ACL Dispatch 2024
Read Anna’s take on the 2024 Austin City Limits Music Festival in the Dallas Morning news here.
Category: Austin
You can catch Jad Fair at Echo Bridge for the Daniel Johnston Celebation
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to catch Jad Fair, featuring Brian Birzer and Cheryl Tepper at Echo Bridge in San Antonio. I hadn’t been to Echo Bridge before that show, but it’s a lovely...
The Kids are Alright
I wrote about the protests at the University of Texas last week for the Dallas Morning News.
Total Eclipse of the Texas
Read Anna’s column in the Dallas Morning News on the 2024 total solar eclipse in Texas, and why it mattered.
ACL is the Modern Circus
Having the circus come to town was once a yearly highlight for manyAmericans. The circus trains would pull up at the city limits, thetents would be set up, and the animals and acrobats would...
“Duran Duran” and the Ordinary World
This weekend the Austin City Limits television show aired the Duran Duran episode that was taped on October 5th of last year, making it a great time to take a look back at the...
Soon It May Be “All Over Now” for The Rolling Stones
When the news of the Astroworld tragedy in Houston was unfolding, the first thing that came to my mind was Altamont, the 1969 tragedy where multiple people died at a Rolling Stones concert at...
SXSW Is Bringing Texas to the World
As expected, South by Southwest is all digital this year. It’s bringing Texas to the world, instead of bringing the world to Texas. Singer/ National Treasure Willie Nelson is a SXSW keynote speaker, as...
My Friends Helped Austin While Ted Cruz Vacationed
Before Covid hit, Austin, Texas was a party town. We had festivals and events and a town where people had the skills needed to create a temporary city from scratch. We even had a...
Bad News Outside The Bar
On the Saturday where Space X became the first company to launch astronauts into orbit while my friends were out protesting the murder of Floyd George, I was out on an errand between Houston...
