http://forums.viachicago.org/index.php?showtopic=27357Best Music Venue in a Vast, Arid Expanse: Ballroom Marfa. This middle-of-the-nowhere west-Texas venue (in the unlikely and much-lauded art center Marfa) has become a must-stop for musicians like Patty Griffin, Jeff Tweedy, Yo La Tengo, and Spoon, who have all recently played the eight-year-old dance hall's ambitious and eclectic music series.