Hornius Emeritus

Do you need a drunken Irish folk singer?

Michael Corcoran has died. He was a one-of-a-kind music critic for decades here in Austin, a gadfly in the best sense of the word. He knew everybody and everything about everybody. He was a badass that even to be an object of his scorn was somehow special. I saw him at a Shinyribs show in early May but I spoke with him on the phone less than two weeks ago when he called to tell me that he'd heard Jewel Brown was ailing. He was also a scholar: his books "All Over the Map" and "Ghost Notes" are two of the best books ever written about Texas music. I crib from them for Traces of Texas all the time, shamelessly. I told him so and he said "I wouldn't have it any other way." He was just about to finish a third one about Austin music history. It was to be published in early September. His essays on all manner of Texas music were definitive. One of my readers said that, when somebody dies, we lose a library. With Michael's death, we're losing not just a library but a museum. I am heartbroken. Damn. RIP Corky.

While I appreciate the sentiment, that seems like wishcasting. Oklahoma may not be in the Southeast, but they are directly north of the DFW metroplex, which has 8.2 million people --- and that doesn't include talent-rich East Texas. They'll get theirs.

Pederson really misjudged how far it was to the finish. He had it with 100 meters left but started to wilt just a little bit and Girmay surged past him. Great stage win for Biniam and for Intermarché-Wanty

Seems like Farrell doesn't think Texas can destroy the SEC. I take that kind of personally.

You scare me, man.

The actress who played Lois appeared nude in Playboy about 15 years ago. They were real and they were spectacular.

Pretty neat article on Marco Jones

How do you know?

Rough sport. I can't believe they let the spectators into that area.

The past is prologue. The muppets knew!

At least two reasons 1) Flood's track record 2) there are a lot more good IOL than IDL

Now that I get my seats in advance, I don't show up until 20 minutes after the scheduled start time. So far, have not missed a second of the movies. Usually just there for one more ad, maybe two.

All is lost. Der Krieg ist verloren.

C.J. Vogel tweeted this photo of Quinn and Bill Belichek

1) We've recruited ridiculously well at DB over the last two cycles, so it's only natural that some of that catches up to us 2) Last year at this time Xavier Filsaime wasn't even being thought of by anybody on this board, so perhaps cool your tits.

It's true. I was searching for Musical Youth and right after "the Dutchie" in "Pass the Dutchie on the left hand side" the website went blank.

I want to see Cavendish get one more win, punch Jesper's teeth in, and Allaphillipe's gf take her clothes off in celebration of Cavendish punching Jesper's teeth in.

He was 79. Irreverent, iconoclastic, but with a heart as big as Texas, he lived on his own terms. Truly one of a kind. I'm trying to figure out what my favorite Kinky quote is. Among them: 1) "If elected, the first thing I'll do is demand a recount." 2) "A fool and his money are soon elected." 3) "There's a fine line between fiction and non-fiction, and I believe I snorted it in 1976." 4) "I believe musicians can run this state a lot better than politicians. We just won't get much done in the morning." 5) "Remember: Y'all is singular. All y'all is plural. All y'all's is plural possessive." 6) “Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.” 7) "Friedman's just another word for nothing left to lose." Kinky was not a native Texan, but he once said that he had to come to Texas because we were the only state that would put up with his nonsense. It was here that he caught up to his future. There will never be another like him.

That was my favorite day ever in the history of cycling ... Fignon with his stupid hair flying in the wind, Lemond stealing his cornbread, Fignon collapsing in shock at the end.