If you’ve seen Jaws, you know the story. Two days out of Guam on a three day cruise to Leyte for training, still kicking the Geiger from delivering parts of the nuclear bomb that would be dropped on Hiroshima, the USS Indianapolis unwittingly found itself in the glare of Commander Mochitsura Hashimoto’s periscope. [...]

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HEY!  One last word (we don’t really promise) on the TWOTENANNY!  Quite a few videos were shot of the bands, and we thought we’d put them all in one place for you.  You know, a kind of Swiss Army Knife of the Best of Houston covering the Best of Everyone Else.  You’re Welcome.
SHARKS AND SAILORS [...]

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Weeeell, the results are in from the 2008 Houston Press Music Awards, and while there were some winners in the scene we all breathe and love, we have to say that our enthusiasm for the results is tempered.  Be it voter apathy or competitive categories splitting the Hands_Up vote, it looks like that the sector [...]

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Can we take a step back and just bask in the freaking glory of this weekend? We got CD releases and old bands saying farewell, we got ten of the city’s finest cuttin’ rugs at the TWOTENANNY!, we got the Houston Press Music Awards showcase with 60 bands on ten stages. Man. [...]

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Check out this sneak peak photo Sharks and Sailors sent us! It’s from a recent practice session for their set as The Police at the TWOTENANNY! Saturday.

YUSSS.  Also, if it isn’t on your radar yet, S&S’s first full length, the EPIC TOME-FOOLERY known as Builds Brand New is coming out next Friday at their release [...]

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HEY GUESS WHAT THIS WEEK IS?  HOOTENANNY TWO: TWOTENANNY! YUSS!  We here at The Skyline Network and our most extreme party call me co-curator Mr. Ben Murphy are stoked like the Pope at what lies just a few days hence.  And so are the bands!  EVIDENCE:  Flowers to Hide have recorded themselves playing The Cure’s [...]

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HELLO! We’re fresh from the who and whom of this months strictly VIP Houston Music Makers Mixer, which took place at the Red Bull Art of Can Gallery in the Galleria. For those not into the finer arts, the Art of Can has sculpture and other forms from artists and artisans worldwide constructed [...]

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UPDATE: 2:26 PM: Breakdown of the Ballot by Artist and number of nominations. Fatal Flying Guilloteens and Indian Jewelry come out on top in our cloud with four each:

Fatal Flying Guilloteens (4) – Musician of the Year, Best Guitarist, Best Punk, Best Male Vocalist
Indian Jewelry (4) – Best Album, Best Song, Musician [...]

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AVAST! The next HOOTENANNY is a mere MONTH AWAY! NO! We are not talking about the new Weezer tour of the same name (Sorry Weezer, Awesome! played as you during the first Hootenanny, but if you would like you can play as Awesome! at HOOTENANNY 3: TROITENANNY!). We’re talking about [...]

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