Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 9 posts ] 

Board index : Music Talk : Rock/Pop

Print view

Previous topic :: Next topic 
Author Message
Aural Fixation
 Post subject: Is Austin losing its music scene?
PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:03 am 
Offline
Queen of Obner

Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:24 pm
Posts: 15259
Location: El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles
Interesting article found on MSNBC:

[quote]Music is Austin’s ‘heart and soul’
‘It’s part of the fabric of who we are as a city,’ says one club owner
The Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas - Thriving nightclubs, popular festivals and favorite sons like Willie Nelson and Stevie Ray Vaughan have given Austin a well-deserved, if boastful, moniker: “Live Music Capital of the World.â€
Back to top
 Profile YIM 
 
Cupcakes
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:56 am 
Offline
Post-Breakup Solo Project

Joined: Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:04 am
Posts: 3271
fluff.
Back to top
 Profile  
 
shiv
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:00 am 
Offline
Rape Gaze
User avatar

Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:03 pm
Posts: 27347
Location: bitch i'm on the internet
that parking shit is silly. just don't be lazy and walk a few more blocks.

_________________
Image

Back to top
 Profile WWW 
 
Mick
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:23 am 
Offline
Go Platinum

Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 1:39 am
Posts: 6365
Location: Australia
shiv Wrote:
that parking shit is silly. just don't be lazy and walk a few more blocks.


parking, like abortion, is only a topical issue in cities with fewer than a million people.

_________________
dances on all fours...

Back to top
 Profile  
 
Kingfish
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:39 am 
Offline
Go Platinum

Joined: Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:04 pm
Posts: 9783
Location: NOLA
Mick the Stripper Wrote:
shiv Wrote:
that parking shit is silly. just don't be lazy and walk a few more blocks.


parking, like abortion, is only a topical issue in cities with fewer than a million people.


Austin Pop in 07' - 1,598,161

_________________
I tried to find somebody of that sort that I could like that nobody else did - because everybody would adopt his group, and his group would be _it_; someone weird like Captain Beefheart. It's no different now - people trying to outdo ! each other in extremes. There are people who like X, and there are people who say X are wimps; they like Black Flag.

Back to top
 Profile  
 
Thee Incident
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:19 am 
Offline
Failed Reunion

Joined: Tue Nov 23, 2004 12:53 am
Posts: 4263
Location: any suggestions?
Lotta whiny bitches in this town. There are some encroachment issues that deserve some attention (which spins off into the noise and property values/taxes dilemmas) but I'm kind of scratching my head over all the fuss.

The economy's in the shitter, folks. That's the problem.

_________________
Kwame Kilpatrick texted to his mistress: "NEXT TIME, JUST TELL ME TO SIT DOWN, SHUT UP, and DO YOUR THING! I'm fucked up now!"

Back to top
 Profile  
 
Mick
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:07 am 
Offline
Go Platinum

Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 1:39 am
Posts: 6365
Location: Australia
Kingfish Wrote:
Mick the Stripper Wrote:
shiv Wrote:
that parking shit is silly. just don't be lazy and walk a few more blocks.


parking, like abortion, is only a topical issue in cities with fewer than a million people.


Austin Pop in 07' - 1,598,161


I coulda sworn it was more like 900 000. But what do I know.

_________________
dances on all fours...

Back to top
 Profile  
 
Lrr
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:21 pm 
Offline
Fluke Breakthrough Single
User avatar

Joined: Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:57 pm
Posts: 2255
Location: Omicron Persei 8
I thought this would be an Onion article akin to a sports team leaving town.
Back to top
 Profile WWW 
 
discostu
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:31 pm 
Offline
frostingspoon
User avatar

Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:17 pm
Posts: 10827
Location: Nashville
They don't need more music venues, that's for sure. Maybe just BETTER music venues.
Back to top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  Page 1 of 1
  [ 9 posts ] 

Board index : Music Talk : Rock/Pop

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Google [Bot] and 32 guests

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Style by Midnight Phoenix & N.Design Studio
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group.