He uses his own experiences in the newsrooms and on the streets of the Texas Capital and that huge piece of real estate between Houston and San Antonio to capture times and the larger-than-life personalities that have kept the bubbling crucible of Austin, Texas spinning out musical and cultural influences nonstop since the early ‘70s.SIMPLE TRIPLE STANDARD is more than just another “See what happened was” story about rednecks, long necks and college interns. Ray Palla’s SIMPLE TRIPLE STANDARD is about radio, Texas, the music scene, and a city called Austin that’s as famous for bringing out the craziness of all three as it is for being a stomping ground for colorful politicians.Ray is a natural storyteller who writes about the 40 years between the slow waltz away from AM and its big-voiced fast talking deejays to satellite and digital where anybody picks favorites for everybody.
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