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2008 Stories by William Michael Smith

• Lonesome Onry and Mean: Roasting the Latest Best In Texas

  published Nov 10, 2008

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• Aftermath: Randy Weeks at Discovery Green

  published Nov 07, 2008

  Photos by Chris Gray What happened to all the hearty, stiff-upper-lip individuals who survived Hurricane Ike and two weeks without electricityr Two drops of rain falling on downtown seems to have ki... More >>

• Tonight: Randy Weeks at Discovery Green

  published Nov 06, 2008

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• Lucinda Williams: Little Honey

  published November 6, 2008

  "Throw a wide loop," my dad used to say, and Lucinda Williams has certainly thrown her widest musical loop yet with Little Honey. After... More >>

• Hickoids

  published November 6, 2008

  The Hickoids are to country music what a stick of dynamite is to firecrackers. Back in the days when no one had to worry much about keeping... More >>

• Rodney Crowell, Forever the Houston Kid

  published November 6, 2008

  Songwriter supreme Rodney Crowell, whose latest LP Sex & Gasoline (Lost Highway) came out last month, will publish a memoir in early 2010... More >>

• Los Skarnales

  published October 30, 2008

  Talk about a dynamite mix: Día de los Muertos, Los Skarnales, art crosses and MECA (Multicultural Education and Counseling through the... More >>

• Tonight and Wednesday: Chris Knight at McGonigel's Mucky Duck

  published Oct 28, 2008

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• Lonesome Onry and Mean: Roy Orbison and Odessa

  published Oct 23, 2008

  Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings Opening the mail the other day, I found a four-disc set of Roy Orbison recordings, Columbia/Legacy's Roy Orbison: The Soul of Rock and Roll, going all the way back to ... More >>

• Lonesome Onry and Mean: The Gourds Land a Real Haymaker!

  published Oct 21, 2008

  The Gourds live at Bumbershoot in Seattle, 2007 Photo by Allie Pasquier Advance copies of the Gourds' new Yep Roc album, Haymaker!, are out, and fans certainly have something to look forward to. Rel... More >>

• Bottom Shakefest

  published October 23, 2008

  No one we spoke to at Last Concert Cafe seems quite sure what the significance of "2nd Annual Bottom Shakefest and Fall (down)" is or what... More >>

• Aftermath: Dominic Walsh Dance Theater's Titus Andronicus, with Two Star Symphony, at Hobby Center's Zilkha Theater

  published Oct 17, 2008

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• Lonesome Onry and Mean: Tim McGraw Takes On His Label

  published Oct 16, 2008

  Lesson: Never hit a woman in front of Tim McGraw. Tim McGraw is learning a lesson the Beat Farmers learned long ago: Curb Records plays hardball. A perennial hitmaker and major concert act, McGraw i... More >>

• Lonesome Onry and Mean: Kiss My Ass, W

  published Oct 14, 2008

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• Aftermath: Fred Eaglesmith at McGonigel's Mucky Duck

  published Oct 08, 2008

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• Todd Snider: Peace Queer

  published October 9, 2008

  At one point during Peace Queer, Todd Snider addresses his audience, explaining how his friends have remarked his songs are getting more... More >>

• Tito & Tarantula

  published October 9, 2008

  It is almost impossible to separate Tito & Tarantula from the Robert Rodriguez movies, Desperado and From Dusk 'Til Dawn, that... More >>

• Lonesome Onry and Mean: Darrell Scott's Modern Hymns

  published Oct 02, 2008

  Darrell Scott There are a slew of new albums out with spiritual and political angles, but none approaches the subjects as obliquely or ultimately as effectively as Darrell Scott on his slyly titled ... More >>

• Fred Eaglesmith: Tinderbox

  published October 2, 2008

  Fred Eaglesmith's ground-zero-of-the-human-race testament, Tinderbox, proves once again the prickly Canadian farmer is, at least in... More >>

• James McMurtry

  published October 2, 2008

  "You keep talkin' that shit like I never heard, hush little president, don't say a word": James McMurtry has never been accused of being Mr.... More >>

• Rodney Crowell: Sex & Gasoline

  published October 2, 2008

  Once upon a time, Rodney Crowell was a bona fide hit machine. With "Stars on the Water," "'Til I Gain Control Again," "Ain't Livin' Long Like... More >>

• Jimmy LaFave

  published September 25, 2008

  After all the nights without power, the gas lines and the ice shortages, Jimmy LaFave is a perfect musical palliative. One of the smoothest... More >>

• Lonesome Onry and Mean: Rich Hornbuckle, Renaissance Man

  published Sep 23, 2008

  Rich Hornbuckle at the Blue Iguana, Halloween 1994 Houston's bar world is one notch better lately with the return of longtime Houston barista/scenester Rich Hornbuckle to active duty at Under the ... More >>

• Lonesome Onry and Mean: Hayes Carll Wins Americana Song of the Year

  published Sep 20, 2008

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• Lonesome Onry and Mean Extra: Billy Joe Shaver Indicted for Aggravated Assault

  published Sep 19, 2008

  Billy Joe Shaver, who wrote many of the anthems of the Outlaw Movement, is a true outlaw now. Shaver was indicted Wednesday on two felony charges by a McLennan County grand jury, stemming from a sho... More >>