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Live Music Complaint From Live Music Task Force Member

Props to the Austin American Statesman for putting the audio from the 911 call that shut down Shady Grove on their website (Austin360). The audio even includes the caller giving his name. I can empathize with Mr. Trainer since the music does seem pretty loud, but when you live just across the street, and up the hill, from one of the busiest restaurant neighborhoods maybe you should recognize you’re in the minority for not wanting to hear music in the neighborhood…particularly at 7:30pm on a Thursday.

I feel more than a little empathy for Mr Trainer’s name making it onto the interwebs since it isn’t difficult to find a person’s address these days. I won’t tell you which house it is specifically, but Scott lives inside this graphic:

In case you were wondering, this decibel level compare chart shows that the city’s 75dB limit on restaurants is just above normal conversation tones, and below telephone dial tone.