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John Nova Lomax

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Rocky Hill: Ballad of a Lone Star Legend

    The late Rocky Hill was a handful. Even his widow, Joy, told the small but attentive Saturday-afternoon crowd celebrating the (very) belated release of Hill's album Lone Star Legend at Cactus Music's Record Ranch that being his bride was "like being married to a tornado." Hill was a man of tremendo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Comment of the Day: De-Funkification Edition

    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 involving wit ... More >>

  • Music

    November 10, 2011

    2011 Music Awards Showcase

    Your guide to the bands and venues.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    HPMA Preview: Nobody Leaves Without Singing The Blues Edition

    Photo by Brittanie SheyLittle Joe Washington​In the movie Adventures in Babysitting, Houston native bluesman Albert Collins inadvertently assists the getaway of young Elizabeth Shue (meow) and her charges from a gang of thugs, but only after she sings. Collins blocks the attackers with the sam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Six Of Houston's Creepiest Places, In Honor Of Halloween

    Halloween always brings with it a bunch of temporary "haunted houses" designed to be creepy and scary. That's all well and good, but there's no need to pay good money to be creeped out. Houston offers several locations that can send a chill down your spine, especially on a lonely night. And they're ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Comment of the Day: James Edwin Durham

    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 involving wit ... More >>

  • News

    August 11, 2011

    Readers React to our River Oaks Monster Tale

    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 involving wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Comment of the Day: Penis Envy

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    Leadbelly's "Midnight Special" Prison in Sugar Land Closing (Although It Might Not Be the Prison He "Wrote" It in)

    Texas legislators are likely to agree to closing the century-old Central Unit prison in Sugar Land, mostly because it sits on land near the airport that can be developed. It's one of several Texas Department of Criminal Justice units in the area; a compound of four units is nearby in unincorporated ... More >>

  • News

    November 11, 2010

    Bluefinger: The Bald Truth

    Our Art Attack blogger on the slippery role of editor/actor.

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Our John Nova Lomax Explains The Wilting Of The Richmond Strip To TV Viewers

     Channel 39 did a recent piece on whatever happened to the Richmond Strip, and turned for expert advice to our own John Nova Lomax. Includes exciting footage of Lomax preparing to type.

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Money and Mercy

    Readers comment on Bolivar's loss of Our Mother of Mercy Church

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Diving Into Houston's Best Dive Bars

    ​Although the number of "true" dive bars is shrinking by the day, that didn't stop our own John Nova Lomax from tracking down the best ones left in the city and covering them in last October's feature story, "Dive Bars: A Handcrafted Tour of the Best, Most Obscure Places to Lean on a Stool in ... More >>

  • News

    October 22, 2009

    The Wheel World

    Commenters get angry on both sides of the road over "Ghost Riders."

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Forchuns Tolled

    Photo by John Nova Lomax​We spotted this beautifully painted sign outside a Flower Alley fortune teller's house. There should probably be an asterisk after that bottom claim. With four of 15 words misspelled, this seer is clearly in no position to offer "advise" on every "aspec" of life.

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    Houston 101: The Smallest Cemetary, Right Next To The Tire Store

     Way out Long Point, at the corner of Pech Road in the heart of greater Spring Branch, there stands one of the most surreal sights in a city full of them: a tiny Old German cemetery tucked in the corner of a Bridgestone mechanic's shop. For over 100 years, 80 of the surrounding acres belong ... More >>

  • News

    June 11, 2009

    Mack Brown vs. Iraq & John Lomax vs. a Metro bus

    Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    The Most Dangerous Game: Man Vs. Metro

    Photo by Mike GiglioLomax, keeping to his strict warm-up regimen for the big raceIt was to be the ultimate contest between man and machine. Hair Balls announced in earnest at this afternoon's staff meeting its plans to sample the new 402 Quickline Bellaire, which was unveiled by Metro on Friday ... More >>

  • News

    January 15, 2009

    Ike, Cancer, KBR and Oysters

    Waking Life

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Ike's Wake -- The Video

    This week's feature story by John Nova Lomax looks at the struggles on Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula in the wake of Ike. Photographer Dan Kramer filmed a video to accompany it, and art director Monica Fuentes edited it. We were going to hire Varnaline to write a new song to go with it, bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 25, 2008

    Merry Christmas from the Rocks Off Family

    ...and so say all of us! - Chris Gray, Craig Hlavaty, Dusti Rhodes, Keith Plocek, William Michael Smith, Bob Ruggiero, John Nova Lomax, Ernest Barteldes, Brandon K. Hernsberger, Jef With One F, Michael Arceneaux, Linda Leseman, kris ex, Kathy F. Mahdoubi, Rosa Guerrero, Nick DiFonzo, Jason Fergus ... More >>

  • News

    December 4, 2008

    Pirate Proposal and Dogfighting Outrage

    ...and so say all of us! - Chris Gray, Craig Hlavaty, Dusti Rhodes, Keith Plocek, William Michael Smith, Bob Ruggiero, John Nova Lomax, Ernest Barteldes, Brandon K. Hernsberger, Jef With One F, Michael Arceneaux, Linda Leseman, kris ex, Kathy F. Mahdoubi, Rosa Guerrero, Nick DiFonzo, Jason Fergus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2008

    Finding The Best Christmas Lights In Houston (And We Don't Mean "Tasteful")

     Every year, we scour the papers and Internet looking for Houston's definitive guide to spectacular residential Christmas lights displays, and every year, what we find what comes up a little lacking. A handful of neighborhoods are invariably cited, and we've already been to most of them. There' ... More >>

  • News

    October 2, 2008

    Ganging Up

     Every year, we scour the papers and Internet looking for Houston's definitive guide to spectacular residential Christmas lights displays, and every year, what we find what comes up a little lacking. A handful of neighborhoods are invariably cited, and we've already been to most of them. There' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2008

    The Waterways of Harris County

     Every year, we scour the papers and Internet looking for Houston's definitive guide to spectacular residential Christmas lights displays, and every year, what we find what comes up a little lacking. A handful of neighborhoods are invariably cited, and we've already been to most of them. There' ... More >>

  • News

    July 24, 2008

    Indie Bands Skipping Houston

     Every year, we scour the papers and Internet looking for Houston's definitive guide to spectacular residential Christmas lights displays, and every year, what we find what comes up a little lacking. A handful of neighborhoods are invariably cited, and we've already been to most of them. There' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2008

    There’s a New Sheriff in Town

     Every year, we scour the papers and Internet looking for Houston's definitive guide to spectacular residential Christmas lights displays, and every year, what we find what comes up a little lacking. A handful of neighborhoods are invariably cited, and we've already been to most of them. There' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2008

    Mp3: “Sit Shiva,” by Judas Bear

     Every year, we scour the papers and Internet looking for Houston's definitive guide to spectacular residential Christmas lights displays, and every year, what we find what comes up a little lacking. A handful of neighborhoods are invariably cited, and we've already been to most of them. There' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2008

    Mp3: Studemont Project’s “Mont Rose”

     Every year, we scour the papers and Internet looking for Houston's definitive guide to spectacular residential Christmas lights displays, and every year, what we find what comes up a little lacking. A handful of neighborhoods are invariably cited, and we've already been to most of them. There' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2008

    Mp3: Nosaprise's "Grown Folks Music"

     Every year, we scour the papers and Internet looking for Houston's definitive guide to spectacular residential Christmas lights displays, and every year, what we find what comes up a little lacking. A handful of neighborhoods are invariably cited, and we've already been to most of them. There' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2008

    MP3: Jackie Wilson and Laverne Baker, Like You’ve Never Heard Them Before

     Every year, we scour the papers and Internet looking for Houston's definitive guide to spectacular residential Christmas lights displays, and every year, what we find what comes up a little lacking. A handful of neighborhoods are invariably cited, and we've already been to most of them. There' ... More >>

  • News

    March 27, 2008

    Lame Scenes and Upscale Lounges

    Mad about Music

  • Music

    March 6, 2008

    Rusted Shut,A Thousand Cranes

    Mad about Music

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2008

    Web Extra: Seven Magnificent Moments in Guitar Hero / Rock Band

    Mad about Music

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2007

    Into the Ashes: Cosmos Cafe, RIP

    Mad about Music

  • Calendar

    November 29, 2007

    Noise for Toys

    Mucky Duck does it for Christmas

  • News

    October 11, 2007

    Top Houston Songs, High-Tech Turntables, Dave Matthews

    Songs of Ourselves

  • Calendar

    August 2, 2007

    Blue October

    Mood rockers are racking up the hits

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2007

    How Low Can Lidge Go?

    Mood rockers are racking up the hits

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Mood rockers are racking up the hits

  • News

    March 9, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Mood rockers are racking up the hits

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    Letters

    Mood rockers are racking up the hits

  • News

    May 12, 2005

    Letters

    Mood rockers are racking up the hits

  • Music

    April 7, 2005

    Monsters of Hip

    Five bands' worth of Urban Outfitters employees grace Cardi's stage with shopworn licks and attire

  • News

    August 19, 2004

    Letters

    Five bands' worth of Urban Outfitters employees grace Cardi's stage with shopworn licks and attire

  • News

    August 5, 2004

    ¡Viva H-town!

    Latinos come to the fore in this year's music awards

  • News

    October 30, 2003

    Letters

    Latinos come to the fore in this year's music awards

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    Letters

    Latinos come to the fore in this year's music awards

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    Letters

    Latinos come to the fore in this year's music awards

  • Music

    March 29, 2001

    Meet the New Boss

    John Nova Lomax

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