Email Author Craig Hlavaty

Awards

• 2012 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published February 10, 2011

  "Getting Past the Bouncer"

• 2009 - Lone Star Awards

  "Metallica at Toyota"

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2013 Stories by Craig Hlavaty

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  New Movie Trailers Coming to the Small Screen on Super Bowl Sunday

  published Feb 01, 2013

  Your Super Bowl Sunday commercial offerings won't just be boob-y supermodels and talking babies, there are also a number of big movie trailers debuting amidst the beer and car ads. World War Z, Iron... More >>

• Someone Help This Nun Get Into The Super Bowl -- She'll Make It Worth Your While

  published Feb 01, 2013

  Sister Mary Tarcisius from Lafayette has a problem. The spunky nun from just down I-10 needs a ticket to the Super Bowl. She went in 2009, but would like to go again this year. I encountered Sister ... More >>

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  VIDEO: Beyonce Wows Super Bowl Press Conference Crowd By Singing Anthem Live

  published Jan 31, 2013

  Today at New Orleans' Morial Convention Center just blocks from the Superdome, diva Beyonce held court in front of throngs of media, detailing her Pepsi Super Bowl XLVII halftime show. She stunned th... More >>

• The NFL Experience Lands In New Orleans

  published Jan 31, 2013

  On Wednesday, the The Super Bowl 47 NFL Experience opened to fans at the Morial Convention Center. Featuring a mind-boggling amount of merchandise, GMC automobiles, and chances to exercise your crazed... More >>

• HPD Canine Unit Helping with Bomb-Sniffing at the Super Bowl

  published Jan 30, 2013

  Those of us coming into Super Bowl Media Day on Tuesday morning were greeted with TSA-like screenings, army personnel sweeping our bags for explosives, and even bomb-sniffing dogs, including one of Ho... More >>

• The Harbowl, Colin Kaepernick, Ray Lewis Dominate Super Bowl Media Day

  published Jan 30, 2013

  On Tuesday morning, the sports media world centered itself on the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and Super Bowl Media Day, with the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers diving into the day's orgy of ... More >>

• New Orleans Braces for Super Bowl XLVII Onslaught As Future of the Game Is Debated

  published Jan 29, 2013

  Excited tension hung heavy in the air in New Orleans on Monday evening as the coming Super Bowl XLVII super-storm of tourist dollars began to filter into town. Most streets downtown near convention ... More >>

• Upcoming: The Zombies, Jewel, Knife Party, King Khan, Paramore, Son Volt, etc.

  published Jan 29, 2013

  The Airborne Toxic Event: Mon., April 29, 8 p.m., $18/$25. House of Blues, 1204 Caroline, Houston. The Black Angels: With Hanni El-Khatib, Wall of Death., Fri., May 24, 8 p.m., TBA. Fitzgerald's, 270... More >>

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  Desperate Dudes Take to Craigslist for Super Bowl Fun in New Orleans

  published Jan 29, 2013

  This week New Orleans goes into party overdrive as the sports and celebrity world descends on the city for Super Bowl XLVII. Before you Google it, that means Super Bowl 47. The Baltimore Ravens and ... More >>

• Houston YouTube History: The Houston Rockets

  published Jan 28, 2013

  For this edition of Houston YouTube History, I dived into the Houston Rockets' YouTube stamp. There are tons of random clips of games, which are pretty recent, but those are boring rips from cable TV.... More >>

• Artopia Band Poor Pilate: "We Sleep... Sometimes"

  published Jan 25, 2013

  The Houston Press's annual art party and hobnob mecca Artopia returns for another round of well-dressed, well-heeled revelry at Winter Street Studios. Each year we line up a handful of local acts who ... More >>

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  Heights Vinyl Celebrates One Year Slinging Wax

  published Jan 25, 2013

  This weekend Heights Vinyl celebrates its first year of life with a big party at their shop on White Oak, just blocks from Fitzgerald's, featuring beer, food, giveaways, and performances from Electric... More >>

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  Artopia's Bagheera: "Dance Music for People Who Give a Damn About Dance Music"

  published Jan 25, 2013

  Bagheera's Aidan Kennedy has opened for M83's Anthony Gonzalez in Austin and warmed up the crowd before a Halloween 2012 Ghostland Observatory gig at Warehouse Live. Now his group takes on the Houston... More >>

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  Mad Men Season Six's Time-Jumps: What We Really Want To See

  published Jan 25, 2013

  On Tuesday afternoon Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner sat down with reporters to detail the sixth season of his hit AMC drama, announcing an April 7 premiere kicking off the second-to-last season of the... More >>

• Frank Zappa and Other Quicksand Artists

  published Jan 24, 2013

  Tonight House of Blues will be graced by Zappa Plays Zappa, led by the late Papa Frank's oldest son Dweezil, who inherited some of his father's guitar skills. Zappa Plays Zappa is the preeminent trave... More >>

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  REWIND: The Mars Volta at Verizon, 9/17/09

  published Jan 24, 2013

  Note: In a series of tweets Wednesday night, Cedric Bixler-Zavala of latter-day prog-rockers The Mars Volta announced he was effectively done with the band, the result of an evident falling-out with p... More >>

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  Alamo Drafthouse Singalongs Bring '80s Music Videos to Big Screen

  published Jan 24, 2013

  The Alamo Drafthouse people are known for bringing you great movies and TV to their big-screens every week. Plus, the "coolest movie theater in the world" serves booze, which is never a bad thing, and... More >>

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  Gillette Asks "Is Stubble Killing the Kissr" On Wednesday Night At The Houston Pavilions

  published Jan 23, 2013

  With the beard and moustaches craze currently dominating the faces of men all over the country, it's natural that companies who have a vested interest in men being clean shaven have some work to do. ... More >>

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  The Ten Best Pictures From 2013 AVN And AEE Weekend (NSFW)

  published Jan 23, 2013

  This past weekend the porn world's version of the Academy Awards, the AVN Awards and the Adult Entertainment Expo filled the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas with tons of porn starlets and indu... More >>

• The Taxman Cometh

  published January 24, 2013

  They Fought the Law According to officials from both agencies, officers from both the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and... More >>

• Upcoming: Grizzly Bear, Bad Religion, NKOTB, R. Kelly, Dillon Francis, Gaslight Anthem, etc.

  published Jan 22, 2013

  Adnan Sami: Sat., March 23, 8 p.m., $35.00-$250.00. Arena Theatre, 7326 SW Freeway, Houston. Alejandro Escovedo & the Sensitive Boys: Sat., Feb. 9, 9:30 p.m., $18. Continental Club, 3700 Main, Housto... More >>

• I Was A WWE Raw Seat Filler

  published Jan 22, 2013

  With the help of a friend who works in local promotions and film screenings, I was a seat filler recently at the WWE Raw event at Toyota Center. You could say that for a few hours that I (and my ass) ... More >>

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  Last Night: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at Fitzgerald's

  published Jan 22, 2013

  Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Weird Party Fitzgerald's January 21, 2013 "We use these instruments like jackhammers," says Jon Spencer, headlining Fitzgerald's with the Blues Explosion on the evening o... More >>

• The Rocks Off 100: Beau Beasley, Organist for the End of Time

  published Jan 22, 2013

  Welcome to the Rocks Off 100, our portrait gallery of the most compelling profiles and personalities in the far-flung Houston music community -- a lot more than just musicians, but of course they're i... More >>

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  SPONGEBOB UPDATE: The Best Pop-Culture Porn Parodies Today (NSFW)

  published Jan 22, 2013

  NOTE: I have updated this blog to include the new SpongeKnob SquareNuts, a porn parody on everyone's favorite sponge that lives in a pineapple under the sea. May God have mercy on all our souls. P... More >>