Wild Band Peelander-Z in Austin!
The culturally Japanese band Peelander-Z played a show at Spider House Ballroom in Austin, Texas last weekend. Like every one of their shows, it was crazy in a good way! Here are some...
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Austin Film Festival 2016 in Social Media
Here’s a social media snapshot of my experience at Austin Film Festival 2016.
Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse is the Dark Diamond of AFF
Every so often you stumble across an indie film that’s so fresh and lively sparkling and tightly edited that you can see the platonic ideal of what a film comedy should be. “Diani...
Snapshots and Crowd Scenes From ACL 2016
During the first weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, I was busy talking to people in order to write a column for the Dallas Morning News about the festival. I grabbed a...
ACL Fest sells a watered-down version of the Texas mythos
ACL Fest sells a watered-down versionTwo years ago I flew out of Austin just after the Austin City Limits Music Festival and noticed everyone in my row was sporting an ACL wristband. It wasn’t...
Burning Man
I haven’t the words to describe Burning Man 2016 yet, but here are a few pictures of the art and my experiences. You’ll see art on the playa, art cars, burning art, and scenes around...
Black Like Me, Part II, Hollywood Strikes Back: The Problems of Nostalgia and Colonial Revisionism in “The Legend of Tarzan”
Thanks to @lordbyron080808 for taking a look at a new film from his unique perspective! Last month I reviewed the Matthew McConnaughey Civil War drama, “Free State of Jones,” and I tried to convince readers...
Trump plan to weaken NATO obligations is unfair to the Baltic countries that had our back
In July I headed to the Positivus music festival in Salacgriva, Latvia. It’s on the border with Estonia and not far — as the tanks roll –from Russia. This was the 10th year of Positivus, and...
Black Like Me: Free State of Jones
Thanks to @lordbyron080808 for taking a look at a new film from his unique perspective! Black Like Me: Free State of Jones,” Eric Foner’s “Reconstruction,” and the Transformation of the Hollywood “White Savior” Complex Have...
Austin City Limits: Snapshots from the cheap-ish seats
Since my column last fall on the Austin City Limits Music Festival left quite an impression, I thought it would be good to share some of the pictures that I took of my experience...
