Texas Bohemia

The final shot of Zardoz, directed by John Boorman, 1974; and...

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:10:00 -0400

The final shot of Zardoz, directed by John Boorman, 1974; and what I misremembered as being the final shot of Cave Of Forgotten Dreams, directed by Werner Herzog, 2011.

Double dose of real talk, y’all.

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:03:28 -0400

Double dose of real talk, y’all.

movieposteroftheday: French affiche for PARIS, TEXAS (Wim...

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:36:03 -0400

movieposteroftheday:

French affiche for PARIS, TEXAS (Wim Wenders, West Germany/USA, 1984)

Artist: Guy Peellaert (1934-2008) [see also]

Poster source: MoviePosterDB

PARIS, TEXAS unanimously won the Palme d’Or in 1984 and swept all three juried awards, including the FIPRESCI and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.

klappersacks: Part of a 1960 Dairy Queen magazine ad by Paxton...

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:00:46 -0400

klappersacks:

Part of a 1960 Dairy Queen magazine ad by Paxton Holley on Flickr.

The back dining room at The Dun-Bar East on Pulliam Street in...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:03:26 -0400

The back dining room at The Dun-Bar East on Pulliam Street in San Angelo, Texas, my favorite restaurant on this earth.

“It was extremely realistic - not Jurassic Park realistic, but still.” - My dad,...

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:43:00 -0400

“It was extremely realistic - not Jurassic Park realistic, but still.”

- My dad, recommending the movie Primer to me over voicemail

As seen on this week’s episode of Mad Men.

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:41:00 -0400

As seen on this week’s episode of Mad Men.

oldfishingphotos: Boys’ Life, June 1967

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:39:28 -0400

oldfishingphotos:

Boys’ Life, June 1967

Speedboat by Renata Adler, Random House, 1976. Trinity by Leon...

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:29:16 -0400

Speedboat by Renata Adler, Random House, 1976.

Trinity by Leon Uris, Doubleday, 1976.

Indignation by Philip Roth, Houghton Mifflin, 2008.

Guys, I really loved this movie. Nothing incredibly...

Sat, 04 May 2013 12:24:00 -0400

Guys, I really loved this movie. Nothing incredibly groundbreaking, just a genuine and beautifully shot story about the modern South with a lot of heart and humor. Go see it if it comes to your town.

(Nothing but) flowers. via

Sat, 04 May 2013 12:10:10 -0400

(Nothing but) flowers.

via

If this isn’t one of the saddest pop songs ever recorded...

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:58:00 -0400

If this isn’t one of the saddest pop songs ever recorded then I just don’t know what. The almost shockingly chintzy music video - with Björn and Benny staring emotionlessly past the conspicuously tired, worn-down Agnetha and Anni-Frid - seems appropriate for a song about divorce and the sad inevitable grind of adulthood and adult relations as sung by a wronged woman. We’re a long way from the bouncy exuberance of “Waterloo” but there’s still something close to transcendence in those soaring eagle-cry vocals in the chorus, a sadder and more kind of measured kind of transcendence but transcendence nonetheless.

vinceveretts: Elvis playing piano on the set of ‘Wild In The...

Thu, 02 May 2013 23:46:28 -0400

vinceveretts:

Elvis playing piano on the set of ‘Wild In The Country’.

Willie Nelson at the San Angelo Coliseum in 2008. Photo by...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:09:19 -0400

Willie Nelson at the San Angelo Coliseum in 2008. Photo by Cynthia Esparza of the San Angelo Standard-Times.

Happy 80th birthday to the old man himself. May he never perish from this earth.

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Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:00:36 -0400

oldfishingphotos: Coleman Stove Print Ad, 1970 I used one...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:30:00 -0400

oldfishingphotos:

Coleman Stove Print Ad, 1970

I used one of these puppydogs on every single Boy Scout campout I ever went on. We never had any Nixon-era women in tyte cardigans fixing us immaculate-looking bacon and eggs but we made do somehow.

Bless my homeland forever.

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:00:23 -0400

Bless my homeland forever.

I am genuinely saddened to hear that E.L. Konigsburg - one of my...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:19:00 -0400

I am genuinely saddened to hear that E.L. Konigsburg - one of my favorite writers when I was 12 and still one of my favorite writers today - has died. Her books were so intelligent and funny and urbane in such unexpected ways. The cosmopolitan or otherwise high-toned stuff in them was always accessible and always tempered with heart and humor. Those books were never patronizing, never stuffy, never sentimental.

E.L. Konigsburg wrote about smart, dissatisfied children who strike out to seek wonder in the mundane world. My hometown in west Texas felt like a cultural dead zone a lot of time when I was growing up and that’s part of why Konigsburg’s books were so important to me. I remember bringing a copy of The Second Mrs. Giaconda with me to Boy Scout camp in New Mexico in the summer of 2000 and feeling just awful when I realized it was among the belongings of mine that had been ruined by a surprise rainstorm one night.

Anyway, rest in peace, Mrs. Konigsburg.

natgeofound: Men ride a weed-burning rail car in Texas, June...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:00:32 -0400

natgeofound:

Men ride a weed-burning rail car in Texas, June 1941.
Photograph by Luis Marden, National Geographic

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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:59:43 -0400