Mandalas for Kristin Silent Auction on 9/23 Benefitting The Peabody Fund
It’s an ambitious goal. Yet, with over 65 artists donating their time and talents, Kristin Heaton Peabody’s huge goal of raising $1.1 million has a huge, enthusiastic groundswell of support behind it. Works from those...
‘mother!’ Knows Best
TLM Rating: 4/4 After a series of seemingly nonsensical images, "mother!" drops us into an empty cavity of a house, nonetheless inhabited by a married couple—though they behave more like married individuals. Of the two,...
A Texas Legend Lengthens His Shadow – Lyle Lovett at ACL Live at the Moody Theater
[Author's note: This show was on the eve of Hurricane Harvey hitting the Houston and Gulf Coast areas. It seemed poor timing to release the review while so many of our neighbors were in peril....
A (New) Lone Star on the Rise
If you don’t consider Texan Aaron Watson a household name, on par with the likes of Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett, give it a little time. He didn’t sign to a Nashville label when he...
‘Dunkirk’ is a War Film like No Other
As the story opens, we see a pack of fresh-faced soldiers walking carelessly through a quaint town paved with cobblestone. It looks more like a tourist trap than a war zone, but sure enough, fire rings out...
Foreigner at 40: Still Feels like the First Time
What kind of birthday party starts with “Rock and Roll” involves the “Dream Police” and ends feeling “Hot Blooded?” Check it and see, that would be the blistering event that unfolded at the Austin360 Amphitheater...
Florida’s Foo Foo Fest? Food, music, culture and fun…
For many people, when they envision the state of Florida thoughts of Disney World, sandy beaches, palm trees or beautiful oceanfront views may be conjured up, but I am writing to share this Pensacola secret,...
The Answer Isn’t Blowing in “Wind River”
"Wind River" is the directorial debut of Taylor Sheridan, the writer behind "Sicario" and "Hell or High Water," two films I find nearly perfect. For a first go in the captain's seat, perhaps it was wise...
The Rage and the Rapture of Rock and Roll
Wind-blown shock red hair, fishnets and a snarl that still remembers mid-90s rage or maybe calls on it anew - how has Shirley Manson not aged a day? We know that Butch Vig hasn't....
