The Women Who Have Songs In My Head
At the moment, there are two women who have playing in my head. One is Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett. I’ve been trying to decipher the lyrics to her song “Avant Gardener” for months now....
Category: Arts
Seeing the band “Warpaint” Three Times In One Year!
Earlier this week, I was with a friend at the Warpaint/ The National show in Austin, Texas. That’s when I realized that I’d seen Warpaint three times over the last year. Once was at...
Chatting With Stuart Murdoch, SXSW and Watching “God Help The Girl”
I’m super excited about today’s Austin City Limits Music Festival lineup announcement that includes Belle and Sebastian! Back in 2006, I spent the South by Southwest Music Festival following Latvian singer-songwriter Goran Goran around...
CATALIN by CHARLES LONG at the Contemporary Austin
Today I managed to get to the Charles Long exhibit at the Jones Center at 7th and Congress to see the CATALIN exhibit. I even managed to hit free day! Since I had overbooked...
When the Hospital Ships Docked at SXSW
During the South By Southwest Music Festival, I saw the chill and low key Lawrence, Kansas band Hospital Ships at a day party/ benefit show, which I wrote about in my column for the...
A Silly Pose From Peelander Yellow and Friends
While Peelander Yellow (of the band Peelander Z) doesn’t live in Austin, he’s often here. A couple of years ago at SXSW, he fixed my broken camera with duct tape. He has also done...
My Fifth Grade Dream Came True: Last Night I Saw Hall And Oates
Yesterday I woke up in my childhood bedroom and ended the day seeing my favorite band from fifth grade, Hall and Oates. For several years of elementary school, I attended a school built in...
Neutral Milk Hotel Played Austin, Texas Last Night! Squee!
If you had told me five years ago that I’d be on a high after seeing Neutral Milk Hotel last night in Austin, Texas I’d have asked what you were smoking. Jeff Mangum, the...
Photo Gallery: Scare For A Cure Presents “Fairy Tale Nightmare”
Last year I was lucky to be a guide at Scare For A Cure’s haunted theatrical charity fundraising event, “Fairy Tale Nightmare.” Before I started guiding most nights of our sold-out run, I grabbed...
Pictures from “Ewert and the Two Dragons” Playing Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2013
When my favorite Estonian band “Ewert and the Two Dragons” were on their Fall 2013 US tour, I managed to catch them in Austin. I’ve seen the band several times, including at both Summer...
