But Lyssa, I thought couldn’t handle ACL? According to last year’s ACL post, where, BTW, I share some tips to live by ifidosaysomyself, I have retired from ACL. But friends, as evidenced by my frantic tweeting to score a 3-day pass (done! love you, twitter), I am back on the wagon. I am a journalist,…
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Dressing Up Ghosts
Ok, not really. First we’re dressing, then we’re ghosting. The new Dress Shop boutique above Elephant Room is finally throwing their kickoff cocktail party to show off fancy frocks from LA and NYC. It’s about time we got a new store in the heart of downtown that wasn’t on Second Street, where it all starts…
Finally, a hot Tuesday
Hot as in happening, kids, because we all know this Tuesday will be hot as hell as our 65th day in a row in triple digits. (Literally. 65th.) Big ticket: Matisyahu’s “Light” CD Release Party Starts at 9pm at Speakeasy, and here’s the big schtick: Matisyahu will be attending. He’s ready to meet and mingle…
What to do this Weekend: Testosterone Fest, Summer Jam
Texas Testosterone Festival I’ve already riffed on how sweet I think the Texas Testosterone Festival is gonna be this weekend: bball skills, Spartan 300, MMA fighting, poker tourneys, choppa customization, bikini and fit model contests … yeah, pretty freakin’ sweet. There’s also an actually-really-cool-if-you’re-not-into-pure-debauchery event too: a Central Texas Pro Sports Round Table with reps…
Bandslam left me in a Daze
I love cheesy movies. I love high school movies. I loved High School Musical, 1 and 2–haven’t seen 3 (yet). So when I got the chance to see local (Round Rock) band The Daze in the partially-shot-in-Austin movie Bandslam, which comes out this Friday, I was excited. Love me a good high school movie. Well,…
Last Minute: This Afternoon, you don’t wanna miss…
… Concierto Bajo Las Estrellas, 5-10pm tonight at The Long Center for the Performing Arts’ City Terrace As a sometimes Spanish speaker (as in, I can speak the Spanish but don’t very often), I get excited when I read things in Spanish. Even when they’re as simple as “Concert Under the Stars,” KAKW Univision 62’s…
Austin Music Foundation HEAR AND NOW Fundraiser
“Hi Austin. This is a strange time for those of us who make music. While anyone can make a record with a laptop and learn to play by watching lessons on YouTube, more than half of American teenagers have never paid for music and cannot be convinced why anyone would. What will happen next? Will…
Teacher Thursday: The Lennings
When adorable drummer Ross, huband of blogger at last week’s Bleet Up, started telling me about his band The Lennings and how they have this great new EP, Geographic Tongue, I gave him my familiar line: “sounds cool, but I don’t really cover music unless it’s got another angle to it, or I think it’s…
Andy Warhol’s Birthday and More Bananas
Thursday, August 6th marks the 81st anniversary of Andy Warhol’s birth. Don’t know why it’s a banana and certainly not AW style, but this birthday party thrown by Massive Beacon, the organizers of ATX Emerge and ATX Converge features free pizza, on-site “live garment printing,” and potentially free booze, so who’d complain? A good way…
Love and Rockets Tribute … or, an excuse to hit Malverde
Any excuse to get to Malverde and sip an El Cubico or Alma Blanca: Tuesday night, check out the Listening Party for a tribute record. I don’t even know Love and Rockets, but apparently they’re a BIG DEAL. “New Tales to Tell- A Tribute to Love and Rockets” features covers of Love and Rockets classics…