The Orlando Shooting + Our Blood Supply
Waking up on Sunday morning to the news of the tragedy of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Florida, my first reaction was to text my brother-in-law in Florida. Mr. Martin is an elementary school...
Author: Anna
Austin City Limits: Snapshots from the cheap-ish seats
Since my column last fall on the Austin City Limits Music Festival left quite an impression, I thought it would be good to share some of the pictures that I took of my experience...
Talking About the Austin City Limits Music Festival
Today a front-page above-the-fold story “Should Austin charge ACL organizer more for use of Zilker Park?” in the Austin American-Statesman referenced my op-ed column from last fall on the Austin City Limits Music Festival. If you missed...
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...
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...
Too Late: An Unusual Indie Film Masterpiece
I slipped into a screening of TOO LATE on a whim at Fantastic Fest last year. I wasn’t expecting much, after all hearing that a film is shot in five “one take” events on...
Are We Entering The Era of The Best Stop Motion Animation?
(Above are some photos of the Anomalisa Q&A at Fantastic Fest 2015. Charlie Kaufman is the dude in the tie.) With this release of the stop motion video for Radiohead’s “Burn the Witch,”...
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....
Burn the Witch: Radiohead Stop Motion Terror
As you may know, Radiohead just came out with a new single–just after obsessively erasing their Internet presence. The stop motion single takes a look at the dark side of “Merrie Olde England” and...
Pasadena, Texas Hot Rod Club
On the way to the grocery store in Pasadena, Texas I chanced into some old dudes and their hot rods. Here are a few photos from that encounter with some classic cars.
