(Community Matters) At 100 Congress on Saturday, Graham Reynolds and Peter Stopshinski previewed their PVC Surround composition. It is part of their Golden Hornet Project – an nonprofit project to present nonacademic indie classical music composed by musicians in rock, jazz, electronic and hip hop.
If you haven’t read Robert Faires’ piece in this week’s Austin Chronicle on local composers, treat yourself here.
Saturday morning, Amy & Kirk Rudy hosted a breakfast for FuseBox artist Reggie 
Watts and FuseBox major donors.
Super time and terrific conversation. Kirk Rudy, John Thornton, Reggie, Luke Hayes, Michael Mitchell & I had a short conversation about the importance of art & artists to business innovation & even economic development – more on that parallel to conversations about the voice of artists in politics.
Others who joined us included: Festival founder & artistic director, Ron Berry, Julie Thornton (TestPerformanceTest), Suzanne & David Booth, Ron Berry’s parents & Anna, Sue Graze and many others but I’m finding myself a little brain dead just now – yikes.
I intended to meet Steven at Reggie’s concert last night then to wrap up FuseBox Festival big with the closing bash at US Art Authority. Alas, I crashed. Just couldn’t do it. After 9 big days and lots of other, after the Gregory/Dietz Kentucky Derby celebration, I needed to stay in. Steven flew in from Chicago, checked out Forced Entertainment at the Seaholm plant and we called it an early night. Have church this am, Lemonade Day tours, Acton Business School graduation, then we’re off to Washington DC, back Tuesday am. Luke, remember to feed my gay koi!
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