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Written by Sean French
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 World Famous Austin music legend Don Walser Died Sept 20th. Don Walser was born in 1934 in the small Texas Panhandle town of Brownfield and grew up in nearby Lamesa. His mother died when he was 11, and his father worked nights as a cotton mill superintendent. To fill the solitude of the daylight hours, he listened to the music of West Texas plains on the radio and watched the early cowboy crooners at the movie theater. He began to sing as a young boy, learning the songs, style, and yodeling skills of his musical models. |
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Written by Gloria Hill
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 A Retrospective Exhibit: at the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture. As most know, many-talented Micael Priest, former Art Director and MC for the Armadillo WHQ, is especially famous for his cosmic cowboys. As the Museum's Director, Leea Mechling, says..."Priest has given us a vantage point from which to view a colorful cultural phenomenon. |
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Written by Sean French
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 The Austin City Limits Festival is in Zilker Park this weekend featuring Willie Nelson and many, many other world class music acts. This year has been more comfortable than events past due to cooler weather and better planning in that watering in the park kept grass green and dust down. Austin.com has a reviewer there and we will post a review of the event after its closing. Many areas of Austin have had traffic flow effected including the 78704 neighborhood that has been closed to traffic accept for people living there. This event brings millions of dollars to the Austin economy do to most of the tickets being sold to people from outside of Austin. For more information http://www.aclfest.com.
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Written by Administrator
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 Former Texas Governor Ann Richards -- a true Texas legend, the witty and flamboyant Democrat who went from homemaker to national political celebrity died at her Austin home Wednesday. She was 73. |
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Written by Marla Neal
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 Every Thursday ?Unprotected Poetry? at the House of Soul. Ebony Sun Ink & Another Option Productions presents the new spoken word venue ?Unprotected Poetry? every Thursday at the ?House of Soul?, located inside the Historic Victory Grill 1109 East 11th street. |
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