All This Is That

This is a short video bio of Dale Watson, one of my favorite country singer-songwriters in Austin. I saw him three different times when I w...

  By Pablo Fanque All This Is That National Affairs Editor It's hard to swallow the hand-wringing over Andrew Joseph Stack (another t...

It is crisp and rainy in Austin tonight. I've probably been here ten times and this is the first time it hasn't been balmy. The t...

This is my current list of the Five Greatest/Favorite Cities In The United States. In order. As with all of my lists here, I reserve the ri...

I've had a great 24 hours in Austin so far . Last night we went out to "fancy barbecue" at Lambert's in the 2nd street dis...

Long time reader, friend for thirty-nine years, and someone who makes my year every time I get to see him [1], wrote suggesting I quit usin...

Beerland sign Stubbs BBQ (Great outdoor shows. I've been to five shows there, and they were all excellent. A great crowd, mixing cowboys...

A video of Elena James playing "24 hours a day." (I just saw her in Austin last Friday night: The Save Town Lake benefit: Elana J...

I know quite a bit about Lady Bird Johnson. I've read her diaries, and many books about her husband. I didn't realize how great her...

Save Town Lake Benefit Friday night at Stubb's in Austin Jack, writing, back in Seattle: You may remember from an earlier posting that...

click the poster to enlarge I have tickets to a benefit at Stubb's Barbecue tonight--the concert to Save Town Lake (town lake, a/k/a Th...

Even though they form the plural of hobo as hoboes [sic], this is a great site ! When I was growing up, dozens of hobos tramped through ou...

The Old 97's perform Designs On You at La Zona Rosa in Austin, Texas. Watching this video reminds me I haven't been to Austin for t...

Lucinda wrote this tune about the late Blaze Foley. . .and it's about time I had a video of her here. ---o0o---

I took my second trip to the LBJ Library on the University of Texas campus yesterday. There were a lot of great exhibits as usual, and espe...

click to enlarge The Small Stars I went to Stubb's BBQ in Austin for the Old 97's/Small Stars show. Maybe twenty minutes after the ...

I am going to see the Old 97s tonight at Stubbs' in Austin. It should be a great show in the dirt courtyard there. These guys are an al...