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Texas : Transportation Projects in Big Trouble
Moving right along. From Mr. Ed’s Old Car Pictures. “If the physical scientists who warn about limits to growth are right, confronting the global economic meltdown implies far more than merely getting the banks and mortgage lenders back on their … Continue reading
KUT Austin : Messing With History
Photo from KUTAustin / Flickr The growing protest against KUT-FM’s decision to cut back the shifts of longtime disc jockeys Paul Ray and Larry Monroe is shaping up as something of a last stand for the public radio station’s old … Continue reading
Health Care Disruptions an Orchestrated Campaign
UPDATE: ‘Anti-Reform Group Takes Credit For Helping Gin Up Town Hall Rallies.’ Read it here. Rick Scott of “Swift Boat” fame, heads “Conservatives for Patients’ Rights.”Inside the Tea Partiers’ anti-health care organizing campaign Though conservatives portray the tea bagger disruptions … Continue reading
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Bad Boogie at Austin’s KUT : ‘We Built This City’
Paul Ray, Texas Hall of Fame jazz musician and KUT radio host. Photo by Christina Murrey). Changes abound at KUT Programming changes at KUT have cut longtime hosts Paul Ray and Larry Monroe to one night a week each. “Paul … Continue reading
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Si Kahn : 44 years of music and social justice
Activist, musician, and executive director of Grassroots Leadership: four decades in the struggle. By Bob Libal | The Rag Blog | July 28, 2009 I read in the paper, I watched on the show They said that it happened a … Continue reading
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Robert Jensen : The Color of the Race Problem is White (Video)
The Color of the Race Problem is WhiteBy Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog “The Color of the Race Problem Is White” was a lecture by Professor Robert Jensen, recorded at the University of Texas at Austin on March 30, … Continue reading
Singin’ on Sunday – Topaz McGarrigle and Mudphonic
Topaz @ the Granada Theater July 5, 2009 Evolution. Applying the term to Topaz McGarrigle’s career as a professional musician provides a fascinating case study with more twists and turns than a Colorado River water moccasin. And its end result … Continue reading
Singin’ on Sunday: Austin’s Cold Sun
Cold Sun live in the Palmer Auditorium, circa 1971.Cold Sun: Austin’s Lost Psychedelic VisionariesBy Patrick Lundborg [To hear Cold Sun, click here.] The story of how Austin, Texas was transformed from a sleepy little college town into a world- renowned … Continue reading
