We catch up to Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters backstage at Ray Benson’s Birthday Party, an annual SXSW event that draws some of the finest musicians for some of the best jams of the festival. He talked about his 20 years with the Foo Fighters and jokingly gave some bad advice for children who’d like to follow in his footsteps.
This 68th Birthday (Happy Birthday Ray!) was presented by BMI and benefitted the Health Alliance For Austin Musicians (HAAM), a unique non-profit that holds a special place in the heart of Austin music lovers. The event was held on the GSD&M corporation’s back plaza, and featured Ray Benson’s Asleep At The Wheel, Dale Watson, Randy Houser, Ben Dickey, Katie Pruitt, Robert Ellis, Who Do, Jamie Lin Wilson, Waylon Payne, Collective Soul’s Ed Roland, Wade Bowen and a special surprise by Robert Earl Keen.
Hedwig at 25: John Cameron Mitchell Returns to Texas with the Cult Classic That Refused to Play by the Rules—and Still Changes Lives
Twenty-five years after Hedwig and the Angry Inch first exploded onto screens, its creator, writer, director, and star John Cameron Mitchell is bringing the film—and its companion piece Shortbus—back to the big screen in 4K for a special anniversary celebration at Dallas’s historic Texas Theater. In a wide-ranging conversation with AMFM Magazine Managing Editor Paul
“On the Creepy Meter, It Was a 12”: Dennis Haysbert on Filming ‘Time of Death’ in a Real Haunted Prison
Interview by Paul Salfen, Text by Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine Dennis Haysbert has built a career on that unmistakable voice and commanding presence—from the thrifty commercial that first put him on casting directors’ radar, to Major League, the high-stakes intensity of 24, and now a chilling new turn in the horror-thriller Time of Death.
From Tears to Triumph: Vicki Adkins Opens Up About Losing Her Son, Her Husband, and Finding “Good Grief”
Interview by Paul Salfen, Text by Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine In an exclusive AMFM Magazine conversation with Paul Salfen, author Vicki Adkins sat down to talk about the book she never planned to write—until life and faith left her no choice. Good Grief is not a tidy self-help manual. It is the raw, unfiltered
SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY Movie Minute Review
https://www.amfm-magazine.tv/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Spider-Man-Brand-New-Day.m4a This is Paul Salfen with your KLAK Movie Minute. In theaters now is Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the latest film about everyone's favorite webslinger and sadly, it's not a very fun time at the movies. It's a complete tonal shift from the other lighthearted fun superhero flicks and we now have a downer of
Roger Avary Brings PULP FICTION Magic to Dallas: The Oscar Winner’s First-Ever Q&A, Texas Love Affair, and Bold New Chapter
Interview by Paul Salfen, Text by Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine When Oscar-winning screenwriter Roger Avary steps onto the stage at the historic Texas Theatre this Sunday for a special screening of Pulp Fiction, it won’t just be another career retrospective. It will be a full-circle moment for the man who co-wrote one of the
The Odyssey Movie Minute Review
This is Paul Salfen with your KLAK Movie Minute. In theaters now is the biggest film of the summer, The Odyssey, the new Christopher Nolan epic based on the classic poem by Homer that gives us three hours of action, fantasy, and epic cinema in a way only Nolan could. Starring Matt Damon as Odysseus,
Joseph Kosinski Had to Invent a New Camera System Just to Make F1 — And the Result Is One of the Most Thrilling Movies of the Year
Interview by Paul Salfen, Text by Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine When Joseph Kosinski set out to put audiences inside a Formula 1 car at 200 mph, the technology to do it properly didn’t exist. So he and his team built it. Working from the groundbreaking camera systems developed for Top Gun: Maverick and pushing
Kneel to Stand Tall: Bear Grylls Takes ‘The Chosen’ Cast Into the Wild—and Finds Faith Waiting
Interview by Paul Salfen, Text by Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine In a world that rarely slows down long enough to listen, Bear Grylls still knows how to make people stop and pay attention. The man who has dragged celebrities through jungles, deserts, and ice for years has now turned his attention to the cast
Shotgun Messiah Legends Zinny Zan & Harry Cody Just Dropped a Bombshell Reunion Album (and It’s Not Nostalgia)
“Sever” is a loud and clear anthem of defiance against the hidden forces that corrupt, consume, and demand surrender." - Zinny Zan After 35 years apart, the original voice and guitar firepower of Shotgun Messiah have quietly reunited — and the result is anything but a trip down memory lane. Zinny Zan and Harry Cody
Eric Levy on Night Ranger’s ‘Brain Chemistry’ Magic: 15 Years of Rocking America & the New Best Of Era
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