About Bill Tucker
Jersey based and New York bred, Bill Tucker is an author of film reviews, short fiction and articles for variety of sites and subjects. He currently blogs for The Austinot (Austin lifestyle), the Entertainment Weekly Blogging Community (TV and film) and SkirmishFrogs.com (retro gaming). He's also contributed articles to Texas Highways magazine. His favorite pastimes include craft beer snobbery, gaming and annoying his friends with random quotes from The King of Comedy. You can check out all of his literary naughty bits at www.thesurrealityproject.com
Amongst Austin’s massive expansion, a historic dancehall sits in the middle of modern hotels and condos like a stubborn mule. Two weeks ago, I spent an evening there, learning why this 52 year old joint has survived all these years. One of the better pieces I’ve done this year.
(image credit: Christopher Rose via Flickr CC)
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Round 2 of my slowly churning Battle of the NES Launch Lineup tournament is up and reading for reading / clicking. Find out who moved on to the next round!
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Mr Ming got on TV! Click our smiling faces below to see his first TV segment via the Austinot, where we talk about a day of fun and fancy.
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Got to check out local indie upstarts Duncan Fellows last month and guess what? An article was written! These indie rockers are absolutely worth checking out, so click the pic below to learn all about them.
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In honor of a March Madness that’s almost over, it’s time to decide the best game in the NES launch library (that’s not named Mario), tournament style. Retro Thunderdome!
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Now that SXSW is officially done and gone, most locals want to forget it ever happened. But to wrap up the week, I wrote four short stories yesterday about my experience. More narrative than “listy”, so it was fun to put together. Read and share about if you so desire.
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Unable to check out SXSW this year? Check out some of my favorite band / artists via the below article. Comes complete with a Spotify playlist. Hope I have good taste!
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The companion piece to my KXAN Studio 512 appearance, complete with pictures. Enjoy!
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Prepare to get all Windows 3.1 in this week’s Retro Thunderdome! It’s Minesweeper versus Solitaire in a battle of legendary time wasters! Click below to check out the battle!
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A guy like me on TV? Balderdash you say? Well, believe it! On every third Thursday, The Austinot tapes a lifestyle segment on KXAN (Austin’s NBC affiliate). Since the blogger who usually does half the segments is leaving town to backpack around South America, I took his slot! My first piece was about Dripping Springs beer day trips. Click below to watch!
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