Interview: Jackie Venson’s “pasta bowl year”
On the surface, Jackie Venson’s show at Antone’s last Sunday had the feel of a victory lap — the joyous celebration of a record deal and […]
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ACL Weekend 2 final recap: Music, nonstop civic peer pressure, and more
Let’s just say that if you attended Weekend 2 of Austin City Limits 2018 and subsequently decide not to vote, you’re not very susceptible to […]
Quick reaction: ACL Weekend 2, Day 2
Back at a now-defunct festival in Kansas in the summer of 2011, I saw OK Go. With the temperature somewhere in the neighborhood of 95 degrees, the […]
Quick reaction: ACL Weekend 2, Day 1 — Best song performances
It’s Saturday morning as I finish this up, and it’s raining outside as we prepare to set out for Day 2 of ACL. Superb. I’ll have […]
Album review: Paul McCartney, Egypt Station
I don’t listen to many albums by septuagenarians. In fact, unless I finally get around to listening to John Prine’s album from earlier this year, […]
ETACLRS? Ranking the days at ACL 2018 Weekend Two
We’ve got days. We’ve got times. We’ve got it all! Now, it’s time to apply ETACLRS. Austin City Limits schedules are set, and we’ll be […]