Information Technology Sector

Too Far to Care

The Old 97's revisit a Texas classic on 15th anniversary tour.

Hear Them Roar

Houston's legendary punks the Latch Key Kids release a new EP after years of silence.

Alien Force

Man or Astro-Man? discuss their time on Earth.

Mark James: Took Hewlett-Packard for $10 Million by Posing As Big Companies

HP: Not such a Big Deal after all.​A British citizen has been charged with conspiracy to defraud Hewlett-Packard out of $10 million by setting up phony companies to get big discounts on computers he would then resell. The U.S. Attorney's Office announced that Mark Allan James, 44, had been ch ... More >>

The Wylie Llama for President

The singer-songwriter on ­Michelle Bachmann, seceding from the Union, big hair and wild hogs.

Comment(s) of the Day: We Are Tasteless, and Targeted (by the Wrong People)

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

Hot Saturday Night

Roky Moon & BOLT release debut LP.

Compaq Headquarters, 20 Years Ago: The Cutting Edge Back Then

Found on the webz: This video from 20 years ago this month, a walking tour of Compaq headquarters here in Houston. With the Presario (4 GB of RAM!!) still in the future -- and future overlord H-P in no one's thoughts -- these brave engineers entered the `90s.....wearing the fashions of the early `8 ... More >>

Pop Rocks: What Books Would Jesus Burn?

​Talk about your (mostly) lone nuts. Terry Jones, reverend of something called the Dove World Outreach Center (sounds like a rehab facility that uses soap enema therapy), is going ahead with his planned "International Burn-A-Koran Day" on September 11. This in spite of mounting criticism from ... More >>

HISD's E-Rate Report is Out, Some Mysteries Remain

Tickets, trips, gifts to HISD board members​It's debatable what's more amazing when reading over the Bracewell & Giuliani law firm's report on ethical violations in the so-called E-rate program by Houston ISD employees and their too-tempting IT vendors -- the stuff they can verify or the alleg ... More >>

Collision Course

Indie-pop charmers the Wild Moccasins tighten up and toughen up on their debut LP.

Yes, Jo Koy Will Talk About His Mom This Weekend

​Comedian Jo Koy is having a great year, even if he isn't having a great week. He's got the flu and he's spending the holidays in airports and hotel rooms as he travels around the country doing his stand-up show. Hair Balls got to talk to him between flights, after he had just spent two hours wai ... More >>

Blind Luck

Bicycle enthusiasts Blind Pilot step out of fellow Portlanders the Decemberists' shadow.

Overkill? No Such Thing

Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister has never been one to mince riffs — or words.

Hill Country Hoodoo

No record deal, no recordings — no problem for the South Memphis String Band.

Tonight: Hayes Carll at Warehouse Live

Woodlands native turned Austin dweller Hayes Carll had an up-and-down year in 2008. His first Lost Highway release, Trouble In Mind, garnered worldwide attention. As he relaxed in the Ozarks with his in-laws before heading to Warehouse Live for tonight's gig with Band of Heathens a ... More >>

Artist of the Week: Peekaboo Theory

Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com.   Mark C. Austin To ... More >>

Don't Work -- It's Cyber Monday!

Thought the holiday uber-shopping craze was limited to Black Friday? Welcome to Cyber Monday.Admittedly, the day was first a gimmick by Shop.org (they coined the term back in 2005), but over the years, more and more stores have jumped on board and as many as 82% of online retailers are offering spec ... More >>

Deerhunter's New Double Album Strives for Elegance

Captured by the Game

"Gulf Coast Beach Boys" the Coastliners Return...with the Beach Boys

Still 'Alright'

Artist of the Week: Without a Face

Barnstorming Georgia Trio The Whigs

Complete Control

Artist of the Week: Miss Mykie

Artist of the Week: Jim Jones Jamboree

Artist of the Week, San Antonio Edition: Audiotap (and Mathew Barker)

Artist of the Week: Jewel Rifle

Houston's Nigerian-Born Battle-Rapper Godwon

Balls and His Word

Artist of the Week: Dem Southern Folkz

Artist of the Week: Hell's Engine

Artist of the Week: Liz Dannemiller

An Evening with Thee Armada, Houston's Next Big Thing

Rock, Shock and Load

An evening with perennial Houston street hustlers Big Body Click

Square Business

A conversation with Mohammed Al-Farra of Palestinian Rapperz

Straight Outta Gaza

An Elevated Conversation with Perseph One and AndAcc

Oh Slippin'

X-Clan's Brother J Drops Some Knowledge

Revolution Through Evolution

Hueston Independent Spit District

An evening with Houston's other, better-rapping H.I.S.D.

Keith Reynolds

A Howling Howitzer

Shock and Rawrb

Psychostick's Notorious R.O.B.

Singing with Giants

Fun and games with Austin's Hickoids

Rhythm, No Blues

J Poncio's debut CD

One Fan at a Time

Jadewood's plan for success

Smoke Signals

Indian Jewelry comes home

What's That Smell?

Canadian art punks Les Georges Leningrad drop a number deux

Best Reincarnation

Compaq Center becomes the Lakewood International Center

Life After Layoffs

Two former Compaq employees try their hand at flipping burgers

Bright Lights, Bridge City

The PC Cowboys, the world's only politically correct country band, speak in a Press exclusive

Put Yourself in Their Nikes

Compaq Houston Marathon

Best Participatory Sporting Event

Houston Marathon, www.compaqhoustonmarathon.com

Girls to Women

Houston's Destiny's Child scales pop chart, meets fans

State of the Art

Compaq, then and now