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  1. Welp... https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/shipley-donuts-acquisition-20789601.php
  2. Oasis, El Arroyo, and Don's BBQ
  3. You are shooting way low my friend. If you're in that price range, you're probably in, I don't know, Pearland? Y'all, Houston is just going back to the Houston of our childhood. You know... the good ole days... Always funny when people talk about it being safer when they were kids. Sure it was. BTW Austin peaked in 1982 at 15.88. Last year Austin was 7.25. https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/17/us/7-texas-cities-are-in-top-20-in-murder-per-capita.html
  4. He just listens to the Jerky Boys on repeat. Maybe.
  5. Interesting... felt very different in SW Austin last night. I was out around 10 PM and it felt amazing. Checked my phone and it said 78. I'll take it.
  6. Well, feels like this is all me talking into the void but, that's OK... maybe someone will pick up on a band or two here. Went to Hot Summer Nights for two nights. One night by myself where I got to see what I wanted and the second night with my wife so I had to filter the bands to see. Case in point... I would have loved to have gone to see Pussy Gillette on Saturday but definitely not someone my wife would want to see. If you like lots of local musicians for free and missed this year's edition of Hot Summer Nights, keep a lookout for HAAM Day in September and Free Week usually in January. Also, here's a link I found on reddit that allows you to sort what is going on around town - https://pushgig.com/ So, here's what I saw... Alma Muneca - Empire Control Room - Spanish-language electronic/dance/post-punk music. Singer is a smoke show... vocals were OK but the backing band (two guys on synth and a drummer) were excellent. I think they are playing a show in two weeks with DAIISTAR (strong recommendation on DAIISTAR) Semihelix - The 13th Floor - Catchy indie rock trio. Good show and energy. Not a standout per se but I'd see them again. Daze - Mohawk (outside) - Shoegaze band from Houston. I love the wall of guitar sounds a shoegaze band can bring. Good show, great light show from the crew at Mohawk. Would see again. Geda - Mohawk (inside) - felt like a late 80s EBM show (Electronic Body Music, not Electronic Dance Music) with two silhouttes on stage with their synths playing in front of weird projected images. Liked it but you have to be a fan of the old EBM/Industrial scene to get it, I think. Subpar Snatch - The 13th Floor - finally got to see them. Great show! Amazing energy and fire from the band. Would absolutely go see them again. Prehuman - Chess Club - Caught the last bit of their set. Like Chess Club as a venue although it is small and always cramped. Anyway, they have more of an up-and-coming shoegaze sound. Seen them four times in various venues over the past year. Bartly - Marlow - We were mostly on the patio and at the bar so I didn't get a good feel. Great energy and talent but too many covers for me (I'm not a cover band person. Sorry) Cast of Thousands - Empire Control Room - Only caught a couple of songs. Indy rock. There's potential here but feels like they need more work bringing it all together. Just my opinion. J'cuuzi - Mohawk (outside) - Y'all... I went in with expectations of a freakish show and it absolutely delivered. Really don't know how to describe them. Here is how they describe themselves, "Avant-garde mutant pop performance group". Yup. Jane Leo - The 13th Floor - This was the third time we've seen Jane Leo. They've got a great infections 80's synth sound to me influenced by the likes of Berlin. They're always a solid show. Rococo Disco - Stubb's Indoors - Pleasant surprise. Good vibes and crowd with an R&B tinged party sound. Bands I wished I had seen but could not due to various reasons: Queen Serene - couldn't go Thursday. A band I'm always glad to catch. Shoegaze/rock-driven wall of sound. Almost hypnotic to me. A bit noisy. I love it. I did spot them in the audience at one show. Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band - Still have not seen them... hear great things about the live shows. Timing is always off for me. Daydream Twins - Heard they are a fantastic local shoegaze band Font - apparently they had to cancel so had to scratch them off the schedule Andrew Cashen and the Disciples of Creation - Great great live show. Caught them at the Drop in earlier in the summer Nuclear Daisies - more shoegaze. Apparently was a great show at Mohawk. Gus Baldwin and the Sketch - Punk/rock/lots of energy. One day... wife would not have been interested at all Mugger - Female-fronted punk band Subpar Snatch at The 13th Floor:
  7. Yeah, I mean this is really good news!
  8. I finally read the article and, man, I hope that whole crew all talks to each other and collectively agrees to F off to somewhere else. I mean, the list of names tells me I am very supportive of them leaving including some D-bag who calls himself Lucky Blue Smith. Oh... and how I know Tim Dillon does not know a thing about Austin, "'It's not the live music capital of America. It's three heroin addicts busking with guitars. There's zero talent here in any capacity,' he raged." What a total moron.
  9. It is written
  10. Jackhole left four years ago. WTF
  11. We were out there jumping off of a dock into Lake Austin yesterday. The water is still looking browner than usual but hopefully that clears up soon. Was super choppy on Sunday... boat traffic + the wind really kicking up.
  12. Congratulations on becoming a member of the annoying "Old Austin" crowd
  13. Hello. As your resident Italian I would like to remind you that Gianni Infantino is Swiss.
  14. Be sure to tell your friends
  15. Found this band while digging through a playlist. Guess they played last night at Hot Summer Nights
  16. I guess the cat was out of the bag by July... I mean WTF...
  17. "our"? I liked Hacksaw Duggan and Rowdy Roddy Piper. Hogan always seemed mainstream and super cheesy. HE felt corporate so I never liked him. Found more reasons not to like him later.
  18. So who is the first one to go check out the cliffs at Pace Bend? Need to know if I'm going to get impaled on a newly submerged sycamore.
  19. The locals are pissed and that's why I said no Italian is paying that amount. I mean, for Italy, 28 Euros was not cheap. Now its absurd.
  20. I mean Puglia Is awesome. Alberobello Is very much with visiting and Salento has beautiful water/beaches.
  21. Yeah, that's a big hole for that town. Little store, great BBQ. That sucks. Would love to go back and rent a cabin in Camp Wood. Definitely can't visit there without bringing a buttload of supplies.
  22. Not to mention the cable car prices have gotten insane. Maybe they've jacked up the prices to keep tourism down though clearly not working. Probably more to make a ton of money will they can. No Italian is paying that without having something like a Supersummer pass. 2013... today...
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