Email Author David Ensminger

2012 Stories by David Ensminger

• Last Night: The Adolescents & Youth Brigade at Fitzgerald's

  published Dec 31, 2012

  The Adolescents, Youth Brigade, The American Heist Fitzgerald's December 30, 2012 To end 2012 on a note of anti-apocalypse, in which the forces of vitality outmaneuver destruction and oblivion, Willo... More >>

• Peter Case: Ex-Plimsoul Heads Back to San Francisco's Beatnik Nights

  published Nov 09, 2012

  Old-school punk impresario, power-pop godfather, and singer-songwriter extraordinaire Peter Case (The Nerves, The Plimsouls) continues to thrive on the weary road, armed with a sense of honesty and hi... More >>

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  Remembering The Island: Where R.E.M. Played, but XTC Wouldn't

  published Oct 29, 2012

  Despite the dust of time that usually befalls venues and lore from punk's rambunctious past, The Island has remained a steady icon of Houston's underground movement that swept to the surface as classi... More >>

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  Houston's Island of Misfit Bands Briefly Resurfaces

  published Oct 24, 2012

  While the hallowed ground of Fitzgerald's has remained steadfast, becoming a seemingly permanent fixture in Houston's indie, punk and metal communities, other clubs have receded into the dustbins of h... More >>

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  The Clash In Houston, 1979: The Devil In Mick Jones

  published Sep 13, 2012

  Rewind: The Clash In Houston, 1979: A Case of Legionaire's Disease During The Clash's October 1979 show at Cullen Theater, photographer Andy Abbott, situated in the front row with 35mm camera gear at... More >>

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  The Clash In Houston, 1979: A Case of Legionaire's Disease

  published Sep 12, 2012

  By the time The Clash hit Houston's Cullen Theater on October 5, 1979, Lester Bangs had described their tour-de-force as "desperation uncontrived, unstaged, a fury unleashed on the stage ... real pain... More >>