Diana Zuniga, sister of Fastball's Miles Zuniga and owner of the property formerly known as the Electric Lounge (where Jeff Buckley, Morphine, ? and the Mysterians, Fastball, Spoon, & The Muffs all once held court) is reported to be working with Free For All host Paul Minor to re-open the legendary space temporarily as an official South by Southwest showcase venue. The "Gallery Lombardi Lounge," named for the adjoining art gallery, will host a variety of local and national showcase bands, daytime events and after-hours parties during this year's festival, serving catered beer and wine to the 21 & over crowd.

Meanwhile the Hole in the Wall's Rock & Roll Free For All will continue the SXSW tradition of Sunday night all-star tributes this year, presenting "HOOT NIGHT FEVER," the songs of the BEE-GEES and other Disco classics performed by scheduled acts Johnny Goudie, Spoon's Britt Daniel, the Wannabes, Lil' Cap'n Travis, Departure Lounge, El Orbit's David Beebe, Grand Champeen, American People, Superego, Trish & Darin, Pocket Fish'rmen, Golden Arm Trio, The Argyles and other "surprise" guests.

Click here to see the Gallery Lombardi Lounge Website

Subject: mindy in london
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 00:23:54 +0000
From: Tim Keegan 
Organization: Meek Giant
To: superego@io.com

Hello Shortstop.
I'm returning from London tomorrow. Very pleasant indeed. Liam Gallagher showed up at the Cotton Mather gig. I had drinks with some dudes from the Lightening Seeds and Spiritualized, and, most intriguingly, Mr. Hitchcock himself. Not as glamorous as one might hope, but then I wasn't important enough to get tickets to the NME awards show.

The reason for the immediacy of this email is to see about the free-for-alls pre-SXSW. Robyn's guitarist (who I'm staying with) us bringing his band, Departure Lounge, over for the conference. What do you have planned for the free-for-all the Sunday prior? They'd be really cool and classy to have play. They're in the midst of booking some dates around that time, so I figured I'd check in with you before they commited to something else..

Could you email TIm back at this address and/or me at my e-mail? I was also thinking we could put together some sort of pop show with you guys, Cotton Mather, Spoon, Darin and Departure Lounge. Perhaps too soon to set up for the week after/prior? Some place sparkly like the Ritz? With sparkly fliers to attract the little girlies?

I don't have your number, so email that, too, pretty please.

THanks. Kisses.

Mindy

ps. I told Robyn about the free-for-all and he said he should come down next time............cool.

Subject: booking
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 19:32:07 PST
From: "Vale R" 
To: superego@io.com

Hello there,
We are in the process of opening up a new night club in Uvalde, Texas called the Lone Star Saloon and in the process of looking up bands on the internet, we ran across your group's info. Would you please let us know what it would cost to get you guys down here to Uvalde? The booking would be for a Saturday night from 9:30pm to 1:30 am. The stage size would be about 12 X 20, there is no house system, and if all goes well, we'll get you in here throughout the entire year. Hope to hear from you as soon as possible, we'll have our Grand Opening April 1st (No it's not an April Fool's Joke either). Thanks.

Vale

Subject: Re: booking
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 22:56:07 +0000
From: Paul Minor 
Organization: Nickel $ Dime Records
To: Vale Rodriguez CC: superego@io.com

vale,

thanks for contacting me. the gig sounds like fun. i have two bands, superego plays mostly original music and the argyles plays covers.
superego could play two 45 minute original sets and maybe an hour's worth of covers. the argyles specialize in classics and oldies and regularly play four-hour shows at weddings and corporate parties throughout the state.
you can see the argyles setlist at:
http://www.io.com/~superego/argyles.html

superego can do the gig for $1,000, argyles go for $2,500. both bands carry full p.a. systems. both would need a couple of rooms and a meal.

do you have shows on fridays also? argyles are booked long in advance on most saturdays in the coming year, but if you had us on a friday we could come down to $2,000.

we just finished editing a new demo video if you would like to see a copy.

hope that helps.

Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 22:36:38 -0800 (PST)
From: jaunita 
To: superego@io.com

Paul-
This latest album is another masterpiece you should be proud to have under your belt. I love it. The back-up vocals on the 1st song is wonderful, and everthing else is so great. Including the "Tighten Up" was genious! It is so extremely wonderful Paul. Thank you for sharing your music with me. I appreciate it more than you'll ever know. Can't wait to see you live in the coming months,
love,
Jaunita

Subject: st. ed's
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 02:12:36 +0000
From: Paul Minor 
Organization: Nickel $ Dime Records
To: SIMS

Dear SIMS,

I appreciate your willingness to write a letter of recommendation for my admittance to St. Edward's Graduate Program. I hope to enroll for the Summer 2000 semester, and the application deadline is March 15th. I plan to earn a Masters in Human Services and start a career as an independent consultant specializing in conflict resolution while remaining active in the Austin music community.

I will send you the text of my personal essays in a separate message.

Thank you again, PW. SIMS has been in inspiration to me and this means a great deal. I am especially excited about the internship arrangement we discussed which is right in line with my plans to incorporate my interests in music and human services.

Subject: hey Paul, it's Jesse
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 14:49:44 -0600
From: Jesse Sublett 
To: superego@io.com

Hey Paul,
It's me, Jesse Sublett. How's it going? I don't have your phone number so I'm sending you an email in case I don't find it.

I need some help with some tapes and I thought maybe you could help me. I want to put out a live Skunks CD and I need to put some 1/4 tapes on digital, maybe some other stuff too. That's basically where I need to start.

So gimme a call. I like your new CD. I liked the last one, too.

Cheers,
Jesse

Subject: Re: lonelyland album
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 00:31:41 PST
From: "bob schneider" To: superego@io.com

Dear Paul,

Thanks for the e-mail. It means alot to hear praises from musicians that I admire.

Bob

Subject: AustinMP3.com Site Info
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 01:05:25 -0600
From: "AustinMP3.com" 
To: 

Paul,

The Superego page is now on AustinMP3.com. Please check your page for any errors:

Subject: Re: RED EYE BEAVER-EGO TONIGHT
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 07:54:40 -0600
From: Ian McLagan 
To: superego@io.com

Thanks,

Ian McLagan & The Bump Band with Cotton Mather tonight at the Saxon.

Back at you.

Mac

Subject: Re: RED EYE BEAVER-EGO TONIGHT
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 07:54:40 -0600
From: Ian McLagan 
To: superego@io.com

Please remove me from your e-mail list. It's getting annoying.

Subject: Re: E-mail list
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 07:54:40 -0600
To: Ian McLagan 
From: superego@io.com

Sorry Mac,

I will put you in the folder with the folks who don't need to get every mailout. i don't usually send out so much junk, but I guess I've been on a roll. I am in the Argyles with Dana Myzer. I did catch your show at the Saxon with Dana and Gurf and it was awesome. Thanks for the invite.

Sorry to be a pain in the arse.

Cheers,

Paul
 

Subject: wedding
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 23:31:17 EST
From: Kabonger@aol.com
To: superego@io.com

Hey Paul,

Just thought I'd drop you a line to say thanks for all the cover suggestions. The wedding gig was a smash success, we fooled everyone into thinking we were a wedding band and folks danced all night. Every one of your suggestions was right on the money. Brick House, Proud Mary, Mustang Sally etc. All huge hits. We even met this guy who was an attorney for Fender (really) that kept telling us he wanted to hook us up with all kinds of gear. Jake and I played our Strat and Tele all night to kiss ass. He loved it. Unfortunately he has since sobered up and won't return my phone calls. The club gigs we played went real well also, particularly the Hollywood one. I guess you were out in California around the same time. How'd that go?

Men From Nantucket are ready to make another Free-For-All appearance whenever you're ready to have us. I like the new format.

Good luck with SXSW. When's your showcase? I'll try to get some folks out to impress all the big stogie-chomping label bigwigs. Good luck with everything. Later.

Jeff