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All Hail West Texas 006:

That’s what real columnists do: visit their old blogs and make sardonic comments about them. And, look, I’ve got a banner on the homepage of this site and everything, so I am a real columnist. I could even add it to my Twitter bio if I wanted to.

All Hail West Texas 005: Kanye and the Damnation of Faust

Josh Baines retells the Faust myth with Kanye West…

ALL HAIL WEST TEXAS 004: JENS, JENS, JENS

The first top ten, this column right here, is going to be somewhat self-indulgent. It’s about everyone’s favourite Swedish crooner Jens Lekman! For the last decade the kid from Kortedala (who would, alas even with that nickname, make a pretty poor boxer) has been putting out some of the most finely crafted melancholy pop music, like ever.

All Hail West Texas: Nostalgia

Thanks a bunch Johannes Hofer, thanks a bunch. I blame you for Hipstamatic photos, for the mythologization of old cartoons, for the holding up of dreadful pop-punk records as a bastion of musical achievement, for Tubmlr posts about children’s television, for Beyond Retro, for Best Coast.

All Hail West Texas: OBSESSION

This week: Liza Minnelli teaches us how to pine properly. Whilst idly browsing the esteemed message board I Love Music the other morning, I came across a thread that was asking users (who include, amongst others, one of the guys