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For the past two years, residents have struggled to deal with the West Campus Music Ordinance, which threatens the future of live music in one part of the “Live Music Capital of the World.”
The University of Texas at Austin: where the person sitting next to you in astronomy by day can be found performing onstage at Cheer Up Charlies by night.
It’s 10 p.m. at the West Campus Block Party, and the crowd at the 21st Street Co-op is looking a little sparse as the final band of the evening, Ruby and the Reckless, finishes up their soundcheck. Frontwoman Ruby Jane Smith states her requests confidently during the soundcheck — this clearly isn’t her first rodeo, and she knows what she wants.