This band? This sound? At this venue? It doesn’t get any more Texas Hill country perfect than this.
Dec 272010
Of the music I purchased that was released in 2010, these five songs are my favorites.
Those kids at PS 22 have a cooler muisc teacher than I ever had in grade school.
While thumbing through the April 2, 2009 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, I was reading about R&B songwriter and producer Terius Nash, who goes by the-Dream.
I’m not sure if this Reid’s Dry Cleaners commercial is airing anywhere other than Austin — but there is a long tradition of using Austin singers to sing commercial jingles for local companies. Reid’s latest ad is actually kind of catchy (in a super-cheesy kinda way)…but I couldn’t place the girl singing the “Take Me [...]
The amphitheater is on a nice grassy hill, with rows of grass terraced between rows of limestone walls — perfect for sitting and enjoying the show.
Oct 092007
And now she’s teamed up with writer Melanie Wells and started their own blog (I Feel Awake Louise) about the perils of the creative life. The writing is exceptional and entertaining, and Trish (Thelma) shares some interesting and too-familiar themes and stories about growing up poor in rural Texas.
Dec 312006
Random ITunes/IPod blogging, where I set ITunes to random shuffle my entire music collection (approx. 3400 songs) and list the first ten songs that come up:
Sep 212006
I usually just keep my music collection on shuffle, but I’m wearing out the new Bob Dylan album, Modern Times and American V: A Hundred Highways by Johnny Cash. Modern Times has a very strong Texas blues sound to it…I’m certain that’s the influence of legendary blues guitarist Denny Freeman from Austin, who was in Dylan’s band for this recording (Denny was a member of the Cobras with Stevie Ray Vaughan back in the day).
Feb 202006
I have nothing to hide. Here’s my Top 10 Most Played Songs according to iTunes (on my work computer, where I listen to music the most often):
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