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Mike Kanin is the Publisher of the Austin Monitor. As such, he doesn't report on much--aside from the workings of the Monitor--any more. In his previous life as a freelance journalist, Kanin has written for the Washington City Paper, the Washington Post's Express, the Boston Herald, Boston's Weekly Dig, the Austin Chronicle, and the Texas Observer.
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Austin Monitor Radio: The state of Austin music
Monday, June 29, 2015 by Michael Kanin
Austin Music People’s Jennifer Houlihan joins Monitor publisher Mike Kanin to talk about the state of music in the “live music capital of the world.” Show is embedded below:
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