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  Texas Toast Guitars Shows Off Hand-Built Instruments at Open House

  Monday, August 28, 2017 at 6 a.m.

  While studying guitar making at the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in Phoenix in the late ‘80s, Matt Flaherty remembers people saying, “Building an electric guitar is like an eighth-grade shop project.” Flaherty, who started Texas Toast Guitars out of his Arvada-based shop in 2011, has been thinking about that quote since first hearing it.

• The End of Rufus Baxter's Journey

  Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 8:14 a.m.

  Editor's note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver shares his ongoing story of an '80s rocker on a road trip through his past with the readers of Backbeat. You can see more of Van Sciver's work in his new book SAINT COLE from Fantagraphics books. Last Week's Episode Of Rufus...

• Rufus Baxter Learns the Truth

  Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 6:12 a.m.

  Editor's note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver shares his ongoing story of an '80s rocker on a road trip through his past with the readers of Backbeat. You can see more of Van Sciver's work in his new book SAINT COLE from Fantagraphics books. Last Week's Episode Of Rufus...

• Do You Really Want to Be a Famous Musician?

  Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 5:11 a.m.

  Editor's note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver shares his ongoing story of an 80s rocker on a road trip through his past with the readers of Backbeat. You can see more of Van Sciver's work in his new book SAINT COLE from Fantagraphics books. Last Week's Episode Of Rufus...

• Rufus Baxter and the Death of the Music Industry

  Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 6:31 a.m.

  Editor's note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver shares his ongoing story of an 80s rocker on a road trip through his past with the readers of Backbeat. You can see more of Van Sciver's work in his new book SAINT COLE from Fantagraphics books. Last Week's Episode Of Rufus...

• Rufus Baxter Spends His Money

  Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 7:17 a.m.

  Editor's note: Each week, illustrator Noah Van Sciver shares his ongoing story of an 80s rocker on a road trip through his past with the readers of Backbeat. You can see more of Van Sciver's work in his new book SAINT COLE from Fantagraphics books. Last Week's Episode Of Rufus...