Email Author John Nova Lomax

2008 Stories by John Nova Lomax

• Buxton: A Family Light

  published April 3, 2008

  At the risk of posing a question that might have a scary answer, what are they putting in the water over there by Galveston Bay? First,... More >>

• 763 MP3s and Nothing On

  published March 27, 2008

  It's probably safe to say that nobody's SXSW experience this year was as comprehensive as that of Paul Ford, an editor at Harper's and... More >>

• Houston's Matt Clark Strums for New Orleans' Glen David Andrews

  published March 27, 2008

  Right after Houston Katrina evacuees the New Birth Brass Band moved back to New Orleans, they returned to Houston to play a benefit at Marilyn... More >>

• Sole of Houston: Hey, Look Over There

  published Mar 20, 2008

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• The Last Word from the Press on SXSW 2008

  published March 20, 2008

  Every year South by Southwest careens closer to lowercase status. Rather than simply denoting the panels and performances of the music festival... More >>

• What's the Problem Houston?

  published March 13, 2008

  So a couple of weeks ago, we received the following plaintive missive/statement of intent in our inbox, from Fitzgerald's booking manager... More >>

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• Goodbye, Chango Jackson. Hello, Chango Man and Yoko Mono

  published March 6, 2008

  Back in about 2003 and 2004, you couldn't find a more consistently great live band in Houston than Chango Jackson. The self-described... More >>

• A Modest Proposal: Train the Homeless to Be Better at Being Homeless

  published Feb 29, 2008

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• Houston Musical Landmarks and the I.Am.We Collective

  published February 28, 2008

  Leaving the I.Am.We Collective at sundown on a Monday, having just seen a touring band play a President's Day matinee gig, is a weird... More >>

• Sole of Houston: Deep Harrisburg: Lomax and Beebe Take on the East Side Again

  published Feb 26, 2008

  Something about the east side of our fair city keeps drawing the Sole of Houston back. Even after already hiking Clinton / Navigation and Telephone / Griggs / OST, David Beebe and I decided we neede... More >>

• Tired of the Hype, But That's All There Is

  published February 14, 2008

  Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is... More >>

• Spazmatics = Revenge of the Replicants

  published February 7, 2008

  Ah, Houston. Increasingly, we seem to be a city that loves its chain stores, a ­franchise-friendly haven where people get their... More >>

• The Return of the Kashmere Stage band

  published February 7, 2008

  Maybe it's some mysterious cosmological force that, outside the movies, only allows storybook endings to happen around Super Bowl Sunday.... More >>

• The Seoul of Houston: The Weather Was Not the Strong Point on Long Point

  published Jan 30, 2008

  In our most ill-advised jaunt yet, David Beebe and I chose to walk Long Point in from the Beltway to the Hempstead Highway, and then turn southeast there to Washington, and then trek the rapidly dou... More >>

• Freddy Fender is 'El Bebop Kid'

  published January 31, 2008

  Has there ever been a more Houston-sounding music than that of Freddy Fender? Think about it. Songs like "Wasted Days and Wasted... More >>

• Gamers Become Stars with Rock Band or Guitar Hero

  published January 31, 2008

  For 21-year-old Kelly Law-Yone, a.k.a. "the Tipper Queen," years of preparation had gone into this show, the biggest night of her life. You... More >>

• Secret Saturday Shows at The Shady Tavern

  published January 17, 2008

  If it seems that Racket, whether penned by Chris Gray or me, has all too often been a depressing read, that's because lately there has been a... More >>

• The Cancer Researcher Who Went In To The Cold: Remembering (and Possibly Tracking Down) the Lockshin Family, Reagan-era Houstonians Who Defected to the Soviets

  published Jan 15, 2008

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