[fa:p:a=72157594267830938,id=312454248,j=r,s=s,l=p]AUSTIN DAZE: Your new album “Love is My Religion” is amazing. How does it feel for you? Does it feel more or less special than anything else you have created?

ZIGGY MARLEY: this was an album that was special in a couple of ways. One of the main ways is that this is an album that is a message about my religion. I am honored that I was inspired to bring that message to people Read the rest of this entry »

[fa:p:a=72157594267830938,id=297670931,j=r,s=s,l=p]AUSTIN DAZE: What does the Recording Academy Award mean to you?

BILLY GIBBONS: It’s of course a very special night to be included with such a lofty invitation. To accept this award, and to be surrounded by our friends and our peers, is reassuring that we have still maintained a presence within an outfit that is so focused and dedicated and detailed on maintaining a real high level of value within the music industry itself. It’s really fine. Read the rest of this entry »

[fa:p:a=72157594267830938,id=293898927,j=r,s=s,l=p]AUSTIN DAZE: How did you get started in music?

TAJ MAHAL: It was always something that surrounded me; it was something that I didn’t have to think too much about – like breathing. It was around me for as long as I can remember which would be since I was about 2 years old. I don’t think I knew it, I just knew the culture was musical. At that point I could talk about what I was hearing. Read the rest of this entry »

[fa:p:a=72157594267830938,id=292609787,j=r,s=s,l=p]AUSTIN DAZE: How did you get your start in the acting business?

DANNY TREJO: I had been a drug counselor since two years after I got out of prison. I worked for a place called Western Pacific Rehab in Glendale, California. One night in 1985 some kid that I was working with called me up and asked me to come down and support him because there were a lot of drugs at his job–he felt he was going to use. So I went to support him–thinking it was a regular job–and it turns out he was a PA on a movie called “Runaway Train” with Jon Voight and Eric Roberts. Read the rest of this entry »

[fa:p:a=72157594267830938,id=292649710,j=r,s=s,l=p]AUSTIN DAZE: Right off the bat, we want to know why Blue Monday became Blue Tuesday.

MALFORD MILLIGAN: Mark Proct actually made that decision when he was buying talent and booking the club. He had a country act that he wanted to bring in on Mondays. He also thought it would bring in more names and more people–more than anything else. So that’s why it became Blue Tuesday – out of necessity. As you can tell, Blue Monday used to have a lot less people. On Blue Tuesday, it seems like we have a lot more people. So it’s good for the club, it’s good for the band – the whole deal. Read the rest of this entry »

[fa:p:a=72157594267830938,id=292609612,j=r,s=s,l=p]AUSTIN DAZE: We’ve heard great things about your songwriting. How do you go about it? How do you know when you have something special?

SOUTHPAW JONES: It’s always different. Although in Austin I get a lot of homework assignments from Matt the Electrician challenging me with a title or someone else having an idea for a title and having a due date. So those I write in a rush and often at the last minute. Read the rest of this entry »

[fa:p:a=72157594267830938,id=292609699,j=r,s=s,l=p]AUSTIN DAZE: When did you first become interested in music?

PATRICIA VONNE: I got a good dose of the MGM musicals growing up. My parents always invited the mariachis to our house for festive occasions. My dad was a drummer – salesman by day. He always had a drum kit at home and put himself through college with a music scholarship. My mom loved to play the Spanish guitar and sing Mexican folk songs and have us harmonize with her. First live show in my hometown of San Antonio was Johnny Reno and the Sax Maniacs that changed my life! The power and passion of Reno’s performance was clearly a defining moment. Read the rest of this entry »

[fa:p:a=72157594267830938,id=292609754,j=r,s=s,l=p]AUSTIN DAZE: When Hill Street Blues came out did you know that you had changed the face of TV?

DAVID MILCH: I think the blessing of Hill Street Blues had to do with not looking at the big picture. At that point, I was just glad to have a job. It was the first writing for television that I had ever done so I was just trying to learn my craft. Read the rest of this entry »

[fa:p:a=72157594267830938,id=292610317,j=r,s=s,l=p]AUSTIN DAZE: How does directing this film compare to acting?

BOBCAT GOLDTHWAIT: I really like directing a lot more because I don’t like being told what to do and I don’t like the hair and make – up – well I don’t mind make – up but I would prefer my own. Read the rest of this entry »