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The usual suspects return: Miles Zuniga, Daniel Johnston, Sandra Bullock, Bob Schneider, and the Asylum Street Spankers; also, Patti Smith returns to Austin for SXSW, as do a bunch of other people.

What we’re listening to

What do rockabilly cult figure Johnny Legend, women's health care advocate Marcia Ball, and hit-and-run victim Slim Richey have in common? This weekend.

Former Texas Lottery Commission employee sues commission, alleging he lost his job because he alerted the Texas Legislature to security and ethics breaches, as well as to a cover-up in which employees 'are bullied into silence'

A drug bust in tiny Tulia, Texas opens up old racial wounds and raises questions about the veracity of the undercover cop-for-hire who orchestrated it all.

Jimmy Lafave

Ed Ward's first-hand account of Willie Nelson's Complete Atlantic Sessions.

Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only

Austin's poster art scene is back, and it's better than ever.

Things get so bad in the Live Music Capital of the World that they're citing the 'King of Sixth Street,' Gerry Van King, for busking on the street

Jimmie Vaughan skips Dubya's inaugural ball, while the Austin Music Network gets a reprieve from the city as the SIMS Foundation tries to spend $62,000 and fast.

photograph by Todd V. Wolfson

Record Store Day: Don't forget the actual record store, America's 'musical town square'

Before the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados, the Lone Star State's voice of the Vox organ, Augie Meyers, was San Antonio's Lord August & the Visions of Lite

Picks & Sleepers

A former Travis County inmate alleges that Wackenhut Corporation bears responsibility for his prison beating.

Wal-Mart cares about its employees -- especially the dead ones; giving the finger to corporations could cost you your privacy; and Tattered Cover stands up for its customers' rights.

Ritalin Kids sign a record deal; Steve Wertheimer gets wet all over.

South by Southwest 1997

In 1978, visits from Patti Smith and Elvis Costello plus the Austin Punk Scene’s first record could mean “AUSTIN IS UN-MELLOWING OUT!”

What we’re listening to

Support the home team!

From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-T

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

September 1982-August 1988

Remembering ultimate cheese label K-tel

New Year's New Clubs, New Arrangements for the Austin Music Network and, well, News.