Cheesy though they can be, I love top ten lists. Honest, I really do. The main reason is that it's just not humanly possible to listen to everything potentially cool that comes out in a year. I don't care who you are or how little of a life you have outside of your blog, one person simply cannot do it. While I run this e-zine/blog/etc. mess we call Space City Rock, I myself miss a ton of supremely cool shit, just by virtue of limited funds and limited time. And because I'm a full-blown music addict, that absolutely kills me. I have twitchy fits over the fact that no, I haven't yet heard the new Beirut album, or that damn, I never got a chance to listen to the burned copy of the new Interpol a kindly friend sent my way. I could give a crap about "breaking" a band -- I just want my fix, man... [more] || [a whole mess o' folks] || [03/04/08]

Almost every year since its inception, the Houston Rodeo has included at least one show that is more rock-oriented. That must-have ticket for this year was John Fogerty on March 12th at Reliant Stadium. As expected, Fogerty wasted no time dealing out cranked-up versions of songs from the huge catalog of hits that he has amassed over forty years of performing... [more] || [Bill Reed] || [03/26/08]

To say that Walter's on Washington is the best venue in Houston in which the possibility exists to interact with the performing artists would not only be an oversimplification; it would not be doing the place justice. Walter's is important to Houston because artists are almost literally forced to coexist with their (sometimes overbearingly obsessed -- good for you, Houston) fans. It was no different tonight, as dual (well, sort of "dual") headliners Yeasayer and MGMT took to the stage in front of a very good-sized MLK Day-eve Sunday night crowd... [more] || [Brandon Hernsberger] || [03/26/08]