Editors’ note: The opinions and ideas expressed in My Ex-Boyfriend's Band are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the outlook and belief of anyone else in the Ist network. It's been a big year for Graham Williams. Last December, he joined forces with Alamo Drafthouse to put on the inaugural Fun Fun Fun Fest, one day of indie, punk and electronic music on three stages in Waterloo Park. It was......

In a (somewhat) surprising announcement via press release mid-afternoon Monday, Austin's legendary venue Emo's, announced a partnership with local talent buying firm, C3 Presents. The announcement arrives on the heels of another announcement: Transmission Entertainment's official bid in the Austin talent buying and event booking business. In many ways, the partnership between Emo's and C3 is a match made in heaven: Stubb's, which is co-owned by Charles Attal, a partner at C3, is a neighbor......

First they made it family-friendly. Then they tried to chesse-glitz it up for the shiny-shirt crowd. Tourists, total tourists. And we don't mean people on vacation who don't actually live in Vegas, we mean tourists. In the pejorative sense. Now they're trying to make America's favorite city for bluehairs, frat boys and porn skanks into a rock n' rollers' dream. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas usually sucks, so we hope that Emo's......