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Why I Still Love Texas: Guy Clark and His Sidekicks
Posted on March 13, 2012 | 2 CommentsWe went to hear legendary singer/songwriter Guy Clark at the wistfully named One World Theater in the hills west of Austin last night. Clark is ill and in pain, but... -
And, On Piano, Dick Nixon: Music and Anarchy
Posted on January 27, 2012 | 2 CommentsWhen then-President Richard Nixon sat down at the piano on the stage of the Grand Old Opry in 1974, he was reinforcing a conservative, polemical wall of sound to help... -
Untamable Melodies: Music’s Revolutionary Spirit
Posted on January 15, 2012 | 2 CommentsAlone in the walnut-paneled music room, his favorite of Fair Lane Mansion’s 56 rooms, automobile tycoon Henry Ford picks up one of his two Stradivarius violins. It is 1920 or... -
Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs – Alone in This Together
Posted on October 9, 2011 | 4 CommentsIn my last review of Star Anna and the Laughing Dogs I promised a follow up about how their album would have a living room sound to it–meaning intimate and... -
We Need a Little Light
Posted on September 13, 2011 | 1 CommentWhat interesting parallels I’m having this week with the stories I wrote ten years ago as the Slate Diarist not long after 9/11. There was a lot of talk in... -
Spotify Killed the Record Store
Posted on August 6, 2011 | No CommentsI hate to say it, but I think the arrival of Spotify in the U.S. signals the death knell for indie record stores. For less than 10 bucks a month,... -
Part 3: Documentaries that Change the Way We Think About Art
Posted on March 4, 2011 | No CommentsBeautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of ‘Smile’ is a documentary that proves the maxim that no art project is ever dead. The film tells the story of the... -
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Part 2: Documentaries that Change the Way We Think About Art
Posted on March 2, 2011 | 1 Comment[caption id="attachment_8682" align="alignleft" width="604" caption="Steve "Lips" Kudlow with renowned country musician Damon Bramblett at Emo's."]
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An Academy Awards Past….
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Musician Sam Baker Makes Visual Art Debut
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