

Bill Bentley
- Aug 31, 2017
- 10 min
Bentley's Bandstand / September, 2017
Nicole Atkins, Goodnight Rhonda Lee. It's a strong sign when a new album gets both a ringing shout-out from The Replacements' Tommy...


Bill Bentley / Photos: JR Compton & Martha
- Aug 31, 2017
- 7 min
Margaret, A Friend from the Beginning
First of two stories on Austin Music critic Margaret Moser. When you're lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time, it's...


Jeffrey Nightbyrd Shero / Photo: JR Compton
- Aug 31, 2017
- 2 min
Margaret
Second of two stories on Austin Music critic Margaret Moser. Margaret Moser certainly had a good run and she taught us all something...


Glen Martin / California Magazine
- Aug 18, 2017
- 4 min
Is Tunneling Water Across the State Our Best Option?
Like many before him, California Governor Jerry Brown has vowed to “fix” the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, that vast and beleaguered...


Elliott Negin
- Aug 18, 2017
- 6 min
Energy Department Scientists Barred From Attending Nuclear Power Conference
Edwin Lyman, a physicist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, was one of 30 U.S.-based scientists scheduled to speak at the quadrennial...


Frank Viviano
- Aug 17, 2017
- 2 min
A Deplorable Situation
Another bone to the deplorable dogs: he's now on record that it's "foolish" to tear down Confederate statues. Once someone goes after...


Jon Carroll / joncarrollprose.com
- Aug 16, 2017
- 2 min
Atheist Power!
Here I am speaking to imaginary religionists I have brought along to be yelled at from time to time. But, well, read Psalm 139. They...


Bill Bentley
- Aug 15, 2017
- 10 min
Bentley's Bandstand / August 2017
Lynn Castle, Rose Colored Corner.Talk about a marvel of modern determination: singer-songwriter Lynn Castle walked right up to the...


James BigBoy Medlin
- Aug 15, 2017
- 3 min
Enchanted by Silver City
Thirteen years ago Lynn and I were living in the Los Angeles beach community known as Venice. One day we got a phone call from Lynn’s...