Jane Doe at Fantastic Fest
You’ve heard the one about people whistling past the graveyard, to hide their fear? What would you say if you’d seen film festival-goers up to their elbows in a prop body? During Fantastic Fest...
Category: festival
Snapshots and Crowd Scenes From ACL 2016
During the first weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, I was busy talking to people in order to write a column for the Dallas Morning News about the festival. I grabbed a...
ACL Fest sells a watered-down version of the Texas mythos
ACL Fest sells a watered-down versionTwo years ago I flew out of Austin just after the Austin City Limits Music Festival and noticed everyone in my row was sporting an ACL wristband. It wasn’t...
Zoology at Fantastic Fest
As we get older, our bodies change. Hair grows in places, it goes away in other places. Wrinkles form, things move around. Nothing stays the same. But no one expects to grow a...
Smartphones and Death
Earlier this month noted political blogger Andrew Sullivan had an essay in New York Magazine, where he talked about leaving the Internet and social media for his health. Sullivan talks about our recent change...
Satanic Panic at the Highball
I’m all for bar games, but the new “Satanic Panic” room at the Highball in Austin, Texas may be a bit too far. Unveiled as part of Fantastic Fest, the room will be continue...
Check Out Today’s Column on Positivus
If you haven’t already seen today’s column in the Dallas Morning News on Positivus and Latvia and Donald Trump, click here.
Positivus in Pictures
Here’s a first look at some of the things I saw at the Positivus festival in Latvia this year. I’m so glad I went! It was chilly this year for someone from Texas, but...
Positivus in Storify
If you’re curious what my Positivus festvial was like this year, check out my social media snapshot on Storify.
