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Jana Hunter Isn't in a Talkative Moodnew

We're in a small conference room listening to her new CD, There's No Home, and instead of the usual barely contained enthusiasm most singer/songwriters display, Hunter is wearing a little frown.
Houston Press  |  Olivia Flores Alvarez  |  04-03-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Translating Critic-speaknew

Ever read a CD review and think, "What the hell does that mean?" We do. Sometimes readers need a cheat sheet to decipher the terms critics use, so we thought we'd start a Critics Dictionary.
Houston Press  |  Olivia Flores Alvarez  |  04-03-2007  |  Music

Cyrus Rafizadeh Investigates ORIXnew

In what he calls "the mother of all lawsuits for criminal violations of SEC regulations," Rafizadeh sued Wells Fargo and its loan servicer, Dallas-based ORIX, for fraud after they sued and bankrupted his mom.
Houston Press  |  Craig Malisow  |  04-03-2007  |  Economy

Saint Matthew's Churches, Inc.new

Christians send in money for prayer requests which may just go up in smoke.
Houston Press  |  Craig Malisow  |  03-27-2007  |  Religion

'The Whole Houston Sound'new

Honky-tonk hero explores his hardscrabble Houston roots with an autobiography and a CD.
Houston Press  |  John Nova Lomax  |  03-13-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Song Title Scramblenew

We took the top 20 songs on the Billboard hit singles chart and scrambled the words in the titles and came up with new, improved (and we hope clever) titles.
Houston Press  |  Olivia Flores Alvarez  |  03-05-2007  |  Music

SXSW, Wtf?new

The evolution of SXSW into the goliath it is today might or might not have been inevitable, but once its momentum started, it was difficult to stop.
Houston Press  |  Jonanna Widner  |  03-05-2007  |  Music

Everyone's All-Americannew

Joe Savery and the top-ranked Rice Owls fight for college baseball glory.
Houston Press  |  Richard Connelly  |  02-13-2007  |  Sports

Zero to Fiftynew

Red Star of the Solar Federation started as an instrumental sludge-rock band -- now they've added vocals.
Houston Press  |  Olivia Flores Alvarez  |  02-13-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

Fadin' Renegadenew

Doug Supernaw's long, sad spiral.
Houston Press  |  John Nova Lomax  |  02-13-2007  |  Music

The Anti-Drummer Drummernew

VietNam's Michael Foss on the band's "off the norm" ways.
Houston Press  |  Olivia Flores Alvarez  |  02-13-2007  |  Profiles & Interviews

How to Hide Your Weednew

An ex-cop from East Texas decides to switch sides.
Houston Press  |  Keith Plocek  |  02-05-2007  |  Drugs

Coming Soon: New Music Genresnew

Gangsta jazz (repped by Branford Marsalis), underground gospel, and more.
Houston Press  |  Olivia Flores Alvarez  |  01-31-2007  |  Music

Goodbye Joe, Me Gotta Gonew

There are 25,000 Cajuns in Houston, and almost none of them play Cajun music -- why not?
Houston Press  |  John Nova Lomax  |  01-31-2007  |  Music

Whose Best Interests?new

Margie Hill got sick, became a ward of the county and was moved to a nursing home; son Marvin wants her back home -- but she can't get out.
Houston Press  |  Todd Spivak  |  01-31-2007  |  Children & Families

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