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  Lights, Camera, Headaches
  By Angelica Leicht

  Festival Experience So Ashton Kutcher allegedly got in a fight at the Stagecoach Music Festival last month, staying true to his douche-roots and brawling with a security guard over a chick. I... More >>

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  Smashing Pumpkins: Life After Death
  By Neph Basedow

  "To destroy is always the first step in any creation," wrote the late American poet e.e. cummings. For Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan, destruction and creation are a way of life. "A... More >>

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  Distant Relatives
  By Marco Torres

  Only in Houston Think about your favorite musician for a minute. Do you remember the first time you heard his or her voice? Can you relate each album or song to a different stage or major... More >>

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  Slow Fade: Yo La Tengo
  By Neph Basedow

  'Nothing ever stays the same," sings Yo La Tengo front man Ira Kaplan on "Ohm," the opening track from the band's thirteenth and latest release, Fade. "The higher we go, the longer we fly." Yo... More >>

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  Human Directionals
  By Jesse Sendejas Jr.

  ONLY IN HOUSTON James Minor's workday begins a lot like yours. He arrives at a work station, checks his materials, puts on a smile and readies for another day of being the face of his... More >>

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  Mr. Record Man: Willie Nelson
  By William Michael Smith

  WILLIE NELSON was dead broke. The American music icon, who turns 80 years old on April 30, was once just another starving musician looking for his next gig. In early 1959, he was 26... More >>

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  Book of Love: Open Book
  By P.F. Wilson

  The popularity of electronic dance music (EDM) has produced several interesting byproducts, chief among them a rediscovery of '80s-era synth-pop and the artists who produced it. This has resulted... More >>

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  Tough Times at Rich's
  By Chris Gray

  Night Life No doubt this is not the way Rich's wanted to celebrate its 30th anniversary this year. The most recent tenants of the long-running and equally star-crossed Midtown dance club closed... More >>

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  World Beat: The Music of iFest
  By Michael Point

  No matter what language you use to say it (Portuguese is the official tongue this year), it's party time downtown for the next two weekends as the Houston International Festival takes over the... More >>

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  Flashback: 1983
  By Jesse Sendejas Jr.

  Only in Houston I went to see Paul McCartney at Minute Maid last year. A friend bought the tickets, and Iasked if he'd mail mine so I could hold it in my hand and marvel at this new, treasured... More >>

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  Space City Beat Battle: No Contest
  By Shea Serrano

  Ryan Rayford is what the word "demure" was created for. He is sitting at a table in a cafe in the early evening of a slow weekday, tapping at a cell phone with no real intent beyond tapping at a... More >>

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  Westheimer Babylon
  By Jef With One F

  Gothtopia Not long back, I had the opportunity to explore the origin of the name of my favorite Houston club, Numbers. My source explained to me that the name originated from a late-'70s slang... More >>

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  Madman Across the Water
  By Craig Hlavaty

  Elton John has become the best-case scenario for the future life of a troubled character in one of his songs, albeit it's a song he has been writing since he and collaborator Bernie Taupin... More >>

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  Goodbye, George?
  By Craig Hlavaty

  Live Shots On March 17, a Sunday night, George Strait wrangled 80,020 fans into Reliant Stadium for what is sure to be justthe first of his "farewell" shows here in Houston. This glut of... More >>

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  Not Just Vinyl
  By MARC BRUBAKER

  Only in Houston 5. Heights Vinyl (3122 White Oak, www.heightsvinyl.com) Houston's newest record store opened in late 2011 and has quickly climbed the ranks, winning "Best Vinyl Shop" in the... More >>