This week, I bought a new little practice amp from my good friend, Jim, out at Texas Music Emporium. In truth, I have not put a lot of time into practicing the bass guitar in quite a few years. When I was much younger, I spend countless hours hunched over my bass playing until my fingers were raw and my… Read more →
Category: Music
No Such Thing as Guilty Pleasure: Music I Love That You Hate
I’ve had a few discussions lately with people who, with varying degrees of subtlety, told me that many of the things I like about music are just plain stupid. They can’t seem to understand why I prefer melody over noise. They can’t fathom how I could dare to think McCartney was Lennon’s equal. It’s worse than being music snobs. They… Read more →
My Personal Take on the Sale of KTRU
While I do maintain my blog, Broken Record, over at Chron.com and have posted there on this subject, I thought I might put some of my personal feelings on my own blog. Honestly, I’m somewhat torn and I’ll try to cover the angles here as best I can. First, it should be said that I really never cared for the… Read more →
Washington Gives Back to Live Music…Not Really
Last August, I wrote a blog post about what I termed the “doucheification” of Washinton Avenue. This lead to a story in the Chronicle as well. Since then, life on the Jersey Shore of Houston has continued unabated. Walter’s remains open as they supposedly search for a new home base. Today, I ran across a story in the Chron about… Read more →
My Favorite 25 Albums of the Decade
Seems like everyone is making their end-of-decade lists these days. Top 10 best movies, top 10 worst predictions, top 10 ninjas, top 10 animals having sex on video videos, top 10 pieces of cheese; it’s sort of a requirement that when you have a blog, you tell people about what you liked the last 10 years as if anyone really… Read more →
My Top 10 Weirdest Gigs or Our Opening Band Got Stabbed in the Parking Lot
I’ve been working on lists lately – lists of things that happened in the last decade as well as a list of things I need to pack with me for my trip onto the spaceship in anticipation of the world ending in 2012 just like Roland Emmerich and the Myans predicted. One list that crossed my mind when talking with… Read more →
That Sucking Sound You Hear is Ticketmaster Stealing My Money
I don’t go to a ton of concerts that require me using Ticketmaster or Live Nation to acquire tickets. But, on occasion, like going to see Wilco in Dallas on October 8, I have to venture into the great, evil abyss. Today, I purchased my tickets for Wilco at $30 each (a very reasonable amount) and paid $84. Did I… Read more →
The Doucheification of Washington Avenue Soon Complete (UPDATE)
Well, it was bound to happen. UPDATE According to the Press, Walter’s is moving, NOT closing. Good news for live music fans. It doesn’t save Washington Avenue, but it’s something. Thank you for all the comments here and on Broken Record. Keep the faith. Craig Hlavaty from the Houston Press reported on Twitter that Walter’s on Washington will close down… Read more →
I’m Back and I’m Lazy So Help Me or I’ll Cry and Get Stabby
Where have I been? I haven’t posted here in almost a month and that makes Baby Jesus cry. At least, that’s what he told me when we were smoking peyote the other night. Ok, that wasn’t Jesus or a baby. It was this guy who sells me peyote. I think his name is Frank or Pierre or Johnny Red Bull… Read more →
Paste Magazine Needs Your Help and Your Boobs. Ok That Last Part Might Just Be Me
You know I don’t ask you guys for much. Sure, there was that time when I kept shouting, “BOOBS! I WANT TO SEE YOUR BOOBS!” at that church social, but in my defense, there were some pretty awesome boobs there and you know you want to see them too, so pipe down already. But, this isn’t about boobs – not… Read more →