I love music. I enjoy turning the knob on my car radio to switch the stations. I like how songs…
Austin City Limits Music Festival Goes VIrtual
Due to the pandemic, the ACL Music Festival has become virtual. With live videos and a playlist of the festival's…

Discover Weekly “Mix Tape”: Feb. 6-10 2019
Tonight will be the 61st annual Grammys, hosted by Alicia Keys. I'll typically watch bits and pieces of the show…

Poetry Games: Maggie Rogers
It's been some time since I've written a Poetry Game. Maggie Rogers recently released her album, Heard It in a…

ACL Fest 2018 – Weekend 2 Day 1
Ah yes, ACL Fest is upon us once again. I've lived in Austin for over a decade and never been…
Playlist 5.8.18 Daily Mix
I started using Spotify earlier this year. No, I have not converted to a streamer. I have much more respect…

ACL Announces 2018 Lineup
You know that moment in Legally Blonde when Elle finds out she's going to be part of the case? Yeah,…
Poetry Games: Billy Joel
I'll be straight up: it's been a rough day. It's EOM, the Internet at work was super spotty, my week…
Downtown Travels Mixtape Vol. 5
What to say of Volume 5? 2015. It was an interesting year. It was the age of innocence before the…

St. Vincent @ ACL Live
You know you've seen a grand show when you wish you could buy a ticket to the second night showing,…
December 22, 2017
Somebody was trying to tell me that CDs are better than vinyl because they don’t have any surface noise. I…
December 6, 2017
All this has caused me much pain. Who could have foreseen it! -Chopin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpuROwy_8mg
November 27, 2017
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. -Jimi Hendrix Jimi, today would…

October 3, 2017
I had to grow up in a lot of ways. If you do this all your life, you don't have a…
Poetry Games: David Bowie
It's been well past 18 months since this great man's passing. I'm at the point where I can listen with…