“Shrinking,” season 3 , episode 1. Greatest show on Tv? Brash and innocent, rip snorting and teary eyed. All the feels.

I love this pen.

THE SKUNKS 1979 "TELEVISION LOVER" at Raul's, Austin Texas youtu.be/QKuLE8IhsK0 'The Skunks, the band that pioneered the new music scene in Austin in 1978, captured live at the new wave nerve center on the University Drag. Jesse Sublett (bass & vocals) Jon Dee Graham (guitar) Billy Blackmon (drums)'

RIP Jon Dee Graham

What a dope Friday

I came to Minutemen late but can confirm “Double Nickels on the Dime” is essential listening.

Do people realize how they are perceived when they start off their letter to the editor this way? "I recognize that this is going to sound sexist, but in my humble opinion ... "

It's a bummer Willie keeps having his 4th of July picnic at Germania Amphitheater. That place is so far outside of Austin. I loved when he had it at Q2 Stadium, where Verde plays. Great location, very accessible.

Sounds like a pretty kick ass editor to me. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/b...

One of the few musical acts on SNL that I’ve stayed up to see perform their second song—and I wasn’t disappointed. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/a...

Barton Springs reopens today. Have you read @bobby-aleman.bsky.social's love letter to Austin's beloved body of water—for @texashighways.bsky.social? texashighways.com/outdoors/tra...

CRMA nominations came out today, for all you journalist types who might be interested. Double-digit nominations again this year for @texashighways.bsky.social, including : Excellence in Writing Excellence in Design General Excellence Giddy on up.

Luka is a nasty man.

It’s just one big theater of the absurd. But it’s at everyone’s expense.

My electric car is looking pretty pretty pretty good.

Read the April issue of Texas Highways with one eye open.

Thanks to Texas Standard & @texaspublicradio.bsky.social for their interview with Austin Sayre about our @sxsw.com world premiere of The Man with the Big Hat, the documentary about Steven Fromholz. See you tomorrow at SXSW for screening #3! #SXSW #SXSW2026 www.texasstandard.org/stories/the-...

The first recorded version of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band who recorded two terrific sounding singles for A&M Records youtu.be/yXXFj5wzLFA?... youtu.be/mq3l6XQ1aRw?... youtu.be/12bctp3h_LA?...

One Battle After Another was one great effing movie.

I have a feature story in the March 2026 issue of Texas Highways magazine on the night-blooming cereus, or “queen of the night,” a highly threatened cactus that blooms only one night a year. Click the link and check out the timelapse I did, too.too. texashighways.com/outdoors/the...

It was thrilling to learn One Battle After Another was shot in El Paso. Even better to watch it knowing the history of the streets where some of its most explosive scenes unfold.

I love how The Times is featuring more reporters in videos to add context to stories. This is a great explainer by @marcatracy.bsky.social on voting in the Best Picture category—and why I shouldn’t be mad when “One Battle After Another” doesn’t win. www.nytimes.com/video/movies...

Continental club Austin, Texas “Today is your lucky day”

Interesting development in salsa culture.

Mike the monkey is missing

What a beautiful piece of writing. When I was in grad school, Rick Bass was a writer whose work convinced me short fiction was worth dedicating years to learn. This isn't fiction, but Bass is never better than when illuminating the majesty of the natural world.

A guitar used by David Gilmour to record the iconic solos and riffs on six Pink Floyd albums has sold for $14.55 million, becoming the most expensive guitar to be sold at auction.

Exquisite magazine writing—Rick Bass on the night-blooming cereus, a far West Texas cactus that blooms one night out of the year, sometimes under secret conditions to shield from poachers. Miracles never cease. The unknown is joyous. For @texashighways.bsky.social. texashighways.com/outdoors/the...

Anybody in Austin during SXSW week, here are Alamo South Lamar screen times for the Robert Christgau documentary The Last Critic. Allegedly I'm in the movie a bit. Hopefully I'm halfway coherent. Sat 3-14 11am (World premiere) Mon 3-16 2:15pm (followed by a Q&A I'll be part of) Wed 3-18 11:15am

Never too many

One of my joys in life now is cleaning my daughter’s golf clubs. I do what I can, what I’m allowed. A humble servant.

this came to me in a dream #art #eldenring

Hey y'all, welcome Steven L. Davis (@litcoyote.bsky.social). He's a former curator at the world famous Wittliff Collections at Texas State University and the author of several books on topics ranging from Timothy Leary to Dallas in time of the JFK assassination.

I agree: Plemons was snubbed. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/o...

This piece was a big swing for me, would love people to take a look. It's a lot more like what my memoir is going to be like, which feels very new and terrifying to do on a large stage.

"Some people measure home by a skyline or sound; I measure it by what gets into my sinuses." @anamariecox.bsky.social for @texashighways.bsky.social: texashighways.com/culture/find...

Giddyup, James Wade. You sir, are the co-winner of the Bud Shrake Award for Best Short Nonfiction from the Texas Institute of Letters for your @texashighways.bsky.social essay "The Gospel of Change."

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

I really would appreciate any time you all could spend with this. It's a little different from my usual stuff. Thank you!

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” A pleasure to welcome the one and only @anamariecox.bsky.social to the pages of Texas Highways.

Rick Bass and I tracked this story for three years before we finally caught the bloom. Some exquisite magazine writing here. What a dream to work with thee Rick Bass. texashighways.com/outdoors/the...

Easily one of the best albums to come out of Austin in the last 25 years: “Jet Plane and Oxbow” by Shearwater.

If you’re into Steely Dan, “Quantum Criminals” is the book for you. The chapters are divided into characters from their songs. Brilliantly written with lovely illustrations. Published by the fine folks at University of Texas Press.

I had wondered if @kissphoria.bsky.social was going to write about this. www.chron.com/culture/arti...