Seeing the Swans
Sometimes you end up having a transformative experience when you least expect it. When the band the Swans came to Houston in June, and the flight I was expecting to be on was cancelled,...
Category: Texas
Call God
I found a pay phone in Pasadena, Texas where you can call God. This may be the best re-use of a pay phone ever! Call God from this pay phone in #Pasadena, Texas. pic.twitter.com/1ZmV88zirp...
Postmodern Movie Palace On South Lamar!
In the early twentieth century, movie studios constructed movie palaces. These fancy and fanciful buildings with their ornate ceilings and balconies were considered to be the best place to show the feature films that...
“Nothing Bad Can Happen” is The Film I’ve Been Thinking About For Six Months
When I went into the Fantastic Fest screening of “Nothing Bad Can Happen” last fall, I was totally unprepared for what hit me. Going in, I knew the film was German and was directed...
You Can’t Go Home Again: A Photo Essay.
Last month I went to the Hanks family reunion outside of San Augustine, Texas. One of the major points of discussion was about how the “old home place” (which is still owned by the...
Waterloosers Club
Waterloo Records in Austin, Texas has been voted the best independent record store in the US by a number of different entities. What few people outside of Austin realize is that the store often...
Signs of the Times: I may be more Early 1960s than Late 1960s.
After thinking a lot after Austin Psych Fest and then been catching up on this season’s Mad Men television show (where I hate that they’ve moved from the very pretty early 1960s to the...
The Fun Fun Fun Fest Lineup Looks Like Fun Fun Fun!
It’s nice to see a festival that I worked the guest list for several years in row get bigger and bigger! I’m VERY pleased about much of the 2014 Fun Fun Fun Fest lineup...
Austin Psych Fest Made Me Think About Changes From the 1960s
Back when I was in elementary school, we were in a unit learning about the tumultuous events of the 1960s, which included everything from Vietnam to the Civil Rights movement. It was going slowly....
Austin Psych Fest Spotlight: Bo Ningen
I caught the London-based Japanese-born act Bo Ningen at SXSW this year. I was at the “British Music Lounge” waiting for buzz-band Temples (who are also on the Psych Fest lineup this year), when...
