Email Author John Nova Lomax

2009 Stories by John Nova Lomax

• The Great Green Room In the Sky: The Grim Reaper's 2009 Musical Roll Call

  published Dec 29, 2009

  Thankfully, 2009 was a sorry year for the Greil Marcus Rock Death Meter. Aside from the not terribly unexpected (but still weird) demise of the King of Pop, few bona fide legends went on to the Great ... More >>

• Yuletide Mayhem Round-Up: Bank Robbing Santas, Spouse-Throttling 'Round The Xmas Tree, And Wal-Mart Parking Lot Catfights

  published Dec 29, 2009

  'Twas the season to be jolly. Too bad these people didn't get the memo...First, there's this 60-year-old Missouri City woman who was charged with assault after a fight over a parking spot outside a Fo... More >>

• Last Of The Incarcerated Gay-Bashing Woodlands Ten To Stay In Prison At Least One More Year

  published Dec 28, 2009

  The parole of Jon Buice, the last incarcerated member of the so-called Woodlands 10, was denied earlier this month. Buice is currently serving a 45-year sentence for his role in the Montrose murder of... More >>

• Valley Of Viagra And Vengeance: Did Septuagenarian Sex For Pay At Edinburg Adult Day-Care Lead To Two Deathsr

  published Dec 22, 2009

  Maybe there's a little too much Viagra coursing through the Rio Grande Valley these days. How else is there to explain this crime of passion at the Pride and Joy adult day care center last week in Edi... More >>

• Most Menacing Fugitive Ever On The Loose In Area: Really, Don't Try To Apprehend This Dude On Your Own

  published Dec 21, 2009

  A lot of times when you read a report about a fugitive, that part about how "the subject should be considered armed and dangerous: do not attempt to apprehend" seems like a mere formality. That is dec... More >>

• Bad Santa: Clear Lake Shores Saint Nick Accused Of Indecency With Child

  published Dec 18, 2009

  Last week 45-year-old Glenn Roy Klusendorf was Santa Claus at a Clear Lake Shores farmers market. This week, he is an inmate in Galveston County Jail, where he sits charged with indecency with a child... More >>

• Do Yo Time: Willie D Pleads Guilty to Wire-Fraud Charges

  published Dec 18, 2009

  The Willie D iPhone international fraud case is over, and the rapper has pled guilty. This morning the Geto Boys MC and Dirty South pioneer went before District Court Judge Gray Miller at a hearing an... More >>

• He's Not a Gentleman: Willie D Pleads Guilty In Wire Fraud Case

  published Dec 18, 2009

  The Willie D iPhone international fraud case is over, and the rapper has plead guilty. This morning the Geto Boys MC and Dirty South pioneer went before District Court Judge Gray Miller at a hearing... More >>

• Angry Residents Trash-Talk Clear Lake-area Civic Association President

  published Dec 17, 2009

  Residents of the Bay Oaks subdivision (in the Clear Lake area) are fed up with their community association and they aren't gonna take it anymore. Over 300 showed up last Wednesday at an impromptu meet... More >>

• Lufkin Love Quadrangle Ends In Tragedy: Three Dead, One In Custody After Trailer Park Bloodbath

  published Dec 15, 2009

  Mixing jealousy and alcohol is a bad idea. So is confessing a recent threesome with your roommates to your gun-toting, volatile ex. Those are but two of the lessons you could draw from a weekend tripl... More >>

• Hole-A-Balloo, Kaneck Kaneck: Aggie Journalist Wonders Why A&M Is Riddled With Glory Holes

  published Dec 10, 2009

  When we struggled our way through J-school before finally dropping out in a PICA-pole induced snit, we never thought that the day would come when we would find ourselves on the Texas-Louisiana glory-h... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  (Allegedly) Kinky ATF Agent Gets In Big Trouble In Big Easy

  published Dec 10, 2009

  rWhat began as a routine investigation of a malfunctioning fire-alarm system at a suburban New Orleans Residence Inn ended with police discovering a scene worthy of Quentin Tarantino and Dennis Ho... More >>

• Spirit of Season Moves East Texas Robber

  published Dec 09, 2009

  Ah Christmas, the time of year when even bank robbers find themselves in the spirit of giving... According to the Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel, 21-year-old Bryon Jacovin Garrett strode into the Wal-Mar... More >>

• La Carafe's Planned Beer Garden Stymied By City Hall Snags

  published Dec 08, 2009

  About three months ago, we reported exciting news for downtown drinkers who also liked to light up. La Carafe was planning to expand into the vacant lot next door. The addition was to be in the form ... More >>

• Santa Claus Is Coming to To Sink the USS Arizona...

  published Dec 08, 2009

  Last night was a first in the history of what founder/director Bryan Taylor believes is the ten-year history of the Santa Claus Reenactment of the Battle of Pearl Harbor. Thanks to the mucky mire that... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  O'Brien's Song

  published December 10, 2009

  Even seated outside the Taft Street Coffeehouse on a peaceful, breezy North Montrose Tuesday, Tim O'Brien overflows with nervous energy,... More >>

• Houston: From Moron Metropolis to Genius City In Two Short Months

  published Dec 07, 2009

  Two months ago, the Daily Beast ranked all American cities according to their estimation of each place's municipal IQ.They measured how many residents had bachelor's and graduate degrees, nonfiction b... More >>

• Dude, Where's My Air: More Fort Bend County Pot Follies

  published Dec 03, 2009

  What is it with Fort Bend County stoners these daysr Why do they continue to reenact scenes from Cheech and Chong moviesr Last week we brought you the tale of the unlucky East Bernard motorist whose ... More >>

• ICE Chills Mambo Seafood

  published Dec 03, 2009

  Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided two outposts of the seven-restaurant Mambo Seafood chain yesterday and hauled off 33 suspected illegal aliens. According to KHOU, ICE also raided... More >>

• The VY Guys Are Smiling Now

  published Dec 01, 2009

  Like a great many former Oilers fans with a concurrent Longhorn allegiance, I am no Houston Texans fan. I tried for a few years, right up until the 2006 draft. The selection of Mario Williams was it f... More >>

• Hustlers Brass Band

  published December 3, 2009

  Short days got you singing the blues? Are you hungry for some free red beans and rice and funk-drenched brass-band jams? Got five bucks? Then get... More >>

• More Turmoil on the Sports Radio Dial: Jackson, Wexler Jump Ship From 610

  published Nov 27, 2009

  Longtime SportsRadio 610 hosts Adam Wexler and Matt Jackson have jumped ship to rival AM-790, the Sports Animal. Houston Chronicle sports-media columnist David Barron believes the duo is destined to ... More >>

• Longtime Montrose Restaurant and Sometime Music Venue La Strada Is No More

  published Nov 25, 2009

  In the final chapter of a long-drawn demise of a lower Westheimer institution, La Strada shuttered this morning. Numerous insiders and former patrons attribute the demise of the 22-year-old restauran... More >>

• R.I.P., La Strada -- One More Montrose Landmark Closing Its Doors

  published Nov 25, 2009

  In the final chapter of a long-drawn demise of a lower Westheimer institution, La Strada shuttered this morning. Numerous insiders and former patrons attribute the demise of the 22-year-old restaurant... More >>

• La Strada Closes Its Doors

  published Nov 25, 2009

  In the final chapter of a long-drawn demise of a lower Westheimer institution, La Strada shuttered this morning. Numerous insiders and former patrons attribute the demise of the 22-year-old restaurant... More >>