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SOUTH PADRE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:00:00 -0500

Check out the SPI MUSIC FESTIVAL BLOG for news, band reviews, and updates.

For tickets and more info visit: www.SPIMusicFest.com

CLICK "I LIKE IT" TO WIN A FESTIVAL PACKAGE FOR 2! Package includes: Round trip transportation for 2 in Do512 private charter bus, hotel room for two nights, and a pair of 3-day passes.

CATCH A RIDE ON THE DO512 PARTY BUS! There will be a limited number of Festival Packages for sale at a discounted rate!
Packages will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis, and will include:

Round-trip transportation on the Do512 Party Bus
Hotel room for 2 nights (Oct 31 and Nov 1)
3-day passes to the festival.
Approximate costs will be $240pp for a couple or $320pp for an individual in a private room. If you are interested in purchasing a discounted package, jumping on the Do512 Party bus and saving some cash, email: Jimmy@Do512.com
WE HAVE ROOM FOR ONLY 50! These packages will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis!
RESERVE YOUR TRIP HERE

It’s 2 miles off the southeastern tip of Texas, less than 10 miles north of the Mexican border, South Padre is easy to get to with classy accommodations in all price ranges. And hey, Men’s Fitness just rated South Padre Island one of America’s 10 Best Beaches!

A half-mile across at its widest, so you can almost spit a guitar pick from bay to Gulf. The Island is a cool coastal town with modern luxury amenities, protected from smothering development by nationally protected, expansive dune preserves. In addition to being a fantastic host for SPI Music Fest, South Padre is always a welcome tropical escape in the late fall.

At SPI Music Fest, you can jam all day long and into the night to an awesome lineup of international artists. And if you want to grab a personal intermission from the music, it’s all here – a swim in warm Gulf waters, a long nap on a secluded beach, an ocean speedboat blast, a beach gear shopping spree, or a bay fishing trip that might land you a world record trout or red.

Got kids? Good ones, bad ones, tall ones, short ones – bring ‘em on! Most SPI Music Fest venues are family-friendly, and the Island has lots to do for the people who look like us, only smaller. Mini golf, kiddie rides that they’ll love…movies, surf lessons, and even sand castle experts who’ll make the kids’ creations actually look like something. Dig it.

If you like to eat – and who doesn’t? – South Padre sports over 60 restaurants with all types of cuisine. Get your cheeseburgers in paradise, hit a fancy joint where waiters know how to pronounce “Pinot”, or simply devour mounds of fresh seafood just pulled from the Gulf. If you’re a landlocked grub like most of us, the marine feast goes down as easy and often as the great music! And after the shows end for the night, a few after-hours hotspots welcome those still thirsty for more.

Late fall on South Padre? Normally low 80s daytime with a gentle Gulf breeze, surf temp in the mid to high 70s. In short, pretty darn perfect and we’re betting way better than where you are sitting right now.

So, c’mon, get your Fest on and book it now! SPI Music Fest 2008 is right around the corner, and we’d hate to have so much fun without you!

Leeann Atherton

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:00:00 -0500

The Australian Pink Floyd Show

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:00:00 -0500

The Australian Pink Floyd Show is the best Pink Floyd tribute band ever. Their shows include not only music originally written by Pink Floyd, but also a psychedelic lightshow modelled after the lightshows used by Pink Floyd during their 1987 and 1994 world tours. The show includes a round screen with intelligent lights arranged around the perimeter. During each 2½ hour concert, movies and animations are displayed on the screen while lights and lasers turn the stage and auditorium into a swirling mass of color.

The shows typically follow the format of one hour of music, followed by a 20 minute intermission, resuming with another hour of music, and often concluding with an encore of "Comfortably Numb" and "Run Like Hell". Sometimes the band will play certain Pink Floyd albums in their entirety during a show, usually as a first set. To date they have performed in this format Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, Wish You Were Here and on the 2008 US tour, The Wall.

Vote to win free tickets! 10 pairs will be given away!

Red State Blues - A Concert for Change w/ Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:00:00 -0600

Vote to win free tickets! 5 pairs will be given away!!

Tickets available at Travis County Democratic Headquarters 1107 N. I-35, Austin TX 78702

8am-9pm through Sunday 11/02 for face value. No service charge!

Cash or Check only.

Celebrate Election Eve with a special concert at The Austin Music Hall. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, James McMurtry, Brownout!.

November 3, 2008, 7pm

$25 General Admission

$75 VIP ticket includes admission, a special pre-concert show with Paris 49 with special guest Chrysta-Bell from 6pm-7pm, drink tickets & appetizers beginning at 5:30pm.

Show benefits The Travis County Democratic Party & The SIMS Foundation.

Join the biggest party of the year on the eve of the most important day of our generation!