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Beating Impossible Odds with the Power of the Possible -BY CARISSA STITH

That’s the key ...

Everyone is strong.

Everyone is fast and everyone is big, but it’s the mental game you have to learn to get to the next level.

Features | Fall 2011

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CONTENTS Letter

FROM THE EDIT OR

CODY H A MILT ON A ND CA RISSA STITH

Contributors The Buzz

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THE BUZ Z ROUND UP

AUSTIN INNOVAT OR RUSS APFEL

ONE AUSTIN INSIDER RECS

AT X M A N ON THE SCENE S IR EN SONGS COURT YARD HOUNDS & PAPER CITY

K NOW TIM NEECE & FREDDY FLETCHER

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The Good Life

GOOD DRINK THE BUZZ ON BOURBON GOOD BR E W AUSTIN BREWMASTERS TALK BEER GOOD TAST E URBAN BARBECUE GOOD eats TRAILER TREATS GOOD NIGHT out on the town GUILT Y PLE ASUR ES GOOD CIGARS GOOD RIDES REV IT UP WITH TRUCKS GOOD SP OR T JOSHUA CREEK RANCH GOOD SHO T BERETTA & THE KING RANCH GOOD DEEDS LOCAL PHILANTHROPY

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FA MILY M A N SPECTATOR PARENTING

SP OR T S 5 HEISMAN HOPEFULS H E A LTH TOO MUCH TOO SOON OR TOO LITTLE TOO LATE

FITNESS CORE-STRENGTHENING EXERCISES OPP O SIT E SE X SCORING ON & OFF THE FIELD

SINGLE GU Y WHAT to know ABOUT WOMEN

FIN A NCE AUSTIN INVESTMENT INDEX

R E A L ESTAT E HOT DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES

LEG A L-E ASE LIMITED LIABILITY THE M A N LIST WHAT TO GET & WHERE TO GET IT

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I spend time living in the Domincan and New York throughout the year, but I really love living in Austin.

W eb Interview with Brian jones

Core Training Video: It wouldn’t be me if I didn’t include a progre s sion of some sor t to really get your core fit.

Fitness Columnist Ryan N ail takes us through each exercise step-by- step

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Barbeque Lover’s Guide to Austin five More can’ t miss BBQ establishments chosen from the 10 0 -plus included in this comprehensive book .

More Football from Brian Jones T op 5 T eams to R ebound, 5 Faces in New Places, 5 true freshmen to watch, 5 under-the-radar teams to watch

ATX Man at the Davis Cup E xclusive Photo Essay

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From the Editor

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Confessions of a Cheerleader Commitment to Excellence OK, I am coming clean. I was a cheerleader and, in fact, the optimistic cheerleader mentality is a large part of my heart and soul. With the focus on football in this issue and the anticipation of cooler fall days right around the corner, I tried to think about the lessons I learned under the Friday night lights and photo by

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how they pertained to Austin men. Vince Lombardi once said, “The quality of a

Cody Hamilton is a cross between photographer,

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his chosen field of endeavor.” I have found that a commitment to excellence is a defining character-

editing to create works of art that

istic of our city and of Austin men in general. No matter what their chosen field of endeavor and no

leave memorable impressions. Cody

matter how far they think outside the box, Austin men choose excellence. Cases in point abound and many of them are featured in this issue.

Brian Jones had to beat the odds many times on his way to becoming a successful football

grew up in Wyoming. He graduated from The Art Institute of Colorado,

player and a respected sports broadcaster. Neither timid nor weak, he chose excellence. As the

receiving an award for the best

Texas Longhorns step out onto the field in September, Mack Brown and his revitalized coaching

portfolio. In addition to honing his

staff will surely be aiming for nothing but excellence.

portfolio and photography skills,

Austin City Limits, initially created as a television series to showcase the music of Texas, helped Austin claim the title of “Live Music Capital of the World.” It spawned the ACL Music Festival, contributing to the impression many festival-goers have of our city – excellent!

From the beginning, the team behind ATX Man has been committed to excellence. We strive to

Cody stays busy remodeling his house and enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter. Cody's

bring you the best Austin has to offer, always rooting for our city and those who make it interesting

photographs have been featured in

and great. As the editor of ATX Man, I consider myself to be the head cheerleader for the city we

Austin Monthly and Tribeza. He has

love. So bring it on – opening day of hunting season, the roar of the crowd and the barbeque and the beer and the fall festivals with music, film and the literati. We look forward to sharing our commitment to excellence with you.

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Gypsy Picnic Oct. 22, Auditorium Shores

An undeniable hit in its debut year, the Gypsy Picnic brings together more than 40 trailers from Austin’s vibrant and thriving food-truck community for a day of culinary adventure. Free to attend and with cheap food and drink samples, the event is a sort of a one-day-only foodie paradise, which helps explain why 15,000 visitors jammed the scene last year. Our advice: Arrive early, and bring an empty stomach.

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Other fests Gruene Music & Wine Festival Santana, Sept. 12 and 14, ACL Live An innovator for more than four decades, Carlos Santana has melded sounds and influences from throughout the world with his guitar mastery for one of the most distinctive bodies of work in all of music. His two dates at the palatial ACL Live will take a trip through time, featuring his greatest hits and deep favorites while also spotlighting songs from the new Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time. When Santana’s not making you dance to Black Magic Woman, he’ll be putting his own spin on favorites by Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and more. Hard to argue with that.

Also Coming Up: Journey/Foreigner/Night Ranger Sept. 22, Frank Erwin Center

Pat Metheny • Sept. 27, One World Theatre Blondie • Sept. 29, ACL Live Dolly Parton • Oct. 7, Cedar Park Center B.B. King • Oct. 9, ACL Live Roger Daltrey • Oct. 11, Cedar Park Center k.d. lang • Oct. 12, Paramount Theatre Bela Fleck • Oct. 13, Paramount Theatre Peter Frampton • Oct. 18, ACL Live Adele • Oct. 19, Frank Erwin Center The B-52s • Nov. 2, Stubb’s The Jayhawks • Nov. 18, Paramount Theatre

Oct. 6 – 9, New Braunfels Four days celebrating Texas and native wines and music.

Info: gruenemusicandwinefest.org

Fun Fun Fun Fest

Nov. 4 – 5, Auditorium Shores Austin’s loudest music festival moves to its new home on the water.

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Long Center NamesNewDirector Jamie Grant can say goodbye to his snow tires and hello to breakfast tacos. Grant, a veteran director of fine arts facilities throughout Canada, arrives in Austin in September to take charge of day-to-day operations at Austin’s Long Center for the Performing Arts. High up on his to-do list? Expanding the center’s calendar so it’s known as more than a showcase spot for operas and ballets. “I want to take the community on a journey so there’s something there for everybody to enjoy,” Grant says.

Austin Skeeball League Wednesday nights, Betsy’s Bar, 301 W. 6th St.

Who knew that hundreds of hours and dollars spent playing for prize tickets at Chuck E. Cheese’s would eventually lead to weekly nights of beer-soaked fun?

That’s what’s behind the success of the Austin Skeeball League, one of multiple weekly Austin leagues in which teams face off to roll their way to big points, seasonal trophies and bragging rights. Sadly, no cheap stuffed animals as prizes … yet.

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If you can see a sports bar’s main viewing screen from two floors down and two blocks away, that’s usually a pretty good sign they’re doing something right. The Upper Decks is Austin’s splashiest newcomer on the always-popular food and football scene, with a wide but no-nonsense selection of burgers, fish, chicken and football games that, on a good day, are visible from outer space.

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Now in its fifth year of raising money for breast-cancer research, Scare for a Cure is Austin all the way, bringing together artists of all types to create nights of fright for a good cause.

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Russ Apfel Problem-Solving Startup Audiotoniq

By Chad Swiatecki

uss Apfel’s curiosity just wouldn’t let him take a break, even after retiring in 2008 from a career as a pioneer in the semiconductor industry.

Following a brief breather from the working world, the 62-year-old started looking for a way to use the engineering talents and business sense he’d honed at Advanced Micro Devices and Silicon Labs toward a more personal cause.

“I was into hearing-aid chips and I knew they used lots of technology I’d been using and was familiar with, but I was surprised at how expensive they are,” Apfel said, explaining that most hearing aids are sold for 10 times what they cost to produce. “That’s when I stumbled on

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to a problem where people needed something I had expertise in, and I wanted to apply it and see what we could come up with.”

What Apfel came up with is Audiotoniq, the Austin-based company and his fifth startup. He has introduced a line of hearing aids that are more powerful, let users adjust the devices using a smartphone app and cost less than half what traditional hearing aids sell for. It’s a leap forward in the field, made possible by Apfel’s expertise in micro-technology, and his experience streamlining and overhauling product lines for worldwide companies to make them profit leaders in short order.

He has introduced a line of hearing aids that are more powerful, let users adjust the devices using a smartphone app and cost less than half what traditional hearing aids sell for.

A New York native who landed in Austin with AMD in 1985, Apfel said the city’s independent spirit motivated him to go solo and start his own consulting firm in 1987. In the years since, Apfel has seen Austin become a world-renowned business incubator, crediting experts at the University of Texas and the attractiveness of the city to talented young professionals as huge advantages for him and other entrepreneurs.

With 14 full-time employees on staff and a roster of Austin-based independent contractors,

The Audiotoniq hearing aid is a personally programmable audio device that will cost considerably less than comparable aids on the market. Releasing in early fall 2011, it will feature unique benefits like custom fitting and even smartphone connectivity.

Audiotoniq plans to introduce its offerings through a mobile trailer that can administer hearing tests at local pharmacies, doctors’ offices and nursing homes. By demonstrating how easily and quickly users can improve their hearing in noisy environments, Apfel hopes to break into a market of roughly 36 million Americans who experience some type of hearing loss.

Seeing the improvement in quality of life for users has been a new and rewarding experience for Apfel, since he’s typically worked to design products that don’t have such an intense impact on customers.

“This was more personal because you see an individual smile when they can hear better for the first time,” he said. “I’d like to see us develop products for places all over the world where there’s no access to help for hearing loss.”

If Audiotoniq follows the same successful trajectory as Apfel’s other business projects through the years, he doesn’t rule out shifting focus and looking for startup No. 6.

“I’m going to stay with this to make it successful, but I don’t think I’ll ever stop doing something because if you’re not learning and growing,” he says, “then you’re going in the opposite direction. This was about the fun and the challenge of the problem.”

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BOOK

LIFE IS YOURS TO WIN: LESSONS FORGED FROM THE PURPOSE, PASSION AND MAGIC OF BASEBALL BY AUGIE GARRIDO (Touchstone Books, $23) Horns Baseball Coach Augie Garrido’s honesty and candor about how he became the NCAA’s winningest coach reveals personal lessons he’s learned on the field and in life.

Available at BookPeople, Amazon + more.

-Mary Anne Connolly

ART EVENT Spring Awakening @ ZACH September 20 - November 13, 2011 Winner of eight Tony Awards, critics hailed this electrifying, folk-infused rock musical as “daring,” “remarkable” and “a Broadway landmark.” Spring Awakening explores the intimate journey from adolescence to adulthood with unforgettable poignancy and passion. zachtheatre.org -Alex Alford

CD JIMMIE VAUGHAN PLAYS MORE BLUES, BALLADS & FAVORITES Classic bluesman Jimmie Vaughan’s first CD in nine years will get you movin’ and groovin’ with covers of everyone from Little Richard to Willie Nelson. Recorded in Austin, this nod to Vaughan’s musical roots features slick guitar riffs, harmonicas, Hammond B-3 organ work and vocals from guest artists like Lou Ann Barton and Bill Willis. Sure to put you in a retro mood for some Austin-style bar-hoppin’ or to rev you up for a hot date.

Also check out the founder of the Fabulous Thunderbirds live at Antone’s, Fri., Sept. 23 at 8 p.m. for an all-ages show. Great place to educate the kids (or an out-of-town gal pal) in what makes an Austin music legend. antones.net -Mary Anne Connolly

WEBSITE FANTASYSPORTS.YAHOO.COM Whether it’s fantasy football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer or golf, this site has everything from free mock drafts to live scoring to killer apps for both Android and iPhone. Let the games begin! football.fantasysports.yahoo.com -Mary Anne Connolly

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Hounds Dixie Chicks founders and siblings Martie Maguire and Emily Robison have turned what at first seemed just a side project into a full-time gig.

Their individual songwriting talents and musical prowess on fiddle, guitar and vocals – always at the heart of The Dixie Chicks’ phenomenally successful ride – were still shadowed by Natalie Maines’ brilliant vocals and personality. Fueled by a wealth of life experiences including motherhood and divorce, The Court Yard Hounds’ album and North American tour have been met with great acclaim and a whole new fan base.

-Mary Anne Connolly

Check them out alongside Coldplay, Arcade Fire, Stevie Wonder and Alison Krauss and Union Station @ the ACL Fest Sept. 17, Austin Ventures Stage 7 p.m.

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the buzz { you shoul d k now }

Tim Neece

Freddy Fletcher

ACL Live’s general manager who played in regionally popular bands in the 70s before turning his attention to artist management and concert promotions for three decades.

The man who first dreamed up the 2,700-capacity theater that became the new home of the iconic Austin City Limits television show and venue for big-name touring acts of all stripes.

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Finally, the drummers get their turn in the spotlight.

Often overlooked in all the talk – pretty much all of it glowing – about the new ACL Live is the fact that the two men who make the place run put in a lot of years behind the skins before turning their attention to Austin’s new concert palace.

First there’s Tim Neece, ACL Live’s general manager, who played in regionally popular bands in the 70s before turning his attention to artist management and concert promotions for three decades.

Then there’s Freddy Fletcher, himself a long-time touring drummer and studio owner, known famously as Willie Nelson’s businesssavvy nephew. He is also the man who first dreamed up the 2,700-capacity theater that became the new home of the iconic Austin City Limits television show and venue for big-name touring acts of all stripes.

“I haven’t made a sound on a drum kit in a long time, and I darn sure wouldn’t want to match up against Freddy because he still plays,” laughs Neece as he talks about the man who

The Men of Austin City Limits

brought him in to run the day-to-day operations at ACL Live after seven years of managing the University of Texas’ Performing Arts Center. “I haven’t had an opportunity to make a [musical] sound on our stage, but honestly, I don’t know if I would have been able to imagine a place like this when I was still playing, where you can have between 2,000 and 3,000, and it feels so close and intimate,” Neece says. “I had heard things about it before I was hired, but I came down to look at it with Freddy and it was incredible even before it was done.”

A visit to the facility quickly reveals what all the fuss is about. Performers come out to an open floor and look up to two stacked tiers of seats, the farthest of which is 75 feet from the stage. That means everyone from Janet Jackson to Jackson Browne gets an up-close-and-personal night with fans.

“When we had Dwight Yoakam here, he was just raving about the place, talking about the sound and the intimacy that he had heard about,” Fletcher says. “That makes you feel good because we spent all these years working to make it happen and you just hope that people are going to enjoy it.”

ACL Live was conceived roughly a decade ago, and Fletcher and investor Beau Armstrong of Stratus Properties toured venues all over the country, taking notes on everything from load-in facilities to restroom amenities in order to give Austin “its version of [Nashville’s] Ryman Auditorium.”

With the venue now open and running smoothly, the two men are getting a chance to dive into their areas of expertise when it comes to expanding what ACL Live can offer to the world.

For Fletcher, it’s glamorous stuff like flying to New York to hammer out deals for distributing the venue’s concert content on as many Internet, radio

I like the production side of things and Tim does the nuts and bolts of running the place, and that’s why he was our choice to come in and run the place... and television outlets as possible. For Neece, it’s daily grind stuff like going through contracts for online merchandising and looking at all facets of the building’s operations to make them efficient and bring in revenue.

Both agreed that it’s their complementary skills that have helped them work so well to make the still-new venue an immediate hit.

“I like the production side of things and Tim does the nuts and bolts of running the place, and that’s why he was our choice to come in and run the place,” Fletcher says. “We wanted someone from Austin who understood the sensibilities of the community and its temperament rather than someone from Los Angeles who didn’t know what we’re all about here.”

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{good drink} For most whiskey drinkers, on the rocks is the preferred approach to fully experience bourbon from its start to its finish. Shane Fischer, knowledgeable bartender at tenOak Bourbon story BY

Molly McManus

Barkeeps Call The Buzz

on Bourbon

tenOak’s Shane Fischer on Garrison Brothers Whiskey

hane fischer helped to open

tenOak in March 2011, sweeping up construction dust off the bar-to-be’s floor.

Designed like the inside of an oak barrel, the personality of the bar is sophisticated yet approachable. With bourbon choices galore, tenOak also features a full bar and food menu, and an excellent Sunday brunch, claiming to have the “world’s largest Bloody-Mary bar.” You can also find $5 cocktails and appetizers during happy hour from 4 to 7 p.m., seven days a week. Bourbon 101 is a class tenOak hosts every second Wednesday of the month as a lively and informational event with passed apps and bourbon tasting.

However, the essence of tenOak lay in its vast bourbon selection, the largest small-batch bourbon collection in town. There’s no other bar or lounge like it in Austin; tenOak offers a unique atmosphere that fills a certain void in the city. In addition to Garrison Brothers Whiskey, Fischer also highly endorses two other bourbons carried at tenOak, one being a steal, the other a splurge.

Although one can spend a decent amount of money on a single drink at tenOak, there are inexpensive options as well. Take Rowan’s Creek, for example, priced at $7 a glass. This steal of

bourbon has a caramel sweetness up front but is well-balanced so as not to leave a residual sweetness drying up on the palate. As a 100-proof whiskey originating from a very small batch, Rowan’s Creek definitely stretches the dollar, giving you much more than what you paid for.

For those who are bourbon connoisseurs and have some dough to drop, tenOak features the extremely rare, top-tier, most premium bourbon of them all. Neat or on the rocks but never mixed, Fischer awards Pappy 23 the distinction “white whale of bourbons,” with its savory white pepper, oaky and vanilla overtones. Priced at $90 a glass, Pappy 23 is distributed once a year and tenOak is one of its lucky carriers.

Whether you’re looking for a new happyhour spot, want to broaden your bourbon horizons, or long to try the Garrison Brothers Old Fashioned in a classy, yet laid-back environment, tenOak is sure to meet your wildest whiskey expectations.

House and Lounge in downtown Austin, recommends Garrison Brothers Whiskey, explaining that, while this drink can be sipped the traditional way, its hint of spice lends itself well to a slightly different method.

Fischer loves the peppery burn Garrison Brothers has, which cuts through when mixed well.

His proposal?

The timeless classic: An Old Fashioned Priced at $16, this cocktail will awaken your taste buds and quench your whiskey thirst.

Old Fashioned Recipe:

• Orange slice • 1 maraschino cherry • Heaping tablespoon powdered sugar • 1 ½ ounces Garrison Brothers Whiskey

Muddle ingredients.

Top with ice and water.

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{good brew} Interviewed by

Marshall Wright

n i t au s asters m w e br

Shane Bordeau Brian Peters

- ta l k b e e r -

The Craft-Brewing Scene in Austin has exploded during the

Shane Bordeau

Co-Owner of Twisted X Brewing Co.

last decade to now include more than 20 breweries and brew pubs, and it’s still growing. With this kind of growth, we thought it would be interesting to get some perspective from Shane Bordeau (Twisted

q1.

Twisted X is relatively new to the Austin craft-brew scene. Tell us a little bit about you. Why Twisted X?

Shane Bordeau: Twisted X was founded in 2010 by myself and Jim Sampson, and we are a manufacturing brewery

X Brewing Co.), co-owner of one of

currently located in Cedar Park, TX. We are focused on a unique

Austin’s newest breweries, and

craft breweries. Our beer lineup includes Mexican-styled premium

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approach to craft beer much different than many of the existing Texas craft lagers made right here in Central Texas called Tex Mex Beer. We are the pioneers of the Tex Mex beer market.

q2.

When do you expect Twisted X to hit the market? Where will Twisted X beers be available?

SB: We are a very small brewery. We have been commercially selling beer since Cinco de Mayo [May 5, 2011] at our official release party. We have big plans to expand and will update folks as soon as things are moving forward there. Currently, the Twisted X Beer line is available in Cedar Park, but we are slowly expanding to Austin and Central Texas as we increase production runs. Unfortunately, TABC prevents us from stating where the beers are available [specifically], but check our Facebook page for announcements (facebook.com/TexMexBeer).

q3.

What is your flagship beer?

Can you describe it?

SB: We have three flagship beers [malt beverages due to plus-5% ABV TABC rating]: Twisted X Premium Tex Mex Lager, light lager with subtle hop flavor and a crisp clean finish [think Dos Equis or Corona with much more flavor]; Cow Creek Premium Tex Mex Dark Lager, dark lager, deep, smooth flavor with a sophisticated character; and the most popular and unique, Fuego Jalapeño-Infused Tex Mex Pilsner, light and crisp but 100% beer with a mild jalapeno flavor and warm back-of-the-throat finish. Other seasonal beers will include a prickly pear lager, and Siesta & Señor Viejo, an imperial black lager aged in Republic Tequila barrels.

q4.

What is your favorite Twisted X beer?

Can you describe it?

SB: My favorite is the Señor Viejo. At nearly 8% with rich Schwarzbier, vanilla bourbon and agave tequila back tones, there is just nothing like it out there anywhere. But everyone must try the Fuego Jalapeño Pilsner because it’s so very Texan you can’t help not to.

q5.

What makes Twisted X different from the other Austin-based craft brews?

SB: We are making almost exclusively lagers with a Mexican lager

Brian Peters

Brewmaster, Uncle Billy’s Brew & Cue

q1.

What’s the perfect beer to go with barbecue? Do you find it difficult to pair beer with barbecue?

Brian Peters: Beer and ’cue are a match made in heaven.

The smoke flavor from the meat needs the malt and hops to maintain the balance in the universe. I like a hoppy lager like the [Uncle Billy’s] Hell In Keller to wash down my smoked meat.

q2.

Austin’s craft-beer scene is really starting to mature. How do you feel you helped shape that scene?

BP: Chip McElroy and I started Live Oak Brewing Company and it worked out great. Along with Real Ale, Waterloo Brewing and the Bitter End, we built the local market from the ground up through the boom and bust of the late 90s. We laid the groundwork for the next wave. The Austin scene would not be what it is today without the hard work and great beer from brewers like Tim Schwartz (Bitter End, Real Ale), Steve Anderson (Waterloo, Live Oak) and myself.

q3.

What do you think of the proliferation of craft brewers in Austin?

BP: It’s exciting! I love it and feel like we are finally getting the national notoriety that we deserve. I like that the new breweries are all founded on great beer but that they all have a unique approach. We’ll have great variety for years to come without having to look out-of-state.

q4.

What are the local beers that you are most excited about?

BP: I have a soft spot for Pilsners and Real Ale just released its seasonal Hans’ Pils. Austin Beerworks makes a tasty Pils called Pearl Snap. I do wish that more breweries would make a Pilsner and we would become a destination for Pils lovers. However, I do think Austin is on its way.

to bring craft beer on draft to many more locations where traditional

q5.

ales, which we still love, aren’t a great fit.

BP: Get a beer sampler and start drinking from left to right (lightest to

yeast and Texas/south-of-the-border unique recipes and ingredients.

We have a Texas/Southwest appeal that will connect well with Mexican, Tex-Mex, icehouses, steak and roadhouses. We may be able

How would you recommend a newcomer to Uncle Billy’s should start off with tasting the beers?

darkest). With eight different beers on tap, you are bound to find a beer you like.

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{good taste}

It’s a well-known fact that the heart of Texas barbecue lives 40-plus miles outside the Austin city limits.

Legendary small-town storefronts awash in the patina of black smoke and steeped in rich history mean we Austinites with a craving for “Texas-class” barbecue have to make a day trip (with a cooler in tow to stock up and bring some home for the neighbors) to satisfy our insatiable appetites. With the recent openings of two East Austin ’cue shacks, the time may have finally come that we no longer have to plan our day Live Oak Barbecue’s Meat Plate

around a quest for smoked meat, unless we just want to get out of town. Well ... almost.

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Live Oak Barbecue

Franklin Barbecue

white-brick building sits Live Oak Barbecue, one of the newest members on

a “Sorry, Sold Out” sign on the door. That is, unless you get there a couple

Austin’s urban barbecue scene. It’s here that you’ll find – amid the brisket,

hours before they open. And having stood in that line on more than one

pork ribs, sausage and pork steak – some of the best smoked chicken in the

occasion, I can attest that the wait is worth it. With accolades from the

state. Side items include the traditional potato salad, coleslaw, cucumber

likes of Bon Appetit, The Wall Street Journal and other national publica-

salad, borracho beans and collard greens loaded with chunks of smoky pork

tions, it’s clear that whatever Aaron Franklin is doing is right.

Tucked into a shady corner on East Second Street in an unassuming

shoulder.

Stop by Franklin Barbecue any day of the week and you’re likely to find

What started out as a hobby in his backyard has quickly moved from a “We’re still in

Live Oak Barbecue’s Meat Plate

food-blogger, cult-favorite, food trailer to a brick-and-mortar restaurant at

what I would

900 E. 11th Street. Franklin Barbecue serves customers meat-market style,

consider the

by the pound or as a sandwich, including what arguably might be some of

soft-opening

the best brisket in the state, if not anywhere. Turkey, pork ribs, pork butt

phase,” says Tom

and sausage, and select sandwiches like the Tipsy Texan (a chopped beef

Spaulding, Live

and slaw sandwich named

Oak’s pit master.

after the Austin cocktail-

“We’re still

consultant business

tweaking, still

founded by David Alan

adjusting. Across

and Joe Eiffler, both

the board, our

regulars and good friends

products are above

of the restaurant) round

where I want them

out the menu. Side items

Franklin Barbecue’s Brisket

to be but I’m not ready to throw my doors open and go, all right, here’s the

like potato salad, coleslaw

middle finger, Lockhart!”

and pinto beans, in

When asked how he sees Austin fitting into the pantheon of Texas

addition to pies baked by

barbecue, Spaulding paused for a moment and then replied, “Lockhart.

Franklin’s wife and

Llano. Taylor/Lexington. Austin. And then everybody else. I think we're

partner, Stacy, are also

definitely in the big four. … The buckle of the barbecue belt is here [in

available. Make sure to

Texas]. And the rest of the country’s pants have been falling down for years.”

ask for your brisket “fatty

The subject quickly turned to beer and the best beer to pair with

McFatterson.”

barbecue. According to Spaulding, Austin Beerworks Black Thunder, a German Schwarz with a roasted, bready complexity and a finish that is clean and dry, would be the closest thing to a perfect beer for Texas ’cue. But

Franklin Barbecue,

his favorite beer to drink with the pork steak, brisket and that smoked

900 E. 11th St. / Open Sun. – Sat., 11 a.m. until sold out.

chicken from Live Oak Barbecue is currently the Shiner Ruby Redbird seasonal beer that is brewed with grapefruit and fresh ginger. He likes the ginger element as a palate-cleanser and the citrus plays well against the spice of the seasoning. He also recommends another Austin Beerworks beer: Pearl Snap, with its bright hop character and clean finish (think Pilsner Urquell) as his current second favorite.

“Many, many kudos to Aaron [Franklin] for what he’s done down there at Franklin’s,” Spaulding says, in reference to changing the way people think about urban barbecue. “He’s definitely changed the overall perception of what you can do in Austin. That helps us out greatly.”

More on the ATX Urban BBQ Scene

Including: Lamberts and Green Mesquite

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By: Tiffany Harelik

Trailer Trailer Treats Treats Campus Food Trailers

A Course Not to Be Missed College is often a time when home cooking is noticeably missed and appreciated.

It’s also a time when young adults broaden their palates and explore new cuisines. With several trailers hosting a variety of menu options near the sprawling University of Texas campus, students, professors and wanderers alike can satiate their longing for home cooking once and for all.

photography by

Rudy Arocha If you’re near campus, check out the Cajun delights, especially the po-boys and étouffée, at Lee’s Hurricane Party (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Rio Grande). Having expanded into his recently acquired, beautiful Airstream, Lee has plenty of room to whip up gastronomic creations from the Louisiana heartland.

Next door to Lee’s, vegetarians can get their fill of homemade food that doesn’t adversely impact the environment at Conscious Cravings. I like the chimichurri seitan wrap and can vouch for the rosemary baked fries as well. You’ve got to give them props for an Austintatious mission where “everyone has the right to consume healthy, affordable food that tastes good.”

In the same trailer park as Lee’s and Conscious Cravings, check out Yummy Bowl, a new Asian-fusion trailer whose menu is inspired by its Hong Kong chef. The best seller and my personal favorite is the chicken

teriyaki on coconut jasmine rice.

To conquer any more hunger pangs of the Asian persuasion, try Fresh Off the Truck (20th and Whitis). In their words, “Asian street food plus ATX equals Ni-HaoWdy!” From bánh mís to noodles to rice boxes, this truck has every Vietnamese and Korean treat on your Asian street-food radar. Try the green onion pancake with soy dipping sauce for a munchie you’ll crave.

In Hyde Park, a little farther north, but still considered a campus-hood, Biscuits and Groovy (51st and Duval) whips out multiple mouth-watering parodies of biscuits and gravy. With menu options like the Johnny Hash and Philly Nelson, the Donna Summer and the Gloria Gaynor, you can’t go wrong. P.S.: They have a radical mixed-tape swap; bring one in to trade, pick one of theirs up and jam on.

More from Tiffany at trailerfooddiaries.com

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Get the unique Bobalu experience. These tobacco experts are located conveniently on Sixth Street near Trinity. Drop in after work; they’re open every evening. Come and watch them roll a cigar personally crafted for your tastes. They specialize in complimentary custom cigar bands, perfect for weddings, birth announcements or corporate events. There’s nothing overpriced or stale at Bobalu Cigar Co., only a huge stock of great-tasting cigars made using the most exotic tobaccos. They offer the largest selection of shapes, sizes and blends available north of Havana.

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Rudy Arocha

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If you’re looking for a specific smoke, Halcyon’s got you covered. Take a colleague in for the impressive Ashton Double Magnum. At $18 a pop, it’s sweet, smooth and easy to smoke.

Got a real aficionado on your hands? Impress them with the Ashton’s Monarch. The dark, rich color smokes a bit longer than its counterpart and is easily worth the $16 price tag.

Heroes and Legacies has it all: a convenient location in the Arboretum, knowledgeable staff, and a huge selection to enjoy in their private smoking rooms. Their large space features two humidors; one for the casual smoker to grab a few Macanudos, and the Connoisseur’s Collection where a real heavy hitter can find pre-embargo Cubans.

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Saturday, October 22, 2011

—Moroccan proverb

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The evening begins with hushed energy and explodes in waves of sights and sounds as aerial silk dancers and Arabian belly dancers thrill the audience with spell-binding motion. Become tranported to the culture of Morocco via A Season of Dance, a breathtaking event benefiting the Austin Children’s Shelter.

Visit www.austinchildrenshelter.org for more details.

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{good rides}

Rev Rev It It Up Up Compiled by Shelby Cole

with

Trucks Dodge Ram – Laramie Longhorn EPA Fuel Economy: 14 city/20 hwy.

Price: $43,065 – $54,905 Engines: 5.7L V8 HEMI® MDS VVT Transmission: 5-speed automatic 545RFE Seating Capacity: 5 Fuel Capacity: 34 gallons Cargo Space: Overhead console, available in-floor

storage bins, available two-tier center console and available RamBox®, with waterproof drainable storage compartments.

Warranty: 5 years/100,000 miles

Chevy Silverado 2500HD EPA Fuel Economy: 18 HWY. Price: $28,415 – $45,190 Engines: Duramax 6.6L Turbo-Diesel V8 Transmission: Heavy-duty Allison® 6-speed Seating Capacity: 6 Fuel Capacity: 36 gallons Cargo Space: Dual glove boxes, lockable under-seat storage space

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GMC Sierra 3500HD EPA Fuel Economy: 20 city/22 hwy.

Price: $34,160 – $43,240 Engines: 6L V8 Duramax Diesel Transmission: Allison® 6-speed Seating Capacity: 5 Fuel Capacity: 36 gallons Cargo Space: Locking under-seat storage Warranty: 5 years/100,000 miles

Nissan Titan EPA Fuel Economy: 13 city/18 hwy.

Price: $27,410 – 29,960 Engines: 317-hp 5.6L V8 Transmission: 5-speed automatic

with tow/haul mode

Seating Capacity: 5 Fuel Capacity: 28 gallons Cargo Space: Sliding bed

extender (optional), sliding or non-sliding toolbox (optional)

Warranty: 3 years/36,000 miles

Ford F-150 King Ranch EPA Fuel Economy: 15 city/21 hwy.

Price: $42,300 Engines: 5L V8 FFV (standard), 3.5L V6

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By Joelle Pearson

{good sport}

The Only Two-Trident-Rated

joshua creek - r a n c h Hunting Experience in Texas

Photography by

Terry Allen

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A Beretta Trident can’t be bought.

Similar to a Michelin Star-rating system for hunting lodges, it signifies an organization’s thorough dedication to its craft. Only one ranch in Texas has secured a two-out-ofthree Trident rating for upland bird hunting, making it one of only four ranches in the entire nation to do so.

Joshua Creek upheld these standards long before the rating system was established.

“During the past 20 years, our main objective has been to provide our guests with an exceptional and memorable outdoor adventure,” says Ann Kercheville, president and co-founder of Joshua Creek Ranch. “Just like Beretta, we share a commitment to excellence and a genuine passion for the sporting life.”

Co-founder Joe Kercheville once spent thousands of dollars flying to Scotland for traditional-driven pheasant hunts.

Traipsing the moors, he noticed not only the similarities between the Texas Hill Country and Scotland, but also how many Americans, especially Texans, were willing to go there for the experience.

“It wasn’t cheap,” explains his son and marketing manager, Joseph. “So he thought, ‘Why can’t I just re-create it here?’”

Five years later, he did.

The Kerchevilles embody a classic way of life: They’re well-to-do investors with a commitment to family and refined taste. The values are alive in their ranch, and can be seen in the painstaking detail that enlivens

the facilities. The various single to multiple family lodgings include the Kerchevilles’ own home-turned-rental-house, finished with polished marble countertops, overstuffed pillows on wrought-iron beds and vaulted ceilings punctuated with busts of local game.

They smell of cinnamon and pine, like a well-loved home from a fond memory.

It makes a lot of guys feel pretty good, knowing they can go out and shoot something here and their wives can prepare something really spectacular from it.

This atmosphere carries over to the lodge, where guests can enjoy a fixed-price meal prepared from game hunted on the premise.

“We don’t waste anything shot at our ranch,” Joseph remarks. “I don’t know of any ranches that can say the same.”

Guest favorites include venison steaks with a creamy green peppercorn sauce and pheasant chardonnay with chopped pecans and feta. These recipes and more are available in the ranch’s cookbook, Hunter’s Harvest, which is available in the pro shop.

“It makes a lot of guys feel pretty good, knowing they can go out and shoot something here and their wives can prepare something really spectacular from it,” Joseph says.

Since Joshua Creek offers to field dress and vacuum seal your kill for transport, the book is

a good investment for those who want to bring the experience home.

The ranch is nestled in topography as rich and varied as Texas itself, and it is this diversity that distinguishes Joshua Creek from other hunting lodges. Stretches of plains filled with billowing native grasses give way to the steep bluffs that house the automated sporting clay course. (“It’s like a nature walk mixed with sport shooting,” Joseph says.) Cypress, elms and oaks flank a lucid, spring-fed creek that bisects the ranch, and is stocked with rainbow trout for fly-fishing in the winters.

The Kerchevilles have been developing the land since 1986. Around 2003, they opted to halt development and aim for conservation instead. The terrain nears perfection and if the Kerchevilles have their way, it always will.

These amenities alone are enough to grant Joshua Creek a resort status, but they’re simply a complement to its focus: an exceptional upland bird hunting experience.

It’s a veritable hunter’s buffet. October through March, members and non-members can elect to hunt quail, chukar, wild turkey or Hungarian partridge. Experienced guides accompany guests on a variety of experiences as well, including a traditional walk-up hunt, a European, continental-style shoot and a driven pheasant shoot – the style that originally inspired the Kerchevilles. The grounds are prime for axis and whitetail bucks, the former of which visitors are permitted to hunt year-round.

Joseph shares his parents’ fondness for the ranch and, evidently, so does the loyal clientele.

“You can stay for a day, you can stay for a week,” Joseph says. “We’ve got a couple that comes almost every weekend. The wife always says, ‘When I die, just scatter my ashes around this ranch,’ and she’s serious.”

W h at i s a B e r e tta T r i d e n t ?

Beretta, a 500-year-old brand, is synonymous with quality. Beretta has agreed to have its name associated with the rating, which was created and is managed by the Sporting Heritage Group. To qualify, every aspect of a venue is considered: the quality of the meals, the selection of artillery, the skill of the dogs. A relatively new rating system, the program ensures sportsmen that venues awarded Tridents are “among the very best and complete field-sport experiences available.” Less than 5% of venues throughout the world qualify for the rating.

Read more about the program at

berettatrident.com

Seasons Early Sept.

Migratory Mourning Doves & Whitewings Mid-Sept.

Morning Quail Hunts & Driven Pheasant Shoots Oct. 1 – March 31 Quail, Pheasant & Chukar (Hungarian Partridge Begins In December) Oct. – Feb. Texas Whitetail Deer Autumn & spring Texas Turkey Year-round Axis Deer

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a gun-manufacturing dynasty for more than four centuries founded in the early 1500s by Mastro Bartolomeo Beretta

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2,075.00

This distinctive autoloader features attractive King Ranch

of Gardone, Italy, became synonymous with

brown enamel inserts on the stock and receiver. Deeply

uncompromising quality, design, materials,

engraved Santa Gertrudis Ranch stable scenes comple-

construction and performance. Word spread

ment the polished side panels.

beyond the Italian borders, establishing a tradition that has carried over, uninterrupted, through 15 generations of Berettas.

King Ranch, the birthplace of America’s ranching industry – a trade that sparked a new

Beretta 686 Silver Pigeon S King Ranch

way of life and contributed to the timeless romance of the cowboy – is a coveted destination for hunting and other outdoor-style adventures. The ranch’s great expanse of 825,000

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acres is an unspoiled habitat for a vast amount of native game, as well as exotics.

rope-bordered logo and Santa Gertrudis Ranch stable

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All the aesthetics and materials of Beretta’s premium

engraving. Like all King Ranch shotguns, the engraving is

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all hand-chased.

King in 1853, Texas ranch’s many accomplishments include the breeding of the Santa Gertrudis, the

Beretta 687 EELL Diamond Pigeon King Ranch, 28"

first American breed of cattle, as well as the first registered American Quarter Horse.

In 2005, inspired by this legendary ranch, Beretta created a series of limited-

7,650.00

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edition guns featuring hand-chased en-

gun. Features special receiver artwork of cowboy herding

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scenes and “Monkey,” the first and famous King Ranch

master engravers.

Santa Gertrudis bull. Also features King Ranch fireplace decoration and Santa Gertrudis Ranch stable.

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the historic

Don't Miss the Fall 2011 Pecan Street Festival September 24 and 25!

Celebrating 30 years of community in downtown Austin. EvEryonE is welcome!

This year's FesTival oFFers many new and exclusive aTTracTions wiTh:

From start to finish, the

• More than 400 artisans and performing artists, featuring headliner Nakia from "The Voice" • Kid's activities, including an art tent, carnival rides, petting zoo, and The LEGO® Experience Tour • Doc Seaton’s Magic Side Show - a full block of magicians, jugglers, acrobats, and circus performers • The Wahl Mobile Grooming Tour, where Wahl stylists compete to help men achieve their best look • More than 20 food vendors with international, gourmet and healthy food choices

Pecan Street Festival is the greenest event in town. Take advantage of Capital Metro's special Metro Rail service on Saturday and the weekend

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Patronism

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Local Artist Creates Site to Give Fans Access to Music

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How to Get Involved: Become a Patron While you can listen to some of the tracks online, you can get all of them by becoming a patron. Whatever you can afford, between $ 2 and $20 per month, is exactly the amount that will help John make new music for you. Click on any subscribe button. Note : Ever y patron receives the same service. There is no difference in service between the levels of patronage. It is simply your chance to chip in wherever you’re comfortable and enjoy the results.

Help L aunch Patronism The company is currently looking for investors who want to make their ideas grow.

B ands and Musicians Fill out an application form and get your fans to recommend you.

Austin Insider Brett Barnes on Philanthropy

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he Austin entrepreneurial spirit knows no bounds! Take Courtney Clark and Matt Swinney, for example. They knew that Austin’s young professional community was eager to get involved and make an impact, but they also noted that there was not an easy way for individuals and groups of friends to connect with Austin’s large and diverse nonprofit community. From

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he newest idea in music comes straight from Austin. Local musician John Pointer recently launched Patronism.com, a website designed to connect fans and artists by mixing patronage with a subscription.

Don’t let the name throw you. Patronism is neither a patriotic campaign nor old-fashioned patronage. Pointer and his team have created a symbiotic relationship for artists and fans, allowing fans to decide how much they want to pay to enjoy great music.

“The innovative thing,” Pointer says, “is that this is a cross between the renaissance act of patronage re-created as a subscription.”

This site, currently in its beta phase, was launched in September 2010 by Pointer, who acts as the company’s CEO; Michael Torkildsen, the company’s president and Dave Kuster, the chief technolog y officer. It currently features 20 artists and more than 200 patrons, with 150 additional artists waiting in the wings.

Even though the site is “for benefit,” 85%

of the money sent by patrons goes directly to the artist.

Patronism has been a long time coming, according to Pointer. As his father told him during a 2003 discussion about the state of the music industry, “Artists have never made a living; they have patrons.” This idea took hold in Pointer’s mind.

In 2009, he launched a rudimentary version of the site to test his theory.

“I wondered what would happen if I sold access to content,” Pointer says. “What happened was more massive than I imagined.”

Patronism allows fans to pay what they want monthly in return for total access to a band.

“Fans want engagement, not just music,” Pointer says. “This gives fans the power to not just find compelling music, but also to fund it.”

This model gives fans exclusive content, but also enables musicians to pay the bills. Pointer’s Patronism bio is a good example of that model: “While I'm compulsive about serving you new music and improving the community we live in, let's be honest ... it'll also help me eat.”

this observation came Austin Involved.

The thought behind Austin Involved is simple: Give Austinites a chance to “Discover, Do and Donate” in meaningful ways as a cohesive group. Members of Austin Involved have the opportunity every month to learn about local nonprofits, vote on their choice of inspiring organizations and give a donation of a small amount of time and money to designated organizations.

“By giving both our time and our money together, we are educating ourselves as the future patrons, volunteers and philanthropists of Austin,” Clark and Swinney said, adding that

Austin Involved helps its members by making volunteering easy and giving painless while providing a meaningful impact.

To learn more and become a member, visit austininvolved.org.

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9 / 2 5 : CASA of Travis County Superhero Run • casatravis.org

10 / 14 : LEAP (LifeWorks Executives And Professionals) Casino Royale leapforlifeworks.org

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LIVESTRONG Race: Cancer-Curing Tools: Runners and Cyclists

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nother year, another LIVESTRONG race: Challenge Austin is back in town. On Oct. 15th, participants will line up on the South First Street Bridge to walk or run a 5k through downtown Austin to help the fight against cancer. Last year, more than 5,000 people crossed the finish line and Brian Myers, a grassroots fundraising team member for LIVESTRONG, tells us that’s the place to be.

“I always tell people that I never thought I would have a job where I cry so much,” he says.

“When you get to know some of the people and learn their stories, and you see them cross the finish line, it is a very moving experience. There is no better place to be than the finish line at a LIVESTRONG Challenge.”

On Saturday, Oct. 16, cyclists will be peddling for cancer in a multi-distance bike ride. Bikers can choose between 20-, 45-, 65-, or 90-mile treks in the Hill Country around Austin. Beginners to experienced cyclists make this race a success while having fun.

Myers, the coach of the year for the University of Texas men’s lacrosse team, is ready for this amazing race to commence.

At the beginning of a LIVESTRONG Challenge the participants wear bibs – “Survivor,” “In Honor of” and “In Memory of” – you see why these people are out there,” he says. “It’s an amazing thing to see.

Being at a LIVESTRONG Challenge is definitely my best day at work, if you can call it that.”

For more information: livestrong.org

ATX Man Sponsored Events FORE THE Children Annual

Beretta USA

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Sporting Clay Classic

Benefiting the Austin Children’s Shelter.

Thursday, September 29. Grey Rock Golf Club. austinchildrenshelter.org.

Benefiting Wonders and Worries.

Saturday, October 22.

Cypress Valley Preserve. Liberty Hill, Texas. wondersandworries.org/beretta.html

Market Days November 17th - 20th, 2011

We look forward to you joining us at the 36th annual A Christmas Affair presented by The Junior League of Austin.

Look for more information in next month’s issue of austinwoman.

Go to www.jlaustin.org for details.

Mamma Jamma Ride

Benefiting 11 local nonprofit organizations providing diagnosis, counseling, medication, and support for thousands of our neighbors coping with breast cancer.

Saturday, October 1. Reunion Ranch. mammajammaride.org

Texas Wranglers Citywide Holdup

Saturday, November 12.

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Inside College Football CBS Sports Analyst

Brian Jones Beating Impossible Odds with the Power of the Possible Story by

Carissa Stith

photography by Cody Hamilton

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the percentage of high-school seniors who will play college football.

the percentage of college football players who will graduate.

the number of players who will sign to an NFL team in a given year.

I think every kid grows up watching professional sports and aspires to get there ... but as you develop and continually become one of the

Playing in the National Football League not only takes superb talent, it requires beating the odds. Those players who put everything on the line to enter the draft risk losing it all in order to chase down their childhood dreams. Even the best often fall short of reaching those dreams, falling victim to struggling organizations or to teams that misuse their talents. Even worse, many players will suffer the misfortune of never

better players on the team, the more

receiving the training and the grooming needed to succeed – both on and off the field. For many

you realize that dream.

ambitious young men, the possibility of playing and succeeding in the NFL is an impossible dream.

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From the public’s point of view, only the players who flourish during their NFL years continue to maintain a level of success after retirement.

Everyone else simply fades into the background. rian Jones is one former player who refused to fade away. Being part of disorganized teams and the inability to thrive on the big stage never deterred him from finding success at the end of the road. For Jones, the “improbable doesn’t mean the impossible.”

The odds were against Jones from the beginning. He never met his father, and his biological mother failed to perform her maternal responsibilities. He had no one except his grandmother and her hometown community of Lubbock. As a child, he relied on his grandmother and a woman from the neighborhood named Stephanie Hill to fulfill his parents’ roles. The two women stepped up to the task and provided him with the tough love he needed to stay off the streets. With their help, along with encouragement from the local Boys & Girls UT 1989-1990 standout and faithful alum 5 0 AT X M A N

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Brian Jones upholds the Longhorn tradition.

Club, Jones found a safe haven where he could grow and play football.

At an early age, Jones’ grandmother introduced him to her beloved Dallas Cowboys and Texas Longhorns. Every weekend, the two would listen to the radio broadcasts as the announcers outlined every pass, tackle and touchdown. While most young boys rely on their fathers to teach them the rules of the game, Jones turned to his grandmother and the radio. His grandmother showed him how to love the game. The radio shows taught him the rules. Inevitably, his dream of playing professional football began to form.

When the Lubbock community announced the organization of its first youth football league, the then 10-year-old Jones knew it was his opportunity to start chasing down his dream. He grabbed the closest item he owned that resembled a helmet — a plastic shell cap void of any padding — and ran over to the practice field. When the head coach eyed Jones’ headgear, he immediately pulled him aside and told him he wouldn’t be allowed to play with that helmet.

Jones was confused and defeated. All he Jones was wanted was to play confused and football, even if that meant cracking heads defeated. All he without the proper gear. wanted was to Fortunately, the coach play football, took an interest in Jones even if that and purchased his first helmet. It was one of the meant cracking first instances of many heads without in Jones’ life in which the proper gear. those who believed in him would step in with encouragement and help. Jones’ feeling of defeat quickly faded away.

“I think every kid grows up watching professional sports and aspires to get there,” Jones says, “but as you develop and continually become one of the better players on the team, the more you realize that dream.”

As Jones grew, nothing could stand in the way of him realizing his dream. He endured the pain of training in shoes two sizes too small. He played against other children three times his size. As he

recalls everything he went through, he simply says, “There was nothing that could deter me.”

In high school, Jones excelled in both academics and football, maintaining a 4.0 grade average and earning All-American honors in football. The hard work paid off and he became part of the small margin of players who earned the opportunity to play college ball.

A handful of schools offered Jones a spot on their roster, including Notre Dame, Georgia, UCLA and Iowa. The Southwest Conference was in turmoil at the time, leaving Jones without the opportunity to play in state. Southern Methodist University just received the death penalty. Texas A&M was on probation. The NCAA started its examination of the programs at both Texas Christian University and the University of Texas.

Although his dream was to become a Longhorn, the ongoing investigations pushed Jones to become a Bruin at the University of California, Los Angeles.

He played as a freshman and received All-American honors at UCLA. However, the entire time he was in California, Jones longed to play for Texas. UCLA was performing well as a team, advancing to two bowl games during Jones’

tenure. Texas, on the other hand, faced tough losses to Oklahoma, Arkansas and A&M on a consistent basis. The Longhorns’ faltering performance on the field didn’t alter Jones’ view of the team or the school; the pull was too strong.

After completing his sophomore year, Jones made the move to Austin.

Playing for Texas from 1989 to 1990, Jones dominated as a middle linebacker and became known for his inside blitzes. In his senior season, he helped drive the “Shock the Nation” tour, leading the team in tackles. The once ill-fated Longhorns pushed their way to becoming the Southwestern Conference Champions that year, their only loss coming at the hands of the eventual champion, Colorado.

The postseason marked the end of his eligibility to play, and Jones made the decision to enter the NFL draft. For the first time, Jones failed to beat the odds. By leaving school, he became another college football player without a degree. At the time, pursuing his dream of playing in the pros outweighed the benefits of staying in school.

Jones left Texas the spring semester after his senior season to prepare for the draft. Reflecting today, he laughs about his choice.

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That’s the key ...

Everyone is strong.

Everyone is fast and everyone is big, but it’s the mental game you have to learn to get to the next level.

Brian, seen here with Sam Ryan, CBS Sports broadcaster and Phillip Fulmer, CBS Sports college football analyst & former University of Tennessee head coach

rely on other people to map out his future successes.

Unlike so many others, Jones ignored the “Ironically, I should’ve stayed in school. I He needed to take control of his life. His destiny was unfavorable conditions of the NFL and developed performed horribly at the [Scouting] Combine within his own reach. into a mature, disciplined adult. He took and at our Pro Day,” Jones says. “And to top it off, I He made the decision to return to Austin and advantage of his position on the New Orleans was drafted in the eighth round.” finish his degree in corporate communications.

Saints team, and of the knowledge he gained from An intent young man, he showed up at the Hoping to join the 50% of college players who do his communication courses at Texas, and began Raiders’ training facilities thinking the NFL had a graduate, Jones became a student once again after hosting the WWL-AM sports radio show. He knew flaw in their process. being absent for almost 10 years. He fell into the that his time with the NFL would eventually end Fortunately, things changed quickly. The life of a normal student: attending classes, and the sports radio show was a stepping stone to 1990s marked a growth period for Jones as he studying and working full transitioned from team to time. He stayed close to team. During an eight-year football, however, working period, he played for three I’ve had many victories over there, on the sidelines for the Texas different organizations: the Longhorn Sports Network.

Los Angeles Raiders, the [at the Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial As with any other newcomer, Indianapolis Colts and the he had to work in an Stadium] but nothing compares to New Orleans Saints. With entry-level position to get his each transition, he picked up graduating from this great university. foot back in the door. During lessons that would later the 2000 football season, influence his business spectators could see Jones on career. From the Raiders, the sideline carrying the parabolic microphone. what would become his adult career, something to Jones learned the value of leadership. From the The following season he found himself back on the build on when the crowd stopped cheering and the Colts, he discovered how disorder can impact an air when he landed the sideline reporter position slaps on the back ceased. entire brand or organization. In his final four for the network. He also started co-hosting the After the 1998 season, Jones announced his years with New Orleans, he finally learned how to daily sports talk show on KVET-AM. retirement from the NFL. He left New Orleans and work effectively. He learned how to take care of his When Jones graduated in the spring of 2002, his sports radio show, and moved back to Los Angeles body, how to train and how to respect the game. university officials asked him to speak at the to pursue a career in acting. His pursuit for Hollywood “That’s the key,” Jones says. “Everyone is strong. university-wide commencement ceremony. stardom was short-lived, however. After a series of Everyone is fast and everyone is big, but it’s the Dressed in his cap and gown in front of his fellow small speaking parts, Jones realized that he couldn’t mental game you have to learn to get to the next level.”

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Brian and Gladys Jones seen here relaxing at the UT Golf Club.

graduates, he pointed to the Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium and said, “I’ve had many victories over there, but nothing compares to graduating from this great university.”

Armed with a degree, Jones pushed forward with his life, post NFL. He continued to build his résumé and his tenure on the Texas Longhorn Sports Network. He became the sideline reporter for all the Texas football radio broadcasts until 2003. Simultaneously, he hosted Longhorn Sportscenter with Mack Brown, and the Rick Barnes television show.

Jones continued on the path of television broadcasting when he became a college football studio analyst for FOX Sports Southwest. After two

seasons, he moved to CBS Sports and CBS College Sports Network to continue his career. Today, he’s entering his seventh year with the network.

When he’s not tackling his co-hosts or spending time with his wife, Gladys, Jones dedicates his spare time to his efforts within the community. Nine years ago, he started the Brian Jones Celebrity Golf Classic to raise money for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area. The organization holds a special place in his heart; without his own membership, he doesn’t know where he would be today.

“The Boys & Girls Club saved my life,” Jones explains. “Based on my own experiences, I know the difference they can make.”

With 86 cents of every dollar earned by the golf classic going to the children, Jones does everything he can to give back to the organization that helped him as a kid.

He also supports the Helping Hand Home for Children, an organization dedicated to helping abused children. And Jones holds a position on the board of the Texas Program in Sports and Media.

Looking forward to the future, Jones now dreams of fully funding the Boys & Girls Clubs’ local budget on an annual basis. Although many people may consider this to be a far-fetched goal, he’s been beating the odds his entire life. Simply stated, Brian Jones puts the possible back into impossible.

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Texas Football u t c o ac h e s t a l k w i t h B r i a n Jo n e s

I'm as excited today about the new additions to our staff as I was when I hired them. I'm actually even more excited, if that's possible. Change can be tough, especially when you had a staff like ours that had been together so long and had so much success. And, for so many new guys to come in after a tough year and start working together immediately, that's a challenge too. We knew when we hired them that they were some of the best and brightest in the country, but now that they've been here a few months, you can really feel the energy and enthusiasm they've brought to the program. The staff, like the team, is still a work in progress, but I really like everything we've done and am anxious to see us continue to grow throughout the season and in the years to come."

-Mack Brown Head Coach

Major Applewhite Co-Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs 6th season at Texas 4th season as running backs coach (Graduate assistant 2003-04)

Q. A.

What was your initial reaction to being named Co-Offensive?

Just excited about the opportunity and the responsibility. I thought we’ve got a lot of stuff to

improve from last year, so let’s get to work. Having played here and then coached here, you know it’s an awesome responsibility. You feel the weight of the responsibility, but you’re also excited about it, and you know you’ve got good players. You’ve been here, so it’s not like going into a brand new job. You feel inspired and a little bit motivated because

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you know you have some good guys coming back.

Q. A.

How’s it been working with Coach Harsin?

Manny Diaz

That’s probably been one of the biggest

Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers

questions I’ve gotten. How’s everything

1st season at Texas

worked out with Bryan? How has it all melded? The funny thing is that I’ve worked at Syracuse, Rice and Alabama. I’ve worked with a lot of different coaches.

So, you have to learn how to work with people. That’s just part of life. To be honest with you, the more you coach, the more you play, the more you realize it really isn’t a damn bit about you. Probably not a whole lot is going to have to do with Bryan and me. It’s a lot to do about the players, the momentum of the game, where these guys’ heads are, their confidence, their ability.

Q.

How anxious is the team and staff to hit the field?

Is there more anxiety, eagerness than in seasons past?

A.

Yeah, I think there are more unknowns than there have been in Texas football, probably

more than anytime since Coach Brown has been here.

There’s a new offense, a new defense, new look on special teams, a lot of new personnel. A lot of youth will

Q. A.

Q.

Do you have all the pieces

A.

I don’t think I know whether we do or

in place currently to be a

successful defense?

don’t. That sounds like I’m dodging the

question, but I felt the same way last year. Being

Why Texas and Austin?

new to the conference, until you get into the

I had a great a job at Mississippi State.

games, you really don’t know what you have.

Loved coaching there and loved coaching

in the SEC, but there are a handful of places that are just special. The reason why they are special is because if you do everything right and do it the right way, you will have a chance to win and win big. Its’ location in terms of recruiting grounds, in terms of the people, the infrastructure here, the city of Austin; it’s a place without peer.

Its’ location in terms of recruiting grounds, in terms of the people, the infrastructure here, the city of Austin; it’s a place without peer.

There are two things I have to see because I’m new to our players. I’ve not seen how they respond once the bullets start flying. I don’t know how we match up to the people that we play against. I can look at film and make judgments.

You don’t know until you’re standing on the field and you’re watching your bunch running with their bunch. Only then can you have an idea athletically how you match up. Last August at Mississippi State I felt the same way. By about the fifth week of the season last year, I could look at the other team and see our team and figure out what’s gonna happen.

get a chance to play. It’s always been “well, we know Vince is coming back as a sophomore, or Vince is coming back for this great junior year,” or “at least we

Will we see a similar

Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

Q.

in terms of a balanced “O”?

1st season at Texas

A.

Yeah. I mean that just stems from

got Jamaal back and Jermichael Finley and this great

Bryan Harsin

defense. We don’t know if it will be Snead or McCoy.” There’s always been a theme, especially the last three or four years. Well, Colt’s coming back and Jordan and Quan and Sergio. This is the year where I think people are saying, “Who’s coming back?” I don’t know. We have some good players, good recruits, some guys that have some stars next to their names, but what are they going to be, who knows? It’s one of those deals as a coach you just look at it and say we’re in a situation where maybe we have some problems that we haven’t had in the past. Where other football teams look at their team and say we don’t know who we’re going to be this year, we’re going to have to be a work in progress.

We’re going to have to get better during the season.

That’s fine with me. That’s what makes people want to prove themselves. I think that’s why you play football or play any sport. It’s to prove that I’m better than you and you can’t beat me. I think these guys have a lot of pride.

They’re not going be told just because you don’t have a Cedric or Ricky or Jamaal or Vince that you can’t win games. So, we’ll wait and see how the season goes.

Q. A.

offensive system to Boise’s

our philosophy, from the standpoint

we want to be physical and run the football.

Why Texas?

It starts there. Everyone on the staff

I didn’t know about Austin the city. I’d

believes. So yeah, you’ll see a similarity from

heard about it. I feel like I know it

what we had at Boise. You are going to see

somewhat now. It’s been awesome for my family,

similar sets and things like that. The beauty

we love it. There are a lot of things to do. As far as

of it is we’ve got some different players,

the program goes, I was at a successful place in

we’ve got some different talent than we had

Boise. However, Texas was a place we were trying

at Boise. We will utilize the talent we have so

to model a Boise after. ‘What are these guys

we’ll do some different things. We’ll build

doing?,’ ‘How do we get to that level?’ Coaches

our system based on what we did at Boise,

want the opportunity to play for a national

but it’ll be Texas and it will evolve into its

championship, it’s no secret. You have an opportu-

own system as we go.

nity to do that here. I knew about the recruiting part of things. Now I know how special this is – how special Texas is and the players you have around here and the high school coaches and the recruits. Here you are in the mix with everyone!

more on the web From the Coaches on their outlook for this season

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Is this for real? Is Florida State actually back?

After their first 10 win campaign since `03, this might be hope Seminoles fans can believe in.

Virginia Tech, although breaking in a new QB, is still the conference’s bellwether.

Wake Up The Echoes!

The Fighting Irish are loaded and in my estimation will be in the title hunt.

Conference Realignments,

New Coaches & The Fighting Irish Brian Jones on the 2011 College Football Season uring the 2010 offseason, all talk surrounding college football involved conference realignment. The advent of “super conferences.” Texas contemplating heading to the Pac 10. Colorado actually accepting the invite to join the Pac 10. Nebraska taking its ball to the Big Ten, which now has 12 teams.

This past offseason the conversation focused on off-the-field issues as well. There was a shift from investigating new potential partnerships to investigating athletic programs affiliations.

Preseason top-five programs LSU and Oregon are embroiled in a recruiting scandal involving the same recruiting service. Ironically, these two face off in a huge matchup first game out of the box. Ohio State continues to reel from tattoo-gate, resulting in the departure of their very successful head coach Jim Tressel and quarterback Terrell Pryor. And yes,

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Auburn, last season’s champion, remains under the microscope because of their record-setting, Heisman Trophy-winning QB Cam Newton.

As for on the field, I anticipate another vicious clash for the right to be crowned champion. The SEC seeks its sixth straight national championship. Undoubtedly, the most competitive conference in college, the SEC has become even stronger, especially in the SEC West. So hold up on placing Bama in the SEC championship game.

The Big 10, which is actually the new Big 12, adds Nebraska. Many pundits have the Cornhuskers favored to win the conference title. Be careful not to discount Wisconsin. All they did was pick up the top college free agent in former North Carolina State QB Russell Wilson. Michigan is not rebuilding. Michigan State will be tough, as will Ohio State and Northwestern.

The new Pac 12 is generating quite a buzz with its new billion dollar television deal. Oregon had all of us abuzz a season ago, scoring a point a second. The excitement returns to Eugene in the form of Heisman finalist RB LaMichael James. QB Andrew Luck shocked everyone and returned for another season at Stanford. At USC, in the last throes of probation, it will seem like the good old days again.

The Big East has a number of new head coaches, including Dana Holgorsen at West Virginia and Todd Graham at Pittsburgh. Both have huge contests with legitimate national title contenders LSU and Notre Dame.

The Mountain West adds Boise State as Utah and BYU depart. TCU is reloading its defense.

Could this be the first of many MWC titles for the Broncos? First, they must get past an early trip to the deep south to take on Georgia.

Wake Up The Echoes! The Fighting Irish are loaded and in my estimation will be in the title hunt.

The new Big 10 still referred to as the Big 12 has Oklahoma on top. The national media covets the Sooners as well. Texas A & M and Oklahoma State will have something to say about OU’s claim to either title. As usual, regardless of Texas’ downturn last year, circle that little Red River Rivalry game on your calendar.

Finally, the season is upon us. So, sit back, relax and enjoy the season. Wait a minute. There’s no relaxing when it comes to college football. Let’s try this again. Get ready to scream, holler, cheer and cry in your beer!

Hook `Em!

Festival Written by

John T. Davis

How Austin Became a Favorite Festival Destination

In the beginning, there was the Austin Aqua Festival. In the end, it was lame.

What began

in 1962 as a fun, hometown salute to Austin’s

river-and-lakes aquatic benison, featuring a Little Miss Aquafest beauty contest, themed music nights and water parades, sputtered to a halt 36 years later in a dusty welter of overpriced concert acts, political acrimony and red ink.

That was then.

As Aquafest was entering its last painful throes, a handful of upstarts inspired by a New York music conference conceived of a “spring break for the music business,” and South By Southwest made its debut in 1987.

Today, thanks in large measure to SXSW and the Austin Film Festival (now in its 18th year), the Texas Book Festival (founded in 1995) and the Austin City Limits Festival (which turns 10 this year), the city has become a year-round festival destination.

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There is a festival seemingly every month, sometimes every week, and the diversity is astonishing: biker rallies, food-and-wine festivals, gay-pride festivals, film festivals, gay film festivals, barbeque festivals, yoga festivals, Jewish book festivals, hot-sauce festivals, and music festivals of such profusion and variety as to blow the mind and numb the ear. The city sometimes seems to exist mostly as a backdrop for one group of black-clad out-of-towners after another (“grackles with credit cards,” as writer Michael Corcoran once characterized the SXSW crowd).

A seven-page, single-spaced printout from the Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau lists no less than 35 festivals during the course of 2011, and that is far from a complete list of events. (By comparison, the traveltex.com state tourism website lists approximately 247 festival events throughout the state).

“I never really have to sell Austin,” says Clay Smith, literary director of the Texas Book Festival, who travels to New York every year to meet with publishers and agents. “It sells itself. It has this sort of vibe for New Yorkers and people in L.A. They want to go to Barton Springs, to South Congress, to East Sixth Street.”

Rose Reyes, director of music marketing for the Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau, agrees, adding that people are drawn to Austin, thanks to its reputation as a place to have fun, be yourself and unwind.

“People really come to Austin to take it all in,” she says. “They really plan their visits around where they’re going to get their breakfast tacos.

We’re a festival capital, and we love it; it helps us tell our story. People might come to ACL or SXSW, but they fall in love with the city and want to come back.”

Lindsay Hoffman, festival marketing manager for C3 Presents, which produces the Austin City Limits Music Festival, concurs, saying the citizenry plays an essential part in making the city desirable.

“I genuinely think it’s the people of Austin that make this a top destination for festivals,” she says.

“Austinites are hospitable, helpful and warm, and that is so important because it’s not just what happens at the festivals, but at the coffee shop and the hotel and the gas station.”

But is it too much of a good thing?

“You’re asking the wrong person,” Reyes says.

“We [the ACVB] love the city to be busy, for the hotels and restaurants and live music venues to be full at all times.”

Reyes does say the city is beginning to ration the use of popular parks such as Waterloo Park or Zilker by festival producers.

“Downtown residents might complain about the Republic of Texas biker rally or SXSW, but that’s why people want to move to Austin and live downtown,” says Reyes, who personally looks forward to the Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival, the Pachanga Latino Music Festival, the Fun Fun Fun Fest and the East Austin Studio Tour each year. “It’s vibrant. It’s alive. It’s a mixture of visitors and residents, and we don’t want to change that.”

It’s not only downtown-based citizens who feel jostled. Sometimes the festivals jostle up against one another. This year, for the first time, the Texas Book Festival and the Austin Film Festival are overlapping the same weekend in October. The juxtaposition has to do with UT’s football schedule. A Longhorn home game trumps everything in terms of sold-out hotel space.

Organizers of the TBF, AFF and the Austin City

Austinites are hospitable, helpful and warm, and that is so important because it’s not just what happens at the festivals, but at the coffee shop and the hotel and the gas station.

Limits Music Festival have to float their festivals’ dates around the university’s away-game schedule, which changes each year.

Making the best of the situation, the book festival and the film festival have been working hard to create complementary programming that will allow fans at each fest to sample the other.

“It’s a really beautiful partnership because it’s two festivals that are devoted to writing,” says TBF’s Smith, alluding to the Austin Film Festival’s focus on screenwriting. “There’s a real affinity there.”

To the Austin Film Festival’s executive director and co-founder Barbara Morgan, the city has a collection of elements that make it a festival magnet.

“I think part of it is the weather, that we live in a truly beautiful place [where] people want to come. There’s a thriving art and creative community — a maverick culture. People come here to be outside and to experience that creative culture. One way that culture is manifested is through festivals.”

Then there is the university, and that endless well of engaged, excited young people.

“You cannot disregard UT in the formula of how we manage to have so many of these kinds of events and why so many of them have become successful,” Morgan says. “There’s a constant pool of potential volunteers and interns, and a constant pool of ticket-buyers — all new, all young, all excited about your event.”

Back in 1987, Roland Swenson didn’t have an event to be excited about, so he created his own.

Along with co-founders Louis Jay Meyers and The Austin Chronicle’s publisher Nick Barbaro and editor Louis Black, Swenson was intrigued by the idea of a music-industry festival and conference modeled on New York City’s New Music Seminar. The end product, of course, was SXSW. “When I attended NMS, one of the things that impressed me about it was the festival and the nightclubs,” says Swenson, SXSW’s managing director. “I thought, this could happen in Austin.

Austin had the diversity of musical styles that made it unusual and desirable. And we had the venues. … When we started out, we said, this will be great for Austin’s economy, but that wasn’t our primary goal. We wanted to create an event that would expose people to interesting new things and familiar old things in one setting. I think that’s one of the draws of a successful festival: creating a critical mass by drawing all of these creative people together in one place at one time.”

Today, SXSW (which is actually three overlapping events highlighting music, film and interactive media) is the chain-smoking, over-caffeinated, cellphone-yammering, so-hip-I’m-bored-shitless 800-pound gorilla on the city’s cultural calendar. Happening as it does each March, running concurrently with Rodeo Austin and the University Interscholastic League sports competitions, SXSW turns the city into a

loud and festive parking lot for pretty much the entire month.

The economic impact of SXSW and the other March events is staggering. According to the Austin Music Office, SXSW 2008 had an economic impact of $110 million, making it the city’s highest revenue-producing special event.

The Austin American-Statesman broke out some numbers for March of this year in a story published on May 15: $73.8 million in hotel receipts; 801,553 logged through at ABIA, a record; $20.8 million in wine, liquor and beer sales in downtown bars and restaurants. Not bad for one 30-day stretch in an otherwise unremarkable month.

Swenson, for his part, is not surprised at the proliferation of festivals in the city. Just look around, he says.

“Austin’s culture has always had a cosmopolitan atmosphere because of the people who come here from all around the world to teach or study at UT,” he says. “And the demographic here is pretty young, and the income is on the higher side. So you’ve got this young, active population that likes to go out and do things.”

The other big pole in the festival tent is, of course, the Austin City Limits Music Festival, which will take place Sept. 16 through 18 this year at Zilker Park. Originally founded, in part, to help build out the brand of the long-running PBS music series of the same name, the ACL Music Festival has become the rare festival entity that sells out each year, even before the lineup is announced.

This year’s 10th-anniversary affair spans generations, with headliners ranging from Stevie Wonder to Kanye West.

Fans at ACL have complained of crowding and inconvenience almost since the festival’s inception. But C3’s Hoffman says the organic nature of the festival experience and the changing fortunes of the acts themselves make it impossible to precisely control events like crowd flow.

“Every year, we conduct a fan survey and use the feedback as a jumping-off point to make the festival experience even better than the prior year,” Hoffman says. “But at the end of the day, there are certain things we can’t control like a lesser-known band gaining a huge following and changing the anticipated flow of traffic in the park.”

Like SXSW, ACL is an economic powerhouse.

Last year, according to economic consulting firm

Angelou Economics, the festival poured some $73.7 million into the city’s economy.

Those are the sorts of numbers the city cannot ignore, especially in these difficult economic times. To that end, the City, the Austin Police Department, the Austin Music Office, the Parks Department and the ACVB have developed close working relationships with festival producers, helping with street closures, outdoor gathering logistics, hotel bookings and other infrastructure minutiae.

Last year, according to economic consulting firm Angelou Economics, the festival [ACL] poured some $73.7 million into the city’s economy.

“When we started the Austin Film Festival in the early 1990s, I don’t think this was the direction the city was planning to go,” says AFF’s Morgan.

“They were trying to lure all this high-tech business and looking at business models that were more traditional. Now they’ve picked up on the fact that, wow, this [festival industry] is a business model, too, and it’s bringing people to town.”

So, the Austin festival calendar stays booked.

But might there be room for one more itsy-bitsy little festival? Something fun and accessible, homegrown, funky, indigenous to our landscape and even a little (dare we say it) weird? Maybe something with boats and a floating night parade and pretty girls in bathing suits and some mix of local music, be it Tejano corridos or east side blues or German oom-pah polkas.

Maybe, just maybe, it’s time to close the circle with a new old-fashioned Austin Aqua Festival.

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Austin City Limits Music Festival Insider Picks for the 10th Anniversary

Local Favorites

the Legends Wanda Jackson

Arcade Fire

Rockabilly’s first female star has a

The very definition of a modern

new audience, thanks to her Jack

festival headliner. If you were stuck in

White-produced album, The Party

traffic trying to get to see ’em at The

Ain’t Over.

Backyard, you owe yourself this one.

On the Bubble

Manu Chao

Del M Coury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Kanye West

PHJB, a standout at last year’s ACL

him at 4 a.m.

Music Fest, teams up this year with

during SXSW.

Fleet Foxes

bluegrass innovator McCoury. This

West is

Folk rockers (more rock than folk)

is what ACL is all about: the best of

arguably at the

who killed at Stubb’s this year.

music, blended a new way.

top of his game

Harmonies and strong songs rule

c

Court Yard Hounds

Must See

A player since the 1980s, Chao remains a revolutionary presence

Because you

in pan-Latin music and a dominat-

couldn’t see

ing live performer.

AKA, Martie and Emily from the

now, and his

their second album, Helplessness

Dixie Chicks. This D.C. side project

festival

Blues, and their live show is riveting.

yielded one of 2010’s most listenable

appearances

albums, and they sparkle onstage.

have been

Bright Eyes

focused and

Having played last year’s ACL Music

brilliant.

Festival as one of the Monsters of

Asleep at the WheeL The best way to kick off the ACL

Folk, frontman Conor Oberst is back

Randy

Music Festival (they’ve played every

doing business at the old store. The

one). A shot of bottled-in-bond

new album, People’s Key, is BE’s

Western Swing for a soundtrack as

most pop-driven album yet.

you make your way across a pristine

Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub

Zilker Park on Friday morning.

Gary Clark Jr.

Lanois, the celebrated producer for U2,

Stevie Wonder

Newman

Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and more,

rock the house on a whim. With a

A no-brainer. Motown legend,

Can Newman’s low-key presence

makes his ACL debut with a new trio

new album dropping, this lanky

innovator, fount of inspiration

and intricate, New Orleans-flavored

and new material. Lanois describes the

guitar slinger is poised for wider

for generations of rap, soul

songcraft get over to a rowdy festival

music as a fusion of dub, soul and rock.

recognition.

and R&B innovators.

crowd? You’d be a fool not to find out.

“Fascinating” might be a better catchall.

A bluesman at heart, Clark can still

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Stephen Harrigan & Lawrence Wright will be in conversation during this session about the writer’s life and about literary friendships. As two of this state’s most dedicated and respected writers, Harrigan and Wright are nationally respected and

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care deeply about Texas

More than 40,000 attendees line the streets of downtown to take

writing and the literary

part in a weekend of readings, presentations, panel discussions,

scene in this state. Hear

book signings and musical entertainment at the State Capitol. The

from them why they care,

festival was established by former First Lady Laura Bush in 1995,

and how they have created

and it serves to honor Texas authors, promote reading and literacy,

successful writing lives.

and benefit state libraries. Today, the festival has reached national

Rudy Arocha

Texas Writer Award Winners The Texas Writer Award is given to a Texas writer in recognition of his or her outstanding liter ary achievement. This year, it will be awarded to both

acclaim, bringing more than 200 authors from Texas and across the country to the streets of Austin.

Editor’s Must-See Choices

Stephen Harrigan and Lawrence Wright.

Stephen Harrigan Remember Ben Clayton

Lawrence Wright The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 Lawrence Wright graduated from Tulane University

Stephen Harrigan is the

and spent two years teaching at the American

author of the

University in Cairo, Egypt. He is a staff writer for The

bestselling The Gates

New Yorker and a fellow at the Center on Law and

of the Alamo and the

Security at New York University School of Law. He has

recently published

authored six works of

Remember Ben

nonfiction, written a novel,

Clayton. He is an Austin resident and is a

Louis Lambert dishes up his signature recipes from his new book, Big Ranch, Big City Cookbook, Recipes from Lambert’s Texas Kitchens.

Godfather’s Favorite, and

founding member of the Texas Book Festival, and of

was co-writer of the

Capital Area Statues Inc. a nonprofit organization

movie The Siege. The

that commissions and raises money for monumental

Looming Tower was the

works of sculpture celebrating the history and

winner of the 2007

culture of Texas.

Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction.

Preston Lauterbach author of The Chitlin’ Circuit and the Road to Rock ‘n’ Roll. A must for ATX Man music aficionados.

For information on the date and time of panels and sessions go to texasbookfestival.org.

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AFF:

THE AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE

OCT. 20 – 27, 2011 The Austin Film Festival is, without a doubt, one of the premier festivals for film in the nation, now in its 18th incarnation.

Renowned for its dedication to the craft of the screenwriter and the importance of great writing to filmmaking, it’s hard to believe this gathering of some of the best screenwriters, directors, producers,

L-R: Bill Hader & Collin Hanks At AFF 2010

actors, studio heavies, distributors and promoters has turned The Driskill Bar and Hotel (and now, much of the surrounding downtown) into a mini-Sundance since 1994.

– M.A.C.

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AWARD

WINNERS The award winners are...

Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios Distinguished Screenwriter Award Caroline Thompson, writer of Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Addams Family and more.

Outstanding Television Writing Award Hart Hanson, creator of Bones MORE INFO austinfilmfestival.com/new/2011_awards

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‘MEN CAN’T MISS’ PANELISTS AT AFF 2011

Elizabeth Avellan, Producer: Sin City, Machete, Predators, Grindhouse Shane Black Writer/Director: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Writer: Lethal Weapon, The Long Kiss Goodnight Buck Henry Writer: The Graduate, To Die For, Catch-22 Lawrence Kasdan Writer: Raiders Of The Lost Ark, The Empire Strikes Back, Return Of The Jedi, Wyatt Earp, Silverado, Body Heat Kyle Killen Writer: The Beaver • Creator/Producer: Lonestar Craig Mazin Writer: The Hangover Part II, Scary Movie 3 & 4 Daniel Petrie, Jr. Creator/Producer: Combat Hospital, Writer: Beverly Hills Cop, The Big Easy, Shoot To Kill, Writer/Director: Framed, Former WGA President Rhett Reese Writer: Zombieland, GI Joe2, Deadpool Terry Rossio Writer: Déjà Vu, The Mask Of Zorro, Pirates Of The Caribbean Jim Uhls Writer: Fight Club, Semper Fi, Jumper MORE INFO: austinfilmfestival.com/new/2011_panelists

-best of the fest-

PARTIES 9th Annual Film & Food Gala

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 • 7–10PM Driskill Hotel - 604 Brazos $90/ $75 for AFF Members

The Austin Film Festival presents the 9th Annual Film & Food, one of the most talked about foodcentric events in the city. Held at the beautiful and historic Driskill Hotel, Film & Food is an evening of cocktails, and incredible cuisine presented by talented local chefs representing some of Central Texas’ most notable restaurants. Attendees will have the opportunity to bid on unique, exciting items and experiences during silent and live auctions.

All proceeds from the ticket sales and event auctions benefit AFF’s Young Filmmakers Program. (http://austinfilmfestival.com/new/young_filmmakers_program) The Young Filmmakers Program was founded to encourage students, ages 9 – 18, to explore their creativity and improve their literacy skills through the arts of screenwriting and filmmaking. Programs are offered free through AISD schools and partner organizations.

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Spectator Spectator Life Lessons On & Off the Field Parenting Parenting

By Cl ay Nichol s

Life is a lot like football: Sometimes you’re on offense, sometimes defense, sometimes you punt. Other parts of life are a lot like watching football: You sit around, you eat and you yell.

Good parents recognize that children benefit immensely from both participating in and being a spectator of team sports. Studies confirm this. The participation part, anyway. In a clear case of academic bias, the benefits gained from being spectators are grossly understudied. How many Ph.D.s did you run into last time you caught a game at Pluckers?

In the past decade of attending University of Texas football home games, my children have benefitted from a rich curriculum in values and life skills, including lessons in the fields of economics, health and wellness, law, time management and much more.

Clay Nichols is co-founder and chief creative officer at DadLabs.com, the web's leading resource for all things dad. He is also an author, playwright, former teacher, husband and father of three living in Austin, TX.

Economics: The rich people don’t sit in our section. Explaining this provides the opportunity to teach the difference between linear and exponential functions. While the progression from the 50-yard line to the goal line is linear, the chart of corresponding net worth is exponential.

We sit in the end zone.

Public health & nutrition, Lesson Plan A: The personal space allotted for each bleacher seat obviously was apportioned before the invention of liquid-cheese nachos. I hold forth on the obesity epidemic while my daughter struggles to breathe because the dude sitting in “seat” 27 is also taking up 26 and a good bit of 25. The case for moderate chicken-nugget consumption makes itself.

Public health & nutrition, Lesson Plan B: No, Dad’s tallboy(s) at the alumni center will not turn him into a “drunken jackwagon” like the “numbnuggets” outside Scholz’s. I appreciate your concern. However, there’s no reason to go blathering about it to Mom. How about some more nachos?

Law & jurisprudence: Refs suck. Life isn’t always fair.

Time management: I teach my kids to value their time appropriately, and UT games are an excellent teaching tool. “Beating the crowd” while joining 100,000 people for an event is a sport unto itself.

Leaving the house three hours before kickoff is completely legit, despite Mom’s pointed questions. The same goes for leaving the game in the third quarter, despite fellow fans’ pointed questions. Sure, you miss “the best part of the game,” but tuning in to Craig Way on the ride home sharpens a kid’s appreciation for the spoken word.

I get it; season tickets are expensive, but given the clear educational benefits, why pour that money into something less beneficial, more abstract and clearly less likely to deliver tangible benefits, like a 529 plan? There are valuable lessons to be learned both on and off the gridiron. I rest my case. a t x m a n . c o m 67

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Oklahoma

Heisman candidate at QB, four returning starters on the offensive line, big-time studs at wide receiver. The only question is how to replace the production of DeMarco Murray. And will the defense successfully fill the voids at middle linebacker, free safety and strong safety?

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Alabama

So what, they lost their Heisman Trophy-winning RB Mark Ingram? For the past two years all we’ve heard is that this guy Trent Richardson was more talented than the now-departed Ingram. Folks, he is a load at 5-feet-11inches and 224 pounds. He has a veteran offensive line to open up holds. But defense wins championships and Bama is loaded on that side of the ball; 10 return. photo by

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Les Miles may not have to rely on trick plays as much this

Heisman Hopefuls

QB Andrew Luck Remember that excellent flick Everybody’s All American

RB LaMichael James

season. That is, if his QB Jordan Jefferson can build off of his three TD passing efforts in the Cotton Bowl versus

As with Kniles Davis, James is a Texas native. His rushing

Texas A&M. Almost everyone returns on the offensive line.

total of 1,731 yards last season set a single-season

They will be deeper at linebacker and defensive line. The

Oregon Ducks rushing record. And damn near equaled the

Tigers secondary always has an emerging star. CB Tyrann

driving distance from Texas to Oregon. James was a

Mathieu could be next in line.

Heisman finalist a year ago.

WR Justin Blackmon

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I’m not convinced the Ducks can recreate the explosive

This dude, simply put, is A MAN! The Oklahoma State

numbers they generated last season on offense. Primarily

starring Austin resident Dennis Quaid? Well, Luck was

wide receiver set an NCAA record with 12 consecutive

because of losing three starters on the offensive line. That

everybody’s consensus to be the overall No.1 draft pick in

100-yard receiving games. Blackmon led the nation with

being said, the main culprits in QB Darron Thomas and RB

the 2011 NFL Draft. However, Luck decided to return to

more than 1,700 receiving yards and 20 TDs. He was fifth

LaMichael James do return. There are depth questions on

Palo Alto for another season to build upon last season’s

in last year’s Heisman voting.

the defense as well. But the Ducks, as a result of so many

runner-up Heisman finish.

RB Kniles Davis

blowouts, found valuable playing time for backups. One key

QB Landry Jones

playmaker and the nation’s leader in passes defended is CB Cliff Harris. He’s a helluva punt returner also!

I know Longhorn Nation, it’s unfortunate. But this Sooner

Davis is the big, athletic back Arkansas Head Coach

has progressed nicely since throwing five picks versus

Bobby Petrino has been looking for. Davis burst on to the

Nebraska two years ago as a redshirt freshman. Jones

SEC & national scene last year with more than 1,300 yards

passed for more than 4,700 yards last year, with 38 TDs.

The Broncos are becoming a fixture in the preseason Top

rushing and 13 TDs. The young man has been clocked at

He has tremendous playmakers at wideout, which bodes

Ten polls. As well they should. With the move to the

sub 4.3 in the 40. The Razorbacks are loaded this year.

well for his Heisman chances.

Mountain West Conference this season, maybe questioning

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the legitimacy of this program will cease. Heisman finalist QB Kellen Moore is just eight wins away from replacing Colt

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McCoy as the winningest QB in college football history.

While Moore gets a lot of attention and deservedly so, this is a balanced rodeo on offense; RB Doug Martin had more than 1,000 yards rushing last year and returns. The defense

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BY DARLINE TURNER-LEE

A Look at Ejaculatory and Erectile Disorders Men, are you able to make love so that both you and your partner are satisfied?

While women are often satisfied in myriad ways sexually, including achieving orgasm(s), for men, erection, orgasm and subsequent ejaculation are the culmination of the sex act. So what do you do if you “come” too soon, too late or not at all?

“Premature ejaculation (PE) is the most common sexual complaint, more common than erectile dysfunction,” says Dr. Parviz Kavoussi, a urologist and partner at Austin Fertility and

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Reproductive Medicine. “It's very difficult for men to talk about and there is a much larger population suffering with this disorder than has been previously recognized.”

Kavoussi emphasizes that it is important to distinguish between lifelong PE and acquired PE, often secondary to erectile dysfunction (ED).

According to Kavoussi, many men dealing with ED develop PE due to anxiety about their inability to achieve and/or maintain an erection. One episode of PE can significantly increase a man's anxiety. The anxiety about PE/ED then creates a vicious cycle of PE. The good news is that with the advent of new drugs for erectile dysfunction, more men are talking about their sexual difficulties and

getting help. Often, once the ED is successfully treated, the PE is spontaneously resolved.

There are treatments currently available to treat PE and new treatments are on the horizon.

The current standard of care for PE is behavioral (sex) therapy, but it's best if it is combined with physical therapy.

“Men learn techniques that help them maintain their erections longer, leading to more satisfying sexual encounters,” Kavoussi says.

Topical agents, which have been available for a while, reduce hypersensitivity, leading to a longer time between erection and ejaculation, and are an effective treatment for many men. However, a significant, undesirable side effect of topical

agents is vaginal numbness for the user’s partner.

“Currently, some of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) used to treat depression [Paxil, Prozac and others] are showing promise as treatments for PE. Depoxetine, a short-acting SSRI, is awaiting FDA approval for the PE indication,” Kavoussi says. “When SSRIs are used for PE, the dose is much lower than the dose used for depression.

As a result, there is a much lower incidence of side effects.”

Erectile dysfunction (ED), a common disorder, is now a highly treatable condition with the widely available medications Viagra, Levitra and Cialis. However, much more has been discovered regarding the cause of ED. ED is very common in men and becomes progressively more common as men age.

According to the Massachusetts Male Aging Study, ED has the following prevalence: Ages 50-54: 26% Ages 55-59: 35% Ages 60-64: 47% Ages 65-69: 58% Ages 70-76: 69%

The study found that ED becomes more common with age because vascular disease (the narrowing of blood vessels) becomes more common with age. ED occurs because of decreased blood flow to the penis, typically due to blood-vessel narrowing. Additionally, smoking significantly narrows blood vessels, increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease and ED. The study identified smoking as a very potent predictor of ED, as well as heart disease.

Researchers now advise that men diagnosed with ED be aggressively screened and treated for cardiovascular disease, and counseled against

Testosterone is very important for erectile function and men with low testosterone levels often have ED. smoking, as ED is often the first indication that a man is developing potentially life-threatening heart disease.

But the significant new finding from the study is the prevalence and effect of low testosterone (Low T) on erectile function and its link to obesity. Testosterone is very important for erectile function and men with low testosterone levels often have ED. Some men are born with Low T levels. Others are born with a genetic abnormality such as Kleinfelter's Syndrome, a condition in which a man is born with an extra X chromosome, which results in a naturally low testosterone level. But many men with Low T have the condition as a result of obesity.

The Massachusetts Male Aging Study revealed that many obese men have low testosterone. Obese men have increased fat cells, which produce estrogen. Testosterone is converted into estrogen so obese men have higher-than-normal circulating estrogen levels.

Their obesity can lead to an abnormal testosterone-to-estrogen ratio, a low circulating-testosterone level, ED and infertility.

The obvious fix is for obese men to lose weight and increase their circulating testosterone levels. But weight loss may not be simple for these men. Testosterone is important in motivation, exercise tolerance and building lean muscle. Obese men with Low T aren't hormonally motivated to lose weight. They have a lower exercise tolerance because of their Low T levels and their size. And despite some of their best efforts, they may be unable to increase their lean muscle mass, which is key to weight loss and weight maintenance.

So what treatments are available for Low T? Testosterone replacement is an option, but giving a man external testosterone can depress his own testosterone production, so care must be used when prescribing it. External testosterone supplementation is not an option if a man desires to achieve pregnancy with his partner. In such cases, treatments that stimulate a man's own testosterone production are best.

Whether it's PE, ED, Low T or some other type of sexual dysfunction, men have options for treatment. One of the best treatments for ED is frequent sexual activity.

“The maxim ‘use it or lose it’ is very true when it comes to ED,” Kavoussi says. “Men who have regular sexual encounters have better erectile function.”

Thanks to Dr. Parviz Kavoussi Austin Fertility and Reproductive Medicine 4303 James Casey St., Ste B. Austin, TX 78745 Phone: 512.444.1414 austinfertilityrm.com

The Massachusetts Male Aging Study Feldman HA, Goldstein I, Hatzichristou DG, Krane RJ, McKinla JB Impotence and its Medical and Psychosocial Correlates; Results of the Massachusetts Male Aging Study. Journal of Urology, January 1994; 151 (1): 54 – 61 New England Research Institute, Watertown, MA 02172

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By Ryan NaiL

Building a

Solid Fitness Foundation

Everyone

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Exercises to Strengthen Your Core

knows that great things are built upon a solid foundation. That's why when either getting back into fitness or just starting a fitness program for the first time, it is very important to have a solid core. The core is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “the central, innermost or most essential part of anything,” and in fitness terms, the core is where the center of gravity is located and where all movement begins from the body. Simply, the core is made up of abs, lower back and hips. In the exercises following, I will show you how to start three basic core exercises that, if implemented on a constant basis, will change not only the way you workout, but the way you live your life.

Training Video:

Ryan Nail takes us through each exercise step-by-step

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Cable Crossovers

The first exercise is called a cable crossover. In this exercise, we start with resistance bands, but you can also use cable machines in a gym. I believe resistance bands are more forgiving on the body, whereas weights or cable machines can sometimes wear down joints and jolt the body to a certain degree. Start with the band or cable at the midline of the stomach and stand with your legs a little wider that shoulder-width. From here, pivot off your back foot, keep your shoulders back and rotate your trunk and straight arms to the opposite side of your body, pointing your hands in the opposite direction from where you started. Squeeze your abs as you rotate for efficient ab/core work. Complete four sets of 15 reps. If you feel it in your back, you are twisting outside of your hip area and too far back on either side, so stay within your hip area, keeping your arms straight. The power comes from pivoting the back foot. This exercise gives you lines in your abs (obliques) and shrinks your waistline for immediate results.

Mountain Climbers

The second exercise is called a mountain climber. This exercise builds lower abs and creates upper body stability, which gives you that ripped and toned look. First, drop into a push-up position, keeping your body parallel to the ground. From here, bring one knee into the chest and squeeze your lower abs in a solid squeezing motion, not a jerking motion. Aim your knee across the body toward the opposite elbow and then alternate legs. Make sure your foot does not touch the ground when you bring your knee up. You can do this by sucking your belly button up toward your spine as you bring your knee up into your chest. Go for four sets of 25 reps, counting a repetition as a full movement from both legs.

I wouldn't be me if I didn't give you a core-fit progression in this example. Since my slogan is “Think Outside the Gym,” try attaching a resistance band to a tree. You can use a regular resistance band and hook it up to a pull-up bar, or attach it to a squat rack if you’re at the gym.

Once you put your feet inside the loop, make sure there is enough resistance to invert you off the ground. From this position, drive both knees into the chest and then straighten them out into a push-up position again. This builds major upper-body strength, along with giving your lower abs a good thrashing. If you can complete four sets of 15, then you are a stud and deserve the six-pack it will give you.

The Bridge

The last but definitely not the least exercise is called the bridge. Lie on your back and bring your legs up into a sit-up position, but keep your back on the ground. Lift your pelvis up toward the ceiling, keeping your hips aligned with your shoulders and knees. Squeeze your glutes together at the top, but make sure you aren't arching the back to where you are feeling it in the spine. If so, your hips are too high. Always keep perfect alignment with your spine. This movement works the hamstrings, glutes and, most importantly, your lower back. Building up your lower back is important, especially with as many opportunities we have for lower-back injuries today. This exercise brings a solid foundation to your entire body, especially since most people are sitting in chairs most of the day.

The progression to this exercise is using a piece of equipment that I call the “wheel of death,” otherwise known as the power wheel. But my nickname for it is a true recognition to what this piece of equipment does to the muscles. Attach the wheel to your feet and lie on your back.

From this position, lift your hips off the ground, squeezing your glutes toward the ceiling. At this point, your entire body is off the ground except your head and shoulders. Bring your heels toward your glutes and stop right under your hips. The finishing position is a bridge, working your glutes, hamstrings and lower back in a dynamic way. These exercise items are usually lying around your gym. Utilize those pieces of equipment for a fun change up in your workout, and enjoy the amazing results.

Always

take your fitness to the next level and remember that if you’re not having fun and seeing results, go do something else. But also remember that fitness is not a period of time, it’s a lifestyle. You workout to amplify the things you love to do in life by staying in shape. Take these exercises and utilize them for the rest of your life. Fitness is the true fountain of youth.

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Are You Ready for Some Football?

Scoring On & Off the Field

BY Michelle Valles

Mom, hardware stores and football – proof that American men are truly capable of lifetime commitment, love and devotion. Your lady eventually tops that list … right?

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uring football season, unless we’re one of the buxom pompom girls donned in tight orange short-shorts and sexy leather chaps on the sidelines, a lot of girlfriends and wives start to feel like one of the players on the losing JV team, sitting on the sidelines dying for you to put them in the game.

Your separation from us usually begins in late August, right about the time you start preferring Howie Long’s voice to ours. Once we hear Bocephus hollering, “Are you ready for some football?” we know we’ve lost you. It’s like you’ve been shipped away for six months.

Asking you to stop watching non-stop football is like asking us to stop watching Oprah – we wouldn’t dare!

If football is something your lady loves, then high-five, champ! Looks like you landed yourself an All-American girl. Frankly, that kind of girl always annoyed me (and vice versa, no doubt.) Let me set you straight: The only reason I started going to football games was to meet boys or to see my boyfriends play.

Today? Unless it’s Longhorn or high-school football, I’d rather pull weeds out of my neighbor’s yard. Sorry, but that’s how I’m wired.

Don’t get me wrong; we ladies still enjoy all the pageantry, tailgating and bonding that comes along with the American tradition. That’s different. It’s just slightly annoying when you start reliving your glory days like Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite: chest-bumping, burping and ogling the barely legal cheerleaders with your friend Bob. You know Bob – your friend who still wears cut-off muscle shirts, jean shorts and white sneakers. He’s the guy who wonders why he’s single again. Let’s not blame Bob. You transforming from Bill Bixby to

the Hulk with just one whiff of fresh-cut grass and analgesic balm isn’t what really bothers us.

We want you to keep that testosterone around as long as possible (if ya know what I mean).

You see, contrary to what you guys might think, we really don’t wake up with new ways to “buzz-kill” your passions. We have real reasons why we “hate the player and not the game” (excessive betting, boozing and bad behavior).

“My husband is mad for days if his Steelers lose,” confessed my friend Diana Veloz after a few glasses of wine. Diana gets back at her poor hubby by going shoe shopping at Saks Fifth Avenue. Her favorite team? Anyone who beats the Steelers.

Back at the ranch, my amiga Maya Sanchez from San Elizario, TX, told me, “I once dated this guy and when we got into the what’s-a-dealbreaker conversation, he said, ‘If my team (Miami Dolphins) were down in a really important game and you taunted me about it.

That’s it!’ He wasn’t joking.”

Needless to say, Maya Sanchez found herself a new sancho.

In Longhorn Land, a lot of chicks expect to come second to football. No disrespect to those rockin’ feminists who burned their bras for me. It is simply a matter of priorities.

In Longhorn Land, a lot of chicks expect to come second to football. No disrespect to those rockin’ feminists who burned their bras for me.

It is simply a matter of priorities. Just ask any bride who’s tried to get married in the fall. Or ask the Austin City Limits organizers, who plan their sold-out music festival around UT’s football schedule. Still not convinced? Just ask Sally Brown.

I call her the First Lady of Texas Football.

She’s not only Coach Mack Brown’s wife, but a second mom and confidante to the players. The soft voice and heart behind the football program, she shies away from most media interviews. Football is 365-days-a-

year for Sally. So what are we complaining about, right? Well, unless you’re making the salary Mack’s making, you’d better zip it.

Even Sally secretly craves a break from football, and since that’s almost impossible, she’s become masterful in her supportive role.

“If Texas loses, I stay quiet,” she says. “I don’t ask Mack questions. I just make him his favorite sandwich.”

“What a woman!,” you say? I know. I want to be like Sally someday. Under lock and key, she keeps a box of letters from diehard fans who make Al Bundy look like husband of the year. Over a cup of coffee one morning, Sally spilled the beans: “One guy missed his mother’s funeral for a Texas game!

He said his mom would want him at the game instead.” Whew! Thank goodness Texas won that game. In a disappointed cadence, Sally also told me about the couple who missed their daughter’s wedding for an Alabama game. Can you believe that? Now, now, we shouldn’t judge; after all, they did make it to the reception.

In 2005, Sally invited me to her personal suite to watch the Texas-Baylor game with the other coaches’ wives. I showed up with my loud “Frank the Tank” ex-boyfriend, hoping to party. Instead, I felt like I had gone to church.

Talk about intense! I left there with sweat beads on my forehead, feeling guilty and asking for forgiveness for my decidedly un-pious thoughts about football. Seeing what those wives went through gave me a whole new appreciation for the game.

Vince Lombardi was right: “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” I might have to dig deep, but I know I can give football more of a chance this season. Guys, maybe you should switch up your game a bit, too. Let’s compromise.

As a UT grad, it’s hard for me to compliment the Aggies for any of their traditions, but they do one thing right: Couples kiss after every touchdown.

I bet if you try that more often with your lady, you might just score a touchdown of your own.

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by Eric Leech

Things

you Don’t Know

women about

But Probably Should While most men

would like to think they have a pretty good grasp of the female species, most women would disagree. Here are six truths that research, surveys and nerds in lab coats have uncovered that most of us men will likely benefit from knowing.

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Most of Her Fantasies Revolve Around You According to surveys, women in relationships prefer fantasizing about their current partner. This is contrary to most men, who regularly engage in fantasies about other women. While the majority of American men prefer fantasies about ex-girlfriends, classmates and co-workers when bumping an ugly, a quarter of Canadian men prefer imaginary characters, such as Jessica Rabbit and Barney the Purple Dinosaur.

One Thank You Goes a Long Way

Women often feel unappreciated for the things they do. While some guys will submit to the obligatory dinner and a movie, according to research, showing appreciation is a lot easier than you may think. Even when a relationship is completely lopsided in chores, the overworked partner will remain satisfied as long as the other person says thank you every now and then.

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If She Cheats, You Deserved It (At Least in Her Mind) Women cheat because they feel entitled, according to research. A Toronto study found the majority (90%) of women who cheated on their boyfriend/husband felt no remorse or guilt. For one, these women believed emotional cheating (I'm in love with my co-worker) was more inappropriate than a quick romp on the desk (my co-worker is hot). These studies also suggested women release themselves from guilt when their happiness is on the line. In other words, if her partner is not up to the job of making her happy, she feels entitled to find it elsewhere.

She Knows You're Lying, So Why Bother?

Guys think they can weasel out of a stiff predicament by lying, but it's usually better to fess up and get it over with.

Don't Mention PMS

Unless you’re asking to buy her pads at the store, women don't like the mention of these three syllables, especially under the context of “Are you PMS-ing again?” Instead, hold your tongue, wait it out and live to say something wrong another day.

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She’s not that into Lingerie

They say women love pretty, shiny things. However, when it comes to glimmering, Las Vegas showgirl costumes, not all women are excited to climb aboard your fantasy train. There are two things you can do to ensure these gifts are accepted with open arms: One, don't make lingerie her only gift.

Two, buy the right size. You wouldn’t stroll in to an auto parts store asking for engine oil without having some idea of the weight you needed. The wrong weight can potentially seize your engine long before the dipstick makes it back in the tube!

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Setting Up a Limited Liability

BY John A. Hay III

Look, Listen & Comply Look, Listen, Comply (LLC) For many, starting a business is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. You save your money and partner up with a friend or two, all with dreams of quitting your 9-to-5 job, making millions and sipping rum drinks on a beach. It’s that simple, right? Not so fast.

It is important to

choose the proper entity for your business and then implement the necessary steps to comply with the Texas Business and Organizations Code. This is the process I call “Look, Listen, Comply,” or “LLC.” It is important to

look at your options for the various types of entities, listen to advice from an attorney and

comply with the requirements of properly forming the chosen entity.

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Oftentimes, the recommended entity type is a limited liability company. The filing fee for this type of entity is minimal and the documents filed with the Texas Secretary of State are easy to complete. Once filed, you’re officially up and running. But wait; don’t forget about the additional requirements needed to maintain the status of your company in Texas. Though not legally required, it is highly recommended that your company adopt an operating agreement. This document is private (not filed with the secretary of state) and typically specifies the members’ rights and duties, how meetings will be conducted, profit distribution and tax responsibility, among other details. An operating agreement is especially important because it gives you the power to decide how the business will be run. Otherwise, your company will be subject to the default statutes in Texas. You must also designate and maintain a registered agent in

the state to receive legal process and notice. Furthermore, your company will be required to file an annual report and, depending upon income, may be required to pay franchise tax. It is also wise to keep the company’s bank accounts separate from members’ finances, and that the members of the company hold meetings at least annually.

Take the time and spend the money to cover all your bases from the beginning...

This list may seem daunting, however the steps are relatively simple. Many law firms can counsel your new company through these requirements for a reasonable fee. A word to the wise: Take the time and spend the money to cover all your bases from the beginning, as this may help prevent potential business litigation and save you thousands of dollars in the future.

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by Roy Spence

THE BOYS OF FALL

- Kenny Chesney

Well I feel that chill, smell that fresh-cut grass I’m back in my helmet, cleats and shoulder pads Standing' in the huddle listening to the call Fans going crazy for the boys of fall In little towns like mine, that’s all they got Newspaper clippings fill the coffee shops The old men will always think they know it all Young girls will dream about the boys of fall

Roy Spence, circa 1967, Brownwood High School

Friday Night Lights

I

n the fall on Friday nights in Austin, TX, as

person. His purpose was simple and direct: help

well as every suburb, city and small town

young kids become responsible adults and, in the

throughout Texas, there is only one place

process, win some football games. He wanted to

to be. Whether the local high school is big or

win all of them, if possible. OK, he wanted to win

small, a version of Friday Night Lights is played

all of them. Period.

out on the gridiron and rivalries heat up.

Growing up in Brownwood, TX, a small and

We did exactly that in 1965: a 14-0 state championship, a perfect season. I am not just

caring community, high-school football was king.

talking about the football games we played and

My mom, Ruth Spence, who was for 35 years an

won. We were winners before we played any of

extraordinary high-school civics teacher, always

those games. We won as "kids on the journey to

thought and said so publicly that there was way

becoming responsible adults." We won by being

too much emphasis on high-school football and

a team of ordinary boys inspired and challenged

not nearly enough on teaching, learning and

to do something special and to do it together.

preparing young minds to contribute, compete

"You are never better than your team, but the

and make a difference in the world. While my

team is better because of you," Coach told us

legendary high-school coach, Gordon Wood,

over and over again.

loved and agreed with my mom, he always said,

Before he passed away, Coach Wood and I spent

Well it’s turn and face the stars and stripes It’s fighting back them butterflies It’s call it in the air, alright, yes sir, we want the ball And it’s knocking heads and talking trash It’s slinging mud and dirt and grass It’s I got your number, I got your back when your back’s against the wall You mess with one man, you got us all The boys of fall The boys of fall

“Steve Worster was a two-time all-state and a vicious runner…On the first play from scrimmage Worster took the handoff and cut up field. Lion cornerback Roy Spence, who didn’t weigh more than 155 pounds, came flying in to tackle Worster.

Spence delivered a crushing blow right below the knees, and the hard impact echoed all across the playing field. Our cornerback’s punishing blow set the tone for Brownwood’s game.”

Brownwood 14 Bridge City 0 -Coach of the Century, An Autobiography

By Gordon Wood and John Carver

So if you are one of those Austin men who was a part of those Friday nights, whether as a player,

“My job is to coach and teach these young men

some quality time together and he gave me my #10

trainer, band member, cheerleader or simply a

– the boys of fall – how to contribute, compete

state championship jersey – the one I wore on that

fan, go to YouTube and type in The Boys of Fall by

and make a difference in the world through the

cold and raining day at Kyle Field in College Station,

Kenny Chesney. It will put a smile on your face, a

lessons of football.”

where we won against Bridge City and the All-Ameri-

tear in your eye and a powerful, nostalgic kind of

can fullback Steve Worster. I pulled it out last night.

churn in your heart. For those of us for whom

Coach Wood was named the High School Coach

The jersey was old and faded, but the memories were

football is still king, memory lane is deep and

of the Century by winning more football games

crystal clear. I thanked God for Coach Wood and

wide. Maybe we secretly share an emotional wish

than any other high-school coach in his class. He

Coach Southall and the boys of fall I played with

that we could all have another night under the

was the best of the best, both as a coach and as a

underneath those Friday night lights.

lights and a new set of downs.

I will testify that he more than succeeded.

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