Covering Music, Film and Pop Culture
Earlier this fall, I slipped down to Stubb’s to catch a rare Austin performance from my favorite Estonian band “Ewert and the Two Dragons,” while they were on their first cross-country American tour
The band played the inside room at Stubb’s on Red River, and I think they made a few new fans!
The last time I saw the band Portugal. The Man, they were playing a free in-store show at Waterloo Records. Tonight they are taping an Austin City Limits television show, which is also being streamed.
When I was in Japan last year, I took a few pictures of decor for the upcoming Halloween holiday. You can read about the emergence of Halloween in Japan here.
This weekend was my first trip to Art Outside, the weekend festival that had music and art scatted across the campground of Apache Pass.
Due to a death in the family , I was only able to drop into the festival for a few hours on Sunday.
We’re living in a food-oriented society right now, with more people seriously interested in food than ever before. So it shouldn’t come as much surprise that the breakout stars of the third year of...
Every so often I look at the Craigslist writing ads, figuring that there might be something useful mixed in among the dreadfulness. Sometimes the cresting point of the dreadfulness is so high that you can’t help but notice it, point at it, and spend time mocking it!
This morning I found a fabulous offer in with the Craigslist “writing” ads, though I suspect that the only writing going on here is what other people will be writing about this job opening!
Fall is always a sad time of year. The days get shorter. The leaves fall off the trees. Sometimes you end up going to the funeral of your 86 year-old great aunt who lived on the same farm her entire life.
Elijah Wood shows off his new Fantastic Fest tattoo to a friend! Fantastic Fest—America’s largest genre film festival—took place at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Lakeline from September 19-26. Keanu Reeves, Elijah Wood and Robert Rodriguez...
Its been a busy few weeks for me. Fantastic Fest, SXSW Eco, ACL and Scare For a Cure all happen at nearly the same time.
If you are going to that big ole music festival down at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas, you might be seeing the British band Noah and the Whale. This past summer I chatted with...
