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Songs and the City
Not just another boring country song: Tunes for twisted cowboys
By Douglas Newman
Mar 9th, 2010 at 12:36 PM
The Rodeo is in full force, a bull's broken into the parking lot, cowboy hats are everywhere in town and this installment of Songs and the City celebrates the ...
Hidden Houston
A Day with Death
By Douglas Newman
Feb 23rd, 2010 at 6:30 AM
The National Museum of Funeral History is one death-related attraction that is anything but morbid.
Songs and the City
Valentine's mixtape: Love songs for your loved one
By Douglas Newman
Feb 11th, 2010 at 12:00 AM
I've been wracking my brain trying to determine the best Valentine's Day theme for this installment of "Songs and the City." Should I highlight twisted love songs that ...
Hidden Houston
The sweet sounds of SugarHill Recording Studios
By Douglas Newman
Feb 8th, 2010 at 3:21 PM
Nestled on a quiet street just off Old Spanish Trail in southeast Houston is the home of SugarHill Recording Studios, an unassuming metal-clad building with a long, vibrant and sometimes ...
We Got the Beat
With IRM, Charlotte Gainsbourg finds her muse in Beck
By Douglas Newman
Jan 26th, 2010 at 6:08 PM
Charlotte Gainsbourg has found her muse in Beck and vice versa. "IRM," the uber-cool duo's first collaboration is an infectious record of sonic experimentation and ace songwriting that marries ...
We Got the Beat
Update: Vampire Weekend tops the charts with 'Contra'
By Douglas Newman
Jan 25th, 2010 at 12:00 AM
Editors note: "Contra," the second album from Vampire Weekend, shot to the top of the Billboard album charts in its first week of release. Read our review and listen to ...
We Got the Beat
Eels ponder the "End Times" — from heartbreak to renewal in 40 minutes
By Douglas Newman
Jan 20th, 2010 at 8:33 PM
The suddenly prolific Eels released "End Times" this week, a mere seven months after the lust-themed "Hombre Lobo." Where that album found main Eel Mark Oliver Everett (or simply "E ...
Songs and the City
Odes to Oil: A slick set of songs
By Douglas Newman
Jan 14th, 2010 at 10:14 AM
Houston has a lot to offer, as this site clearly shows, but it's probably best known around the world as the home of a massive energy industry. For better ...
TV we love
Stephen Colbert + Philip Glass + War Chant = Brilliance
By Douglas Newman
Jan 13th, 2010 at 2:31 PM
Stephen Colbert hit a new high last night when he recruited minimalist composer Philip Glass to provide piano accompaniment for his absurdist avant garde take on what an effective "war ...
Ticking down to 2010
Albums from the past decade that you should own but probably don't
By Douglas Newman
Dec 28th, 2009 at 6:00 AM
I cringed when I was asked to put together a list of my 10 favorite albums from the past decade. My shortlist had nearly four times that many. How could ...
Songs and the City
Houston is music to the ears of listeners of these 13 songs
By Douglas Newman
Dec 13th, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Most great cities have served as inspiration for popular music. New York's been immortalized in more songs than you can imagine, everything from Duke Ellington's "Take the A ...
Hidden Houston
Searching for solitude
By Douglas Newman
Dec 12th, 2009 at 9:00 AM
I'm not a religious fella. Nor am I particularly spiritual. I'm more likely to feel the presence of a higher power listening to a Coltrane solo rather than ...
We got the Beat
Isn't it ironic? Dylan surprises again with holiday CD
By Douglas Newman
Dec 2nd, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Earlier this fall, when news broke that Bob Dylan would be cutting an album full of age-old Christmas standards, my friend Jim (a fellow uber-fan) and I engaged in a ...
This Week in Hating
Rock 'n' roll kvetch
By Douglas Newman
Nov 23rd, 2009 at 12:34 AM
Sit down! Stop talking! Is screaming really necessary?!?! Put that away! Think I’m talking to a toddler? Nope. That was me scolding the people sitting next to me at ...
Hidden Houston
Orange you glad you live here?
By Douglas Newman
Nov 7th, 2009 at 6:00 AM
If Houston were to come up with a pretentious slogan like "Keep Austin Weird," it probably would be "Keep Houston Humid," or "Keep Houston Sprawling," or, as a bumper sticker ...
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Update: West Loop reopens after tanker spill causes traffic nightmare
Mar 12th, 2010 at 7:50PM
Fire alarm shuts up Marc Cuban (for once) at South by Southwest
Mar 12th, 2010 at 7:06PM
There's a Situation at RA Sushi
Mar 12th, 2010 at 6:01PM
On the set for rare Houston movie making: Filming Puncture in the Heights
Mar 12th, 2010 at 5:42PM
"Nerd alert" in Austin: SXSW Interactive searches for the Web's next big thing
Mar 12th, 2010 at 4:37PM
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