DAVID A. COBB (Reviewer): David A. Cobb spends most of his day stuck behind a desk at his day job, yet the writing he does in his spare time is what he really enjoys. David runs Houston Calling, a online music column that is part of the donewaiting.com community, and InMyEar, an online music site and email music list. You can read David's reviews and musings in Space City Rock, Swizzle-Stick.com, and Houston Press. Visit his website (and its various offspring) at www.otterco.com.

JUSTIN CRANE (Contributing Writer): Justin Crane may have been born during the turbulent years following the fall of the Basque monarchy of Navarre, but the exact details of his birth have been concealed from scrutiny by an order of secretive Capucin monks. His voice can be heard in the high-bandwidth electromagnetic fields hovering over the vicinity of Rice University (usually on Tuesdays) Ç one of his many strange and mysterious talents. He sometimes likes to rock out, and he probably doesn't like you.

ALICIA CROWDER (Contributing Writer): It is difficult to define the mysteries of Alicia. While some people call her the Goddess of Men and Food, others refuse to call her at all. She is a reader, a writer, a lover, and she's coming soon to a theatre near you.

DOUG DILLAMAN (Contributing Writer): Doug Dillaman is a video editor and filmmaker living in New Zealand, having moved there after surviving both the Houston and Portland music scenes. He's not as prolific of a writer as he once was, but will chime in every now and then.

RUBEN DOMINGUEZ (Contributing Writer): Ruben Dominguez has loved loud, distorted guitars since he was a little shrimp growing up in NYC. Hobbies: playing guitar, writing reviews, watching drag racing, reading, scuba diving. Prized Possesion: a guitar signed by all the members of the Pixies.

CHARLIE EBERSBAKER (Reviewer)

JEREMY HART (Editor/Co-Publisher): Jeremy Hart was born in Washington state, but that was a long time ago, and he now gets very "Texan" when he travels to other states. He obsesses about music, movies, and politics to the detriment of the rest of his life, travels as much as possible, sometimes plays guitar and tries to make up songs, writes okay, and surfs badly. He's recently taken a stab at writing for other e-zines and magazines (the Houston Press, HERE Magazine, Get Lost Magazine, Far & Near, and a little political deal he calls Something's Got to Break), but SCR remains his first love, even if he's too damn lazy to work on it half the time. He got the hook-up.

JESSICA HILDEBRANDT (Reviewer): Jessica Hildebrandt is not your typical alt-goth opera singer. In fact, she's not one at all. An inventor by trade (notable creations include The Internet and oxygen), she does a little writing on the side to escape the doldrums of her virtual prison, aka "day job". She is currently held captive by a 4'4" tall evil overlord and his triad of hellbeasts, and is in preliminary negotiations with E! for her own True Hollywood Story segment.

MARC HIRSH (Co-Publisher/Contributing Writer): Jeopardy! champion Marc Hirsh is a survivor of The Rice Thresher and The Public News and expects to outlast Space City Rock, the print version of which he placed directly into Sleater-Kinney guitarist Carrie Brownstein's hands. His musical and songwriting skills will eventually bring him Fountains Of Wayne-scaled musical adulation, but not today. He has a brand new Master's degree from a fancy east coast university, no job and no earthly idea of what he wants to do with his life. He is currently single, ladies.

MEL HOUSE (Co-Publisher/Contributing Writer): Mel is a independent filmmaker based in Houston, TX, with many feature films, music videos, and commercials to his credit. He most recently shot the movie, Drawing Blood (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415763/), starring none other than the Maniac Cop himself, Robert Z'Dar. Mel firmly believes that A Nightmare on Elm Street, Ringu, Dawn Of The Dead (original, duh), Oldboy, and Donnie Darko are among the greatest cinematic achievements of the last 30 years. In addition to being a morbid, horror-loving sociopath, Mel is also one a' them musician types. After doing time in such illustrious outfits as Inbred Whiteboy, Pierce Elevated, and Drowning In February, Mel is currently trying to put together a new group. Unfortunately, he keeps hearing things like "your playing is too metal for me." (You can write to him at "upstartfilm" at "sbcglobal dot net".)

ANNIE LIN (Reviewer): Annie Lin lived in Houston for eight years and was sad to leave a town so flat that even she could traverse its streets by bicycle. As a singer/songwriter (www.annielin.com; www.myspace.com/annielin), she played shows all over the country, but always liked playing in Texas the best. After obtaining her B.A. from Rice University and J.D. from the University of Houston, Annie moved to Brooklyn, where she now lives and continues to make music. By day, she works in the music industry (www.myspace.com/anniethelin). In the free time that she plainly lacks, Annie likes to bake, dig through record store bargain bins, look up obscure bands at Allmusic.com and run Ariadne Records (www.ariadnerecords.com).

CREG LOVETT (Contributing Writer): Creg Lovett once quit school to work at the Public news. He is a contributor to spacecityrock.com, and an editor at The Builders Journal, and a producer of The Finish Line, on CBS KHOU at 2:40 A.M.

CONOR PRISCHMANN (Contributing Writer): Conor Prischmann comes from the land of the ice and snow. He'll tell you about Texas radio. Now he's wandering the Western dream.

SHAWN RAMESHWAR (Reviewer): Shawn has lived in Houston since the age of five. During middle school he was introduced to punk and never looked back. His first "show" was Dead Horse @ the Axiom. Ten billion shows later he decided it was time to give something back to the town/scene which gave him so many inspiring moments over the years. Currently he is listening to; Long Fin Killie, Trans Am, Tortoise, TV on the Radio, American Analog Set, Broman, Johnny Cash, etc.

BOB WALL (Contributing Writer): Bob Wall is a complete goon and goof. He is not to be taken seriously. He loves all types of music and has enough experience to know the difference between pop and plop. A veteran of the Minneapolis, Houston, and Biloxi(?) music scenes he has wrapped up enough speaker cables to appreciate live music scenes and will be there when Houston finally becomes a better live music venue than Sheboygan or Floydada or Orfordville. He is the Traveling Secretary for Analgesic Studios and the Executive V.P. for Lake Livingston Cargo and Cartage.