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https://www.hihowareyou.org/  This is the Hi, How Are You Project’s signature annual event—our primary awareness-building and fundraising celebration of music, connection, and mental health. Held each year around January 22 (Daniel Johnston’s birthday) at Austin’s historic Paramount Theatre, Hi, How Are You Day brings artists, advocates, and the community together to inspire open conversations about emotional wellbeing.

 --GVM speaking here. This one hit me hard today, January 20th, 2026. I knew Jim Magnuson and his son Billy Magnuson from growing up in West Austin, Tarrytown, Old Enfield WAYA in the 1990's. Jim Magunson, Billy's Dad, co-coached our youth basketballs games at the local ATX WAYA Rec Center. The Magnuson family was extremely kind, including Billy's mom and sister. Jim Magnuson was approachable, intelligent, conversational and wittingly funny. Simply put, he was just a swell man to be around. Rest in Peace Jim. You were one of the best examples of a human, I've ever known. Article #1  Click here for the article: November 23, 2020, JAMES MAGNUSON: A literary Life & Legacy Article #2.  Penguin Random House Article on James "Jim" Magnuson.  This below photo collage is when I attended a BOOK RELEASE event for Jim's Son and my contemporary (smarter than me) Billy Magnuson @ BookPeople ATX James Magnuson is survived by his beloved wife Hester, daughter Martha,...