“Duran Duran” and the Ordinary World
This weekend the Austin City Limits television show aired the Duran Duran episode that was taped on October 5th of last year, making it a great time to take a look back at the...
Category: Austin
Soon It May Be “All Over Now” for The Rolling Stones
When the news of the Astroworld tragedy in Houston was unfolding, the first thing that came to my mind was Altamont, the 1969 tragedy where multiple people died at a Rolling Stones concert at...
SXSW Is Bringing Texas to the World
As expected, South by Southwest is all digital this year. It’s bringing Texas to the world, instead of bringing the world to Texas. Singer/ National Treasure Willie Nelson is a SXSW keynote speaker, as...
My Friends Helped Austin While Ted Cruz Vacationed
Before Covid hit, Austin, Texas was a party town. We had festivals and events and a town where people had the skills needed to create a temporary city from scratch. We even had a...
Bad News Outside The Bar
On the Saturday where Space X became the first company to launch astronauts into orbit while my friends were out protesting the murder of Floyd George, I was out on an errand between Houston...
Anna’s Column on the Austin City Limits
Anna’s column on this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival is up on the Dallas Morning News website. Read it here.
Outnumbered by Monkeys
This past weekend at the Highball, “Outnumbered by Monkeys” played as part of the “Fringe with Benefits” show.
Finding a SXSW Photo in the Wild
* Every so often I’ll be looking for something else, and stumble across one of my pictures in the wild. Here’s a SXSW story from VICE on “The best places to cry during SXSW”...
A Blog Post Riffing Off Of One of My Columns
Back in the old days, people would send a letter to the editor when they loved a column, or maybe leave your editor a long phone message when they were touched. Nowadays they might...
Thor and Friends
Have you seen Thor & Friends, the musical collective from Austin’s Thor Harris? Earlier this winter, the group played a show at the Lemon Lounge in Austin, in support of their new record, The...
