ordinance."..."

March 5, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

May 3 Election News

"...at Sixth and Lamar. He also opposes the city's noise ordinance and Mayor Gus Garcia's proposed ban on smoking..."

March 28, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

TCB

SXSW looms on the horizon, and "TCB" is already neck-deep in it.

"...It's the first week of the new noise ordinance, and the first with no Sound Exchange, but..."

Feb. 7, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Naked City

News Briefs from Austin and elsewhere

"...at the council this week: hearing the suddenly noncontroversial noise ordinance, setting Austin's legislative agenda and hiring lobbyists, and..."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Running Scared

Time waits for no one -- especially not the Downtown Austin Alliance or the Austin Music Network -- at the City Hall sausage factory.

"...Punt! Austin Music Network? Punt! Lance Armstrong Bikeway? Punt! (Noise ordinance? Where did that ball go?)..."

Dec. 13, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Dancing About Architecture

Things get so bad in the Live Music Capital of the World that they're citing the 'King of Sixth Street,' Gerry Van King, for busking on the street

"...chose to issue the citation. "We are revisiting the noise ordinance in the next few months," says Flaningan but..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

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

May 10, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Dancing About Architecture

The outdoor shows continue …

"...mentioned the meeting about the city planning a new noise ordinance, my inbox has been flooded by e-mails with..."

April 19, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

KLBJ Freedom Fest @ Auditorium Shores

Live Shot

"...did, albeit in abbreviated fashion due to the city's noise ordinance, turning in a soulful set drawing heavily from..."

Sept. 21, 2001 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Deep Sombreros ¿Quien Es el Pinche Hombre? (Southern Love)

Texas Platters

"...a house party and don't want to violate the noise ordinance. Their pick-up blend of Old Country folk and..."

June 30, 2000 Music Review by Greg Beets

Playdoh Squad Mutate (Animatronic)

Texas Platters

"...with that irresistible bounce. This is just the right noise ordinance-flouting sound for the approaching backyard keg-party season...."

April 14, 2000 Music Review by Greg Beets

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