The Texas Observer, September 28th, 2001
The Man With the Golden Arm
Graham Reynolds looks bored. It is a Thursday night in downtown Austin, and Reynolds is onstage at the Mercury Lounge. Around him swirls a flurry of last-minute activity: cellos being tuned, reeds adjusted, microphones positioned, sheet music riffled and organized. But Reynolds--wearing a guayabera, combat boots, union-blue military pants, and an array of hoop earrings--remains sedate, his impossibly lanky figure slouched nonchalantly over his piano. The crowded bar is awash in a sea of dyed hair, pierced lips, tight pants, beat-up boots, and tattoos, all adorning ...
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