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Night & Day
“Tradition and Invention: the Woodcut Prints of Akira Kurosaki”
Japan’s leading woodcutter makes his first Texas trek
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: September 27, 2007
Akira Kurosaki knows patience is a virtue. The Japanese artist spent years mastering the painstaking, intricate art of woodcutting — then he spent another couple of years...
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Night & Day
Tiger Army
Psychobilly punks are nearing radio-friendly territory
By Bob Ruggiero
Published: September 27, 2007
While many bands can claim rabid fans, fewer can fill their MySpace with scores of photos from listeners who have committed to tattoos of the group’s logo. Tiger Army...
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Night & Day
ODC’s Velveteen Rabbit
Would you like some tea with your ballet?
By Lee Williams
Published: September 27, 2007
Tender as the dawn, Margery Williams’s Velveteen Rabbit is classic children’s story-telling at its very, very best. The tale is about a much-loved, soft stuffed...
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Night & Day
Barber of Seville
Opera to Go! presents Figaro and his friends
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: September 27, 2007
Does your ten-year-old hum Verdi? Does your toddler nap to Bach? Then you’ll love the Opera to Go! production of The Barber of Seville. An offshoot of Houston Grand Opera,...
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Night & Day
11th Houston Grand Taiko Festival
You can’t beat it!
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: September 27, 2007
Taiko is the Japanese word for “drum,” so it doesn’t take a genius to figure out what will be at the 11th Annual Houston Grand Taiko Festival. You guessed it...
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Game On
Lair
Lair's fire-breathing dragon is just a big turkey
By Gary Hodges
Published: September 27, 2007
In terms of the yawning chasm between what was promised and what has been delivered, Lair earns the distinction of being the biggest letdown ever for PlayStation 3. Worse, it's...
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DVDish
Special Delivery
By Robert Wilonsky and Jordan Harper
Published: September 27, 2007
Knocked Up (Universal) Apparently, as Judd Apatow was making Knocked Up he was also prepping for its DVD release, as most of the bonuses here were shot during breaks on...
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What Else Is New?
New DVD Releases
Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week
By Michael Gallucci
Published: September 27, 2007
As You Like It (HBO) Babel: 2-Disc Collectors Edition (Paramount Vantage) Broken (Weinstein) The Bronx Is Burning (ESPN) Building Bombs (New Video Group) Chalk (Arts Alliance...
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Music
Houston's Very Best Songs Ever
...otherwise known as the H-Town 20
By John Nova Lomax and Chris Gray
Published: September 27, 2007
When we originally set about attempting to catalogue a list of Houston's top songs ever, we thought it was a stretch. How could there be a list of ten, much less 100,...
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Hair Balls
Texas Felonies, Boner Lawsuits and Priscilla Slade's MySpace
We thought Texas was tough
As told to Richard Connelly
Published: September 27, 2007
Kevin Lee is currently in Harris County Jail. Which isn't all that unusual for him — he's been convicted of 20 felonies over the last 22 years. Twenty felony...
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Letters
Mail Call
Religious Fervor
Published: September 27, 2007
District dogma: Thanks for putting something in your newspaper about this matter ["Shouldn't You Be in Church?" Hair Balls, by Richard Connelly, September 13]. I have...
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BayouSphere
Feature Photo
By Daniel Kramer
Published: September 27, 2007
Hours before his death, John Kennedy told a rain-soaked crowd at Fort Worth that his wife Jacqueline would not be appearing with him at a rally. "Mrs. Kennedy is organizing...
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Music
Do Make Say Think
Catching up with Canadian instrumental wizards Do Make Say Think
By Kathy F. Mahdoubi
Published: September 27, 2007
The moment music is rediscovered after being buried alive can be just as important as, and far more personal than, the moment it originally came to life. Post-rock has already...
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Racket
Houston's Ten Worst Songs
…and we're still not as bad as Dallas
By John Nova Lomax
Published: September 27, 2007
Three years back, inspired by Texas Monthly's list of the 40 best songs from Texas, I compiled a list of the "Dirty 30" worst tunes from the Lone Star State. I went pretty...
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Wack
Weird Wide Web: International Strange Music Day, Oddmusic, Starving Weirdos, Strange Glue and many more
Ten sites dedicated to offbeat, off-kilter and downright strange music
By Linda Leseman
Published: September 27, 2007
www.strangemusic.com This site claims August 24 is International Strange Music Day. Its creator is Patrick Grant, whose sound The Village Voice calls a "driving and harsh...
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Wack
Black Lips Shopping Spree
By Chris Gray
Published: September 27, 2007
Regular visitors to Internet voyeur portals like Lastnightsparty.com, listen up: Here's your chance to pick up some of the same clothes all those adorable (if somewhat...
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Wack
Local Motion
By Craig Hlavaty
Published: September 27, 2007
Vinal Edge Records 13171 Veterans Memorial Blvd., 281-537-2575 1. Animal Collective, Strawberry Jam (CD) 2. Circle, Katapult (LP/CD) 3. Psychic Paramount, Gamelan Into The...
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Nightfly
Jimmie's Place
Willie Nelson stories and shoeshines at Jimmie's
By Chris Henderson
Published: September 27, 2007
Forty-three years ago, a seven-year-old girl stood in line at the Sam Houston Coliseum. She was wearing a dress her mother had made — blue velvet with white lace —...
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Local Rotation
Gene Watson, In a Perfect World
CD Review
By Chris Gray
Published: September 27, 2007
Houstonian Gene Watson may not be a household name, but he's no stranger to the country charts; "Fourteen Carat Mind," his diary of losing a woman to her uptown tastes, hit No....
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Rotation
Iron & Wine, The Shepherd's Dog
CD Review
By Rosenblum, Sophie
Published: September 27, 2007
Even if you don't think you know Iron & Wine, the stage name of singer-songwriter Sam Beam (inspired by the packaging on a protein supplement), you've no doubt been caught...
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