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John Bloom aka Joe Bob Briggs
Last Friday morning, I was flipping through all the FaceBook noise I receive from all the things I “like” along with the Right-Wing diatribes and there was the announcement about Joe Bob hosting two movies Sunday evening Alamo Ritz! How … Continue reading
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Crowded House
It took 24 years to finally see and meet them but I got the ultimate birthday present from my friend Chip of Waterloo Records (I owe him mondo cheesecake for this)! This concert was really just going to be the … Continue reading
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Geoff Emerick
After the Cheap Trick concert concluded, Geoff Emerick graciously met with audience members who wanted autographs and/or pictures. As soon as he was introduced, my mind was racing because his name was sooooooooo familiar and why he was critical to … Continue reading
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Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal
Today I got to meet a member of Music Royalty, the lovely and very talented Rosanne Cash! Royalty? Yes. She’s the daughter of Johnny Cash, step-daughter of June Carter, step-sister of Carlene Carter and through all these relationships Rosanne is … Continue reading
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Glenn Tilbrook
Most of the world knows him as the lead singer of Squeeze which isn’t very accurate because Chris Difford sang on many tunes plus their biggest hit is predominantly sung by Paul Carrack and Jools Holland did a few. No … Continue reading
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Cracker
Last Thursday, Cracker came to Austin to promote their ninth studio album and wrap up their current North American tour (once again, we’re at the end or the beginning). I had seen them before in 2002 at La Zona Rosa … Continue reading
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David Kaffinetti aka Viv Savage
This year has been pretty awesome, especially in light of it being the 25th anniversary of This is Spinal Tap. Earlier I got to see the primary three members unplugged and unwigged in Dallas, now I met the keyboardist from … Continue reading
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Julie Powell
Author and Austin native Julie Powell being at our showing of Julie & Julia was a huge bonus to go with the big, fancy meal. I’m glad she did a nice Q&A after the movie because it helped separate the … Continue reading
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Cassandra Peterson aka Elvira
Last night I got to meet one of the greatest people in Horror Movie History. Elvira, The Mistress of the Dark graced Austin with her presence by hosting three sold-out shows at Alamo Drafthouse (the Ritz location). It was a … Continue reading
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Hal Sparks
Let me start with some apologies. I saw Hal do his stand-up thing last Saturday but due to my lingering illness and work being pretty crazy, only now have I gotten around to posting about his awesome show. Now you’re … Continue reading
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