Flat Stanley Comes to Austin
My cousin’s son’s friend, Stanley, just came for a visit to Austin, Texas. Since Stanly is quite tiny, he is able to travel by envelope. Traveling by envelope is nearly as good as traveling...
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Sisten Helen Prejean at Southwestern
Last month Sister Helen Prejean was at Southwestern University. Prejean is known for work with death row inmates, and is the basis for the movie Dead Man Walking. You can watch her...
The Lobster
The new film The Lobster opens next week. It’s a quirky love story in a dystopian world where coupledom is strictly enforced, and there are major consequences for not falling into a steady partnership....
Goodbye Prince
It’s been a day of being sad, listening to Prince, and regretting that I never got to meet the dude. Here are a few pictures from after the Purple One’s SXSW show in...
Travel spotlight: Florida’s Ormond Beach
When it comes to the Florida coast, Daytona Beach gets all the press, from the Daytona 500 to bike week Just north of the rowdy Daytona Beach is the quieter Ormond Beach, not far...
Sheer Mag: Catch Them at Coachella!
The Philly band Sheer Mag is playing Coachella today. Rolling Stone just listed them “10 Great Modern Punk Bands” Catch them if you are there! The festival is being live-streamed, but it’s hard to...
Sunday Music Pick: Cherub at Euphoria
In a few hours the Murfreesboro, Tennessee band (who both went to school in Murfreesboro at MTSU) Cherub is taking the stage as one of the Sunday headlineers at the Euphoria Festival in Austin,...
That Crazy Irish Parade at SXSW!
One of the most visually incredible events at this year’s South by Southwest was the show from Ireland’s Macnas. It made SXSW feel more like the Edinburgh Festival Fringe than SXSW. It was magical, complete with...
SXSW Finds: POWR BTTM
Don’t make the mistake of searching for “Power Bottom” on the Internet when you can’t remember how this band is spelled. But these dudes in dresses did a great job at their SXSW set!...
Trump, Trauma, and the “Mexicanizing” of American Politics
Here in the middle of election season, we bring you a guest post from independent scholar Byron King, who unpacks the historical foundations that may have some part in Trump’s rise as a leading...
