Nashville Film Festival: Day One
Special from “Our Man in Nashville”, Jason T. Sparks Nashville, Tennessee, 10 May, 2018: The Regal Hollywood 27. This theatre is next to a building known as 100 Oaks, which was in the 1950s...
Author: Anna
Royal Wedding: Our American Excitement…
I wrote about the Royal Weddin’ for the Dallas Morning News.
What’s on: Nashville Film Festival!
Special from “Our Man in Nashville” Jason T Sparks This year’s Nashville Film Festival will see somewhere around fifty films screened. While your obedient Man In Nashville would gladly attend every last one of...
Our Man In Nashville
MISS ANNA, THE TEXAN DOROTHY PARKER WHOSE BLOG THIS IS, asked me to introduce myself to you, her loyal readers. I’m Jason T Sparks. I plan to write under the header “Our Man in...
At Austin’s Indie Meme Fest
Here are a few pictures* from the super-fun Indie Meme Film Festival, which showcases indie films from South Asia. It was great to see a red carpet filled with female directors, and I love...
A New Song With an 80s Sound
While music from established people isn’t really our thing, this 80s-ish tune from Daphne Guinness tends to stick in the head, is worth a listen. h/t The Cut
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...
Dallas Morning News: The Women of SXSW are Not Here to Sip Lavender Drinks
For South by Southwest, I wrote a huge opinion section article in the Dallas Morning News about the event. They even had a teaser above the masthead! Read it on their site if you...
Why We Go To Festivals
In case you missed it, here is the long story on festivals that was in the Dallas Morning News.
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...
