Longtime friend and amazing musician, singer, song writer - and House of Songs founder - Troy Campbell, has worked with an incredible crew to create City of Songs with Stephanie Hunt. After a special screening at the Crystal Bridges its now available to watch online via PBS: Austin: A City of Songs Episode 1 |... Continue Reading →
Happy Father’s Day, Dad – Flashback to 2005 Music Mix
Back in 2005 I gave my dad a music mix CD for Father's Day. I don't know whether he really listened to it much. It was 16 tracks of music I liked that I also thought he'd enjoy. I've recreated the song list below on a Spotify playlist and a YouTube playlist. Unfortunately a lot... Continue Reading →
Homegroan
Homegroan: Volume One of K-NACK 107.7 FM's Music Anthology CD FLASHBACK - Austin, Texas in the mid-1990s ... I used to listen to this music compilation CD all the time. Ye Olde PsychoBaby! “homegroan” compilation CD volume one - from austin's KNNC-FM (K-NACK), 1994. tracklist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7AbeAzRamc 00:00 Bitch - Sincola 3:56 This Kind of Love... Continue Reading →
Anomaly MST3k / Carl Finlow – Anomaly (The Time Travelers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLrQ53DmNrA Carl Finlow - Anomaly (The Time Travelers) VIDEO I first became aware of this movie through MST3k (Mystery Science Theater 3000) riffing on it. As usual, the MSTie (or MiSTie, MySTie, or MiSTy) crew had the usual laughs at this old science fiction film, but there is a lot about it that I immediately... Continue Reading →
Alex will eat your ass
Aaah, good times, right after the lockdowns beginning... "I will eat Your leftist ass like corn on the cob - I'm ready!!" https://youtu.be/o5EKuIus-oE And if you aren't familiar with the folk music musings of Alex Jones, try this old standard: https://youtu.be/KGAAhzreGWw Or if you're more into dance, rave, house electronic tunes: https://youtu.be/uVqOC-G_Qqw
SynchroMystic Omicron from SealLion
https://youtu.be/V8Wbd6IWtWE SynchroMystic Omicron from SealLion
AusTex Flashback: CRUST (Live) “Bumblebee” via Weird Texas
As recently mentioned over on my personal blog (SMiles Lewis dot com – August 2020), I’ve been meaning to resume posting to my remaining websites. This site is an amalgamation of the remains … Source: AusTex Flashback: CRUST (Live) “Bumblebee” | Weird Texas
LEVITATION: Ringo DeathStarr
LEVITATION: Ringo DeathStarr https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBvnIf9l11C/?igshid=qvd1lxs0y25q
Saw José González and Bedouine at the Long Center last night
Saw José González and Bedouine at the Long Center last night! Bedouine was great! Hadn't heard her before... José G is a fantastic acoustic guitar player... He didn't say much between songs but acknowledged "Doomsday people cults" as inspiration for one of his songs. He played some great tunes and closed out his encore with... Continue Reading →
Need-A-Mashup: Cass McCombs’ Bum Bum Bum / The Cars’ Drive
There is a tiny part of this song that always reminds me of the The Cars' song, Drive. Cass McCombs - Bum Bum Bum https://open.spotify.com/track/5Ob2Wt2IifgoFrSFrBnRZJ?si=xy9yNAVHSYCdgk440ppTYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuZA6qiJVfU
Art Blondin of Artz Rib House fame has passed away
I just learned of Art Blondin's death. I probably first met him back in 1990 when I was working downtown at the main branch of the Austin Public Library. One of my friends and coworkers had a roommate working for Art when he was based out of the BBQ Caboose on West 5th Street. The... Continue Reading →
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