Walt Whitman

RIP Mydolls Guitarist Kathy Johnston

Photos by David EnsmingerThe Mydolls' Dianna Ray and Kathy Johnston at Rudyard's, July 2011​Sometimes people come into our lives with the force, elegance and nimbleness of water. Musician, photographer, and patient advocate Kathy Johnston, the Mydolls guitarist and percussionist who passed awa ... More >>

Wine of the Week: Bogle Vineyards Petite Sirah

​While the history of how Petite Sirah came to be known as Petite Sirah is completely confusing, we do know that it is a varietal that originated in the 1880s and was soon after introduced to California. The other name for this grape is Durif, whose namesake is Dr. Francois Durif, the French g ... More >>

A Thousand Words

Six playwrights consider the importance of photography

Dream of Life Offers An Intimate Look At The Newly Widowed Patti Smith

​Dream of Life, the 2008 documentary about Patti Smith, opens with Smith's own narration of the many loved ones she's outlived over the years. Among those names are her husband, MC5 guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith; her brother Todd; and controversial photographer and close friend Robert Mapplethorpe. ... More >>

NANO Fiction Reading Series - Andrew Kozma and Amanda Auchter

What rhymes with success?

Creep Show

O Pioneers!!! turns growing up into unrelenting punk rock.

“Perspectives 166: Torsten Slama”

Is 166 the creepy factor?

Barbara Ras One Hidden Stuff

Web exclusive!

Artist of the Week: O Pioneers!!!

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. If we were forced by thr ... More >>

The Collector: Mack McCormick's Huge Archive of Culture and Lore

A great American folklorist has spent a life squirreling away bits and pieces of Texas culture. Now time is running out on him and his inventory.

Re: The Adventures of John Lomax and the Walk Down Westheimer

Against All Odds

A group of unsupervised mental patients running from Katrina made it from New Orleans to Houston. Victor Fruge led the way.

Cheating the Reaper

Vic Chesnutt died 20 years ago. Catch him live this week.

The Critical Craftsman

H.C. Westermann was the quintessential American artist

Mean Streets

Martin Scorsese looks at the roots of New York's violence, with mixed results

Picking Away at History

Singer-songwriter Tom Russell explores his past to understand his present

Booked Up

Selling his novel on the streets of Houston got Abram Himelstein in trouble. He's ready to give as good as he got.

Son of Jack

Kerouac-inspired, Austin-based Guy Forsyth trips out in Americana dream

Letters

Letters

Wylie Coyote

Letters

Blowing His Own Horn

A Winning War

Alley production richly captures spirit of the strife

Hard, Round and Full of Seamen

The ultimate man's movie is back -- and longer than ever

The Voices of Los Rockets

At home and (sort of) away, Radio 1320's Gonzalez and Rojas bring the basketball action to Houston's international audience