Feb 1, 2013 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Tom Geddie Think of Eric Clapton’s song “Tears in Heaven.” Think of Steve Winwood’s “Higher Love” and “Valerie.” Or Dionne Warwick’s “I’ll Never Love This Way Again,” Barry Manilow’s “Looks Like We Made...
Nov 4, 2012 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Tom Geddie Is Kacey Musgraves, the Golden girl from the Upper East Side of Texas, the next big thing in country music? Golden, in this case, is where Musgraves grew up, near Mineola in Wood County. Here is what Jody Rosen wrote for Slate: “Until last week,...
May 1, 2012 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
Sissy Spacek’s memoir, My Extraordinary Ordinary Life premiers this month. It’s divided into four sections: Texas, New York, California, and Virginia. Texas, as in Quitman, Texas, is the biggest section, perhaps because in Sissy’s words, “All the things that are...
May 5, 2011 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Tom Geddie Longview artist Anup Bhandari’s paintings are, in a way, like life itself: an exploration of self and bright possibilities. Born in Nepal, in 1980, his banker father, Achyut Bhandari, encouraged his early interest in art. So he found himself in East...
Feb 1, 2010 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Tom Geddie The name blacktopGYPSY says something, as any good band name should, something about the people in it. Black top is what the back roads are made of; a gypsy, in this example, is someone who travels a lot and makes music. The way the words are put...
Nov 4, 2009 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Tom Geddie Imagine an Egyptian mummy on its way from one museum to another falls off the back of the truck into a chemically-induced swamp in East Texas. The mummy comes to life and begins to quietly knock off residents of a nearby, rural nursing home. Two...
