What the hell is going on, people? I mean, I’ve known Houston’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it city since I first moved here, but lately it’s been a little ridiculous. On top of the news that The Proletariat is likely going to be knocked down to make way for the Richmond light rail, now the folks up at […]
Naysayers be damned, I’ll swear ’til my dying/moving day that there’s way, way more to do in this city than most folks think; more, in fact, than this paltry blog/site can ever hope to cover. Which is why, sadly, we kinda seem to zip right past all the awesomely neat stuff that goes on up […]
Yep, from the Holy-Fuckin’-Shit! File: much-revered, sadly-missed local music emporium Cactus Records has clawed its way out of its grave. I’d heard rumors that this might happen for a while now but was trying not to jinx it by putting too much stake in ’em, y’know? It almost sounded too good to be true. Now, […]
Hey, don’t laugh — I may be a big over-thirty dork with a kid & house & all that crap, but I, too, have known the wonders of the pit. I’ve gotten stomped into the mud (Fishbone @ Lollapalooza), come close to getting my jaw broken by arm-swinging gorillas (Helmet in San Antonio; that show […]
Yes, it’s true. Scenester/erst-and-again booking guy Bucky has decided that dangit, he just hasn’t done enough music-related crap in this here city, so now he’s opening his own record store, to boot, called On The Mouth. Not only is the new enterprise named after one of the best.damn.Superchunk.songs.EVER (okay, yeah, I love the OtM album, […]
Time for Pt. 3 of our upcoming-festivality coverage, again for this coming weekend (er, tomorrow, that is): Sat., October 13 — Free Press Westheimer Block Party @ 300-500 block of Westheimer (Numbers/Avante Garden/La Strada/Mangos) Man, that crazy Free Press Houston crew just won’t quit; gotta love ’em for it. They’re bound and determined to resurrect […]
Don’t worry, no long-term commitment or anything — I know how much people hate that crap. Just wanted to mention two little areas where good local scenester folks have asked for help recently & see if anybody’s down: First off, the ever-awesome Steven G. of punk heroes Something Fierce has sent out a call for […]
No, not the city, but Houston Calling, the excellent, excellent blog by Envy Music Editor (and sometime SCR contributor) David Cobb has moved from its longstanding home over at donewaiting.com to its very, very own Web home at “www.houstoncalling.net”. Go check it out, and make sure you change your RSS feed stuff, too (like I […]
[UPDATE, 8/3/07: Yep, things’re changing fast…got confirmation that no, Sugar Shack won’t be playing, but a pseudo-“supergroup” of Joint Chiefs & Fleshmop members will be. Awesome.] [UPDATE, 8/2/07: Just got a note from Kyle of Sugar Shack; seems they’re actually not playing the reunion show and had never planned to in the first place. Damn…] […]
Well, I haven’t heard anything yet about a rain date, so keep yr fingers crossed… After much eager anticipation, tonight is the Houston Press Music Awards up in never-this-genuinely-cool-otherwise downtown H-town. A ton of bands, a fair amount of rain, and lots of hipsters & wide-eyed suburbanites, all for a mere $10. Check here for […]
Ah, crap. I’m not a drama geek, really, despite being a do-you-want-fries-with-that? English/History major in college (which tends to require a lot of dramatic lit-reading), but this makes me sad: Infernal Bridegroom Productions is no more. Fuck. Due to “insurmountable financial difficulties,” the indie theater company’s 14-year run ends this month. And trust me, that’s […]
Some days it really does seem like humanity as a whole really, truly sucks. No, I’m not talking about the dipshit in the black pickup who nearly killed me when he decided his turn-only lane that merged into mine was actually a go-straight lane, or even about the fact that there are apparently still people […]
