Always loved talking to the great Mojo Nixon, the rockabilly fireball who lampooned then-popular personalities like MTV VJ Martha Quinn (“Stuffin’ Martha’s Muffin”) and Debbie Gibson (“Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child”) all the while being embraced by the very people he was parodying. Below is the first of many chats we’d have over the years. It’s from Jan. 1, 1993.
I’m a Fort Worth native who’s been writing about my hometown since 1992, when I joined the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Over a 26-year career there — 14 years on staff and 12 as a freelancer — I traveled across town, the state, and the country, writing about music, pop culture, food, and people, both famous and unsung, from Billy Joel to a young high school couple in love in a small Texas town.
My work has appeared in the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel, American Way, Texas Music, Pop Culture Press, and MTV.com. I currently freelance for Fort Worth Magazine and CultureMap.
This site is an ongoing work in progress, updated regularly with new stories and older work spanning my now 30-year-plus career.
