HEY - WHAT KIND OF COLA WOULD SHASTAKOVITCH DRINK? Shasta. If you’re retching and reaching for a mouse with which to exit this site due to that awful Dad joke, you know it’s that time again - DUMB QUESTIONS/SMART ANSWERS. Yep, that occasional column where we dig deep into our bag of [...]

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Cannot deny it, the folks at the Free Press have put together another WHIPS OF ACES lineup for their twice-annual block party. All this week, we’ll be helping battle your OH NO, WHICH SHOW TO GO? malady with a shot in the arm of our thoughts on some recent releases by Block Party acts. And [...]

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OOOOOOOOOH FIZZLE BIZZLE. You know, in the midst of a truly LOL Vice Presidential vetting disaster, it’s harder than Gary Hart to compete for your attention - and we recognize this. But fortunately, some news that will in no way raise to the DailyKos or Redstate radar has come across our desks and [...]

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Summer lovin’, it happens so fast. Summer lovin’, we wish it would last. But alas, the calendar waits for no one, so even though the cool crisp refreshment of fall is still many many Mad Men (vote for Ty, btw) episodes away, school is starting back up again soon. In the next [...]

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Mlee Marie (Hearts of Animals) and Stepherik (Erik Bogle (Bring Back the Guns) and Stephanie Wittels) have showed up.  This place is getting beautiful.  We know Hearts of Animals are playing, but the Guns are not on the agenda.  The Tontons just finished up.  Real talk, this is the best we’ve ever heard them play.  [...]

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The Gold Sounds are on TEXAS HEAT PRESENTS REFRESHING SHADE OF A MIGHTY OAK STAGE, but meanwhile we just had a few words with the hot man of shredding Steven Fierce (Something Fierce) about this and that.  Though their free MP3 Modern Girl EP hit the streets only a few months ago, the trio has [...]

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UPDATED: ok.  turns out there is a show in Montrose afterall. This is a weird weekend kinda, and not just cause we’re recommending shows at Fitzgeralds, Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar and Double Dave’s Pizza (to some of you it will also be weird that we’re all frosted tips about a weekend at the Shady Tavern [...]

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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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HOLLA! So, between the already part three-demanded HOOTENANNY! and the Houston Press Music Awards Showcase, you may have not turned your eyes up from the pavement to what is coming up this weekend. Oooh man. You see, not only will you get to see our own DJ UNDER WARRANTY play an all [...]

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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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