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1996 Stories by Mitchell J. Shields

• Hip and Hawaiian

  published November 7, 1996

  Thanks to their consolidation under the respectable classification of world beat, types of music once considered weird or indefinably alien have... More >>

• No More Mush

  published October 3, 1996

  Last month, Details magazine crowned Imperial Drag "Spacehog without the gags," an assessment that was meant to be a compliment -- though it's... More >>

• Other Voices

  published August 29, 1996

  It can be hard for an organization to deal with the death of its founder -- especially when that founder not only came up with the initial idea,... More >>

• Sounds Like a Winner!

  published August 8, 1996

  Houston music fans are nothing if not reliable. Year in and year out, they stick by their favorite local artists; for evidence, just take a gander... More >>

• Big Noise

  published July 4, 1996

  When Magnapop shot out of R.E.M.'s operations base of Athens, Georgia, a few years ago, music critics drooled with near lustful self-satisfaction.... More >>

• Soles on Ice

  published May 16, 1996

  Janie Parker has beautiful feet. You're not likely to get much of an argument on that point from Houston Ballet fans, who, over the last... More >>

• Oh, Ken! Oh, Aladdin!

  published May 2, 1996

  Over the last few weeks, Jeff Owen has become something of an expert on Walt Disney's Aladdin. Walking into a meeting, he carries an oversized... More >>

• Everything Festival

  published April 18, 1996

  Talk about a multi-cult glut: for its 25th year, the Houston International Festival is hosting more than 100 acts on six stages in an area that... More >>

• Film Culture

  published February 15, 1996

  Mohammed Kamara remembers vividly the first time he saw a movie. He was a teenager living in Liberia, and a Land Rover bearing representatives of... More >>

• Dutch Treat

  published February 15, 1996

  When, in 1988, the musicians of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra voted to ask Italian Riccardo Chailly to become the first non-Dutch conductor in... More >>