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Klappentext Three decades of music writing from Austin¿s renowned alternative newspaper creates an invaluable record of one of Americäs most vibrant musical communities¿¿the live music capital of the world¿¿and of musicians from Townes Van Zandt to Spoon. Zusammenfassung Three decades of music writing from Austin’s renowned alternative newspaper creates an invaluable record of one of America’s most vibrant musical communities—“the live music capital of the world”—and of musicians from Townes Van Zandt to Spoon. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword (by Daniel Johnston)AcknowledgmentsIntroduction (by Louis Black)The 1980s: An Introduction (by Margaret Moser) On the Road with Joe Ely (by Margaret Moser) Joe Ely Band with Little Charlie [Sexton] at Club Foot (by Babs Modern)Lou Ann Barton, Old Enough (by Jody Denberg)Big Boys, Fun Fun Fun (by Jeff Whittington)In One Ear: Wanderin' Around Soap Creek (by Margaret Moser)The Skunks: Between a Rock and Hard Place (by Margaret Moser) Raul's: A Very Select Discography (by Margaret Moser)Rank and File: Mama, What's a Cowpunk? (by Dennis Nowlin)The Fabulous Thunderbirds, T-Bird Rhythm (by Margaret Moser)Gene Ramey Band at Piggys (by Greg Stephens)Big Boys, Really Red, Crotch Rot at Club Foot (by Robert Draper)Lyle Lovett at emmajoes (by Elaine Blodgett)Texas Flood: Stevie Rising (by Michael Hall)Standing Waves at the Nightlife (by Robert Draper)Butthole Surfers, Butthole Surfers (by Michael Hall)Blaze Foley at Austin Outhouse (by Rob Klein)Marcia Ball's Evolution from Country Kicker to Blues Singer (by Jody Denberg) Freda & the Firedogs; Supernatural Family Band, Lubbock Lights; The Contenders; Greezy Wheels "Finding Happiness"/"Monkey in the Church" (by Margaret Moser)Dicks, Jeffersons, Hickoids, Fudge Tunnels at Voltaire's Basement (by Brent Grulke) The Dicks, Dicks 1980--1986 (by Margaret Moser)Ray Wylie Hubbard at Dixie's Bar & Bus Stop (by L. E. McCullough)Butch Hancock: Songwriters Recognition Series (by Chris Walters)Why I Worry About Joe "King" Carrasco (by Michael Corcoran)Uranium Savages' 10th Anniversary Celebration at Soap Creek Saloon (by Marybeth Gradziel)Glass Eye at the Beach (by David Dage)Dino Lee (by Michael Corcoran)Blaze Foley, Blaze Foley (by Louis Black)Dan Del Santo, World Beat (by Chris Walters)Poison 13, Poison 13 (by Brent Grulke)Poison 13, Zeitgeist, True Believers at Continental Club (by Michael Corcoran)Omar & the Howlers, I Told You So (by Brent Grulke)Butthole Surfers, Psychic . . . Powerless . . . Another Man's Sac (by Brent Grulke)B.W. Stevenson at Cactus Cafe (by L. E. mccullough)Obviously True Believers (by Chris Walters)Zeitgeist, Translate Slowly (by Brent Grulke)Doctors' Mob, Headache Machine (by Brent Grulke)Don't You Start Me Talking: Cutting Edge (by Michael Corcoran)Daniel Johnston by Louis Black Daniel Johnston, Hi, How Are You (by Richard Dorsett)Not Daniel Johnston, How, Hi Are You: The Unfurnished Album (by Daniel Johnston)Roky Erickson Meets R.E.M.: Fables of the Undead (by Thomas Anderson)Butthole Surfers, Cargo Cult at Fifth Street Theatre (by Richard Dorsett) Butthole Surfers at Ritz Theatre (by Stuart Gilbert)Butthole Surfers at Ritz Theatre (by Stuart Gilbert)Charlie Sexton, Pictures For Pleasure (by Jeff Whittington)Rolling With the T-Bird Rhythm (by Chris Walters)Don't You Start Me Talking: Austin Music Sucks (by Michael Corcoran)Angela Strehli, Stranger Blues (by Jay Trachtenberg)Darden Smith, Native Soil (by Elaine Blodgett)Don't You Start Me Talking: Woodshock (by Michael Corcoran)Timbuk 3: The Family That Plays Together Stays Together (by Sarah Wimer)Jerry Jeff Walker, Nanci Griffith at Paramount Theatre (by Rob Mccorkle)The Last Days of the Beach (by Steve Johnson)Stevie Ray Vaughan: Straight from the Heart (by Michael Corcoran)We Got Some Stuff in Store (by Martha Hartzog)Don't You Start Me Talking: An Open Letter to Michael MacCambridge (by Michael Corcoran)Dongfest at Dong Huong (by Eric Lord)Wild Seeds, M...