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p1nkstar didn’t exaggerate when she billed her latest project as a live music video “experience.” Girls Like Us, which premiered on Hotel Free TV Thursday night, Jan. 28, seamlessly stitched together pre-shot performances by seven Texas-based trans artists in an hour that both recreated the live experience and transcended it. Superstars & Glitter Queens: p1nkstar and friends brought music video polish to the livestream of Thursday’s Girls Like Us (Photo by Carys Anderson) Directed and produced by the local pop star and her frequent collaborator Y2K (Artie Moreno), last night’s livestream played out more like a well-crafted film than a virtual concert. Rather than single-camera streaming from an empty club or a dingy living room, Moreno’s custom-built sets, lights, and Director of Photography Hannah Varnell’s 360 pans brought immersive light to the production. ....
The Record Machine. Many assumed Elon Musk s pricey bro- ification of Austin wouldn t be good for local music, but few could have predicted something so emblematic so soon. Say goodbye to Music Lab (Photo by John Anderson) Tesla intends to renovate longtime rehearsal space Music Lab at 500 E. St. Elmo into a showroom and service center, reported the Austin Business Journal last Thursday based on public records. In an email to the Chronicle, Music Lab Secretary Joe Cabela now discloses plans to close the practice facility within 30 days. Tenants of the facility – popular for music lessons, hourly rooms, and long-term rentals – have been notified. ....
It s time to welcome a new org into Austin s qmmunity: Embrace Austin, which officially launches this Friday, Jan. 22. As a coalition of LGBTQIA community members, businesses, and organizations, Embrace Austin was founded with the mission to build bridges between queer people and queer initiatives, and boost Austin s queer economy, co-founders KB Brookins and AJ Majd told me. Specifically, the coalition aims to create more opportunities for collaboration and networking that help fulfill the needs of members of Austin s queer and trans family living at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities. Through collaborative events, networking meetups, and inclusive membership, Embrace Austin hopes to create a space for cross-community collaboration, said Brookins, who s also the founder of ....