1977 French Song FTW !
Thanks to a TV advert, I’ve had this 1977 French pop/punk song stuck in my head for weeks. Thanks Plastic Bertrand! I suspect that the terrorists who attacked Paris would not approve of such...
Author: Anna
Espectrostatic Video Reminds Us the Veil Is Thin
Now that the weather in Austin is turning fallish, it’s time to care more about all things dark and disturbing. Among these things is the video for Espectrostatic , with the music from Alex...
Roundup of Facebook Comments on ACL column
Last month when the Austin American -Statesman ran my column on the Austin City Limits Music Festival, there was a lot of sharing and online talk about the article. Until today, I had missed...
Renfest: Don’t Forget Your Cape!
Last year I met some friends at the “Barbarian Invasion” weekend of The Texas Renaissance Festival, outside of Houston. I hadn’t been to the festival since the early 80s and it has gotten so much bigger since then!...
Portland Japanese Garden In Fall
Last fall I spent a day photographing the beautiful Portland Japanese Garden. Here are some of the fall pictures. The garden is currently closed for a construction project, so you’ll just have to imagine...
Brooklyn: A Classic Film to Be
“Brooklyn” is one of the prettiest films I’ve seen in a long time, as well as a film that feels like updated classic cinema. The story of Irish girl Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), who...
Austin Film Festival 2015
The Austin Film Festival has come and gone for another year. Here’s a snapshot of my Austin Film Festival experience in social media! [View the story “The Austin Film Festival 2015!” on Storify]
Fun Fun Fun Throwback Friday
With the mold in the Austin air, my body is refusing to go to Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest today. So here’s a picture from Fun Fun Fun Fest 2013 with over 8,000 views...
My Column Was a Fantastic Fest “Moment.”
Other than the sharing of content, a letter to the editor and the occasional Reddit comment thread, I don’t really know who is reading my work. So even though I missed this when it...
Victoria: A Wild Single-Shot Ride of a Film
I saw the film “Victoria” at Fantastic Fest this fall, only because the world-of-mouth at the festival was so good. I had originally dismissed the film as just a “trick” because of it having...
