I interviewed Austin-based Brothers and Sisters earlier this evening at band founder Will Courtney’s house. I arrived just as the photo shoot was ending, and stood around while they wrapped up. As the photographer was snapping the last few pictures, Will’s sister and bandmate Lily* pointed out that there was a rib on the floor […]
I got to see Ray Wylie Hubbard last night at Shady Grove (for free!), which definitely adds to my aging redneck rocker trading card set. He even sang “Redneck Mother,” which he told us repeatedly that he does not sing every night. Now, either:
(a) He does not sing this song every night, and lucky […]
I swung by the Vice party last night, which had been last-minute moved to the Elk’s Lodge, which by this point in the week has a distinctive post-party odor. I’m sure it got all crazy and “Girls Gone Wild” later in the night, but when I got there, it was mostly just an orgy of […]
SXSW is in full tilt boogie here in Austin, which means my city has been invaded by people on the make (mostly in the professional sense). I went to a couple bust parties during the interactive portion of the schmoozefest, and finally struck it rich yesterday. I worked the day show for Austinist all day […]
Slacker turned 15. I first saw Richard Linklater’s Gen X anthem in an undergrad class dedicated to that generation — we also listened to Bikini Kill and read Douglas Coupland, and I’m sure that the chorus of “Suck My Left One” blasting through the halls of the humanities building raised some eyebrows.
I consider Slacker one […]