By: Andy Gensler
(photo by Matt Lief-Anderson/Courtesy Bring Music Home)
Comfort Dog: Three weeks after Tamara Deike interviewed Jason McNeely (above), owner of Austin’s Barracuda, the venue permanently closed.
If ever there was a vital document capturing the essence of what
this year made America’s clubs so universally beloved, it’s “Bring Music
Home,” a glorious new coffee table book chronicling more than 200 independent
clubs in 30 U.S. markets. Co-authored by Tamara Deike and Amber
Mundinger, with sumptuous art direction by Kevin W. Condon, this
500-page tome, weighing some
9 pounds, quickly makes clear what powers
these treasured music temples: People. Human beings. Mere mortals. That is, the 375 owners, GMs,