… Not the rat! Light the lamp, not the rat!
Joe Ely performs with Joe Strummer in 1979. Photo credit: George Rose/Getty
Joe Ely was so important to Texas music and especially to me when I lived in Austin in the early ’80s. This Texas Monthly tribute by Michael Hall is great.
The three lenses of opportunity cost: (1) Compared with what? (2) And then what? (3) At the expense of what? — Shane Parish
The attack on Pearl Harbor came 84 years ago today. We remember those who died that day.
My most played albums in 2025. A pretty typical assortment, I guess.
This little girl would’ve been 102 years old today.
Stoppard was the author of the greatest (imo) English-language play of the last 50 years, “Arcadia,” and in “Leopoldstadt,” his last play, one of the most wrenching last scenes in the theater.
Happy Thanksgiving!
