Lubbock: "A Good Place to Live, But I Wouldn't Want to Visit There"

Even the trailer for this documentary says a lot about Lubbock.

It's called Lubbock Lights and was made by some Austin filmmakers. They are incredibly thorough, covering the obvious musicians from Lubbock like the Flatlanders, but also the obscure, like the Legendary Stardust Cowboy.

Some complain that this movie leaves a lot of things about Lubbock out of it. This is true. You certainly don't hear about fun stuff like STD and murder rates and the extreme polarization of wealth.

But that's for another time and place. This documentary is just about the music.

And it's about the culture, the weather, and the literal and metaphorical emptiness and vastness of the place that mix to forge a musical mindset.

I had to special order my copy from the film's Web site.