I can understand pride and bragging rights based on athletic and sports performance, but to me nothing beats the ego boost of sheer brains and drive accomplishing huge things for humanity, and that’s what the brainy types at the University of Texas have done lately. What starts here changes the world!
This weekend marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Armadillo World Headquarters! Nice retrospective from KVUE including a great, old-school interview with Willie Nelson.
A guitar owned and played by Jimi Hendrix early in his career has fetched a pretty penny at auction.
Best Coast have slightly modified the lyrics to their song “Boyfriend” in a slightly more LGTBQ-friendly vein, and re-released it.
And finally, Hayley Williams of Paramore has been doing a series of covers from quarantine, which she’s wrapping up for now, with a Radiohead take.