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Texas: Music to our Ears
I'm not saying that Texas is the center of the musical universe...but I'm also not saying that it's not.

Image: Sheet music to 'Texas Flood' superimposed over photo of SRV playing guitar

I guess every state can lay claim to some unique form of music (I’ll give Rhode Island the benefit of the doubt). But Texas — well, it stands apart, and I’ve assembled proof of that for your consideration.

Published Wednesday, 8 January 2025, 16:38
Categorized as Music, Texas, Uncategorized

Fire Ant Flickers (#3)

Just in case you had any doubts...

Poking fun at the MSM; Cleverly performed music; bird [mis]identification; universal antivenom on the horizon. And a bit more!

Published Thursday, 15 August 2024, 11:24
Categorized as Books & Writing..., Fire Ant Flickers, Medicine, Music, Photography, Science, Nature & Medicine..., Travel, Wildlife - Birds, Wildlife - Snakes Tagged bluegrass, cormorant, newspapers, style guide, The Cleverlys, ThinkPad, universal antivenom

Yelling At [Musical] Clouds
Every generation thinks their music was the best...but only my generation is right.

Screenshot from Dire Straits music video 'Money for Nothing'

I think I have a fairly open mind and eclectic tastes when it comes to music, but I seem to be increasingly out of step with literally millions of other listeners.

Published Monday, 15 July 2024, 6:00
Categorized as Music, Society & Culture, Uncategorized

Random Thursday
Today is National Golf Cart Day, which begs the question: who cares?

Cicadas may make the news, but katydids are the story around here. We’ve also got young bucks, a band named after an interstate exit, and a voyeuristic webcam focused on rattlesnakes.

Published Thursday, 13 June 2024, 14:07
Categorized as Horseshoe Bay, Music, Random Thursday, Wildlife - Invertebrates, Wildlife - Mammals, Wildlife - Snakes Tagged Boogie At The Bay, cicada, golf cart, katydid, rattlesnake

Electro Swing, Anyone?

AI-generated image of vintage swing-dancing robots

Are you familiar with a genre of music called electro swing? Would you like to be? (Please say “yes.”)

Published Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 15:29
Categorized as Music Tagged electro swing, swing dancing, vintage music

HBD, RIB
"Rhapsody In Blue" turns 100 today.

Scan of opening bars of Rhapsody In Blue

On the 100th anniversary of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody In Blue,” we delve briefly into its musical legacy.

Published Monday, 12 February 2024, 11:19
Categorized as Music Tagged clarinet, George Gershwin, Rhapsody In Blue

Photo Friday
Snaps and stories from the past few weeks

Photo: Grainy black and white photo of a double rainbow

Double rainbows, music legends, and bluebonnets on the way…it’s been a great time to take photos.

Published Friday, 9 February 2024, 16:24
Categorized as Music, Nature, Photography, Texas Hill Country, Travel, Uncategorized Tagged Augie Meyers, bluebonnets, Hotel Emma, Los Texmaniacs, rainbows, San Antonio

Random Thursday: The Friday Edition

Image based on a photo by carl de souza/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

From National Serpent Day to “We Are the World” to Rachmanioff’s 2nd Piano Concerto to a home-grown Medusa: we’ve got it all right here.

Published Friday, 2 February 2024, 15:15
Categorized as Movies, Music, Plant Life, Random Thursday Tagged bats, Medusa, palm tree, porcupine, Rachmaninoff

Random Thursday: The Music Video Edition
We've scoured the vidverse to bring you some tasty tunes.

Screen capture of a concert by Katzenjammer
Scene from a Katzenjammer concert in Hamburg, Germany (2012)

We’ve elevated the concept of “randomness” to heights that rival Mt. Everest, musically-speaking.

Published Thursday, 14 December 2023, 7:23
Categorized as Music, Random Thursday Tagged Katzenjammer, Madame Radar, Madi Diaz, Mulligan Brothers, Newen Afrobeat, Seun Kuti, Shawn Mullins, The Band, The Dead South, Tokyo Groove Jyoshi

Random Thursday

Photo: Geese flying in formation
More than 100 geese flying in formation

Non-functioning tats; baseball stats; a buck stands pat; and, uh, other things for which I’m out of rhymes.

Published Thursday, 16 November 2023, 15:08
Categorized as Around the Web, Cars, Music, Random Thursday, Society & Culture, Wildlife - Mammals Tagged baseball, bluegrass, cars, deer, lists, tattoos, Texas Rangers

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