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Peeking Inside the Shadowy Crypt of Houston's Goth Communitynew

If Houston's Goth community has never been especially large — especially when compared to places like New Orleans, hometown of Goth figureheads Marie Laveau and Anne Rice — it's had its share of colorful characters.

Houston Press | Chris Gray | 07-16-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Houston, S&M, fashion, gothic, goth

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

Sitting Down with La Porte's Buxtonnew

One of the things I like about Buxton is that they both shoot for grandeur and better yet, attain it.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 04-15-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: folk, rock, A Family Light, Buxton, neo-roots

Houston's Matt Clark Strums for New Orleans' Glen David Andrewsnew

How a white kid from upper-crust Houston found his calling in New Orleans in funky joints like the Candlelight Lounge, a landmark bar in New Orleans's fabled jazz nexus, the Tremé neighborhood.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 04-01-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Matt Clark

The Judy's Come Backnew

Just in time for SXSW, the Pearland New Wavers brush off the mothballs.

Houston Press | Chris Gray | 03-18-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Judy's

Th Twisted History of 'Tighten Up'new

"Tighten Up" was as big a hit nationally as it had been in Houston, and topped Billboard's Hot 100 for two weeks in late spring 1968. But as "Tighten Up" was sweeping the nation, the TSU Toronadoes were left out in the cold.

Houston Press | Brett Koshkin and Chris Gray | 12-18-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The TSU Toronadoes

Athletes Step Off the Field and Into the Studionew

Master P's son Lil' Romeo is trading his music career for a shot at college basketball. Normally the crossover goes the other way: athletes try to make Billboard hits.

Houston Press | Chris Gray | 12-04-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Talking Ska with Ryan Scrogginsnew

Maybe there are taller peaks ahead in the career of Scroggins, the former keyboardist in Los Skarnales and now the leader of his own band, the Trenchtown Texans.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 11-27-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Ryan Scroggins and the Trenchtown Texans, Trenchtown Texas

Johnette Napolitano's Post-Blonde Ambitionnew

The former Concrete Blonde lead singer has a unique way of dealing with her garbage: She makes it into art.

Houston Press | Chris Gray | 11-06-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Johnette Napolitano, Scarred

David Rice on Going Too Far Too Fastnew

In the beleaguered mid-1990s Houston rock scene, David Rice seemed like a rare mainstream success story. He had a Columbia Records deal back when such things still mattered.

Houston Press | John Nova Lomax | 10-16-2007 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: David Rice, Eighty Miles to Stand Up