2012 Season Preview “I propose Harsin and running back coach Major Applewhite devise some ground schemes with all three RBs in the backfield and Ash at the point. Call it “Wishbone Ash.” 9/1 Texas 37, Wyoming 17 “The play of the game was Kenny Vaccaro’s full-stride interception in the second half, with Wyoming leading 9-7 and headed into […]
“This institution is neither an orphan asylum, a children’s home, an asylum for embeciles, nor a hospital, but it is a school for the educable blind and deaf.” When the Institute of Deaf, Dumb and Blind Colored Youths opened on Oct. 17, 1887- 125 years ago this month- with 17 pupils and two teachers at […]
Arizona Dranes, He is My Story. And what a story it is. Between 1926 and 1928, Arizona Dranes recorded 16 burning vinyl slabs of spiritual bliss, turning the most heathen into an audience who couldn’t take their eyes off the sparrow. She did it with a mesmerizing voice and hypnotic piano, a blind woman who […]
By Michael Corcoran Joe Bergeron burrowed into the first inch of the end zone with 29 seconds left for a 41-36 victory on the road Saturday against a tough Oklahoma State team, keeping the Longhorns undefeated. It was a disputed game-winner, as replays showed Joe the Mole may have fumbled before he crossed the plane. […]
Villager publisher/ editor Tommy Wyatt talks about E. 11th St. in the 1950s and ’60s From this oral history project “And then after that you just had little drinking lounges, you know, like then we had a place called, the big dance hall, was Charlie’s Playhouse which is right there on 11th Street about two […]
Originally published in Jan. 1996 by Michael Corcoran and Don Mcleese. Where did all the fun go? Rock was once the reckless expression of youthful abandon, a rude blast of freedom. These days, it is more often the province of self- important mopes, laboring and agonizing over their angst-ridden profundities, making a career of their […]
In September 1979, the Big Apple sounded like outer space.
Originally published Nov. 2009 By Michael Corcoran Ryan Bingham isn’t the first cowboy to dig rap, but what’s unique to the Johnny Depp-ish Americana singer-songwriter is that he developed an appreciation for hardcore Houston hip-hop at the rodeo. Though calf-roping and barrel-racing — and Bingham’s music — don’t seem to have much in common with […]
One 70s reference gives way to another: Sundance Kid meet Superfly! When Sundance Record Store in San Marcos closed recently after 35 years in business, it was sad news. But word came today that the 3,000-square foot space at 202 University Drive will be taken over by Superfly’s Lone Star Music Emporium, a new record […]
It’s not their fault. That’s what The Longhorn Network seems to be saying by hosting a big, free, UT football watch party at Republic Square Park for the Texas vs. Wyoming season opener Saturday. Kickoff is 7 p.m. LHN will repeat the favor for next week’s slaughter of New Mexico. Republic Square is at 4th and […]
