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    February 21, 2012

    Unchained: The Man In Black's Late-Life Comeback

    The Resurrection of Johnny Cash: Hurt, Redemption, and American Recordings By Graeme Thomson 254 pp., $19.95, Jawbone Press In 1993, Johnny Cash may have been a country-music icon, but for all intents and purposes, he was also one in need of some serious restoration. Two decades removed from his la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    John Lennon's Top 10 Solo Songs

    Cactus Music is hosting a Beatles & John Lennon DJ session featuring DJ Black Slacks from 5-7 p.m. today in the Record Ranch, 2110 Portsmouth. ​Today marks 30 years since humanity lost John Lennon. The man has haunted Craig's Hlist since he was very little, when the man broke out from being t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Pop Rocks: The Celebrity DUI Conundrum

    ​I've always preferred brunettes. Aside from making me not a gentleman, this simply meant I favored Jaclyn Smith over Farrah Fawcett, Lynda Carter (or JoAnna Cameron) to Deidre Hall, Yasmine Bleeth to Gena Lee Nolin, and Jane Seymour over, well...just about any of the other Bond Girls. Given ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    "Imagine" This: What If John Lennon Were Still With Us?

    Today marks what would have been John Lennon's 69th birthday. Just let that sink in for a moment. He was only 40 when he passed away, but in those four decades he did enough to change the world and its inhabitants for pretty much the rest of natural human history - not just in music but also in for ... More >>

  • Music

    October 4, 2007

    Save Our Houston Songs

    A plea for monuments and musical preservation

  • Music

    July 20, 2006

    Life in a Hurricane

    The New Orleans sound of The Morning 40 Federation

  • Music

    December 1, 2005

    Reach for the Stars

    Astra Heights returns from L.A. with a major-label deal in hand

  • Music

    July 22, 2004
  • Music

    October 9, 2003

    Hit the Road, Jack. Permanently.

    According to former Houstonians the Business Machines, that's the only way to get a career

  • Music

    September 25, 2003

    Woodlands Wonders

    Meet Paris Green -- the newest entry in the next big thing from Houston sweepstakes

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2000

    The Steve McQueen Affair

    The "Steve McQueen: The King of Cool" film retrospective

  • Music

    August 19, 1999
  • Music

    January 14, 1999

    Tommy Lee Uncensored!

    The drummer with the big stick bares all about jail, Motley Crue and Pamela Anderson

  • News

    June 25, 1998
  • Music

    March 6, 1997

    The Once and Future Dolemite

    Rudy Ray Moore, the brotherman from another land, is still outta sight

  • Music

    December 12, 1996

    Decay Becomes Him

    Ex-Chili Pepper John Frusciante sleepwalks through a rock and roll nightmare

  • Music

    November 28, 1996

    Messing Up in Public

    Ray Davies gets the kinks (if not the Kinks) out of his career

  • Music

    February 8, 1996
  • Music

    June 2, 1994

    Young, Gifted and Dead

    Gallows humor at some club, and the attack of the killer accordions

  • Music

    May 26, 1994
  • Music

    May 26, 1994

    Ethnical Questions

    Plus: Shimmying with Mary Jane on the Washington Avenue shuttle

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