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Robert Ellis' New "Friends Like Those" Clip Uses Friends Like Yours

This week Robert Ellis released an interactive clip for his latest single "Friends Like Those" off of his 2011 Photographs LP. You can check out the clip here at friendslikethose.com preferably with your Google Chrome browser. The video, which uses a plug-in from your personal Facebook account and ... More >>

Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day Concert Film Coming to Houston October 17

Rewind: Squeezing the Lemon: Led Zeppelin & the 10 Most Shocking Rock and Roll Reunions This week we all saw the trailer to Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day, the concert film shot at Led Zeppelin's 2007 reunion show in honor of Atlantic Records impresario Ahmet Ertegun. The film will be playing in t ... More >>

10 Iron Maiden T-Shirts Sure to Prove Your Metal Cred

According to the unwritten laws of concert etiquette, it's generally unacceptable to wear a band's T-shirt to their performances. It just makes you look as if you're trying a tad too hard. A notable exception to this rule, however, is the legendary Iron Maiden, who just so happen to be taking over t ... More >>

Rockets Make Very Tiny, Almost Inaudible Splash with Asik Signing

My friends over on the ClutchFans.net bulletin board are fond of the phrase "making a splash" when discussing the team's moves in free agency and when they make trades. When a trade or signing is of a more minor variety, that phrase becomes a joke, often posted on the board in an almost unreadably s ... More >>

Alternatives to Five of the Pricier Software Titles

The Business Software Alliance announced last week that it had come to an agreement with local business Affordable Power, LP, to settle legal claims that the company pirated software titles. According to the release: As part of the settlement, Affordable Power agreed to pay $150,000 to settle legal ... More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "Bo Joseph: Empire of Spoils," "Jason Yates: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything," "Lucas Johnson: Original Prints," "Perry House: Elegance/Violence," "reverse of volume RG," "Rhythm"

“Larry Bob Phillips: Salon Style”

Houston Press Artopia Preview Party

''Quattro''

It Came from the Bayou

Downfall 2012

Introducing Treaty Oak Collective, Houston's Newest Promoters

​Brandon Lemons is no stranger to the Houston music scene. If you've been around long enough, you've most likely either seen a show he's organized, or, if you're a real club junkie, sat and had a beer (or three) with the guy once or twice at a venue around town. The Silsbee, Tex. native bro ... More >>

Google Shuttering Popular Photo Editing Tool Picnik: Top 8 Alternatives

Google announced that as of April 19, it will shut down Picnik, an online photo editing tool acquired by the company in 2010, and bundle some of the editing tools into their over-arching Google platform. The staff of Picnik remains with Google and apparently is working to add features from the edit ... More >>

Poster Boy

Rock art legend Uncle Charlie will not be denied.

The Ten Coolest Animated Google Doodles

​Today, Google's logo looked like the image above and became a heated topic on Twitter. The logo -- referred to as a "doodle" -- had people wondering why anyone should celebrate the birthday of a dead guy and just who the hell Gregor Mendel was in the first place. In fact, Google regularly ... More >>

"PrintMatters"

Top 5 Worst Collegiate Conference Logos

Seriously???​Congratulations to the fourth grader who designed the new Mountain West Conference logo! Yesterday, the Mountain West Conference unveiled its new brand identity as they head into a hoped-for (read: Boise State-led) future as a regular contender in BCS football as well as other m ... More >>

Scissor Sisters

Continental & United: We Lost The Headquarters, But Won The Logo Battle

Losing everything but the logo battle​Houston's Continental Airlines didn't make out too well in its merger with United, at least from the viewpoint of Houston -- the headquarters is gone, jobs are gone, flights will no doubt be more of a hassle.But at least Continental won the fight over what the ... More >>

ACORN And Tea Partiers: The Hilarious Voter-Fraud Fight Goes On

Comic sans to the rescue!​We have stayed away from the ongoing battle over voting-fraud allegations in Harris County because it reminds us of that quote about college-faculty infighting: "Academic infighting is so vicious because the stakes are so low." But bring comic sans into the conversation, ... More >>

"Wind-Up: Walking the Warp"

At last, sewing and dance are one

R.I.P. Bill Narum, KLOL Co-Founder, Leading Texas Counterculture Artist and ZZ Top Stage Designer

​Bill Narum, a key figure in Houston's counterculture in the late 1960s and early '70s, passed away Wednesday night at his home in Austin. The cause of death was an "apparent heart attack or something that took him quickly while sitting in his studio at the art table in his chair," said Narum's cl ... More >>

Vision Quest

Uncle Charlie is the best concert-poster artist in Houston — and he's legally blind.

"Paper & Ink"

It's a new group with a new show - and a new take on all things printmaking

Progress Report

Taking stock of the Houston music scene on the eve of the annual Houston Press Music Awards Showcase.

Bloodsoaked

Transparency @ Rice Design Alliance

Web exclusive!

First Tuesdays at the Houston Center for Photography

What if Annie Leibovitz had stayed home?

“Monster Show 3”

Domy unveils its annual showcase of creepers and crawlers

Bayou City Art Festival

300+ artists from around the world offer up creations in 19 different media

The Station Showcases Work "Defending Democracy"

Making Change

Gary Panter

The master comic book artist signs his two-volume retrospective

Zine Fest Houston

Underground, independent and DIY writers and artists — the mother ship is calling you

“Production, Not Reproduction: Offset Printed Artist Books”

Lithography never looked so good

“Tradition and Invention: the Woodcut Prints of Akira Kurosaki”

Japan’s leading woodcutter makes his first Texas trek

On Your Top Eight?

Gathering Place

Bring the Cheetos

Graphic Entertainment

The Face of Rock and Roll

A new coffee table book spotlights a vital, neglected art genre and gives a few Houston poster artists their due

Best Tattoo Artist

Dan Martin

Logos, Lies and Layoffs

A walk in the city parks department