Email Author John Nova Lomax

2003 Stories by John Nova Lomax

• Mary Cutrufello

  published September 18, 2003

  Texas and Mary Cutrufello's new home state of Minnesota are bizarro mirror images of one another. Minnesotans pay high taxes for lots of services,... More >>

• Drastic Unilateral Action

  published September 18, 2003

  "Today we are making a major announcement…We [will] significantly reduce our CD prices in the U.S. starting in the fourth quarter. On... More >>

• David Brake and That Damn Band

  published September 11, 2003

  Every now and then you get a very good local record that totally takes you by surprise. This is one of those albums, a well-written and performed,... More >>

• The South's Done It Again

  published September 11, 2003

  Well the Dickinson boys are cookin down in Mississip' / And the Garza boys are making Texans shake their hips / People down in... More >>

• NTX & The Electric Sexxx

  published September 4, 2003

  If you get out the sandpaper and start working away at the Electric Sexxx's sound, if you rub away some of the distortion from the vocals, a... More >>

• Whirlwind Heat, with the Kills and the Singles

  published September 4, 2003

  Whirlwind Heat appears Wednesday, September 10, at Fat Cat's, 4216 Washington Avenue. The Kills and the Singles are also on the bill. For more... More >>

• A Trip to Bountiful

  published September 4, 2003

  As Billy Joe Shaver played his 1940s-style "The Good Ol' USA," only the eightysomething guy in the old Stetson and the UT golf shirt knew the... More >>

• Money and Masa

  published September 4, 2003

  Though he's only 18 years old, he says he's been in the rap game for 25 years. They say he bought out Taco Cabana and will soon be renaming it... More >>

• Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish

  published August 28, 2003

  No one man caused more harm to Houston's music community than Roy Ames, who passed away August 14 of natural causes at age 66 at his home in West... More >>

• Pull Your Load

  published August 28, 2003

  When he's on stage, Scott Miller's catchphrase is "Are you with me?" The former V-Roys front man uses that question -- which was also the title of... More >>

• Bluegrass Meltdown, Montrose-Style

  published August 21, 2003

  Helios on a Monday night. The barmaid stands on top of a plastic garbage bin and chalks "Shiner Bock -- $2" on the blackboard at the end of the... More >>

• Cattle Call

  published August 21, 2003

  They started coming on Sunday night, even though they weren't supposed to start lining up until noon Monday, bringing with them tents, coolers,... More >>

• Racket

  published August 14, 2003

  The spring Arbitron radio ratings book is out, and there's a shocker in it. Long-time country market leader KILT (100.3) has been toppled -- not... More >>

• Hothouse Flowers

  published August 14, 2003

  This year was nothing short of a watershed for the Houston Press Music Awards. This time a year ago we wrote, "here's what we want for... More >>

• Los Lonely Boys

  published August 7, 2003

  Two years ago, Los Lonely Boys were described in these pages as young phenoms whose Spanglish roadhouse blues-rock was taking them to the big... More >>

• Racket

  published August 7, 2003

  Ah yes, the 14th annual Houston Press Music Awards showcase. It was sublime. It was excellent. It was amazing. It was also, at times,... More >>

• Endless Boogie

  published August 7, 2003

  Oh, we got both kinds of music in here," said the barmaid to Elwood Blues. "Country and western." That line from The Blues Brothers... More >>

• Everything Old Is New Again

  published July 31, 2003

  Singer-songwriter Steve Young, a fine soloist but perhaps more famous for writing Waylon Jennings's "Lonesome, On'ry and Mean" and the Eagles'... More >>

• Reelin' In the Years

  published July 24, 2003

  Well, the Music Awards are in their 14th year, and Racket thought this as good a time as any to take a look back through the archives. And what a... More >>

• Wango Chango

  published July 24, 2003

  Ever since his band Chango Jackson switched from singing in English to Spanish and later changed its name from Moscas, guitarist-singer Chango Van... More >>

• '80s Babies

  published July 24, 2003

  Some musicians take you to a place. Think of Calexico and that Arizona desert vibe, of Dr. John's New Orleans aura, of Snoop Dogg's ability to... More >>

• Richmond's Burning

  published July 17, 2003

  The Richmond Strip is a very Houstonian take on the concept of an entertainment district. Where most are cozy and pedestrian, ours is spread out... More >>

• Whatcha Gonna Do?

  published July 17, 2003

  For Houston reggae act the Neutral Sisters, this gig in Jamaica promised a tough crowd. This was not your typical Jamaican reggae festival slot... More >>

• Potty Mouths

  published July 10, 2003

  The tamale, one of many launched by Chango Jackson's roadie from the Lower Westheimer stage on a sweltering Sunday afternoon, flew upward into the... More >>

• A.R.E. Weapons

  published July 3, 2003

  Melding industrial beats, synth wash, drunken rants and trash-punk ethics, NYC's A.R.E. Weapons flog a drug-crazed, sex-addled rotten apple image... More >>