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Best Gas Prices...Holiday Weekend Music Picks...and the Declaration of Independence!
Thursday 07-03-2008 9:36am CT
Starting with best petrol prices in the Capital City area as of this morning, from AustinGasPrices.com: South Austin: still the best price in the Austin area, $3.84, at the Genie Car Wash on South Lamar. Georgetown: $3.86 at the Texaco at Williams Drive and RM-2338, and also at the Wal-Mart on IH-35. East Austin: $3.89 at the Citgo location at 38 1/2 St. & Airport, and also at the Double-R store at MLK & Overhill (this location accepts CASH ONLY). North Austin: $3.89 at the Exxon at Research & Burnet, and at the Citgo at Anderson Mill & Pond Springs. And your best bets for live music over the holiday weekend: Thursday: The Gourds and The Band of Heathens are doing a free show down in New Braunfels at the Whitewater Amphitheatre (New Braunfels is crawling with great music options this weekend). Friday the 4th: Still tickets available for the Willie Picnic...The Band of Heathens play free once again, early at Gruene Hall (1pm). Jack Ingram and the Gougers at Gruene Hall is sold out...the South Austin Jug Band are at Threadgill's...the Cornell Hurd Band are at the Broken Spoke...Jeremy Steding and Clay McClinton are at Poodie's. Saturday: Kevin Fowler is at the River Road Icehouse in New Braunfels...Bruce Robison is at the Broken Spoke...Dale Watson and Robyn Ludwick are at the Continental Club...Jeremy Steding is at Hill's Cafe, starting at 7. Sunday...Paula Nelson plays early at the Iguana Grill (6:30) and Heybale! are at the Continental at 11. And finally...as we head into the Fourth of July, it's a good time to brush up on exactly what we're celebrating, and that is the Declaration of Independence. For example: did you know that only two people - John Hancock and the much-lesser-known Charles Thomson - actually signed the Declaration on July 4, 1776? Fascinating, I know. Lots more info on it HERE. Have a great weekend, use that sunscreen, watch your intake, and have an extra burger for me. Sunday Night Texas Show playlist for 6/29/08!
Monday 06-30-2008 11:13am CT
Tons on Texas Music acts you can catch over the upcoming holiday weekend on this week's show! Enjoy, hit the Podcasts link to the left.KVET Sunday Night Texas Show 6/29/08 Bart Crow Band “Understand” (TMS 7/2, River Road Icehouse Fri 7/18) South Austin Jug Band “Come to Me” (Exit Music Fest at Waterloo Park Sat 7/5, Roots Music Series in Fredericksburg Sat 7/26, San Marcos River Pub Sun 7/27, ACL in September) Jay Boy Adams w/Jack Ingram “Waitin’ on 5 O’Clock” (Jack at Gruene Hall 7/4 w/Gougers, VWA w/Martina McBride Thur 7/17) Bruce Robison “Drivin’ All Night Long” (New CD “The New World” out 9/2…Broken Spoke Sat 7/5, free show at San Marcos River Pub Sun 8/24) Gougers “Everybody Knows” (Gruene Hall 7/4 w/Jack Ingram, Saxon Pub Thur 7/17, Nutty Brown 7/26 w/Randy Rogers) Eleven Hundred Springs “Every Time I Get Close To You” (Continental w/Doug Moreland 8/15) Pat Green w/Ray Wylie Hubbard “If I Was the Devil” (Willie’s Picnic 7/4) Hayes Carll “It’s a Shame” (US Tour through July, Threadgills Sat 8/2) Mark McKinney “Bonfire” (TMS 7/2 w/Bart Crow Band) Kevin Fowler “If These Old Walls Could Talk” (River Road Icehouse Sat 7/5, ACL Fest in September) Sunny Sweeney “East Texas Pines” (ACL in September) Band of Heathens “Jackson Station” (Whitewater at the Horseshoe in NB w/The Gourds Thur 7/3, Gruene Hall Fri 7/4 1pm, Southpark Meadows Mall Fri 7/4 8pm, ACL in September) Wade Bowen “Crazy Enough” (with Randy Rogers at Cheatham Street Mon 6/30, Nutty Brown Sat 7/19) Robert Earl Keen “Down That Dusty Trail” (ACL Fest in September) Steve Earle “Steve’s Hammer” Bart Crow Band “Driftin’ In The Wind” (TMS 7/2, River Road Icehouse Fri 7/18) Micky & the Motorcars “Grow Old” (New CD out 7/29, release party at Saxon Pub) Charlie Robison “Barlight” (live) (Nutty Brown Sat 7/12) Casey Donahew Band “Crazy” (River Road Ice House Sat 7/19) Stoney LaRue “Closer To You” (Freedom Fiesta in downtown Seguin Sat 7/5) Jackson Taylor “Outlaw Women” (TMS 7/16, Mountain Breeze Campground in NB Fri 7/18) Joe Ely “The Road Goes On Forever” (Gruene Hall Sat 8/16) Belleville Outfit “Houston Town” (Momo’s Sun 6/29 8pm, San Marcos River Pub Sun 8/17, ACL in September) Randy Rogers Band “Down and Out” (Randy w/Wade Bowen at Cheatham Street Mon 6/30, full band at Nutty Brown 7/26 w/Gougers) Susan Gibson “Perfect World” (Artz Ribhouse Wed 7/2, Luckenbach Sat 7/12) Reckless Kelly “You Don’t Have To Stay Forever” (Gruene Hall Fri/Sat 8/1 - 2) Willie Nelson “If You’ve Got The Money” (’08 Picnic July 4 w/Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Pat Green, more at VWA/Selma)
Sunday Night Texas Show playlist for 6/22/08
Monday 06-23-2008 12:38pm CT
Emerging from an amazing live music weekend here in Austin...this week's Sunday Night Texas Show examines some of your many options for the upcoming July 4th weekend, and lots more! Hit the Podcasts link to the left.
KVET Sunday Night Texas Show 6/22/08
Radney Foster “Luckenbach, Texas” (TMS 6/25, Gruene Hall 8/23) Bruce Robison “What Would Willie Do” (Broken Spoke Sat 7/5, free show at San Marcos River Pub Sun 8/24) Shooter Jennings “Slow Train” (ACL in September) Paul Eason “Keepin’ It Tween the Lines” (Camp Ben McCullouch Fri 6/27) Kevin Fowler “Get Your Biscuits in the Oven” (River Road Icehouse Sat 7/5, ACL Fest in September) Jason Boland & the Stragglers “Comal County Blues” (Nutty Brown Sat 6/28, River Road Icehouse 7/12, Midnight Rodeo 9/12) South Austin Jug Band “Strange Invitation” (Exit Music Fest at Waterloo Park Sat 7/5, San Marcos River Pub 7/27, ACL in September) Mother Truckers “Dynamite” Band of Heathens “Cornbread” (Saxon Pub Thur 6/26, Whitewater at the Horseshoe in NB w/The Gourds Thur 7/3, Gruene Hall Fri 7/4 1pm, Southpark Meadows Mall Fri 7/4 8pm, ACL in September) Ryan Bingham “Hard Times” (Threadgill’s Sun 6/22, ACL in September) Bart Crow Band “Understand” (TMS 7/2) Wade Bowen “Walkin’ Along the Fenceline” (with Randy Rogers at Cheatham Street Mon 6/30, Nutty Brown Sat 7/19) Robert Earl Keen “Dreadful Selfish Crime” (ACL Fest in September) Brandon Rhyder “Back Roads” (Watermelon Thump in Luling Fri 6/27 w/Eli Young Band, Midnight Rodeo Fri 7/11) Maren Morris “All That It Takes” Radney Foster “Texas In 1880” (TMS 6/25, Gruene Hall 8/23) Reckless Kelly “One False Move” (from new CD “Bulletproof” out Tue 6/24: in-store at Waterloo 5pm, CD release party at Antone’s w/Gougers…Gruene Hall Fri/Sat 8/1 - 2) Eli Young Band “Small Town Kid” (ACL Fest in September)Randy Rogers Band “Better Off Wrong” (Luling Watermelon Thump Sat 6/28, Randy w/Wade Bowen at Cheatham Street Mon 6/30, full band at Nutty Brown 7/26 w/Gougers) Gougers “John Henry” (Antones Tue 6/24 w/Reckless Kelly, Gruene Hall 7/4 w/Jack Ingram, Nutty Brown 7/26 w/Randy Rogers) James McMurtry “Chocktaw Bingo” (Continental Wed 6/25, Threadgills Fri 6/27) Willie Nelson “A Peaceful Solution” (see http://willienelsonpri.com/a-peaceful-solution-story) (’08 Picnic July 4 w/Merle Haggard, Ray Price, more at VWA/Selma)
Interesting article on the Beijing Olympics
Wednesday 06-18-2008 11:33am CT
More accurately, an interesting article addressing the way that many of us in America and the West feel about the Olympics being in China. It's my belief that, rather than using the occasion as an excuse to rail against the Chinese government, the better option in the long haul is for us to take an opportunity to embrace the Chinese people and bring them closer into the global fold. The more they see freedom, the more they will want it. Check out the article HERE.
Sunday Night Texas Show playlist for 6/15/08
Thursday 06-19-2008 11:10pm CT
The podcast of last Sunday's show is up...sorry so late on this! My excuse is that summertime has our schedule with the kids in a tizzy, and I may have dropped a ball or two. Closer to the truth, it's so damn hot I'm having trouble doing much but stare at the wall. Enjoy the podcast at the link to the left.
KVET Sunday Night Texas Show 6/15/08 Aaron Watson “Hearts Are Breaking Across Texas” (TMS 6/18) Jack Ingram “Lips of an Angel” (Gruene Hall 7/4 w/Gougers, VWA w/Martina McBride Thur 7/17) Gougers “Sleeping Pills” (Antones Tue 6/24 w/Reckless Kelly, Gruene Hall 7/4 w/Jack Ingram, For the Sake of the Song Festival in NB 6/20 – 21, Nutty Brown 7/26 w/Randy Rogers) Cory Morrow “All Said and Done” (Cactus Café 7/24, FREE show at Buda City Park 7/31, River Road Icehouse 8/30, Nutty Brown 9/6) Charlie Robison “Flatland Boogie” (Nutty Brown 7/12) Ryan Bingham w/Terry Allen “Ghost of Travelin’ Jones” (For The Sake of the Song Fest in NB Sat 6/21) Eli Young Band “That’s The Way” (Luling Watermelon Thump Fri 6/27 w/Brandon Rhyder, ACL Fest in September)Ray Wylie Hubbard “Snake Farm” (For the Sake of the Song Festival in NB 6/20 – 21, Willie’s Picnic 7/4) Stoney LaRue “Down In Flames” (live) (Freedom Fiesta in Seguin Sat 7/5) Wade Bowen “Lay It All On You” (Acoustic Tour w/Randy Rogers: Midnight Rodeo Sun 6/15, Sake of the Song Festival in NB 6/20 – 21, Nutty Brown Sat 7/19) Robert Earl Keen “Feelin’ Good Again” (Stubb’s Fri 6/20, ACL Fest in September) Reckless Kelly “Passin’ Through” (from new CD “Bulletproof” out Tue 6/24: in-store at Waterloo 5pm, CD release party at Antone’s w/Gougers…Gruene Hall Fri/Sat 8/1 - 2) Jason Boland & the Stragglers “The Bourbon Legend” (Nutty Brown 6/28, River Road Icehouse 7/12, Midnight Rodeo 9/12) Derailers “Cold Beer, Hot Women and Cool Country Music” (Broken Spoke Sat 6/21) Band of Heathens “Heart On My Sleeve” (Stubb’s w/REK Fri 6/20, For the Sake of the Song Fest Sat 6/21) Aaron Watson “Blame It On Me” (TMS 6/18) Bruce Robison “Travelin’ Soldier” (Broken Spoke Fri 6/20 & Sat 7/5) South Austin Jug Band “Falls So Fast” (Momo’s Sat 6/21) Pat Green “Take Me Out To A Dancehall (live)” (Willie’s Picnic VWA 7/4) Brandon Rhyder “Between Here and the Front Door” (Watermelon Thump in Luling Fri 6/27 w/Eli Young Band, Midnight Rodeo Fri 7/11) Randy Rogers Band “One More Goodbye” (Randy & Wade Bowen Acoustic Tour: Midnight Rodeo Sun 6/15, hosts of For the Sake of the Song Fest in NB 6/20 & 21, Nutty Brown 7/26 w/Gougers) James McMurtry “Cheney’s Toy” (Continental Wed 6/18, Cheatham St. Warehouse Thur 6/19, Threadgills Fri 6/27) Kevin Fowler “Get Along” (Nutty Brown Fri 6/20, ACL Fest in September) Roger Creager (Midnight Rodeo Fri 6/20, Gruene Hall 7/26, TMS 8/26) Willie Nelson “No Place But Texas” (’08 Picnic July 4 w/Merle Haggard, Ray Price, more at VWA/Selma)
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