Houston Press | John Nova Lomax

In the Debate For and Against Casinos, Might There Not Be a Third Way?new

If gambling is coming back to Galveston, then a return to institutionalized illegal gambling might still be the way to go.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 03-10-2009 | Politics

Tags: gambling, Galveston

Bringing Casinos to Texas Would Require a State Constitutional Amendmentnew

Bringing any casinos to Texas will require an amendment to the state constitution, which will require a two-thirds vote of both houses in the Legislature and a simple majority vote of the Texas electorate.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 03-10-2009 | Politics

Tags: gambling, Texas state constitution

Is Casino Gambling in the Cards for Galveston?new

Backers say casinos can save the water-logged city, while opponents say they will bring nothing but ruin.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 03-10-2009 | Business & Labor

Tags: gambling, economic issues, Galveston

Gangsters Thriving in Bacliff, Texasnew

The unincorporated town is up to its elbows in youth gangs, poverty and crime.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 09-16-2008 | Crime & Justice

Tags: Texas, Drugs, crime & justice, Bacliff, crackheads, street gangs

Homeland Security Won't Let a Former IRA Man Out of Prisonnew

After living in the U.S. for 25 years, Pol Brennan is now stuck on the Texas-Mexico border.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 07-29-2008 | Immigration

Tags: Border Patrol, illegal immigrants, Immigration, deportation, Ireland, Irish Republican Army, Pol Brennan, U.S. immigration laws

The Allen Oldies Band Unleash Summernew

With this characteristically delirious tribute to the fast-disappearing, vintage (mostly) American rock and roll of the early '60s, Hill and his tightly anarchic band do nothing to disgrace any of those positions.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 06-24-2008 | Reviews

Tags: surf, summer, Ride the Wild Surf, rock and roll, The Allen Oldies Band

Bill Bentley Creates Website for Boomer Music Fansnew

April marked the launch of Sonic Boomers (www.sonicboomers.com), a website Bentley hopes will serve as something like Pitchfork for the older set, or maybe something like No Depression on the web.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 06-24-2008 | Music

Tags: Internet, Baby Boomers, Pitchfork, boomers, music websites

God, Texas and Tom Waitsnew

Tom Waits may not come from Texas, but a good chunk of his favorite music does.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 06-24-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Texas, folk, Tom Waits, rock, experimental, blues, singer-songwriter

Bun B's Delivers on 'Ill Trill'new

Back in 1987, when Chad Butler and Bernard Freeman were first writing the rhymes that would become their debut cassette The Southern Way, neither one of them ever would have dreamed that their music would one day echo off the walls of a Louis Vuitton boutique in the Galleria.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 06-03-2008 | Reviews

Tags: rap, Southern rap, Bun B, Ill Trill

Is Monotonix the Best Live Band?new

Though a studio recording, Monotonix's Drag City debut EP Body Language is best appreciated as a memento of the delirious tumult this band puts on live.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 04-29-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Israel, garage rock, Monotonix, blues, psych rock, Body Language