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For information contact Kirk McDow at 512-663-2808 or e-mail to Kirk@AustinMusicRooms.com
Austin Music Rooms is a musician’s community center.
We have music rehearsal rooms:
* First floor access - no steps.
* 24 Hour access.
* Private bathrooms and storage spaces.
Beautiful grounds:
* Beautiful 6 acre lot on the green belt.
* Courtyard/back yard.
Great location:
* Located in South Austin 1 mile South of Ben White.
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Roller Derby, Texas-style
Founded in 2001 in Austin,Texas by She-EOs Anya Jack, April Herman, Heather Burdick and Nancy Lynn, TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls was started with a vision of outrageous production value and fabulous women on skates. The Lonestar Rollergirls are local favorite daughters as well as a hearty entertainment staple, perfectly blending the “Keep Austin Weird” attitude with a free-wheeling pursuit of fun and competition, with rocking local music thrown in for good measure.
High Impact
Primarily composed of women between the ages of 21 and 40+, the Lonestar Rollergirls embody a “do-it-yourself” attitude, pooling their resources and varied skill sets to keep their league up and rolling. With 10+ committees and an elected governing body, these women have fought to build their organization from the ground up, never taking an official loan and keeping the majority of league responsibilities in-house. The same work ethic continues to pervade the league today, as the rollergirls look to the future and plot the course for where the next five years will take them. Their plans are big and their dreams even bigger, and there is no doubt that these women will continue to impact Austin, and beyond, in a serious way.
Teams
We currently have five teams: The Hellcats (50’s-style vixens who love their hotrods and switchblades), The Putas Del Fuego (Cholas with a taste for blood and tequila), The Holy Rollers (the baddest bullies in the Sacred Heart schoolyard), The Rhinestone Cowgirls (Texas fillies that offer up the best in country-fried violence), and the Cherry Bombs (ruthless Rock ‘n’ Roll misfits run amuck).
The History
The Lonestar Rollergirls’ first public bout was seen by approximately 400 spectators. By season’s end, crowd attendance had reached 1,300, with hundreds having to be turned away at the door. Now, as the 80-member skater-owned and operated league hits its fifth anniversary, the sport of roller derby has grown in incredible leaps and bounds, as has the amount of involvement that each skater puts into this business.
In 2003, TXRD purchased an original roller derby banked track, making them the first all-girl league to ever skate on a banked track. TXRD has sparked a roller derby revival and can be directly connected to new leagues springing up in cities around the world, from the Cayman Islands, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.
The Word is Out
Local and national media have taken notice of the women of TXRD, recognizing that this group of women truly is unique. Media Coverage includes: The Chicago Tribune, The Austin American Statesman, The Austin Chronicle, Austin Monthly, Austin Fit Magazine, Bust Magazine, Drill Magazine, Loaded, Playboy, Rank and Review, SPIN, Texas Highways Magazine, IN Magazine, Austin Music Network (AMN), National Public Radio (NPR), KLBJ Radio, 101X Radio, Mega 93.3 Radio, KAOS 95.9 Radio, KVRX Radio, KOOP Radio, Comedy Central’s Insomniac with Dave Attell.
TXRD is also featured in three music videos, as well as a documentary being filmed by Bob Ray and Werner Campbell of Crashcam Films. The documentary, titled “Hell On Wheels,” tells the story of a group of women who create a high-octane rock and roll-fueled, all-girl roller derby league from the ground up. The film follows the women through the planning stages, fundraising rock shows, grueling practices and, ultimately, up to their first bone-breaking, smashingly successful first season and beyond.
In 2006, the Lonestar Rollergirls were featured in a 13-episode television series on A&E titled “Rollergirls.” This opportunity helped spread the new derby to households across the nation and the world, and renewed the excitement for banked track roller derby that many viewers recalled from decades ago. That same year, the Lonestar Rollergirls had the chance to skate in larger venues across Austin, including the Austin Convention Center in Downtown Austin.
The LonestarRollergirls also have participated in the first two interstate banked tracked derby bouts for the new all-girl leagues. In 2005, the league hosted the Renegade Rollergirls from Arizona, and then in 2006, the LA Derby Dolls from California. We look forward to many more cross-country matchups in the near future!
The Best Fans in the World
The fans that attend our bouts range from white-collar professionals and soccer moms with kids in tow, to bikers and mohawked rockers. The largest majority of or fan base is from 21-35 years of age, with an emphasis on things alternative when it comes to music and entertainment. Much of our audience is comprised of those who spend a large amount of time in Austin’s entertainment districts. But again, because of roller derby’s past glory, it appeals to many who grew up watching it on TV.
TXRD Loves Its Community
The women of TXRD volunteer their time and make special appearances at many benefits and events to raise money for local charities. Recent events have benefited New Horizons, an Austin-area shelter for mentally and physically abused children, The Austin Human Society and The David Powell Health Clinic for uninsured and underinsured HIV+/AIDS patients.
Derby Slang
Thunderdome: Where people go for roller derby mayhem and madness.
Getting railed: when a skater rams another skater up onto the outer track rail
Give a whip: An assist move in which a skater extends her arm and whips her jammer around the track, propelling her with momentum and quite possibly taking out unsuspecting blockers in her path.
T-stop: dragging the back skate perpendicular to the front skate.
Track Rash or Masonite Burn: Stinging, red streak across buttocks and/or legs resulting from too-short-skirts/pants/shorts and exposed skin hitting the banked track. Accompanied by painful skin-sticking-to-masonite board sound.
Fishnet Burn: Similar to masonite burn, but an attractive, semi-permanent fish-scale pattern, resulting from falling while wearing fishnet stockings.
Over the top: Overhand cheat move in arm wrestling.
Take that bitch down: A call to jump the jammer and stop her any way possible.
Take downs: The semi-legal version of “take that bitch down.”
Over the rail: Pushing a skater over the barrier rail onto the floor.
Seymour: Lux’s pet hematoma.
2 lap duel: Two skaters, two laps, anything goes…
Spank Alley: Where you go when you’ve been bad.
Pack em up!: Fight yell by Ref Masterblader before jam.
Clothesline: Straight arm block against a jammer’s throat.
Headlock: Good “take that bitch down” move, and legal if hand is open.
Red Rover: Effective block by two skaters with linked arms.
Cannonball: Deliberate fall to trip several skaters on the opposing team at once.
Solid: A great compliment about a skater’s stability and toughness.
“She’s solid.”
Cutting the track: Crossing the infield to rejoin the pack after you fall.
Clawing: A jammer pulling her way through a tough pack.
Riding the lip: One skate on, one skate off the track - now illegal.
Catching the lip: Can rip your skate off, or break your ankle in half.
Striding the Track: The best way to skate around the banked track to build up the most speed (three strides on the straightaways, two on the corners).
Pushing to the inside: When a desperate blocker pushes opponents onto the concrete infield.
Snake Drill: A practice drill in which all skaters skate single-file around the track, while a single jammer weaves through the entire line from back to front.
Stich ‘N Bitch: Team meeting where members get together to drink beer, work on uniforms, strategize, and basically … well, bitch.
She-E-Os: Founders of Texas-style roller derby: Anya Jack, April Herman, Heather Burdick and Nancy Lynn.
Purple Heart Award: Awarded to the most heinous injury of the year, usually taken home by recipient of a broken bone.
Blood and Thunder: Practice drill in which all skaters take the track and proceed to knock the hell out of each other until only one skater remains standing.
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Episode 1
Captain Power, the world’s greatest superhero, is saving the world yet again. He has no time to rest from his job, which becomes problematic at home with his girlfriend.
Episode 2
After being dumped, Superhero Captain Power has gone on a depression spree. Meanwhile, Charlie, Steve, and Eleanor realize the world is becoming more and more crime infested in his absence.
Episode 3
With the world in chaos since Captain Power’s disappearance from fighting crime, Charlie, Eleanor, and Steve, now calling themselves The Last Resorts, take it upon themselves to fight crime and save the world.
Episode 4
The Last Resorts continue to fight crime on Captain Power’s behalf. However, they find its much more difficult when you don’t have an unlimited supply of super powers like he does.
Episode 5
The Last Resorts continue to fight crime in a world without Captain Power. Only, it appears Captain Power has found a new agenda.
Episode 6
The city is under attack by Captain Power’s Bizarro. It is up to The Last Resorts to stop him, with a little help from Ted… if they can get it.
Episode 7
Bizarro is destroying the city and threatening Captain Power. It is up to the Last Resorts to stop him before its too late. And then they get some help from a new superhero in town…
Episode 8
After Bizarro begins his destruction of the city, The Last Resorts and The Fruit Bat decide to use their newly captured criminal as bait to set a trap for him.
Episode 9 Season Finale
The Last Resorts and The Fruit Bat have the cereal and have formulated their plan. The final battle between them and Bizarro lies ahead.
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Wayne “The Train” Hancock has been the undisputed king of Juke Joint Swing — that alchemist’s dream of honky-tonk, western swing, blues, Texas rockabilly and big band. Always an anomaly among his country music peers, Wayne’s uncompromising interpretation of the music he loves is in fact what defines him: steeped in traditional but never “retro;” bare bones but bone shaking; hardcore but with a swing. Like the comfortable crackle of a Wurlitzer 45 jukebox, Wayne is the embodiment of genuine, house rocking, hillbilly boogie.]]>
A12 at Industry
Friday, December 11, 2009
6:00pm - 10:00pm
Industry Screen Print Shop
2503 B East 6th Street
“We are 12 unique artists with divergent perspectives. While our work differs in trajectory, our common vision recognizes the necessity of art and its creation. Today, our group upholds this ideal. Despite the responsibilities of day jobs and everyday life, we create and critique.”
http://atwelve.org/
New work from A12!
A12 is:
Erik Culver
Chris Hubber
James Huizar
Eileen Lammers
Douglas Marshall
Luke Monfries
Randy Muniz
Emily Ng
Andrea Patin
Jon Shapley
Kallista Stephenson
Molly Winters
“We are 12 unique artists with divergent perspectives. While our work differs in trajectory, our common vision recognizes the necessity of art and its creation. Today, our group upholds this ideal. Despite the responsibilities of day jobs and everyday life, we create and critique.”
http://atwelve.org/ ]]>
First of three promotional trailers for the PuppeTose Theatre’s “Valley of the Robots” 1999
Another different trailer for PuppeTose Theatre’s “Valley of the Robots”, aired in 1999
Promo Trailer Three for PuppeTose Theatre’s “Valley of the Robots”
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The Nutcracker Suite
Each year, the Austin-based rock band THE INVINCIBLE CZARS perform their wacky rock version of the music from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, and each year it gets better! This new Texas holiday tradition began in December 2004 when the band introduced its version of the Suite to Austin at two shows: a children’s matinee and a later, louder show aimed at the bands existing rock fan base. Since then, the group has continued the tradition yearly, entertaining people of all ages with their unlikely holiday hit. In 2007, the band self-released a studio recording of the Suite which became the seventh highest selling holiday CD at Waterloo Records that year. Their creative and whimsical version of the Nutcracker Suite has opened the door for many exciting performance collaborations with such organizations as Boys & Girls Clubs of Austin, Austin Children’s Museum, Ballet Austin, the Houston Ballet, Wicked Cricket Dance Theatre and Graham Reynold’s Golden Arm Trio.
Jingle Bells
Frosty the Snowman
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The Travis Heights Art Trails 2009
Dec 5 and 6 11 AM to 5 PM
The artists of Travis Heights invite you to visit their homes and studios for a grand weekend art tour and sale.
CERAMICS, SCULPTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, WOODWORK, HOOKED RUGS, PAINTING, FIBER ART, WEARABLE ART, MOSAIC, MIXED MEDIA, JEWELRY MUSIC AND MORE.
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4 what she needs
5 house of seven
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THE RED ELVISES are a party band, as you might expect from the title of their latest album, “Drinking With Jesus.” A group of mostly Russian emigres playing surfabilly and singing comical lyrics in a Russian accent, dropping “a,” “an” and “the,” for effect, the Red Elvises’ 13th album continues their tradition of reliably enjoyable novelty music with a few terrific tunes per platter. “Jesus” isn’t their best album, but considering the political climate, it might be their most diplomatically important.
Since their early albums, they’ve cultivated eclecticism. Here, there’s the klezmer-influenced “Lara’s Wedding,” the shantylike “Into the Sun,” the cabaret “Paris Waltz” and the interesting but unsatisfying N’awlins-inflected album closer, “Bourbon Street.” The rest of the songs are less distinguishable, though “Twist Like Uma Thurman” nearly lives up to its nonsensically playful name.
The band has undergone several personnel changes in its 13-year career, but the sound hasn’t changed much, as lead guitarist Igor Yuzov and bass balalaika player Oleg Bernov have hewed closely to the surf rock and American kitsch they’ve been winking at since their first record. The Red Elvises are at their best live. They’re silly and fun. What more do you need?
The Red Elvises’ Igor Yuzov and Oleg Bernov met when their homelands of the Ukraine and Russia were joined under the Soviet flag. Yuzov was a musician and Bernov an actor with musical leanings. The two jammed together a few times, but never formed a band. They kept in touch, though, and when Yuzov found himself in the U.S. after a tour resulted in the disbanding of his own band, he reconnected with Bernov, who had since relocated to Southern California.
This time around, Yuzov and Bernov took their jam sessions to the streets, playing for change on the Third Street Promenade and at Venice Beach.
“Both of us were trying to survive,” Yuzov explains, “So we went and played on the streets and were like ‘Alright, we don’t need to have jobs anymore.’ We did pretty good our first night without practicing and it just took over from there.”
Seventeen years later, Yuzov and Bernov have moved from impromptu gigs on street corners to European tours and mega-concerts like Live 8. Still, the Venice-based musicians haven’t forgotten their Westside roots, and while you probably won’t spot the Red Elvises playing in front of Barney’s Beanery anytime soon, they still play regularly at Rusty’s Surf Shack on the Santa Monica Pier.
“Being on the Pier, that’s such a symbol of Santa Monica,” says Yuzov. “It’s a great place. It’s sort of almost our headquarters.”
Having begun life as a Russian folk group, the Red Elvises have grown to incorporate elements of rockabilly and surf music into the mix.
“After living here for 17 years and playing on the Promenade and Venice Beach, it influenced the mentality – ocean waves, sand, beautiful girls running around,” says Yuzov. “That’s reflected in the music.”
But the band continues to stay true to its roots and Bernov still plays the oversized bass balalaika, a traditional Russian instrument, that he had custom made in Venice and has become as much a part of the Red Elvises as the members themselves.
“We keep it more natural,” says Yuzov. “If we feel closer to American music, we write more music like that. We’re not trying to squeeze something artificial out of ourselves.”
Currently, the Red Elvises are finishing up work on their twelfth album, the follow-up to the 2004 release Lunatics & Poets, and are busy auditioning people for a few new spots in the band. Although a release date has not been set for the as-yet-untitled album, the Red Elvises have booked a small handful of U.S. live dates for the spring and are set to tour Europe this summer.
]]>Originally formed in 1996, The Killdares have come to be known as one of the hottest, cutting edge bands in music today - Celtic or otherwise. World-class musicians from all over the U.S., they have come together in Texas to create and perform a brand new version of hard-driving, alternative Celtic rock music.
Blending traditional Celtic playing skills, power-pop accessibility, and straight up rock n’ roll hooks, The Killdares have created a fresh new sound that’s blended with enough commercial edge to be instantly recognizable, always engaging, and appealing to fans of all ages. Their live shows are filled with an infectious energy so powerful that it has been known to move people to tears. Even die-hard fans of purely traditional Celtic music have embraced the band’s powerful genre-bending sound.
Expanding the definition of “Celtic”, the band uses the unconventional pairing of screaming, fire-driven fiddle and bagpipes with the wail of electric guitar, bass and drums to create brilliant arrangements of traditional tunes and original compositions. This distinctive sound combined with the band’s incredible stage presence is nothing short of awesome.
“I love the idea of combining something as beautiful and melodic as a traditional fiddle or bagpipe with crunchy American rock n’ roll guitar, and having it work,” says founding member Tim Smith.
Joining the likes of Don Henley (The Eagles), Phil Collins (Genesis) and Fred LeBlanc (Cowboy Mouth), Dallas native Tim Smith handles lead vocals and drums with amazing nonchalance, locking in with Troy Gallaher’s energetic and “in-the-groove” bass playing and the beautifully expressive electric and acoustic guitar stylings of Brek Lancaster. Drums, bass, and guitar - all the ingredients of a quintessential rock-and-roll band.
But wait, there’s more!!!
Add to this dynamic rock-and-roll band, the 2005 Grand Master Fiddler Champion, Roberta Rast, and competition piper Matt Willis on the haunting Great Highland bagpipes, and you have all the right ingredients for a truly amazing Celtic Rock / World music / AAA / Rock-and-Roll extravaganza!
In 2002, six-time National Fiddle Champion Roberta Rast joined the band. With the title of Grand Master Champion, her fiddling journey has taken her from small-town Idaho to the stage of the Grand Ole Opry, and now on stage with The Killdares.
Since first appearing on the music scene over 10 years ago, The Killdares have gone from local pub performers to national touring headliners, sharing stages with an incredibly diverse range of national and international artists.
In 1998, the band released their self-produced debut CD, “Broken With A Word”. Their 2001 follow-up, “A Place To Stand”, showed exceptional growth and maturity in their song writing, and contained a higher energy that caught the attention of producer Chris Bell, who has worked with Erykah Badu, and also with other prominent acts such as U2, Kirk Franklin, Fuel and most recently the Polyphonic Spree. “A Place To Stand” would be submitted in 2001 for Grammy ® nominations in 5 categories.
The Killdares released their third CD in the middle of the following year. Simply entitled “LIVE,” this album is a snapshot of their broad live set list, and in 2002 was also submitted for Grammy ® nominations. Over the course of five albums to date, the band has delivered top-notch original numbers, and introduced fans to a roster of influences that includes Big Country, Fairport Convention, and punk pioneers The Ramones. From their signature instrumental jams, to their radio-friendly pop-rock songs, The Killdares continue to solidify their reputation as a great live band.
With the release of their 2005 full-length recording, “Any Given Element,” The Killdares continued to expand their tour schedule all over the U.S. playing hundreds of shows a year, and building thousands of new fans throughout the nation.
Finally, in 2008 The Killdares reached new heights with their 5th independently released and produced album, “Secrets of the Day”. This album has been described as “dark, captivating and experimental,” and combines electronic, acoustic and other unique instrumentation to create an exciting new sound that has attracted new fans, but continues to captivate existing fans.
Presenting a perfect blend of rock, pop, and Celtic, The Killdares have established themselves as a unique team of musicians - stretching the boundaries of independent rock n’ roll, while bridging the gap between the traditional and the cutting edge.
Experience The Killdares - the best alternative Celtic Rock band in the world - just ask their fans!
SELECT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
“Secrets of the Day” (5th album) - submitted in 2008 for Grammy Nomination in multiple categories
Nominated “Best Act in Town” - Dallas Observer Music Awards (8/14/07)
Killdares fiddler Roberta Rast wins Grand Master National Fiddle competition (10/29/05) - Nashville, TN
Shared stages with artists as diverse as Cowboy Mouth, Los Lonely Boys, Blues Traveler, Black Crowes, Lifehouse, Old 97’s, Celt-rock pioneers Steeleye Span, world-class fiddlers Alasdair Fraser, Natalie MacMaster and Eileen Ivers, blues great Marcia Ball, and surf legend Dick Dale.
Named as one of the “Top 10 Best Roadshows of 2002″ by the Austin Chronicle
(other top acts in the list include Elvis Costello, X and Sonic Youth)
Headline performance at the State Fair of Texas 9 years in a row (2008, ‘07′05, ‘04, ‘03, ‘02, ‘01, ‘00, ‘99) - Dallas, TX
168 shows in 24 days (7 shows a day)
Headline Performer at the Yahoo Sports/NBA Rhythm and Rim event:60,000-70,000 people in attendance (2002) - Dallas, TX
Nominated “Best Rock Act” by the 3rd Annual Dallas Music Awards
Headline performance at FADO Irish Pub St. Patrick’s Day Celebration (6 years)
(2004, ‘02, ‘01, ‘00, ‘99, ‘98) - Austin, TX
3-day Headline performance at FADO Irish Pub St. Patrick’s Day Celebration (2003) - Atlanta, GA
Official showcases at International South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference
Showcase performance at B.D. Riley’s (2002)
Showcase for Mothership Productions (2001, ‘00) - Austin, TX
3rd album, “LIVE” , submitted for Grammy nomination in 6 categories
2nd album, “A Place To Stand”, submitted for Grammy nomination in 5 categories
Official showcase at North Texas New Music Festival & Conference (2000, 1999) - Dallas, TX
MARS Music “Quit your Day Job” Nationwide Band Quest Contest Winner
Semi-Finalist (placed in top 5% of 3,000+ bands)
Hired to play the pre-show party for RCA recording artist David Gray
Featured performer on Starbucks 16-week “Java Jams” tour (Media sponsors: 93.3FM “The Zone” and the Dallas Observer)
Instrumentation
Tim Smith - Lead Vocals, Drums
Roberta Rast - Fiddle, Backing Vocals
Brek Lancaster - Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals
Matt Willis - Bagpipes, Backing Vocals
Troy Gallaher - Bass
Discography
SECRETS OF THE DAY - CD (July 2008)
Any Given Element - CD (October 2005)
Live - CD (2002)
A Place To Stand - CD (2000)
Broken With A Word - CD (1998)
Links
http://www.killdares.com
The Killdares on iTunes
The Killdares on MySpace
Pinetop Perkins is one of the last great Mississippi bluesmen still performing. He began playing blues around 1927 and is widely regarded as one of the best blues pianists. He’s created a style of playing that has influenced three generations of piano players and will continue to be the yardstick by which great blues pianists are measured.
Born Willie Perkins, in Belzoni, MS, in 1913, Pinetop started out playing guitar and piano at house parties and honky-tonks but dropped the guitar in the 1940s after sustaining a serious injury in his left arm. Perkins worked primarily in the Mississippi Delta throughout the thirties and forties, spending three years with Sonny Boy Williamson on the King Biscuit Time radio show on KFFA, Helena, Arkansas. Pinetop also toured extensively with slide guitar player Robert Nighthawk and backed him on an early Chess session. After briefly working with B.B. King in Memphis, Perkins barnstormed the South with Earl Hooker during the early fifties. The pair completed a session for Sam Phillips’ famous Sun Records in 1953. It was at this session that he recorded his version of Pinetop Smith’s Boogie Woogie.
Still, with recent successes the exception, Pinetop is best known for holding down the piano chair in the great Muddy Waters Band for twelve years during the highest point of Muddy’s career. Replacing the late, great Otis Spann in 1969, Pinetop helped shape the Waters sound and anchored Muddy’s memorable combo throughout the seventies with his brilliant piano solos. In 1980, Pinetop and other Waters alumni decided to go out on their own and formed the Legendary Blues Band. Legendary recorded two records for Rounder and toured extensively.
Pinetop, who had been labeled a sideman throughout most of his career, eventually left Legendary to concentrate on a solo career. Within two years, he had his first domestic record as a frontman and had a most impressive touring schedule. Since going solo, Pinetop has been featured on many nationally syndicated news and music shows, and appeared in numerous movie productions, as well as television and radio ads. He has also headlined nearly every major showcase room in North America and most of the major festivals around the world.
It’s certainly ironic that Pinetop waited for his eighth decade to blossom as a headliner releasing 15 solo records in 15 years beginning in 1992. Born In the Delta (a multimedia enhanced CD), his Telarc debut, documented an amazing historical figure and had an abundance of entertainment value for a contemporary audience. On his 1998 release, Legends, Pinetop collaborated with master blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin. Together, they blended the traditional delta blues sound with modern electric blues rock, showcasing the spirit and energy of the music. Both CDs were nominated for Grammy’s –in 1997 and 2000 respectively. This was followed by a 2005 Grammy nomination for Ladies Man released by MC Records.
In 2005 he was also presented with a lifetime achievement award at the Grammy’s. In 2000 he received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. He has been featured in the documentary Piano Blues directed by Clint Eastwood for the Martin Scorsese PBS series, The Blues. In addition, he continued to win the Blues Music Award for best blues piano every year until 2003 when he was retired from that award, which now bears his name–the Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year.
In 2007, still on the road in his 94th year, Pinetop Perkins’ unique life was chronicled in Peter Carlson’s biographical documentary DVD, Born In The Honey, which includes a live CD with a rare studio outtake track.
Beyond his musical accomplishments Pinetop is a friendly, charming, and gentle man. He says yes to everything and goes where he’s taken, but somehow, life turns out well for him. He’s quick to joke and play with words and he still goes out every night. He loves people and makes everyone around him feel good. Then he plays the piano and sings his blues and brings us his special gift.
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An undeniable dose of 20’s swing with a hint of 90’s swing ressurgence, but the record holds elements of Tenacious D, Django Reinhart, Bette Midler, Queens of the Stonage, Roy Smeck, John Hartford, David Cross, Tom Waits, Poe, M, Cheap Suit Serenaders, Zoe Lewis, Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boing, and the infamous Fats Waller. Austin Texas is the glue in their music, inadvertantly sculpting their tastes. That environment, and mp3 players set to random, have added to a more diverse listening community worldwide to which the Finer Things hopes to appease.]]>
SEPTEMBER 17, 2009: GURF MORLIX WINS!
Gurf was named Instrumentalist of The Year for 2009 at The Americana Music Awards at the legendary Ryman Auditorium, in Nashville, Tennessee!
Gurf has been playing lots of shows and spending lots of time in the studio as well, producing forthcoming albums for Slaid Cleaves, Romi Mayes, BettySoo, and Porter Davis.Gurf’s new album, “Last Exit To Happyland”, is finally here. A great collection of new songs.
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Message from Grant…
Song is always in my head, impetuous and immutable. And I write every single day. Sometimes people say to me things like, “Man, why don’t you write something a little Happier, maybe?” But Im compelled to write down what scrolls across my cerebral screen. That’s the only honest way I know to do it. I’ve tried chasing stuff down, inventing songs, making-up songs, and when I do, when I finally think I’ve got it, it rings all wore-out to me—the same damn song other people have been writing over and over and over. And that don’t do nothing for me. I’d just as soon work at WalMart.
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Lead man Sick told us, “Film everything, I don’t ever do anything on stage I don’t like.” Watch any of these videos to find out why.
Austin based band with more than a half dozen multi-instrumentalists, SICK’S PACK combines sounds akin to Danny Elfman’s haunting melodies applied to speedy bluegrass. Or sometimes, gypsy-jazz swing applied to Louis Armstrong/Frank Sinatra/Tom Waits vocal styles, infused with black metal rhythm guitar. Led by Sick, a local songwriter and fiddler, this absurd octet is as diverse as Ween, as catchy as Cake, and as raunchy as Tenacious D. To describe their sound, you must list some of the instruments: fiddle, banjo, cello, mandolin, drums, kazoo, tuba, accordian, trumpet, clarinet, harmonica, amd the occasional stand up bass.
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Carousel Cabaret Mission StatementAs an independent dance and costume show, we do all our own choreography, blocking, witing, directing and set design. Not only producing the entire show with sets, props, costumes and lighting design, but designing and applying the perfect makeup for each series of shows is one of the key strengths we possess. All of our girlies have ideal height and bodytypes for fashion, glamour and artistic photography, and faces to match. Our performers have experience on runways, in studios, and posing for fine artists.
Special guest appearance by Coco Lectric from Jigglewatts Burlesque
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Maestro from The Hideout Theatre 9/18/2009
Every Saturday at 10:00 the Hideout presents twelve of Austin’s virtuoso improv comedians for a night of games and scenes based on audience suggestions — but only one of them will make it to the end of the show and be crowned MAESTRO for the week and awarded the coveted Canadian five-dollar bill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8hQVhmQBd4
Exile To Naples From Krush Lounge
| A hard rock band in pin striped suits straight out of the Lone Star State ready to kick your ass into everything you’ve ever enjoyed about a live rock show. Remember the days of the great concerts? ACDCs Hell’s Bells playing, that beautiful smell of what we have all grown to enjoy …. Lights out - the roar of the crowd - curtain drops – musical bliss. Exile To Naples brings the full on circus atmosphere to any venue they perform in. Fronted by Shayan Oveisi (Perry Ferrell/Steven Tyler), this Persian Prince beams the ultimate leading man. Every Steven Tyler needs a Joe Perry. Bruce Castleberry (B.E.C.), Vallejo guitarist/songwriter, brings a melodic, but yet intensely aggressive style of guitar slinging to an already heavy back beat. Rounding out the band, a rhythm section reminiscent of a Jimi Hendrix experience, is Johny Olrech on bass and Alex Geismar on the kit. These two bring the ultimate backbone. | |
| Members | Ian Lee: Rhythm Guitar, Johny Olrech: Bass, Bruce Castleberry: Lead Guitar, Alex Geismar: Drums, Shayan Oveisi: Lead Vocals |
| Artist URL | http://www.garageband.com/artist/exiletonaples http://www.ExileToNaples.com Exile To Naples on iLike |
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Perkins is a certified blues piano playing legend. He can safely be grouped with B.B. King, the late Willie Dixon and John Lee Hooker as one of the true pioneers of the Delta-to-Chicago blues form. Perkins was born into a plantation family on July 7, 1913 in Belzoni, Miss., and began to teach himself guitar while still in grade school. He never completed more than a 3rd grade education, he readily admits in interviews.
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“Rock & roll animals (Recommended show)”
-The Austin Chronicle
About WHITE RHINO
“Rock & roll animals (Recommended show)”
-The Austin Chronicle
“Up-and-comers White Rhino throw down rough and tumble r’n'r”
-The A-List on Austin360
“Strangest vocalist in Austin (Lemmy meets Ian Astbury?). Either a monster waiting to happen or a genuine Austin curiosity, take your pick.”
-Spiderhouse Cafe SXSW
“They look and sound like they came from that side of your Dad’s record collection that he only drags out when your Mom hassles him or his boss is giving him shit.”
- Craig Hlavaty HOUSTON PRESS
“White Rhino can veer off into spacier, proggier territory a la Hawkwind, thrash it out like Master of Puppets-era Metallica or turn on the bluesy afterburners like some anabolic descendent of ZZ Top. A power trio in the truest sense of the term.”
- Chris Gray HOUSTON PRESS
“Austin’s White Rhino, one of the bands to look out for this year. I think you guys have a lot of steam built up and I think you’re gonna run over a lot of people, man.”
- Zakk United 94.5 The Buzz Houston
“Get your rock on with White Rhino, one of the newest, baddest, loudest bands in town.”
- The Mohawk Austin TX
“Their lyric’s topics and raw sound stands out among the deep pool of Red River bands.”
- The Accent
“A much younger Motorhead… with an abundance of musical talent and dexterity. There’s a craving for uniqueness among the newer, lesser-known acts these days, and White Rhino’s got it in Spades.”
- Mac Cooper (Photographer)
“White Rhino plays salt-of-the-earth working man hard rock mixed with good ol’ early ’80s riff metal and Motorhead jackhammer rock. Like a less-weird Queens of the Stone Age, or a less ironic Eagles of Death Metal.”
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“Best Dance Moves of the Day (B/CS Loud!Fest)”
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The second in our series of open comedy mics only this time broadcast in 3D. Sit back and watch your favorite amateur comics perform stand-up comedy in 3D. What could be better?
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Charles Thibodeaux formed a cajun band in March of 2004 while playing for a group of Mardi Gras enthusiasts. In these first years, the band has played in San Antonio, Martinez, Fort Worth, Galveston, Cotulla, Henly, Victoria, Sugarland, Columbus, Beaumont, and Medina Lake Texas for various crawfish boils, birthday events, and festivals including the Cajun French Music Association Festival’s. They also manage to keep the dance floors full while keeping a busy schedule playing in and around Austin.
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Texas trio which plays a variety of orginals from honky tonk — country to rockabilly — psychobilly.
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Jimmy Smoltich
Brick Andrews
Derrick Phelps
Nikky Wollkoff
Kapsten Tan
Gy Odom
Geoff Davis
Norman Wilkerson
Sarah Wellington
Fernando De Uriste
Nights at the Roundtable
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Convoi First from Austin Network on Vimeo.
Untitled from Austin Network on Vimeo.
Convoi last from Austin Network on Vimeo.
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Kerrville Folk Festival Wrap Party live from Trophy’s 6/9/09 9:30-2:00amTrophy’s 6/9/09 from Austin Network on Vimeo.
Trophy’s 6/9/09 from Austin Network on Vimeo.
Trophy’s 6/9/09 from Austin Network on Vimeo.
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Chanterelle Duo from Austin Network on Vimeo.
Untitled from Austin Network on Vimeo.
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Since 1980, Gary has given thousands of psychic readings for people using Lithomancy, a method of reading patterns in stones dropped into a circle. For information about this fascinating psychic art SEE: http://garywimmer.com/psychic/index.html. For excerpts from a book he wrote on this methodology SEE: http://www.garywimmer.com/writer/litho_book.htm Watch Gary live on Tuesday. If you miss live viewing you can always watch replays here at austin-network.com.
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Video filmed and edited by Scott Wiser.
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