Austin Sound

And today from the shameless self promotion department, Off the Record in this week’s Chronicle announced that in September 2010, in conjunction with the start of the Chron’s 30th year of publication, UT Press will be publishing the Austin Chronicle Music Anthology 1981-2010. The book is edited by Austin Powell and myself, your fearless Austin Sound editor. Austin and I have spent the past year and a half plunging into the Chronicle Archives, only half of which are actually available online, and boy, have we pulled out some gems! The book will feature an awesome forward from Daniel Johnston, an introduction by Chronicle editor Louis Black, and intros to each decade from Chronicle music fixtures like Margaret Moser (1980s), Raoul Hernandez (1990s) and Chris Gray (2000s). There will also be tons of fantastic photos included from the paper’s history, like portraits of young Stevie Ray Vaughan and Alejandro Escovedo. We hope the book is a testament both to the richness of the local music scene through the years, and the Chronicle’s place in helping preserve and promote it. It has certainly been a privilege and honor to put it together! Look for more updates from Off the Record as the publication date nears.