REAL NOT REAL
Something’s missing with this couple. Something’s not right. They appear loving toward each other and aggrieved of their daughter’s recent death. The father even sheds tears as he learns they […]
Writing
THE B SIDE
How do they get investors for something so poorly written? Or are they working to earn a Rotten Tomato Award? Or is it simply the chance to film as many […]
1st PICNIC
My first Willie Nelson 4th of July Picnic was a lifetime ago. The heat was sizzling and the crowd, a mere 60,000, thick and wild. Girlfriend road trip and all […]
CORSETS & CATTLE CALLS
First time for me in a corset. Going for the 1880’s look. Now I know why they had Fainting Couches. It’s a whole different set of engineering, even if you’re […]
WALKING TALL
A can of corn goes flying straight across the convenience store, sailing above the aisles of food toward the front counter. Unarmed Kevin Sorbo, crouching behind an aisle, has thrown […]
SMILE DON’T SMILE
Frankly, getting the right headshot is a bitch. But, then, it can be fun. First there’s the journey. You spend years second guessing what the market needs. If you’re lucky, […]
NETWORK THAT FAME
Early Saturday morning, I’m off to UT campus to stand in a long line on the sidewalk outside Blanton Museum. Unusually chilly for an Austin April morning, some waiting in […]
STAND-UP
Down on 6th Street recently, Larry and I dropped in at Austin Ale House to catch the newest stand-up comedy show in Austin, Banter with Bogart. The location’s perfect, the food […]
CHANGES
The room was in hazy half-light and without detail. It had party energy. Not frenetic, but the kind where they play jazz. I’d just been talking to people on my […]
EXPENDABLE
Our car headlights shone out into a vast whiteness. Everything blanketed in a deep, white coated silence. The darkness of the night sky endless, punctuated only by continually falling giant […]