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I am proud to present an unusual take on Beyonce’s “Formation” video: an academic close-reading of the video by independent scholar and guest blogger Byron King: “What happened at the New Wil’ins?”: Cultural and...
Last summer I saw “Hamilton” in previews just as the show moved to Broadway. I was surprised to find how much I enjoyed stepping out of the multi-racial city of New York and into...
I don’t know about you, but it’s less than a month until “the monster that ate March” otherwise known as South by Southwest. That’s when the whole world comes to Austin and everything happens....
Earlier this evening a friend came over to the house, and asked in passing if I was still missing David Bowie. Of course I said yes. We live in a world where the endless...
The 2016 Levitation Lineup includes: Brian Wilson PERFORMING PET SOUNDS • Animal Collective • Caribou • Flying Lotus • Slowdive(band) • Sleep • Nicolas Jaar • The Brian Jonestown Massacre • The Black...
The Killers new Christmas video is everything you could want in a non-sugary, raggedy, dystopian holiday film, but with a dance-y Killers vibe. Bring on the spiked eggnog!
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...
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...
If you haven’t seen it, check out today’s Austin American-Statesman Op-ed column on the amount that C3 Presents pays to use Zilker Park for Austin City Limits Music Festival. (With over 2,000 shares since...
