Row My Boat Ashore
Louis Black bids farewell in his final "Page Two" column
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Louis Black, Sept. 7, 2017
The Good Songs We Need to Sing Together and Loud
Celebrating love and resistance at Terry and Jo Harvey Allen's 55th wedding anniversary
Louis Black, July 13, 2017
Leaving It Up to Her
On Margaret Moser: Happy together, then, now, and forever
Louis Black, June 29, 2017
God Is Alive, Magic Afoot, and Music Everywhere
Egmont Street was where we discovered Risk, Quaaludes, phone phreaking – and some of the greatest albums ever released
Louis Black, June 22, 2017
Dancing at the Revolution With the Radio On!
Louis Black recalls the joys of driving around and falling in love with pop songs
Louis Black, June 15, 2017
Unfortunately the Left Is Guilty of Hypocrisy Even If the Right Is More Openly Oppressive
Adding a "but" to freedom of speech is unacceptable
Louis Black, June 1, 2017
When “Patriotism” Means Petulance
So much for draining the swamp
Louis Black, May 25, 2017
Hey Hey, My My
Jonathan Demme will never die
Louis Black, May 11, 2017
"Trouble Comin' Every Day"
And too many couldn’t be happier about it
Louis Black, May 4, 2017
The Air He Breathed, the Baby Blue Sunglasses He Wore
Jonathan Demme, 1944-2017
Louis Black, April 27, 2017
It’s Not That We Can’t Handle the Truth but That We No Longer Want To
Louis Black, April 13, 2017
The Media Has Always Been Biased
The history of American journalism is one of slanted and limited coverage
Louis Black, April 6, 2017
Frogs Were the Second Plague
The Time of the Toad, and a time to dance
Louis Black, March 30, 2017
It Is the Worst of Times, It Is the Worst of Times
It is the age of little wisdom, it is the age of foolishness
Louis Black, Feb. 23, 2017
The U.S. Swings Like a Pendulum Do
The good news is, the Constitution is specifically designed to work amidst controversy and hatred
Louis Black, Feb. 16, 2017
Loving and Hating John Wayne, Meryl Streep, Free Speech
Public or private, unspoken or expressed, the rights of every citizen are guaranteed
Louis Black, Jan. 12, 2017
The Path Back to Believing
It only takes a moment for the ordinary to transform
Louis Black, Jan. 5, 2017
Bye Bye Social Safety Net
Tearing down the social safety net will be a lot easier than building it back again when it is realized how necessary it is
Louis Black, Dec. 22, 2016
Time for All Those Who Voted Their Conscience to Claim Their Credit in Trump’s Election?
Congratulations on feeling pure and noble. Guess where it got us.
Louis Black, Dec. 15, 2016
Telling Stories, Watching Movies
The real and the known, the unreal and then some
Louis Black, Dec. 8, 2016
An Immodest Proposal
Preventing the music scene from burdening the city
Louis Black, Dec. 1, 2016
This Too Shall Pass, Or … Ain’t Got Time for That Now
Along came Trump
Louis Black, Nov. 23, 2016
True Stories: Then and Now
Connecting the dots between the SIMS Foundation and a day on the set of David Byrne's sleeper hit film
Louis Black, Nov. 17, 2016
Where Do We Go From Here?
Louis Black, Nov. 10, 2016
We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us
Whoever wins the election, the damage is already done
Louis Black, Nov. 3, 2016
Page Two – Alex Jones: Demon Hunter
“Clinton and Obama stink of sulfur, so they must be demons”
Louis Black, Oct. 20, 2016
Page Two – BFI: Blaze Foley Inside
11 verses in search of a song
Louis Black, Oct. 13, 2016
Pay-to-Play City Politics
When it comes to Austin's independent businesses, the City too often is part of the problem
Louis Black, Oct. 6, 2016
Two Candidates in Search of a Presidency
And an electorate looking for comic book superheroes
Louis Black, Sept. 29, 2016
Otto Binder Had a Vision
The great science-fiction and comic book writer already had a name for Trump back in the 1950s – Bizarro
