I finally got digital cable yesterday so I now have MTV2, which I have been wanting to watch for a long time. Unfortunately, the first video I saw was something by Sum 41. After checking out their playlist, I am not that impressed. I guess only time will tell.
I know that Headbanger’s Ball is […]

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The first time I saw Greg Wood play, there were 5 other people at the bar–one was playing guitar with him and another was the bartender. Despite the lackluster turnout, which was in some piano or jazz lounge that is probably now home to a sushi bar or upscale women’s shoe store, Wood totally impressed […]

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Those who go to this show will die, those who go to this show will live forever.
I just heard about this upcoming show, which is at a club down the street from my apartment. Apparently there are only 80 tickets available for the May 17th show, and they are only for sale at a […]

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There comes a time in every millionaire musician’s life when he or she is faced with what to do next. Luckily for us, former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan opted to form Zwan.
The band played in Houston on Monday night (4.14.03), and courtesy of a friend who works for Satan (aka Clear Channel Communications), I […]

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I have been checking out sellthekids.com, a friend’s blog. Go check out his latest post about Dennis Miller.
In it, he talks about The Raw Feed, the Dennis Miller comedy special that aired Saturday night on HBO. I also watched this special and I feel the same way about a lot of the points he mentioned. […]

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I hate politics and I hate war. But it looks as if the United States might actually be “winning” the war in Iraq. Baghdad is already becoming like Los Angeles or any other major American city after the Super Bowl or a hockey championship game. For what I mean, read this article.
Just thought I’d throw […]

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Here’s another in a series of Houston Calling interviews with local musicians. Introducing Houston’s own DuneTx.
10 Questions for DuneTx
HC: You were out of the scene around here for quite a while it seems but I’ve been getting all kind of email lately about your gigs. What were you guys up to lately? Have you been […]

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Will someone tell me why I love Queenryche’s Operation:Mindcrime album so much?
Maybe it’s just having headphones on at work, knowing there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell of anyone here ever hearing of more than half of the stuff I have on my iPOD. I don’t know…
While at lunch, I went to the cool little […]

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In this corner, weighing in at one ton of pomp, the pride of Iceland: Sigur R?s! And in this corner, the moose-wrestling Montreal maulers: Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
Houston Press recently published an article comparing these bands that I thought was pretty humorous. Check out Combat Rock. Enjoy!
Now Playing in my iPOD: Zwan — Mary Star […]

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