Archive for Austin Downtown
Railroad Revival Tour, Austin
Having played in Austin more times than any other city in the U.S. many music lovers in Austin, and SXSW fans, knew of the London natives Mumford & Sons before their memorable performance with Bob Dylan at the Grammys. On the heels of that performance which thrust them into most radio stations rotations they put [...]
Austin Yelp Pub Crawl
If you didn’t know, it’s Yelp Drink’s Week in Austin. Check out the link here. To celebrate this discounted goodness Yelp put on a pub crawl. I now understand why it’s called a crawl as that likely would have described my walking ability had I stuck it out to the end. The lineup was: The [...]
SXSW 2011 Auditorium Shores
SXSW brings tons of great music to Austin at many great venues. One of the most scenic is Auditorium Shores which looks back on the city of Austin as the sun sets. We didn’t get to Auditorium Shores until about 30 minutes before The Strokes went on for Saint Patrick’s day and ran into a [...]
Austin Toros
Formerly the Columbus Riverdragons from Columbus, Georgia the Austin Toros have been cultivating NBA talent in Austin since 2005. In 2007 they were acquired by the San Antonio Spurs becoming the second D-League team ever to be owned by an NBA team. Up until this season the Toros called the Austin Convention Center home but [...]
Greg Davis RIP Season
The 2010 Longhorn football season is shaping to be one of the worst in recent memory. Offensive coach Greg Davis has been the target of a large amount of the criticism. As Mack Brown said in an ESPN interview, “People want to hang somebody. They want somebody fired. The want somebody put out on the [...]
FunFunFun Fest 2010 Day2
Day 2 of FunFunFun Fest is in the books. It was noticeably more crowded than Friday and coupled with the fact that Waterloo Park isn’t as well maintained as parks like Zilker there was a lot of dirt in the air. Although my lungs were filled with dust my ears were treated to some great [...]
FunFunFun Fest 2010 Day1
Feeding Austin’s insatiable need for live music, and a bunch of it in one place, FunFunFun Fest has been packing Waterloo Park in the heart of downtown since 2006. This year is no exception with a great lineup. Weird Al Yankovic closed the show on Day 1 with a barrage of costume changes and in [...]
UT Torchlight Parade and Rally
The University of Texas Torchlight Parade and Rally is held every year under the UT tower to show support for the Longhorn football team as they go on to play the University of Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry in Dallas. My sometimes out of focus video doesn’t give justice to the excitement of the [...]
UT Longhorns versus Wyoming
Saturday was the first home game for the UT Longhorns against Wyoming. Game time was not until 6 PM which gave plenty of time to tailgate, eat and drink lots of beer. Some of my favorite places were the Saint Arnold Brewery and the Royal’s Lounge tent. Both are around the 18th and Trinity area. [...]
Texas Longhorns 2010
There are 23 days until the Texas Longhorn football season opener against Rice. Today the Longhorns held their final open practice prior to the opener. Unfortunately, in contrast to last year taking pictures was prohibited. I was able to take pictures for about three minutes before I was told to put it away. They were [...]
