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...
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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.
Couch Cultural Deconstruction
If all of our furniture could talk, it would have something to say. Maybe this couch in East Austin has self-esteem issues? For more on our cultural relationship to objects, you should really read...
Goodbye Prince
It’s been a day of being sad, listening to Prince, and regretting that I never got to meet the dude. Here are a few pictures from after the Purple One’s SXSW show in...
Travel spotlight: Florida’s Ormond Beach
When it comes to the Florida coast, Daytona Beach gets all the press, from the Daytona 500 to bike week Just north of the rowdy Daytona Beach is the quieter Ormond Beach, not far...
