This year's Watermelon Thump was a sweet event. — -- Most days of the year, Luling, Texas is a sleepy town of around 5,500 people. Come late June, though, that number swells to 35,000, and it’s ...

Within the Pomona Swap Meet’s sea of shiny Corvettes and 1950s Cadillacs, a storage truck seems out of place. In thick block letters, it reads Thump Records and is open for vending. As racks of ...