Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, influenced generations with his colorful, rhyming, and uniquely whimsical stories. These children’s books are highly acclaimed, deeply beloved, and what people remember when they hear his pen name.

Mental health practitioners have long noted a drastic change in handwriting as evidence of Multiple Personality Disorder. Looking at the back page of my notebook, where I log a semi-complete and oft-misspelled list of bands I see during South by Southwest, it’s clear that nine days of music fundamentally altered my brain.

On at least one thing 500 humans and a million Mexican free-tailed bats agree: When it's Batman's 80th birthday, you gotta come out.

Pink Elephant Radio rolled out Pink Privilege – its first official SXSW showcase and the Fest’s first LGBTQ Hip Hop Showcase on Saturday night, March 16, at the Main on 6th. The night featured queer hip hop artists from all over the country, some coming into Austin for the first time.

“I’m just going to sing a bunch of songs that I wrote about living out here,” announced Israel Nash before launching into “Lucky Ones” in the headlining slot of his fourth annual From the Hills With Love Fest on Saturday. Hosting a couple hundred artists and neighbors on his Dripping Springs ranch, Nash provided a calming Hill Country close to SXSW.

Some things end with a bang. Some end with a whimper. But what if there was a better, middle way?

Words fail anyone attempting to describe the singing of Aretha Franklin, a standard this writer won’t be exceeding today. Buy the album Amazing Grace – buy all the albums – and now watch the film (in wide release next month) and wonder at what we gained, and what we have lost.

There may be more iconic Stephen King books than Pet Sematary, but few so thoroughly capture the imagination of non-King readers. As Hollywood struggles to adapt – or re-adapt – as many of King’s novels as they can, this story of raising the dead was always a natural fit for a big-budget revival.

Arthur Brown has cancelled today’s performance at Waterloo Records out of respect for the victims of Friday’s attacks on two mosques in New Zealand. The gunman was heard on livestream blasting Brown’s song “Fire” in his car during his murderous rampage.