What’s Goin’ On at 12th and Chicon? Part 2: OTIS and LOLA
“I was done with men,” said Lola.
Austin-Zeitgeist
Fairytale of New Orleans: Me and the Pogues, 1988
Return of the drunken Irish bastard.
Mirth, Sins & Fire: 40 years of throwing my life away
The night I joined the rock n’ roll circus
Bobby Keys: Rolling Stone From Texas 1943- 2014
Bobby Keys was the larger-than-life Texan the Rolling Stones had hoped to meet on their first visit to the mythical Lone Star State to play the Teenage World’s Fair in 1964.
Tim C. Curry 1951- 2015: an epitaph in song
Leaving the troubles of this world and going home. But not before leaving a piece of his soul.
The worst thing I ever went through never happened
By Michael Corcoran Was this really happening? Being marched, handcuffed behind my back, through the crowd of about 5,000 at Waterloo Park, sobered me up and gave me time to think practically. Busted for hitting on a joint a friend passed me, I would certainly be fired from my job as music critic for the […]
Sometimes we use others as a source of pride. Lisa Pankratz is happy to help.
I was married for a little while in the ‘90s. Future ex-wife was in the art business, but her previous boyfriend was MC 900-FT Jesus so she knew a little about electronica, jazz and hip hop lite. Didn’t know- or seem to care- anything about the roots and country music I covered for the Dallas […]
Austin, what did I do to deserve you?
This song is about the soul of Austin, Texas being priced out of the market. It doesn’t matter anymore that the music was here first.
There’s never a wrong time to be born
Suzanna Choffel got pregnant and broke my heart. I got over it.
Gettin’ Mighty Crowded: the story of SXSW is the story of Austin today
This column is from Feb. 2014 Sunday is March 1. MARCH FIRST! People in Austin start freaking out- a mix of horror and excitement- when they flip the calendar and see it’s March. The chest pounds like being in the tunnel before a big football game. The third month means South by Southwest and, godammit, […]