tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12694343.post112291152153039751..comments2023-11-05T02:06:20.555-06:00Comments on Texas Oasis: Dixon CoulbournBlueberryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17357299403457746440noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12694343.post-1122987957744012312005-08-02T08:05:00.000-05:002005-08-02T08:05:00.000-05:00Punk music chronicler dies in pool accidentDixon C...<STRONG>Punk music chronicler dies in pool accident</STRONG><BR/>Dixon Coulbourn had started popular fanzine <BR/> <BR/>By Asher Price<BR/><BR/>AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF<BR/><BR/>Tuesday, August 2, 2005<BR/><BR/>Dixon Coulbourn, who gained renown in Austin's 1980s punk music scene for the fanzine he edited, died early Sunday in an apartment swimming pool accident. He was 43. <BR/><BR/>As a teenager tromping through Austin's punk venues, Coulbourn dreamed up Idle Time, a collage of his photographs and writings that served to document and celebrate the enthusiasm of punk. <BR/><BR/>"It wasn't just the counterculture," said his mother, Gail Coulbourn. "He was one to take up with the underdogs." <BR/><BR/>Idle Time was a "way to stay connected to the Austin scene" when he became a student in North Texas, and "it was my love letter home," Coulbourn wrote on his Web site, <A HREF="http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~edge/idle_time/index.php" REL="nofollow">www.idletime archive.com</A>. <BR/><BR/>"I made the long trip . . . to Austin quite often, catching rides with friends or strangers or taking the Greyhound Bus, making pilgrimages to Raul's and Duke's Royal Coach Inn." <BR/><BR/>Scott Stevens, who contributed cartoons to Idle Time, first caught sight of Coulbourn when he jumped onstage to join a Psychedelic Furs set in 1980. <BR/><BR/>"He didn't know all the words, but nobody in the band made fun of him," Stevens said. "He was just an unassuming personality who would jump into every- thing." <BR/><BR/>The fanzine, he said, gained fame for its live-action shots. <BR/><BR/>Recently, Coulbourn had taken to playing electronica in a group called Lupe. But he was still a fan and advocate of punk. <BR/><BR/>"Punk music courses through his veins," friend Jill Oleson said. <BR/><BR/>Coulbourn was also a fluent computer technician and had worked for more than 15 years at University of Texas' Bureau of Economic Geology, where he was a senior network analyst. He also helped friends start music fan Web sites. <BR/><BR/>As of Monday afternoon, the medical examiner's office had not confirmed a cause of death, but a pool inspector said Monday that electric wiring was dangling into the now-drained pool, and an underwater light fixture was missing. <BR/><BR/>The city is scheduled to inspect all public and semi-public pools, which total more than 1,550, at least once a year, said Robert Wright, a supervisor for the city's environmental health program. Two previous inspections (the most recent in February 2004) revealed no electrical issues, he said. <BR/><BR/>Coulbourn was an experienced swimmer and avid kayaker, friends and colleagues said. <BR/><BR/>Coulbourn is survived by his father, Dixon Wall Coulbourn; his mother, Gail Coulbourn; and two brothers, Travis Coulbourn and Daniel Coulbury. <BR/><BR/>asherprice@statesman.com; 445-3643<BR/><A HREF="http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/auto/epaper/editions/tuesday/metro_state_24fea1ee158341f500ed.html" REL="nofollow">link</A>Blueberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17357299403457746440noreply@blogger.com