Normally this cross-referential blogging-about-other-blogs thing kinda irks me — there’s nothing as irritating as following the digital breadcrumb trail of some little blurb back through a half-dozen blogs linking to one another just so you can find out where the hell it originated from — but what the hell, I’m doing it. Just watch me, […]
No, it’s got zero to do with music (except maybe in that the best music’s dependent on free speech), but it’s still the worst news I’ve heard all week, so… Legendary Texan journalist and hellraiser Molly Ivins passed away today, and I can scarcely believe it. The lady was larger-than-life, one of the few people […]
Damn, this pisses me off. The good people over at HouStoned are reporting that locals Stephen Reynold and the Texas Two were robbed a few nights back. It seems somebody broke into their rehearsal space (which also happens to be the garage and amp workshop of bassist Chad Hawkins) and swiped a bunch of expensive […]
Ah, yes — tomorrow night (Fri., Jan. 19th), H-town ska legends The Suspects, the guys who pretty much defined the ska scene here for, hell, about a decade, will be reuniting for a heck of a show over at The Continental Club. Best of all, this’ll be nearly a complete reunion, with just about every […]
Just because I’m a natural-born skeptic, I find myself shaking my head and grumbling under my breath every time the weatherpeople promise horrific ice/wind/mud storms. I mean, c’mon, doesn’t anybody remember last fall, when the Mother of All Hurricane Seasons was proclaimed to be nigh? (It’s since been pushed back to next fall, naturally. More […]
October, weirdly enough, is turning into a good-news month for Houston music. First there’s the note from Jim Pirtle that notsuoH, one of the quirkiest, coolest, most unique “venues” I’ve ever been to, will be reopening, and now it appears that the long-time-gone Public News, the very rag that made me curious in the first […]
We here at SCR were very sad to see the place go, so it’s very, very nice to be able to say that notsuoH is coming back. According to owner Jim Pirtle, Clark’s, the bar that’s been living in the building’s downstairs area for a while now, is closing down, and Pirtle’s reopening his art […]
