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- 0:08An Arctic cold front brought
- 0:10freezing precipitation to the Austin
- 0:11area over the weekend.
- 0:13Classes were canceled today at UT
- 0:14Austin and most school districts in
- 0:16Central Texas.
- 0:17Still, the area made out much better
- 0:19this time than in ice storms of
- 0:21years past.
- 0:22More about the situation locally and
- 0:24this week's forecast.
- 0:25And the most high profile candidates
- 0:27for the Texas Democratic nomination
- 0:29for the U.S.
- 0:29Senate race in November debated
- 0:32each other in Georgetown over the
- 0:33week. The cases they made and
- 0:35the status of the race ahead of the
- 0:37March primary, that's coming up on
- 0:39today's show.
- 0:40The Austin Signal is a production
- 0:42of KUT News, hosted by
- 0:44Jerry Quijano.
- 0:45Plus, Annabelle Chairlegs is the
- 0:47KUTX Artist of the Month for
- 0:49January.
- 0:49Their new record, Waking Up, is out
- 0:52this Friday.
- 0:53We're gonna chat with the group
- 0:54leader. Coming up today on
- 0:56Austin Signal.
- 1:08Howdy out there, thank you for
- 1:10tuning in. This is Austin
- 1:12Signal, I'm your host, Jerry
- 1:13Quijano. We are glad to be part
- 1:15of your day.
- 1:17It's the final Monday of January,
- 1:192026, and it's a chilly one
- 1:21across Austin and Central Texas.
- 1:2333 degrees this hour out at Camp
- 1:25Mayberry.
- 1:26That means after about 50 hours,
- 1:29the area is no longer dealing
- 1:31with freezing temperatures at least
- 1:32some of the area.
- 1:34There's still a good bit of ice out
- 1:35on the roads this morning too.
- 1:37That was the case on my drive in
- 1:38maybe for you as well.
- 1:40The weekend weather conditions were
- 1:42enough to preemptively shut down
- 1:44classes here at the University of
- 1:45Texas as well as Austin ISD
- 1:48and many other school districts in
- 1:50the area that's in addition to
- 1:52canceling hundreds of flights out at
- 1:53Austin Bergstrom International
- 1:55Airport.
- 1:56Here is Eric Platt from the local
- 1:58office of the National Weather
- 1:59Service.
- 2:00The good news is that we're not
- 2:01expecting any precipitation today.
- 2:03We're going to see plenty of
- 2:04sunshine.
- 2:05North winds be a little bit gusty,
- 2:08but hopefully the sunshine and the
- 2:09dry north winds will kind of help
- 2:11start the drying process.
- 2:13Now while that good news is
- 2:15applicable to most of the area,
- 2:16Plaid says that there are some areas
- 2:18that will need to continue to thaw
- 2:19at least into tomorrow.
- 2:21Temperatures are forecasted to drop
- 2:23back into the teens tonight here in
- 2:24Austin, possibly even colder
- 2:26in some areas of central Texas.
- 2:29Like I say, the sunshine certainly
- 2:30will help, especially those main
- 2:32roads today.
- 2:33But you know, I suspect if you don't
- 2:35really have to get out, it's
- 2:36probably best to give it another
- 2:37day.
- 2:38Now we might have escaped the
- 2:39precipitation for now, but freezing
- 2:41temperatures will be sticking around
- 2:42the Austin area this week.
- 2:44The National Weather Service is
- 2:45forecasting nightly lows in the
- 2:47teens and twenties every night this
- 2:48week, except for Thursday, which
- 2:50right now is expected to reach right
- 2:52around 33 degrees.
- 2:54An extreme cold warning that was set
- 2:56to expire earlier today has
- 2:57now been extended through nine
- 2:59o'clock tomorrow morning.
- 3:01We will continue to keep you updated
- 3:03on the latest weather impacts here
- 3:05on KUT News over on the
- 3:06KUT app.
- 3:07And online at KUT.org.
- 3:11Right now we're gonna transition
- 3:12over and talk with KUT
- 3:14city hall reporter, Luz Moreno
- 3:16Lozano.
- 3:16She is joining us to talk about the
- 3:18city's response to the weather.
- 3:19Luz, thanks for coming on the show.
- 3:21Hey Jerry, thanks for having me.
- 3:22So I do know that
- 3:24at least one person died during this
- 3:26weekend's weather or what details
- 3:28do we have about that death so far?
- 3:30Yeah, it was a man who was found
- 3:32in an abandoned parking lot.
- 3:34There used to be a Shell gas station
- 3:36there. It was somewhere along
- 3:38I-35, kind of near 38
- 3:39and a half street.
- 3:41We don't know more about you know
- 3:43anything else that's happened since,
- 3:45but Mayor Watson says that this
- 3:46man probably died of exposure to the
- 3:48extreme cold and he
- 3:50kind of touted the fact that
- 3:52hopefully these kinds of things are
- 3:53being avoided with the
- 3:55opening of shelters
- 3:57and warming centers over the next
- 3:59several place.
- 3:59Yeah, let me ask you a little bit
- 4:00about those warming shelters as
- 4:02you said they have been operating
- 4:04and the city made a
- 4:06point on Friday to talk about how
- 4:07prepared they were ahead of
- 4:09the weekend's weather or what was
- 4:11activity like at the warming
- 4:12shelters this weekend.
- 4:13Yeah, there was, I'm hearing record
- 4:16number of people who took advantage
- 4:17of the shelters.
- 4:18I saw this warning that they were
- 4:20totaling around 879
- 4:22people who were welcomed across
- 4:24the seven different facilities that
- 4:26they're offering.
- 4:27That number could grow as things,
- 4:30as we just heard, the
- 4:32extreme cold warning
- 4:34was extended to tomorrow morning.
- 4:36So these shelters are expected to
- 4:38operate at least through tomorrow,
- 4:40and they'll another call tomorrow to
- 4:41decide if they need to keep them
- 4:42open a little longer.
- 4:44Okay, well, whenever we get cold
- 4:46weather, people are always concerned
- 4:47about the possibility of power
- 4:49outages, especially when we're
- 4:50hearing about freezing ice or
- 4:52freezing rain.
- 4:53At this hour, we're only seeing a
- 4:55couple of handfuls of power-outages
- 4:56across Austin.
- 4:58How did that play out over the
- 4:59weekend?
- 4:59Yeah, you know, I'm
- 5:01looking at the page right now as we
- 5:03speak. Yeah, it looks like we have
- 5:0499.98% of
- 5:06customers with power, which is a
- 5:09huge change from those
- 5:10previous winter storms.
- 5:12And we saw several outages.
- 5:13I was hearing that a lot of it was,
- 5:15you know, they had prepared with
- 5:17weatherization of systems and
- 5:19equipment and things.
- 5:21But the sleet that happened
- 5:23over the weekend Saturday apparently
- 5:24has been very helpful.
- 5:25In. That didn't accumulate on those
- 5:27heavy tree limbs that we saw, I
- 5:29think in 2023, when
- 5:31all the trees were kind of falling
- 5:32on power lines.
- 5:34And yeah, and not giving
- 5:36us power during that
- 5:38time.
- 5:39As you mentioned, we heard from the
- 5:41National Weather Service Meteorologist
- 5:42at the top of the show.
- 5:43Yes, it is going to get warmer
- 5:45today, but it's probably still
- 5:47best not to drive on the roads if
- 5:49you don't have to.
- 5:51With that in mind, I know there was
- 5:52some disruption to CapMetro transit
- 5:54service over the weekend.
- 5:55What sort of transit service is
- 5:56available right now?
- 5:58Yes, we are operating on a
- 6:00limited service
- 6:02today.
- 6:03They said that they're hoping to
- 6:04start everything about noon so that
- 6:06things should be running.
- 6:07I did see that they are expecting
- 6:09to resume normal operations
- 6:11tomorrow. I think they'll make a
- 6:12call whether or not that is
- 6:14going to happen tomorrow, depending
- 6:16on what the weather does today.
- 6:18But things are going and you know
- 6:19busses are going.
- 6:20It looks like you know bike share
- 6:21services will remain suspended
- 6:23today, but they're
- 6:26Okay, Luce, we only have about 20
- 6:28seconds left. Have we heard about
- 6:29any possible other cancelations from
- 6:32other school districts?
- 6:33I'm not seeing anything at the
- 6:35moment. I know that a lot of them
- 6:36were trying to make calls as
- 6:38close as they could.
- 6:39So this afternoon as we started to
- 6:41see Rhodes thaw, so we'll start to
- 6:43see those kind of trickling in,
- 6:45in the next hour or two.
- 6:46Alright, that is KUT City Hall
- 6:47reporter Luce Modeno Lozano joining
- 6:49us here on Austin Signal.
- 6:52Luce, thanks for the update.
- 6:53Thanks, Jerry.
- 6:59And we will continue to keep you
- 7:00updated here on KUT News
- 7:0390.5 on the KUT
- 7:05app and online at
- 7:07KUT.org.
- 7:10Well one of the races catching lots
- 7:11of eyes and ears this midterm
- 7:13election year is happening right
- 7:15here in Texas.
- 7:16That's the U.S.
- 7:17Senate race for the seat long held
- 7:18by Republican John Cornyn.
- 7:21While Cornyns facing his own
- 7:22challengers in the Republican
- 7:23primary in March, the focus this
- 7:25weekend was on the top Democratic
- 7:28contenders for Senate.
- 7:29On Saturday, Dallas area
- 7:31congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and
- 7:32state representative James Tallarico
- 7:34of Austin took the stage for a
- 7:36debate in Georgetown.
- 7:37Crocket, a former civil rights
- 7:39lawyer and public defender is
- 7:41serving her second term in the U.S.
- 7:42House of Representatives.
- 7:44Tallarica, a formal teacher, has
- 7:46been a Texas House member since
- 7:472018.
- 7:49Saturday's matchup was hosted by the
- 7:51Texas AFL-CIO and the
- 7:53candidates used the forum to offer
- 7:54Democratic voters their competing
- 7:56visions of leadership.
- 7:58The Texas newsroom's Blaise Gainey
- 7:59has this recap.
- 8:02Let's begin the debate.
- 8:03Over their hour-long debate, Jasmine
- 8:05Crockett and James Tallarico were
- 8:07asked about everything from foreign
- 8:08policy and AI regulation to
- 8:10healthcare and whether they'd
- 8:12support raising taxes on
- 8:13billionaires. And while the
- 8:14Democratic U.S.
- 8:15Senate hopefuls agreed on nearly
- 8:17everything,
- 8:17Absolutely.
- 8:18Absolutely.
- 8:19Absolutely.
- 8:21They couldn't help but showcase
- 8:23their differences, like in the first
- 8:24question about their leadership
- 8:26styles.
- 8:27Crockett framed herself as a visible
- 8:28political figure who isn't afraid
- 8:30to be confrontational and take risks
- 8:32at this critical moment.
- 8:33I think that I will do the edgy
- 8:35things, the things that the
- 8:37political consultants will never
- 8:38tell you to do, because right
- 8:40now people are hurting.
- 8:41Since first heading to Washington in
- 8:432023, her frequent jabs
- 8:45at Republicans have made her known
- 8:47nationwide, something she said
- 8:49couldn't be said for Taylor Rico.
- 8:51He's actually been elected longer
- 8:52than I have been elected, yet
- 8:54he's not as known right now because
- 8:56I have engaged in these fights
- 8:58and they have been right there
- 9:00on the front lines.
- 9:01Crockett pointed to polling showing
- 9:03her strengths with core Democratic
- 9:04voting groups like Women and the
- 9:06Working Class.
- 9:08Talarico agreed with his opponent on
- 9:09how high the stakes were in this
- 9:11election, but censored his pitch
- 9:13on governing experience and
- 9:15consistency.
- 9:15I have fought tooth and nail
- 9:17for our values in the Texas
- 9:19House of Representatives.
- 9:21I have gone toe-to-toe with the
- 9:22billionaires who are trying to
- 9:24dismantle public education in
- 9:26this state.
- 9:26A key issue for both candidates,
- 9:28immigration policy and how it's
- 9:30being enforced by the Trump
- 9:31administration.
- 9:32Saturday's debate came just hours
- 9:34after news broke about another
- 9:36civilian killed by immigration and
- 9:38customs enforcement agents in
- 9:39Minneapolis.
- 9:40I executed a man
- 9:42in broad daylight on our streets
- 9:44just this morning.
- 9:46It's time to tear down this
- 9:48secret police force.
- 9:49Listen, we are not looking at
- 9:51politics as usual, and so for
- 9:53anyone that believes that we are
- 9:55going to be able to respond to this
- 9:57in a normal way, I think that
- 9:58they've got it wrong.
- 9:59Crockett also pointed to her vote in
- 10:01Congress last week against a bill to
- 10:03give the agency more money.
- 10:05The economy and affordability was
- 10:06also a recurring topic.
- 10:08Both candidates blamed billionaires
- 10:10for rising costs and shrinking
- 10:11public investment.
- 10:13Several times, Talarico stressed
- 10:14that the real fight in politics
- 10:16isn't left versus right,
- 10:18but top versus bottom.
- 10:20Billionaires want us looking
- 10:22left and right at each other,
- 10:24so we're not looking up at
- 10:25them. Right now, three
- 10:27men own as much
- 10:29wealth as the entire middle class.
- 10:32Crockett agreed that billionaires
- 10:33need to pay more taxes and
- 10:35referenced her vote against Trump's
- 10:37big beautiful bill, which she called
- 10:39the big ugly bill
- 10:40Specifically because it was all
- 10:41about giving these extraordinary tax
- 10:43breaks while at the same time
- 10:45defunding Medicaid and Medicare
- 10:47The congresswoman also argued for
- 10:48rolling back Trump's tariffs.
- 10:50Right now we know that our farmers
- 10:51and ranchers are filing record
- 10:53breaking bankruptcies in
- 10:55this moment because of the trade
- 10:57policies.
- 10:57But some of the candidates' sharpest
- 10:59exchanges censored on executive
- 11:00power and foreign policy, including
- 11:03recent U.S.
- 11:04Military actions.
- 11:05This intervention in Venezuela
- 11:07is not only reckless, it is
- 11:09deeply corrupt.
- 11:10Trump promised the biggest oil
- 11:12executives in this country a, quote,
- 11:14great deal if they gave him a
- 11:15billion dollars for his reelection
- 11:17campaign. And then he turned around
- 11:18and gave them a gift.
- 11:20He gave them the nation of Venezuela
- 11:21home to the largest oil reserves
- 11:23in the world.
- 11:23The world.
- 11:25More broadly, Crockett warned this
- 11:26type of unchecked presidential power
- 11:28could have destabilizing global
- 11:30consequences.
- 11:31This president is seemingly trying
- 11:33to plunge us not only into a civil
- 11:35war with ice, but he's also
- 11:37trying to plung us into World War
- 11:38III.
- 11:39They were then asked whether they'd
- 11:41vote to impeach President Trump.
- 11:48I think that there is more than
- 11:50enough to impeach Donald Trump.
- 11:51Now, after seeing both candidates
- 11:53in action, Democratic voters will be
- 11:55whining their choices for U.S.
- 11:56Senate. Joshua Blank is a UT Austin
- 11:58political scientist.
- 12:00Are they looking for someone who's
- 12:01going to go and be an out
- 12:03and out fighter or are they looking
- 12:04maybe for someone who's looking in
- 12:06some sense to change the trajectory
- 12:08of things a little bit,
- 12:10especially along this front, the
- 12:11sort of dimension of, you know, how
- 12:12combative it is.
- 12:13The last day to register to vote in
- 12:15the March 3 primary is February
- 12:172nd.
- 12:18Early voting starts on the 17th.
- 12:20I'm Blaze Gainey in Austin.
- 12:24This is Austin Signal,
- 12:26thank you for tuning in to
- 12:27listener-powered public radio
- 12:29KUT News 90.5.
- 12:32You can find more from us on the
- 12:34KUT app and online at
- 12:36KUT.org.
- 12:38Coming up, we're going to chat with
- 12:39the KutX Artists of the Month,
- 12:41Annabelle Cherlegs.
- 12:42Their new record is out Friday.
- 12:44That's after this break.
- 13:00This is Austin Signal, thank you for
- 13:02tuning in.
- 13:10Annabelle Chairlegs have been
- 13:11rocking here in Austin for a few
- 13:13years now.
- 13:14It's part of the reason why they are
- 13:16the KUTX Artists of the Month
- 13:17for January.
- 13:19They've got a new album coming out
- 13:20at the end of this month called
- 13:22Waking Up.
- 13:22True flight,
- 13:25the sky is calling on me
- 13:30My feet, they won't step up,
- 13:32they shout.
- 13:37Lindsay Mackin is the leading force
- 13:38of Annabelle Chairlegs, and Lindsay
- 13:40is here with us now on Austin
- 13:42Signal. Great to have you.
- 13:43I'm so excited to be here, thank
- 13:45you.
- 13:45Well, we're excited to have you in
- 13:47here. It's always great to start off
- 13:48the new year with some good music
- 13:50here on The Signal.
- 13:51But before we get into the more
- 13:53serious things, I think maybe my
- 13:55producer might have thought your
- 13:56name was Annabelle Chairlegs.
- 13:57Does that happen to you often, or do
- 13:59people know that that is
- 14:01probably a stage name?
- 14:03Absolutely all the time.
- 14:03Okay, okay.
- 14:04Annabelle, I'm still not-
- 14:06Missed chair legs, something like
- 14:07that, you know? Yeah, that'd be good too.
- 14:08Chair legs, Annabell.
- 14:10Okay, well, where does it come
- 14:12from? Where does that name?
- 14:13Where is its origins?
- 14:14The first band I was ever in,
- 14:16in college, we all had just
- 14:18wacky nicknames, and that was my
- 14:20nickname. So I sort of just kept it
- 14:22going over the next step in the
- 14:24musical journey.
- 14:25Well, speaking of musical journey,
- 14:26tell us a little bit about yours.
- 14:28Are you a self-taught musician?
- 14:29How long have you actually been
- 14:30making music of your own?
- 14:32Yeah, totally.
- 14:33I actually, I was studying acting in
- 14:35college. I started singing with a
- 14:37band and they all sort of
- 14:39helped teach me guitar.
- 14:41And we moved to Austin together.
- 14:43And I was like, you know what, I
- 14:44want to play guitar and start a
- 14:46band.
- 14:47So kept playing guitar and
- 14:49started recording and writing songs
- 14:50and then been doing it ever
- 14:52since.
- 14:53So when did you move to Austin?
- 14:5513 years ago.
- 14:56Okay, how scary, where were you
- 14:57coming from, and what was that like?
- 14:59So I was coming from Santa
- 15:01Fe, New Mexico, had graduated
- 15:02college there, was gonna move back
- 15:04to the East Coast and then went on
- 15:06tour with this band I was in.
- 15:08And on tour I was like, you know
- 15:09what?
- 15:10Let's, I'm gonna keep doing this.
- 15:12I'll come with you guys to Texas,
- 15:13why not?
- 15:15So yeah, kind of was a crazy
- 15:17thing that just ended up happening
- 15:18and now I've been here and I love
- 15:20it.
- 15:20Yeah, yeah, now you've been here
- 15:21since then, and you've been working
- 15:23on music for a while.
- 15:25Looking back at your musical
- 15:27journey, I guess, how would you say
- 15:29your music has changed?
- 15:30How have you adapted to the
- 15:32city and kind of melded who
- 15:34you are and who the city of Austin
- 15:35is and to what Annabelle Chairleg
- 15:37sounds like?
- 15:38Um, it's changed quite a bit.
- 15:40You know, I kind of think of
- 15:41Annabelle chair legs, like my
- 15:43cartoon diary or something,
- 15:45um, and when I came
- 15:47here, it had a lot of,
- 15:49it almost sounded like desert rock.
- 15:50Like I felt like it was a big piece
- 15:52of Santa Fe was still with me.
- 15:53And as I've been here, the
- 15:55things I've gone through, it
- 15:57definitely transitioned.
- 15:58It's gotten a little dark, but I'm
- 16:00thinking we're coming out of the
- 16:01darkness and entering into the
- 16:03light. So yeah, it has kind
- 16:05of just been.
- 16:06What my journey's been the last 10
- 16:08years or so.
- 16:10And yeah, I'm kind of excited to see
- 16:11where it ends up next.
- 16:23Walking next to me
- 16:25But before I go
- 16:27I ask me if
- 16:28Yeah, well you're obviously the
- 16:30leading force of the band, but tell
- 16:31us a little bit about the people
- 16:32that you play with.
- 16:33Have they been the same group the
- 16:34entire time?
- 16:35Have they had different changes?
- 16:36Who are they?
- 16:37Yeah, so there's been quite a few
- 16:39changes, and the group I'm playing
- 16:40with now, I'm so excited about.
- 16:42This is actually maybe our
- 16:44second show all playing together.
- 16:46Oh really? Okay, here in the studio
- 16:481A.
- 16:48Yes, in City ONA.
- 16:49So I've been playing with Nick who's
- 16:50on drums, who's incredible,
- 16:52for a few years now.
- 16:54And Nolan Potter, who is playing
- 16:56guitar, he was actually in the band
- 16:5710 years ago.
- 16:59Oh, wow.
- 16:59And now is back in the bands,
- 17:01was playing bass for a while, but
- 17:03now he's on guitar.
- 17:04And then our newest member is
- 17:05Simone, and she's playing bass.
- 17:08Okay, that's very
- 17:09Very exciting.
- 17:10Power lineup.
- 17:11It's awesome.
- 17:14Your left won't leave
- 17:16me, no, your left won...
- 17:30Okay, well tell us a little bit
- 17:31about waking up and the sound of it.
- 17:33So Waking Up, actually,
- 17:36I had recorded an album years ago
- 17:38and decided I wanted
- 17:39to not put it out and
- 17:41rip it in half and make two
- 17:43different albums.
- 17:46And originally it was called Heavy
- 17:47Sleeper and this one,
- 17:50sort of, I added a few new songs
- 17:52and it became Waking up and this
- 17:54is the first part of that ripped
- 17:55apart album, if that makes sense.
- 17:57Okay, well tell us a little bit
- 17:58about the songs that you're going to
- 17:59be playing in Studio 1A.
- 18:00Sure, we're playing Concrete
- 18:02Trees, which is definitely one of my
- 18:04favorite songs.
- 18:20I actually wrote that song about
- 18:22a friend of mine who died and
- 18:24it was, I was sort of thinking about
- 18:26when you die, are you still around
- 18:28and are people with
- 18:30you or are they, you know, I sort of
- 18:32imagined me and her running around
- 18:34New York City and what that would be
- 18:35like.
- 18:37So there's a lot of themes on this
- 18:38album that have to do with death
- 18:40and dying and sleep and
- 18:43awake and those
- 18:45sort of themes, so.
- 18:46And you said you wrote this album a
- 18:47few years ago?
- 18:48A few of the songs.
- 18:50Yeah, I would say we recorded this
- 18:52two years ago.
- 18:54Okay. Exactly.
- 18:55So.
- 18:55Okay, so what made you want to
- 18:56revisit some of that material?
- 18:57Um, I think that
- 18:59it sort of found its way back to
- 19:01the surface.
- 19:02Um, you know, things sort of fell by
- 19:04the wayside and then I wrote some
- 19:05new songs and that it was like, oh,
- 19:07these all sort of make sense in the
- 19:09same world, you know, so that was
- 19:11the idea of splitting that other
- 19:12album apart was like these new songs
- 19:14go with these old ones and these old
- 19:16one goes with these new ones.
- 19:18So, you know, how can these be more
- 19:20realized and live in a better world
- 19:21together?
- 19:22That's very exciting.
- 19:24How long have you been making music?
- 19:26You said you got here in 2013,
- 19:28right? Is that correct?
- 19:29And you were already making music
- 19:30before then.
- 19:31Going back, I guess now I'm asking
- 19:33you to kind of go back and
- 19:35forth from where we are right now
- 19:37to the music you were making then.
- 19:39What have you appreciated,
- 19:41not necessarily like the best part,
- 19:43but what have you appreciate about
- 19:44how you have grown as an
- 19:46artist from that time to now?
- 19:49I think it's maybe
- 19:51becoming more fearless,
- 19:53leaning into things more,
- 19:54having more intention, believing
- 19:56in what you're doing more, thinking
- 19:58about what you saying and what you
- 20:00playing and doing it and
- 20:02saying it with intention, I think
- 20:03has been the coolest thing to
- 20:05figure out.
- 20:06Do you think you came to Austin with
- 20:08a bit of imposter syndrome as
- 20:10can I do this, am I really
- 20:13capable of doing it,
- 20:15and now you're maybe experiencing
- 20:16that, yeah, I can do
- 20:18this and I do do this.
- 20:20Oh, absolutely.
- 20:21When I first moved here, I hadn't
- 20:23really, I could barely play guitar.
- 20:24And I remember I started working at
- 20:27Home Slice Pizza and I met a
- 20:29music lawyer and he was like, what
- 20:31do you do? And I was like, oh, I
- 20:32have a band. And I didn't really
- 20:34have a band yet, but I was, like,
- 20:35I'm going to have a ban.
- 20:36And he was like well, if you ever
- 20:38need anything in like law
- 20:40and music, like let me know.
- 20:42And i was like absolutely I will and
- 20:45sure enough like six years later
- 20:47I got my first like contract
- 20:49for like a sink situation and
- 20:51I found his
- 20:54card and I was like, I'm gonna reach
- 20:56out and see if he'll help me with
- 20:57this contract because I don't
- 20:58understand it.
- 20:59And sure enough, I reached out and
- 21:01he got back to me and helped
- 21:03me out with the contract.
- 21:04And I was, you know, if you believe
- 21:06something and you see it and
- 21:08you believe it's gonna happen, it'll
- 21:09happen.
- 21:10That's right.
- 21:10Fake it till you make it and the
- 21:12power of saying yes.
- 21:14OK, so what are you most excited for
- 21:16our listeners, the KUT acts, KUT
- 21:19listeners to hear in your
- 21:21new material?
- 21:22Um, that's
- 21:24a great question.
- 21:26I think I'm ex I would love,
- 21:28um, people to
- 21:30feel like they're somewhere else or
- 21:32feel like there in a scene of a
- 21:34movie or let themselves go
- 21:36wherever the sounds take them or
- 21:37whatever it feels like.
- 21:39And to just feel that and be
- 21:41there.
- 21:42Excellent. Well, your new album is
- 21:43coming out January 30th.
- 21:45Do you have any shows coming up to
- 21:46celebrate?
- 21:47Yeah, we're actually gonna have an
- 21:49album release party at Mohawk
- 21:51on February 13th.
- 21:54So that's really exciting.
- 21:56And then hopefully we'll be touring
- 21:57quite a bit. And I know we're
- 21:59definitely going to Europe and the
- 22:00UK in September.
- 22:02Excellent. Well, congratulations and
- 22:04hopefully many, many more shows in
- 22:06the future.
- 22:07And again, we are going to share the
- 22:08Studio One A show in our
- 22:10show notes, kut.org slash
- 22:12signal. And you can find it in the
- 22:14show notes for today's show.
- 22:16We've been speaking with Lindsay
- 22:17Mackin of Annabelle Chairlegs.
- 22:19They are the KUTX Artists of the
- 22:20Month for January.
- 22:22Thanks so much for talking with us.
- 22:23Thank you so much.
- 22:31And thank you out there for tuning
- 22:33in to Austin Signal, making us
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- 22:43We will have the latest for you on
- 22:45the KUT app and online at
- 22:47KUT.org.
- 22:48Thank you to Rene Chavez for his
- 22:50help with today's episode.
- 22:52Thank you, to Kristin Cabrera and
- 22:53Rayna Sevilla.
- 22:55I'm Jerry Quijano.
- 22:56Talk to you tomorrow.
- 22:57This is Austin Signal.