First, this isn’t about my current band, orange is in. We’re good. This is about a band I used to play in, Under the Sun. Recently, I got a call from the guitarist, Larry Cooper, about doing a reunion show tonight at the Continental Club. I wondered what would happen if a band did a reunion show and nobody came. … Read more →
Category: Local Music
orange is in CD One of Houston’s 20 Best in 2006
David A. Cobb, the music editor for Envy Magazine and popular local music blogger, released his list of the top releases of 2006 in H-Town and my band‘s CD, Another Lame Semi-Tragedy, made the list at #12. W00t! Read more →
Houston Rock Clubs Dropping Like Flies
Sidecar Pub is closing and Walter’s is on the brink. Helios is done and Mary Jane’s has been gone. In reality, that leaves Continental Club, Rudyard’s, the Proletariat, Dan Electro’s and Last Concert Cafe as the only remaining live, original music venues in Houston that still cater to local rock bands. Even that is a stretch considering Dan’s is mostly… Read more →
Candidates in Support of the Music Scene?
I was reading Off the Kuff and saw this link to John Nova Lomax of the Houston Press and his article suggesting that the gentrification of neighborhoods like Montrose and the Washington Avenue Corridor are to blame for the loss of clubs like Helios and Mary Jane’s. He’s right of course, but his suggestion is to fight the system by… Read more →
My Top Ten Performance Disasters
In honor of Stereogum’s post about the Top Ten Onstage Meltdowns, I thought I’d humbly submit the ten worst performance disasters from my years of playing music. Yikes! 10. Baking Like a Fish The Basics played in Corpus Christi at Cole Park. Think Party on the Plaza near the beach. It was a swealtering July afternoon and we were in… Read more →
Just Getting Everyone Caught Up
I know that you are all just dying to hear about my life. Well, you should be because I am OH SO fascinating…and humble. I started working out again. I feel better about this than not working out though I must admit my will power is severly lacking. Mostly, I don’t want to be fat, but I find that isn’t… Read more →
Handstamp Songs for Halloween
Sara Cress of the Chronicle music blog, Handstamp, sent out requests yesterday for songs that you think of when you think of Halloween and I responded, being the nerd that I am. She ran it today in her Halloween blog post. Here was my response if you, like me, are often too lazy to click the link: For me, there… Read more →