Email Author Craig D. Lindsey

1999 Stories by Craig D. Lindsey

• Where Will They Be?

  published December 30, 1999

  Lists for this. Lists for that. We here at the Houston Press are sick 'n' tired o' lists. So what we decided to do for our... More >>

• Rotation

  published December 30, 1999

  Master P Only God Can Judge Me No Limit When the Houston Press reviewed Master P's alleged "last" album,... More >>

• Club Christmas

  published December 23, 1999

  "Home for the holidays" always sounds better than it is. After you've gotten through all the sibling rivalries, parental nitpicking,... More >>

• For Me?!

  published December 23, 1999

  First of all, the Internet is good only for email and some big-butt Web sites. That said, I... More >>

• Local Rotation

  published December 23, 1999

  Rapsta SuperStar of the Ghetto Underground A young buck with a mind full of schemes and lungs full of smoke,... More >>

• Rotation

  published December 9, 1999

  Melanie C Northern Star Virgin Contemporary pop music blows. The current revival of bubblegum, which we all... More >>

• Pump Up the Volume

  published December 2, 1999

  Broadcasting to every PC and laptop with a tight pair of speakers and a Prince Paul album in the CD deck, PleasuredomeRadio ( More >>

• Rotation

  published November 11, 1999

  Eve Ruff Ryders' First Lady Ruff Ryders/Interscope Sole Skin... More >>

• Rise Up, Ye Music Mortals

  published November 4, 1999

  Last season on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the demonic Mayor of Sunnydale planned quite a world-ending, vampire-empowering, slayer-destroying... More >>

• Local Rotation

  published November 4, 1999

  Various Artists J. Prince Presents Realest N!@@az Down South Rap-A-Lot Various Artists Get... More >>

• Mack Attack

  published October 28, 1999

  Don Quixote had Sancho Panza. Wyatt Earp had Doc Holliday. Conan O'Brien has Andy Richter. And KBXX DJ Madd Hatta has James Garrett, better known... More >>

• Men in Black

  published October 28, 1999

  There are some rappers who are just pure id. They're men (and occasionally women) who literally bounce off walls to make rhymes and grab your... More >>

• Rotation

  published October 28, 1999

  Dixie Chicks Fly Monument Let's not consider this a review per se of the Dixie Chicks' latest release,... More >>

• Third Coast Roast

  published October 21, 1999

  At around ten o'clock on a Friday night at Club Oasis, a silky brother named Golden Gangsta and a hefty homey named Jamal stepped up to the stage... More >>

• Cause Célèbre

  published October 14, 1999

  Now in its third year, Project Row Houses has been putting on the Southwestern Bell African-American Arts Festival in an attempt to show... More >>

• Happy Days

  published October 7, 1999

  Houston's Next Level Band is in a happy mood. It's still playing regular gigs, from private parties to its monthly stop at Monroe's Gallant Knight... More >>

• Redemption Rap

  published September 30, 1999

  When Maurice Williams, better known in local rap circles as Nuwine, was just six months old, he was kicked out of a day-care center. "I was bad... More >>

• Local Rotation

  published September 16, 1999

  5th Ward Boyz P.W.A. The Album -- Keep It Poppin' Rap-A-Lot The members of the Houston rap trio 5th... More >>

• Houston, Humor Hotbed

  published September 2, 1999

  Lest we forget how much humor is nestled in our little town, the tight-knit Houston comedy industry has spent recent months engaged in an Elyse... More >>

• Ideal Houstonians

  published September 2, 1999

  On the CD sleeve of Ideal's latest record, the name of the song is "Get Gone." But in Houston (and probably other parts of the country by now),... More >>

• Rap Actor

  published August 26, 1999

  It has been oh-so-long since LL Cool J first popped up on the silver screen and uttered the memorable line: "Box!" That one word was from the... More >>

• New Releases Reviewed

  published August 26, 1999

  Luscious Jackson Electric Honey Grand Royal/Capitol An associate of mine recently attended a performance... More >>

• Girls to Women

  published August 19, 1999

  When a musical performer or a musical group does an "in-store appearance," the result can be hectic, unnerving, sometimes a little monotonous.... More >>

• Besides "Let's Stay Together"

  published August 12, 1999

  First of all, Al Green is not Chubby Checker, and "Let's Stay Together" is definitely not "The Twist." When will people realize that this... More >>

• Mean Mencia

  published August 5, 1999

  Carlos Mencia claims to be a compassionate comedian. "If somebody trips in front of me, my immediate reaction is, 'Hey, man, are you okay?'... More >>