The Year In Music: 12-Pack (14) of My Top Albums of 2025

Hello all of the wonderful peoples in my world! Last days to sneak it in, so…here’s a very positive and cheerful verbal toast to a very HAPPY NEW YEAR, an excellent entrance into 2026 and a blank page to an amazing new chapter in all of our lives! Here’s to writing an even better, memorable […]

The Year In Music: My Top 14 Top Albums of 2024

Happy New Year, a wonderful welcome to 2025 and a fresh start to an amazing new chapter in our lives! Let’s write an even better and unforgettable addition to “our books” during these next 12 months! Hope each of you, your families, your friends and loved ones have all enjoyed an amazingly enjoyable holiday season […]

The Year In Music: A 12-Pack of the Top Albums of 2022

Happy New Year’s Eve to all the beautiful people, wonderful friends and fellow faithful music lovers in my world! I hope this finds each of you in the midst of a most enjoyable, safe and happy holiday season. As we approach the closing of the book that is 2022 later this evening and ring in […]

The Year In Music: A 12-Pack of the Top Albums of 2020

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all the wonderful people, amazing friends, loyal followers and fellow diehard music lovers in my world! Despite our current state of disarray and uncertainty in this world of ours, I do hope this finds each of you healthy, safe and well. This past year has certainly and unexpectedly brought […]

The Year In Music: Top 10 Albums of 2018

Hello friends, followers and fellow music lovers in my world! I realize it’s been another year since I’ve posted to this blog, but despite my absence on here during 2018, here’s wishing each of you Happy Holidays from Austin, Texas! I hope you’re all in the midst of a tremendous, enjoyable and fun-filled holiday season […]

The Year In Music: Top 17 Albums of 2017

Happy Holidays from Austin to all the great people and fellow music lovers in my world! I hope you’re all smack dab in the middle of an excellent holiday season and enjoying every minute of this amazing time of year with friends, family and loved ones. With a mere two weeks remaining in this rather […]

The Year In Music: Top 14 Albums of 2014

Happy Holidays, my friends! It’s been far too long since I’ve written and about damn time that I got back to the “blogosphere” and shared a bit of my world from The “Unofficial Mayor of Austin” to you. Hope that 2014 has brought much success, happiness, love and laughter in your lives. As quickly as time […]

Lone Star Tunes: Top Five Songs That Help Define The Great State Of Texas

This past January, I celebrated five years living back here in the great state of Texas, in my favorite city imaginable – Austin, and yesterday, we celebrated the 177th birthday of the Lone Star State during Texas Independence Day. While drivin’ around in my Tahoe over this weekend, enjoying the ridiculously perfect, beautiful weather we’re […]

Luckenbach, Texas: “The Official Texas Road Trip Of Choice For The Unofficial Mayor Of Austin”

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, there’s nothin’ like catchin’ a beautiful day here in Central Texas and hittin’ the open road. Throw the windows down, sunroof open and crank the tunes. Therapeutic to no end! When it comes to my favorite road trip destinations here in the Lone Star State, specifically […]

Back To The Basics Of Love: Luckenbach Blues Festival 2013

Quite simply, there’s few places in the world that I love as much as Luckenbach, Texas, located in the amazing lil’ hamlet between Johnson City and Fredericksburg, Texas that, honestly, if you blink, you’ll miss…and you DO NOT want to do that. Toward the latter part of every January, the good folks in the great […]