It's nice of the Times to give Donald Fagen an honorable mention. I mean, he's no Lana Del Ray, but ... www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/a...

A warm memory of a time, a place, and a band that pushed Texas music in new directions. www.texasmonthly.com/culture/spoo...

With so much invested in a product, it is natural to want to protect it, even at the risk of sounding insane. consequence.net/2026/04/gees...

The Zappa Estate just keeps knocking 'em out of the park. The Bongo Fury box is a treasure chest full of dusty, frantic, high-octane, desert blues. Wow!

I’ve been this wrong before, but not today.

Waco just hasn’t been the same since they moved Baylor’s campus to Longview.

This is where much of our state could be headed. www.texastribune.org/2026/03/08/t...

87° on February 19 is normal. I feel privileged to live in normal times.

There are just no words to describe this. What are we doing? www.kut.org/education/20...

This is welcome news. Now where's the Banana Blender Surprise reunion we also require?

Exceptional words over at @texasmonthly.bsky.social today. Worth a read, maybe especially for those of us who are not Aggies.

LOL

Daniel Johnston would've been sixty-five today.

Man, that Bee Gees cover is so bad. But I’ll give them a pass because their “everybody’s got something to hide except me and my monkey“ was so good.

Fare thee well, Bobby. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l3G...

Dude. Extra dry cider. Why do we even have this when we could liquefy cardboard and drink that instead?

Sounds like 2026 to me.

Could they make Dick Clark’s name smaller on this mic flag?

Farewell, Joe Ely. What a legacy. www.statesman.com/entertainmen...

Darn. Those bass lines were the thing that made this band special. RIP.

You can listen to Royal Trux on Apple Music, but not JFA. What gives? music.apple.com/us/song/map-... Music licensing is weird.

Surprise! The first Bob Dylan soundboards in 16 years. The Outlaw Tour has never sounded better. www.flaggingdown.com/p/the-outlaw...

Are you kidding me?

Red, white, and FIRE

Overscrolling is the dumbest default Photoshop setting. Who wants this?

Just around the corner from my house. What fresh hell is this?

Beautiful clip of Brian Wilson and George Martin discussing ‘God Only Knows’. I love Brian’s enthusiasm when he thinks George is making the song better. ‘I can’t believe this is happening!’ (via @doule_tom on the bird site)

Don't ever let 'em tell you the 80s sucked. Lazy Saturday afternoon vibes from a hometown show, close to forty years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwK-...

Revisiting this one on the release of its expanded edition. It's still shocking how out of his league Chris Robinson sounds while interpreting the Zeppelin catalogue. The band sounds great, as usual, but CR doesn't have the range or timbre to do these songs justice. A huge waste of time.

From ABB: If you can't make tonight's concert in memory of Dickey Betts in Macon, you can watch a free livestream on nugs.net!

In rural Texas, public schools are more than places of learning—they’re community hubs. They host football games, scout meetings, fitness classes, public forums. They unite small towns far beyond the classroom. Vouchers threaten this role, weakening the institutions that keep communities connected.

Jack White has a message for ticket buyers who feel entitled to extra long sets

Peter Brown probably doesn't get enough credit for brushing aside his close relationship with the Beatles to write a crude memoir that focused on sex, tension and conflict instead of carefully exploring every note of Strawberry Fields Take 26.

Feels like dark times are coming. Keep your loved ones close. And if the lights do go out, just remember that we don't need electricity to have hope and to share love.

Saturday morning soundtrack

Name a show with a more intense opener than this one. Don't bother. You can't. Funny how a band a little more than two years old—and with a couple of decades of its best performances in front of them—can pull this off. And then go on to play another ninety minutes after it.

Hey, Central Texas shoppers. How do you think I can tell there’s a 40% chance of less than 1 inch of snow three days from now?

Another longtime Austin eatery is no more. Employees just informed this morning that the last remaining location of Trudy's is closing. It hasn't been good for years. But Mexican Martinis at their already-closed, near-campus location were a staple of my college diet.

Tough bye week for Justin Herbert.

Public voting in the 2024/2025 Austin Music Poll is open through January 20. Celebrate the movers and shakers who made 2024 another great year for the Live Music Capital of the World!

Antone's turns 50, this year. From its 5th Street home to Lincoln Center, what's come before and what's in store in 2025 for the legendary Austin brand.

Gold Rush Vinyl's founder and president, Caren Kelleher, and her business partner, Trey Watson, CEO of Armadillo Records, will assume control of Waterloo Records, this Spring. Owner John Kunz is passing the torch after more than four decades at the helm.

Just located my old “flinger” in a box of assorted junk. This is the type of strange and disturbing object that helped #ToyJoy keep Austin weird, once upon a time.

“Austin is famous for this exact situation. All these condos and hotels build directly in front of existing venues, and then start calling in noise complaints and trying to shut them down"

The City of Austin is reworking a grant program that provides millions of dollars in public assistance to struggling musicians after a chorus of concern from artists earlier this year. The city aims to raise the overall funding to $4.8 million.

A four hour CFP selection show? Ugh.

My early Christmas wish is that someday we get the Uncle Tupelo reunion and tour that we all deserve. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy3W...