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Jann Alexander
Jun 26, 20131 min read
I’d Ride the Zephyr
Ride the Zephyr by Jann Alexander © 2013 . . . if only I could I encountered a train switching yard on a bike tour of South Dakota’s...
Jann Alexander
Jun 24, 20131 min read
Too Late to Look for the Spear
Too Late to Look for the Spear by Jann Alexander © 2013 Stylin’ High © Jann Alexander A pack of Wrigley’s Spearmint gum could relieve...
Jann Alexander
Jun 21, 20133 min read
On Art + Magic
“ It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene,...
Jann Alexander
Jun 20, 20131 min read
Would You Like a Condo with that Custard?
Overtowering Sandy’s by Jann Alexander © 2012 Custard v Condo © 2013 Sandy’s Frozen Custard may very well be the best frozen custard in...
Jann Alexander
Jun 19, 20132 min read
What’s True
From Wikipedia Commons As a child, I was either reading, writing or drawing (or some combination thereof), which is what I still mostly...
Jann Alexander
Jun 7, 20131 min read
Speeding into the Sunset
Guitars on Speed by Jann Alexander ©2013 Austin Speed Shop is bidding farewell to South Lamar, to make way for, yes, another luxury...
Jann Alexander
May 31, 20131 min read
So Long, SoCo Trailers
So Long, SoCo Trailers by Jann Alexander © 2013 Sign of the Thaimes? Neon green picnic tables and a fallen Coat & Thai sign are all...
Jann Alexander
May 18, 20132 min read
There Goes the Neighborhood
A Hole in the Heart of Texas by Jann Alexander © 2012 Lamar Plaza is gone. It’s just a hole in the ground now. Since late 2012, dozens...
Jann Alexander
Sep 19, 20112 min read
Where Oh Where Will The Warehouse Go?
Noodlin’ Around the Warehouses © Jann Alexander The freight lines brought the low-brick industrial warehouses that once dominated...
Jann Alexander
Aug 5, 20111 min read
Take It Easy
Speakin’ Easy by Jann Alexander © 2011 There’s a ghostly story they like to tell about Speakeasy, in Austin’s Warehouse District....
Jann Alexander
Aug 1, 20113 min read
Your Image Is Your Brand
(And Your Brand Is Your Image.) If you’re a visual artist or photographer, your image is your brand. Literally. You’re known for what you...
Jann Alexander
Jul 26, 20112 min read
Dumb Things Artists Do
We are continually amazed (yet entertained) by Dumb Things Artists Do To Try to Get Into Galleries . Dumb, because they’ve given no...
Jann Alexander
May 17, 20112 min read
What Does It Take To Vanish?
Big City, Little Coffee by Jann Alexander © 2013 It takes a certain knack to make the Vanishing Austin list and actually do the...
Jann Alexander
Sep 1, 20101 min read
Since 1931, But Not Past 2010
Vanishing Austin: Since 1931 by Jann Alexander ©2010 At a 2010 open house reception for my downtown Austin gallery, Austin Details Art...
Jann Alexander
Dec 14, 20091 min read
Endangered Species of Austin unveiled on KXAN
Endangered Species of Austin poster, $25 KXAN’s Josh Hinkle focused on Capitol Saddlery’s oversize boot to showcase my new poster...
Jann Alexander
Aug 12, 20091 min read
A Rare Treat: An All-Art Issue from Rare Magazine
Frisco Gold by Jann Alexander © 2013 Featured in the Art issue of Rare this month, my work (including my Vanishing Austin photo series...
Jann Alexander
Jun 30, 20091 min read
The Stars Come Out at Night
Walk to Wiggys by Jann Alexander © 2103 I have long been fascinated by juxtapositions, and this one always grabs me as I approach...
Jann Alexander
Sep 4, 20082 min read
Finally, Overtaken
Overtaken by Jann Alexander ©2006 More than a year before a corporate giant’s expansion plans doomed Las Manitas , I enjoyed my first...
Jann Alexander
Aug 21, 20082 min read
Movin’ On—Carefully
Movin’ On—Carefully by Jann Alexander ©2008 How do you move a neon sign? Especially one that’s achieved icon status in Austin? As it...
Jann Alexander
May 12, 20082 min read
What Would Johnny Say?
Mean Cat Meets Condo by Jann Alexander © 2010 That’s one Mean-Eyed Cat . The signs of progress are overtaking the humble little bar on...
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