The second memory is pure Texas over the top absurdity. Fast forward to July 7, 1990. I had just finished my 6 years in the Army. I had moved back to Houston in the Greenspoint area, and the city is throwing a massive celebration...

For decades, we’ve been slowly downgrading the experience. We moved away from the furniture-sized consoles and floor-standing speakers of our parents' era—systems that moved real air