Paul’s Blog 4/17/22: Easter Edition
For years I have written little cultural bits on the Goddess Oestre (Ostara), pre-Christian agrarian fertility traditions...you know, the usual stuff. The other day I watched one of Jimmy Kimmel's segments…
For years I have written little cultural bits on the Goddess Oestre (Ostara), pre-Christian agrarian fertility traditions...you know, the usual stuff. The other day I watched one of Jimmy Kimmel's segments…
Blah, Blah, Blog. With the New Year I wanted to start a fresh approach to writing, particularly to producing a regular blog. But I yam what I yam, and so…
A big THANK YOU to everyone who attended and supported our May 15 concert, Austin In The World: A Day Of Global Grooves. My Exotic Other, with special guests Oliver…
Hi friends,Growing up I was "educated" like a lot of my fellow 'Mericans in the Euro-American narrative, with feel-good Just-So history. There were so many stories to choose from... Kind…
During the crazy week of winter we experienced, a friend asked me if I would host some kind of stress-reducing class, based in my martial arts background. I thought that…
Well, this Covid year continues to make life a bit surreal, particularly for musicians who have had to adapt, either playing outdoors or online. Here in Austin, as a cold…
As we celebrate the winter holidays, in whatever ways we can, and enter the last week of 2020, I wanted to send love & therapeutic thoughts to friends, family and…
The new Covid World Order overtook us in March 2020, defining the year in ways we couldn't have predicted, although our behavior as a nation was predictable. Politicizing a virus…
After 5 months sheltering at home, I took a couple weeks to get my head straight, driving up to Colorado and camping along the way. It seemed like a good…
I was thinking about past summers, especially those golden days of youth, waaaay back, when we would ride around without seatbelts, in convertibles or in the back of a pickup…