John Cramer

5 Albums I'd Like to Read

I suppose it was inevitable that Rush wrote a book. To move from long-form albums with intricate plot-lines and involved character development to a multi-hundred-page novel with the same isn't really much of a leap, after all, and prog has always been at least a bit about bombast. What could be more ... More >>

Local Musicians Come Together For Charalambides' Tom Carter

Rewind: Charalambides Guitarist Tom Carter On the Mend Some local musicians are rallying to help out one of their own this weekend, and it appears that some good, weird tunes will be a happy side effect for the rest of us. Tom Carter, guitarist for long-running H-town expatriate avant-gardists Cha ... More >>

Charalambides Guitarist Tom Carter On the Mend

Tom Carter, guitarist for Charalambides, the influential and prolific ex-Houston avant-garde/psychedelic duo, is out of intensive care and recovering at a rehabilitation hospital in Ahrenshoop, Germany after awakening from a medically induced coma last week. Carter's bandmate and ex-wife, Christina ... More >>

Adios Bookstop and "Poll" Dancing

Houston's Alleged Amnesiac, Coming Soon To Inside Edition

The case of the Curmudgeon and the Amnesiac Drifter has legs. Inside Edition, the hard--hitting news program that launched blowhard Bill O'Reilly on an unworthy America, has picked up the story, putting it alongside such Frontline-esque headlines as today's vital (also Houston-tied!) scoop: "Fo ... More >>

Amnesia Victim's Possible Scam Restores Hero Curmudgeon's Lack Of Faith In Humanity

In a story you read first on Hair Balls, local rocker and Bookstop warehouse manager (and occasional Press contributor and full-time curmudgeon) John Cramer helped Houston police crack the case of the mysterious amnesiac woman.Since then, the woman's identity has been made public. Her name is Janene ... More >>

Here's to you, John Cramer: Misanthrope cracks the case of amnesia victim.

Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

Crusty, Cynical Guy Performs Good Deed For Amnesia Victim

Photo courtesy HPDThe amnesia victimIf you work on loading docks long enough, you develop an eye for the rhythms of a parking lot. You learn whose car is there daily, of course, but you also learn who's living in their car, and how to spot a dumped stolen ride. After 15 or so years as the receiving ... More >>

Texas Garage Rock

This weekend's Texas Gone Garage festival turns up the volume

Q&A: Linus Pauling Quartet

The Light Brigade

Linus Pauling Quartet: Crunchy on the outside, cheesy in the middle

Ten Years After — the 1997 Houston Press Music Awards

Where are the bands and nominees today?

Partners in Rime

People Under the Stairs fix the leak

Getting Personal

Nouveau punk rockeros need love, too

A Crying Shame

RIP, Cactus Music and Video

Letters to the Editor

Gettin' Jiggy Again

The Jigsaw Killer returns in Saw's even sharper sequel

Acid Test

Enter the warped world of the Linus Pauling Quartet at your peril

Grimm Reality

John Cramer shows no signs of fading, no matter what the indie visionaries say

Ozzy Lore

Several Texans are trying to separate Ozzy the myth from Ozzy the man

Dunlavy

The Alison Effect (Camera Obscura)

Grimm Tale

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