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In the early twentieth century, movie studios constructed movie palaces. These fancy and fanciful buildings with their ornate ceilings and balconies were considered to be the best place to show the feature films that...
When I went into the Fantastic Fest screening of “Nothing Bad Can Happen” last fall, I was totally unprepared for what hit me. Going in, I knew the film was German and was directed...
Last month I went to the Hanks family reunion outside of San Augustine, Texas. One of the major points of discussion was about how the “old home place” (which is still owned by the...
Waterloo Records in Austin, Texas has been voted the best independent record store in the US by a number of different entities. What few people outside of Austin realize is that the store often...
After thinking a lot after Austin Psych Fest and then been catching up on this season’s Mad Men television show (where I hate that they’ve moved from the very pretty early 1960s to the...
It’s nice to see a festival that I worked the guest list for several years in row get bigger and bigger! I’m VERY pleased about much of the 2014 Fun Fun Fun Fest lineup...
Back when I was in elementary school, we were in a unit learning about the tumultuous events of the 1960s, which included everything from Vietnam to the Civil Rights movement. It was going slowly....
I caught the London-based Japanese-born act Bo Ningen at SXSW this year. I was at the “British Music Lounge” waiting for buzz-band Temples (who are also on the Psych Fest lineup this year), when...
For the last few weeks/ months, I’ve been involved in a live-action role-playing game called Quest Night. Tonight is the last night. We are sold out and there may be thunderstorms later tonight–something that...
Everyone has a past, mine happens to be a little goth. Yet back in the late 80s when I listened to a lot of goth music, I didn’t know who had made a lot...
