WORST OF HOUSTON 2011 ” The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.” - Friedrich Nietzsche They say sunlight is the best antiseptic. They also say a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.  Why those are relevant, I don’t know. But we are proud to offer up our annual Worst of Houston list this year in our continuing efforts to make Houston a better place by exposing some of it’s worst components. We can’t vouch for factual accuracy, positive motivation, or anything else for that ... Read More »

Saturday night had some pretty decent options.  Bummerfest looked like a hoot but I ended up deciding to go to Fitz for the Mathletes album release just because, as it should be apparent from my two-part interview last week with Joe Mathlete, I’m pretty enamoured by the new album, Excalibur.  I got there pretty early just after the doors opened and found these two guys in the back… I was sitting back, talking with a few people about stuff like how B L A C K I EE’s amp caught fire at Friday night’s show and these two dudes just sat there with ... Read More »

  By Alex Wukman Good news for all the gamers and wannabe game developers in Houston, the University of Houston has inked a deal with Sugarland based TimeGate Studios to construct a motion capture studio in Ft. Bend County. The details of the agreement requires UH to buy the motion capture equipment, which will be hosted at TimeGate’s Sugarland headquarters, and TimeGate will provide “space and the commercial talent to operate the studio.” Oh and TimeGate is supposed to offer “training and mentoring for student interns,” the press release doesn’t get too far into the details of the deal, like how much money ... Read More »

Gather around you fellow haters, cynics, and video game store clerks and bask in the hate that is our annual ‘Worst of Houston 2010’; a collection of the worst antics of 2010 in Houston and even beyond! Be forewarned, we pull no punches here and call em’ like we see them.  So if you are included on this list, take it not as a stab but rather a nudge to change your actions and work towards a better tomorrow. We know we will. McCoin, you are fired! - Illustrations by Michael C. Rodriguez Worst Invasion of Privacy: Red light cameras ... Read More »

Well a few things to report this weekend. First off, it was announced today the classic post-punk band The Mydolls will be playing Noise and Smoke II on November 15th. Awesomeness! In other news Born Liars have a fan in Little Steven who has played the band quite a bit on his Underground Garage radio show. Bill Fool’s a bit matter of fact about it all saying ” We have been played a bunch on the Underground Garage station and last week Little Steven’s assistant e-mailed me saying Little Steven loves us and wants everything we have to play it ... Read More »