Austin’s mayoral elections are heating up and the Daze sat down with candidate Brewster McCracken to get to know more about his plans for Austin. Get out and vote Saturday, May 9th.

AUSTIN DAZE: Brewster McCracken is…

BREWSTER MCCRACKEN:…a father of a 5-year-old boy who loves music, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day, and playing Chutes and Ladders with his dad…

…a novelist, guitarist, surfer, technophile and avid reader…

…an admirer of Pike Powers, Michelle Greer, Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Avellan, Barack Obama, Sara Hickman and his great grandmother Maude McFadyen…

…a husband who feels incredibly blessed by his wife’s love…

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WE HAD BEEN TOYING WITH THE IDEA OF TALKING WITH THE MAYOR FOR AWHILE. I REALLY DIDN’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIM OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT HE HAS THE GREATEST NAME A POLITICIAN COULD EVER WANT. WITH A NAME LIKE THAT, HOW COULD YOU LOSE? FORTUNATLEY, THERE WAS MUCH MORE TO HIM THAN A GREAT NAME. WE DISCUSSED MANY OF THE PROBLEMS AND ADVANTAGES OUR CITY IS FACING. WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE GOTTEN THE CHANCE TO HEAR WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT BEING THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. Read the rest of this entry »