Live Music Blog (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Have you made your plan for Halloween yet? I just found out that I'll be hitting the Umphrey's McGee two-night run here in San Francisco, which they're dubbing a "Monster Mash-Up" kinda affair. I'll be leaving my body and...
StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
That's the title of an OpEd in today's Austin American-Statesman by local singer-songwriter Sara Hickman. She discusses the genesis of her 12 city concert tour in cooperation with the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. LINK As a society,...
Billboard (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Willie Nelson, Foghat, Los Lonely Boys, Blue Oyster Cult, Ghostland Observatory, Grupo Fantasma, Fastball and Alejandro Escovedo will lead the lineup for the second annual South Padre International Music Festival, to be held Oct. 31 through Nov. 2 across 10 beachside venues on South Padre Island.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
For a full list of community events, and to submit your event, go online to tulsaworld.com/calendar THURSDAY Woody Guthrie festival Every year, musicians and fans gather in Okemah to celebrate American (and Oklahoma) music legend Woody Guthrie.
StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Austin-based singer-songwriter Sara Hickman continues her "Music for Life"series of concerts tonight in Dallas. The Dallas Morning News Religion blog has, "Sara Hickman to perform at Cathedral of Hope." The popular Austin-based singer and songwriter is part of a tour...
Howling Latina (Free subscription) | 04/16/2008
With the death penalty essentially on hold since last September -- awaiting a Supreme Court ruling as to whether or not lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment -- Louisiana is seeking the ultimate punishment for raping a minor. Thirty years ago, the Court ruled that executing a person for raping an adult constituted "cruel and unusual punishment." But righteous, god-fearing folks from the...
StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | 04/14/2008
That's the title of an article in today's Fort Worth Star-Telegram by Jay Root of the Austin bureau. LINK In Texas, home of the busiest death chamber in the Western Hemisphere, the question is generally when, not whether, to execute...
DATA news (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
First up New Jersey's predominant indie rock band Yo La Tengo did "Mr Tough" from their brand new album I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass ( iTunes , Amazon ). Next New York City's Brazilian Girls did "Last Call" from their brand new album Talk To La Bomb ( iTunes , Amazon ). Then Austin's veteran singer/songwriter Sara Hickman did a fantastic cover of Tears for Fears "Mad World" (tho,...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 04/05/2008
The East Dallas Community School and its sister, Lindsley Park Community School, are teaming up with award-winning musician Sara Hickman. This first-time community fundraiser, scheduled 3 p.m. Sunday, came together thanks to East Dallas resident David Card, longtime advocate of the East Dallas Community School and owner of Poor David's Pub. His support for the school and knowledge of Ms. Hickman's...
StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | 12/07/2007
The Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty's concert series continues this month with a performance in San Antonio, Saturday, December 8, at the First Unitarian Universalist Church. Details are here. Austin singer-songwriter Sara Hickman is headlining the concerts. Earlier...
Just Shelley (Free subscription) | 11/15/2007
I leave you with good stuff: IBM has its head in the clouds. It must tickle Big Blue, no end, to discover that the cycle of technology has come around to its area of expertise again. Gorton's Law, which reduces the unknown, beautiful, and weird to "when can we eat it?", has an actual equation, now. Speaking [...]
StandDown Texas Project (Free subscription) | 10/03/2007
The first of a series of concerts by acclaimed Texas singer-songwriter Sara Hickman for the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty will be held at First United Methodist Church in Austin, tonight. The program begins at 7:00 p.m. FUUMC...
Austinist (Free subscription) | 09/28/2007
Local writer Spike Gillespie (along with a dozen of her closest friends) has been holding forth on the subject of wookin pa nub in all the wrong places. The Dick Monologues run once a month at Hyde Park Theater . When we walked in, there was a sea of women with tiny plastic cups of red wine. Any trepidation over being surrounded by that many sleeveless tops quickly dissipated as the raucously hilarious...
Z Recommends (Free subscription) | 09/27/2007
Toddler Sara Hickman, 2001 We listen to a lot of music. So much in fact that when two-year-old Ranger broke the CD changer last Friday, I took it apart three times trying to fix it rather than face a quiet weekend. How do I choose one CD to review? I decided on Sara Hickman's [ website | blog ] Toddler because it's the album Jim and I can most frequently be found singing in grocery store aisles, waiting...
Bad Astronomy Blog (Free subscription) | 09/26/2007
I don't generally do this, but for her I’ll make an exception. I stumbled on a singer who’s voice I just love. Her name is Marian Call, and I found her through her MySpace page, of all places; I followed a comment she left on Nathan Fillion's page. Nathan played Mal Reynolds on "Firefly", and you [...]
