by Phil Houseal | May 11, 2017 | All Articles, Events, People of the Hill Country, Philosophy
May 10, 2017–Anyone who has ever owned a Volkswagen Beetle will understand. My wife does. She owned an early 1970s model, robin’s egg blue convertible. Cute, affordable, and got good mileage. But when she started dating this homeless farm boy musician, something...
by Phil Houseal | May 4, 2017 | All Articles, Venue
May 3, 2017–Back in the dark ages of computing, when screens were black, letters were green, and images were created using backslashes, asterisks, and parentheses, we nerds played “escape” games. Those early versions were crude, with simple dialogue and limited...
by Phil Houseal | Apr 27, 2017 | All Articles, Events, People of the Hill Country, Venue
April 26, 2017–It’s Hollywood in the Hill Country. This weekend, film aficionados from around the world will be drawn to the flickering screens of the Hill Country Film Festival. The non-urban setting has grown to become one of the most appealing places for...
by Phil Houseal | Apr 19, 2017 | All Articles, Events, Music
April 19, 2017–Just out of high school, a group of my buddies and I were so anxious to see Crystal Gayle in person that we got a speeding ticket driving to her concert. The year was 1975 and Gayle, with her trademark long, dark hair, had just released her first album...
by Phil Houseal | Apr 13, 2017 | All Articles, Events, People of the Hill Country
April 12, 2017–While the world bubbles over with international conflict, one Hill Country enterprise is quietly working diplomacy using currency that is truly bubbly–beer. “We’re celebrating our fifth anniversary with a new beer–Pedernales/Albur Chico Temido–the...
by Phil Houseal | Apr 5, 2017 | All Articles, Music
April 5, 2017–As someone who can play eight instruments but can’t sing a simple nursery rhyme tune so you’d recognize it, I am enthralled with a cappella groups. Maybe it’s polyphony envy, that ability to hear and match vocal harmonies. The newest sensation on this...
