Austin, TX is cold tonight!  The expected low is a freezing 28 degrees, so bundle up and listen to some good tunes y'all.  We're making Christmas cookies for our friends and family:-) 

Austin Collective Presents: Party On...SXSW 2012

Austin Collective Presents: Party On... @Hooversez

Location: 1110 East 12th Street

 Austin, TX 78702

 Wed. / 14-March

Jeff Johnson (2-2:45 PM) - http://makingmyname.com/namerecognition/

Michael Garfield (4-4:45 PM) - http://michaelgarfield.blogspot.com/

Heston Barnes (5-5:45 PM) -  http://www.myspace.com/oldcoyoteblood

Louise Lehir (6-6:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/louiselehir

Kelly Galvin (7-7:45 PM) - http://www.facebook.com/kogalvin

Tone Monkeys (8-9:00 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/tonemonkeys

Austin Collective Presents: Party On... @LittlefieldQuarters

Location: (Corner of 6th and Brazos at Littlefield Quarters)

Tuesday / 13-March

Treetop Sailors (4:30-5:30 PM) – www.treetopsailors.com

Heston Barnes (6-6:45 PM) - http://www.myspace.com/oldcoyoteblood

Damon Moon and The Whispering Drifters (7:30-8:30 PM) - http://dmatwd.bandcamp.com/

The Sewer Rats (8:30-9:30 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/thesewerrats

Kat Jones (9:30-10:30 PM) – www.katjonesmusic.com 

Friday / 16-March

Cold Forty Three (4-4:45 PM) - www.reverbnation.com/coldfortythree

Workout (3-3:45 PM) - www.workoutbrooklyn.com

Reason To Rebel (7-7:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/reasontorebel

Family Wagon (9-10:00 PM) - https://www.facebook.com/familywagonmusic

Saturday / 17-March

(High Times Private Party!!!  3PM-7PM)

Another Run  (7 - 7:45 PM)  - http://www.reverbnation.com/anotherrun

French Cassettes  (8 - 8:45 PM) - www.facebook.com/frenchcassettes

Strange Vine (9 - 9:45 PM) - www.facebook.com/strangevine

Austin Collective Presents:  Party On... @MariaMariaATX

Location: 415 Colorado Street

 Austin, TX  78701

Saturday / 10-March

TUMP (12-12:45 PM) - www.reverbnation.com/tump

Omid Aski Laridjani (2-2:45 PM) - www.facebook.com/creativeinstincts

The Holy Smokes! (3-4:45 PM) - - http://www.reverbnation.com/theholysmokes

The Chorderoys (5-6:45 PM) - http://thechorderoys.com/fr_home.cfm

Tone Monkeys (7-7:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/tonemonkeys

Wednesday / 14-March

Deer Vibes (12-12:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/deervibes

The Sewer Rats (1-1:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/thesewerrats

The Holy Smokes! (2-2:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/theholysmokes

Oddfellows  (3-3:30 PM) - www.facebook.com/OddfellowsLA

Thursday / 15-March

The Scarlet Effect (11-11:45 AM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/thescarleteffect

Another Run (12-12:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/anotherrun

Treetop Sailors (1-1:45 PM) - www.treetopsailors.com

Ghosts Along The Brazos (2-2:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/ghostsalongthebrazos

Family Wagon (3-3:30 PM) - https://www.facebook.com/familywagonmusic

Austin Collective Presents: Party On... @OpalDivines

Location: 3601 S Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78704

Thursday / 15-March

Deer Vibes (12-12:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/deervibes

Tone Monkeys (1-1:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/tonemonkeys

The District Attorneys (3-3:45 PM) - www.facebook.com/thedistrictattorneys

Another Run (4-4:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/anotherrun

The Scarlet Effect (5-5:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/thescarleteffect

Austin Collective Presents: Party On... @ShinersSaloon

Location: 422 Congress Ave Suite D.

 Austin, TX 78701

Wednesday / 14-March

Jeff Johnson (10:30-11:00 AM) - http://makingmyname.com/namerecognition/

Oddfellows (11:15-11:45 AM)  - www.reverbnation.com/oddfellowsmusic

Gayle Skidmore (1-1:45 PM) - www.gayleskidmore.com

Mont Lyons (2-2:45 PM) – www.montlyons.com

Old Tire Swingers (3-3:45 PM)  - www.oldtireswingers.com

Family Wagon (4-4:45 PM) - www.facebook.com/familywagonmusic

The Holy Smokes! (5-5:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/theholysmokes

Human The Robot (6-6:45 PM) - www.humantherobot.com

The French Cassettes (7-7:45 PM) - www.facebook.com/frenchcassettes

The Chorderoys (8-8:45 PM) - http://thechorderoys.com/fr_home.cfm

Another Run (9-9:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/anotherrun

The District Attorneys (10-11:15 PM) - www.facebook.com/thedistrictattorneys

Treetop Sailors (11:15 PM-1:30 AM) – www.treetopsailors.com

Thursday / 15-March

You Had Me At Hello (11-11:45 AM)

CB Kings (12-12:45 PM) - http://cb-kings.com/

Damon Moon and The Whispering Drifters (1-1:45 PM) - http://dmatwd.bandcamp.com/

The Boxing Lesson (3-3:45 PM) - http://theboxinglesson.bandcamp.com/

Workout (4-4:45 PM) - www.workoutbrooklyn.com

Black Taxi (5-5:45 PM) - www.last.fm/music/Black+Taxi

Smoke and Feathers (6-6:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/smokeandfeathers

Strange Vine (7-7:45 PM) - www.facebook.com/strangevine

Acorn Bcorn (8-8:45 PM) - http://acornbcorn.bandcamp.com/

The Sewer Rats (9-10:30 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/thesewerrats

Heston Barnes (11-11:45 PM) - http://www.myspace.com/oldcoyoteblood

From Indian Lakes (12-12:45 AM) - www.fromindianlakes.com  

      

Austin Collective Presents: Party On... @StompinGrounds

Location: 3801 South Congress Avenue  

Austin, TX 78704

Friday / 16-March

Cold Forty Three (5:00-5:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/coldfortythree

Racing The Messenger (6:00-6:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/racingthemessenger

Jeff Johnson (7:00-7:45 PM) - http://makingmyname.com/namerecognition/

The District Attorneys (8:00-8:45 PM)  - www.facebook.com/thedistrictattorneys

Reason To Rebel (9:00-9:45 PM) - http://www.reverbnation.com/reasontorebel

"Party at the Moontower!!" School's Back From Summer!

School is back from Summer and Austin Collective wants to kick this year off with a "Party at the Moontower!!"  We are going all out and welcoming all the newbies to town "Austin Style!"  The Moontowers are unique to Austin being that we are the last city to still have them!

Here is the official poster and all the details:

"Party at the Moontower!!" Thursday, August 25th (Doors open @ 7:00pm BYOB, Live Music, and "Farm to Fork" Food Trailers!! Everybody is gonna be there...You should come! Mad Comrades - 7:45pm http://www.myspace.com/mad comrades The O' My's (Chicago) - 8:00pm www.theomys.com  Cactus Fuzz - 9:00pm http://youtu.be/GddKmjW2cs 4 Ghosts Along the Brazos - 10:00pm www.ghostsalongthebrazos.c om  BYOB - Don't forget ice chests, and ice if you wanna keep your drinks cold. We're Animal Friendly - As long as you're PooP friendly and pick up after your pets:) "Farm to Fork" Food Trailer - http://www.facebook.com/su nfarmkitchens  Seating is limited - Please feel free to bring in chairs, blankets, or whatever you feel the need to get cozy and enjoy the good times with Austin Collective!

Moontower Lesson

We have had so many questions lately about Moontower descriptions and their purpose.  We decided to post an excerpt from wiki about Austin Moontowers.  Here it is friends:

Moonlight towers in Austin, Texas

Moonlight Towers
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
A moonlight tower at night
Location:	Austin and vicinity
Nearest city:	Austin, Texas
Architect:	Fort Wayne Electric Co.
NRHP Reference#:	76002071
Added to NRHP:	July 12, 1976

Austin, Texas is the only city in the world known to still operate a system. The towers are 165 feet (50 m) tall and have a 15 feet (4.6 m) foundation. This type of tower was manufactured in Indiana by Fort Wayne Electric Company and assembled onsite.^[1] In 1894, the City of Austin purchased 31 used lighting towers from Detroit. A single tower cast light from six carbon arc lamps, illuminating a 1,500 feet (460 m) radius circle brightly enough to read a watch.^[2]

The Austin Moonlight Towers were erected, at least partially, in response to the actions of the Servant Girl Annihilator.^[3]

When first installed, the towers were connected to their own electric generators at the Austin dam (on the site of present day Tom Miller Dam). Over the years they were switched from their original carbon-arc lamps (which were exceedingly bright and time consuming to maintain) to incandescent lamps in the 1920s, and mercury vapor lamps in the 1930s. Mercury vapor lighting allowed the installation of a switch at each tower's base. During World War II, a central switch was installed, allowing citywide blackouts in case of air raids.

1970 saw the towers officially recognized as Texas State Landmarks. This was followed by the 17 remaining towers being listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 1976. At this time, only 6 are in their original locations as established by the Board of Public Works and City Council in 1895. Additional designation was given them as State Archeological Landmarks in 1986.

The City of Austin has ordinances in place to protect the towers from demolition; however, since 2004 two of the remaining 17 towers have been taken down from their locations. The towers at 4th & Nueces and 1st & Trinity have been removed due to new construction. It is unclear whether the towers will be replaced, or erected elsewhere.

In 1993 the city of Austin dismantled the towers and restored every bolt, turnbuckle and guy-wire as part of a $1.3 million project, the completion of which was celebrated in 1995 with a city-wide festival.

One of the towers was prominently featured in the 1993 film Dazed and Confused as the site of a high-school keg party, in which the character played by Matthew McConaugheyexclaims, "Party at the moon tower."