Jul 4, 2012 | LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Shea Gilchrist Down some winding backroads that push into remote country is a place that goes by many names to many different people. Stories are told of a mysterious air that lingers, the presence of others, and even the hum of hand-beaten drums. This land is...
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...
Aug 1, 2007 | UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Tom Geddie Forgive Tom Perryman if he gets a little picky sometimes. The long-time East Texas radio personality celebrates his 80th birthday on July 16, and “picky” is just about all he knows. “All I’ve ever done is pick cotton and pick records on...
