Documents from Gilberto Gil's Private Archive

TCB BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY 8 THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE DAILY I MARCH 15, 2007 SXSW MUSIC NEWS AND CARRYINGS ON Mayor Will Wynn (1) presents Gilberto Gil with the key to the city. SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN SXSW 2007 wasted no time in reigniting issues between nightclubs and various regula- tory bodies that never truly go away. The Scoot Inn's beer/wine license got yanked liter- ally midsong at the Turbojugend Texas party. It still belonged to the previous owner, who called the TABC Wednesday and canceled. About 4pm, agents showed up and told the bar to shut down, and manager Joe Sebastian and staff were still trying to figure out a solution at press time. Meanwhile one Red River club, which shall remain nameless for the moment, is only open this week at all due to the last-minute intercession of Austin Mayor Will Wynn. They're still stuck with a fire marshal on site at all times to the tune of $120 an hour, which the owner reckons will run the club $6,000-7,000 through Saturday. After rocking out to the "She's So Heavy" stylings of New York's Earl Greyhound at the Austinist/Gothamist/Gorilla vs. Bear "Gonna Gonna Get, Get Down" blowout, Wynn noted Austin is the largest U.S. city without a major-league pro sports team, telling the packed Mohawk live music should be our sports franchise. Instead of a family dropping $400 on an NFL game, spend $35, $45 on live music four or five times a month." Earlier, Wynn presented Brazilian jazz icon, now his nation's offi- cial culture minister, Gilberto Gil, with the proverbial key to the city. A complete samba troupe - from where else, Austin Samba School - and capoeira dancers in the middle of City Hall on Wednesday morning means it must be SXSW, making TCB grateful for still another Brazilian specialty, coffee.