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Mesmo’s Desert Digest : From Austin to Crazy Horse
Mesmo’s desert homeboy. [This is the first installment of a regular feature coming from The Rag Blog’s new desert correspondent, Gerry, aka Mesmo. First: Getting to know you.] Hello all, I am Gerry, aka Mesmo, a septuagenarian desert rat from … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Music, Native Americans, Nature, Peace Movement, SDS, Spirituality, Sustainability
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To Play the VGC Opening for Velvet Underground
This just discovered today, a new Austin e-mag called the Blunderbuss. Randy Kirchhoff is part of the effort, and a fine one it looks to be. Our congratulations to all involved. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Vulcan Gas Company … Continue reading
D. Zachary Cares About Vets, Other Victims of War
For GI’s, best cure is preventionBy Doug Zachary / The Rag Blog [Rag Blogger Doug Zachary of Veterans for Peace originally posted the followinig as a comment to Vets Getting Shaft from Veterans Affairs by Maya Schenwar and Matt Renner, … Continue reading
Austin’s Legendary Oat Willie’s, In Art
Oat Willie’s, Austin’s venerable sixties headshop, a living monument to counterculture history in one of the true birthplaces of the sixties counterculture, recently observed its fortieth birthday with a gala celebration at Austin’s Moose Lodge. Hosted by founder and proprietor … Continue reading
The Peace Movement’s Many Faces
Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog The third Friday of every month has been designated Iraq Moratorium day, and this past Friday, May 16, 2008, was the ninth Iraq Moratorium. Every week thousands of demonstrators throughout the country … Continue reading
M. Wizard : David Lee Powell and the Question of "Closure"
The Austin American-Statesman carried the following AP news dispatch this past Sunday, May 18, 2008. A man sent to death row three times for killing an Austin police officer with an automatic assault weapon almost 30 years ago has won … Continue reading
Austin Family Joins War Against Stuff
Like many young couples, Aimee and Jeff Harris spent the first years of their marriage eagerly accumulating stuff: cars, furniture, clothes, appliances, and, after a son, Quinn, 5, and daughter, Nichola, 15 months, came along, toys, toys, toys. Photo by … Continue reading
Austin Vets for Peace Fete Folk Legend Utah Philips
Utah Philips performs in Milwaukee on May Day, 2006.Austin salutes ailing folk great and freedom fighter Utah PhilipsBy Doug Zachary / The Rag Blog Austin Vets For Peace is raising money for our fellow Peace veteran and VFP member, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Folk culture, GI's, IWW, Music, Peace Movement, The Left, Unions
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A. Pogue : The Sad Tale of a Good Samaritan
Alan Pogue’s new look: “All I need is the two knobs, one on either side of my neck, for the perfect Halloween mask.” Painful self-portrait by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.“No good deed goes unpunished”: A cautionary tale of … Continue reading
"No Borders!" : May Day in Austin
MDS/Austin and the Rhizome Collective (with papier mache figures) were among dozens of groups participating in Austin May Day activities. Photo by Alice Embree / The Rag Blog.Hundreds march in Austin for Immigrants’ RightsBy Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
Red Headed Stranger Turns 75
Part of Willie Nelson’s appeal has been the lack of certainty about his life, including the exact date of his birth. Some sources say it is April 28, some say it’s April 30. Photo by Bill Olive / Houston ChronicleFriends … Continue reading
Molly Ivins Lives : At Texas State University
Molly Ivins’ library finds a home on Texas State’s shelvesBy Megan Celli AUSTIN — The personal library of legendary Texas journalist Molly Ivins has been opened to the public at Texas State University in San Marcos. The collection of more … Continue reading
