Paul Klemperer’s 5th Annual Festivus Celebration!
Festivus Celebration Dec 18!
The Musical Family
As many of my friends and fans know, I've been dealing with some heavy family issues. I'm not going to go Oprah on y'all, but it has been an intense…
March 2016
March is marching on through. As usual, staying on top of gigs, recording projects, and the general mayhem of daily life feels like an Indiana Jones escape scene, giant boulders,…
March Happenings
As I grow older (gracefully, I hope), I'm finding it helpful to organize each new year by blocking off some challenging creative projects. That way, as the days flow into…
The Dog Days Of August
After a great visit to the Northeast, I walked out of Austin Bergstrom Airport into a wall of hot humid air and knew I was home. Back into the whirlwind…
Jack Trammell, Vampire Hunter
Some Thoughts On Jack Trammell Paul Klemperer, 6/12/2014 Finally, some fresh air in the political discourse. A right wing economics professor vs. a progressive sociology professor (and novelist),…
Summer In Austin
Musically it has been a productive spring as well. I finished up a semester playing with the ACC big band under the direction of Tom Husak (I love his arrangements, always fun & challenging to play). We closed the semester with a fun concert at the Clive Bar, with Redd Volkaert as the featured artist.
Spring Events 2014
SXSW was Dickensian as always. The best of times, the worst of times. All the ink and blogging about it maybe reflects how its huge size has changed its character…
2014, Here We Go.
As far as New Year's Resolutions, there could have been many, but one idea seemed to take hold: For 2014 I will focus on some major projects which already are…