It may not be evening when you read this, but the time has come to put Houstonist to bed. We got word from our parents at Gothamist a few weeks ago that they felt it was time to shutter the site, due to things like statistics, advertising, and the general plight of maintaining a journalistic publication in today's economic climate.
To speak from a very personal angle for a moment, I'd like to personally thank everyone who's every contributed content, read an article, invited us to a performance or event, and really anybody who has ever laid eyes upon the site. I've really enjoyed the opportunity I've had as Editor this year, and I can truly say that I've met a fantastic amount of people and discovered a tremendous amount of music [my beat, if you hadn't figured that out yet] over the course of my tenure at Houstonist.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Well, folks, welcome to our final edition of Rock Talk here on Houstonist. We suppose it's fitting that we're going out on a nice round number. This is actually Houstonist's final day of posting, at least for a long while [more on that later], but we'll be continuing our music scene coverage over at our new website: www.HTownRock.com. Book mark that, and if you send us music news, update the ol' address book so that your mail points to htownrock [at] gmail.com.
Without further ado, let's get down to what the web brought us of late.
A photo, chosen daily, from our talented Houstonist Flickr Photo Group.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Nowadays, it’s de rigueur to dog on Drayton McLane. The long-time Astros owner is cheap and an overspender, too concerned with marketing and driving fans away with losing teams, leaves impact prospects to rot on the vine in the minors and won’t draft good players. I’m pretty sure he’s responsible for seasonal flooding and mosquitoes, too. But let’s hop in the Houstonist DeLorean and take a second look at the erstwhile Uncle Drayton.
For the week of July 15th - 18th, 2010
Well folks, it's that time again, when we parse through the weekend concert listings and give you our hearty recommendations. Let's take a look at what's in store for your eyes & ears over the next few days.
A photo, chosen daily, from our talented Houstonist Flickr Photo Group.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
A photo, chosen daily, from our talented Houstonist Flickr Photo Group.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Houstonist has been a fan of local graffiti artist Ack! for a number of years now. In fact, we own a piece of his work - we took it off a pole outside Brasìl before the cops could.
His work is colorful and playful, and if we weren't a fan of it already, this video gives us yet another reason.
A photo, chosen daily, from our talented Houstonist Flickr Photo Group.
Monday, July 12, 2010
For the week of July 12 - 14, 2010
Another week, another set of shows for your listening pleasure. Let's have a look-see at ye olde rokk and rolle calendar, shall we?
A photo, chosen daily, from our talented Houstonist Flickr Photo Group.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Houstonist has just learned that the Giant Battle Monster, Lions of Tsavo, Omotai, Inter Arma, Baring Teeth, Bastard Sapling show that was supposed to be at The Hot Dog Shop tonight has now been moved to Notsuoh, downtown. Don't miss it!
Friday, July 9, 2010
A photo, chosen daily, from our talented Houstonist Flickr Photo Group.
Houston's no stranger to shred-heavy metal bands - we come across so many that sometimes it feels like a new one is spawned each week. Not all of them are impressive riff masters, though Golden Axe, Cavernous, Ghost Town Electric and Scale The Summit all fall into that category. Newcomers Omotai can now be added to that list, debuting their capable chops on their inaugural EP, Peace Through Fear.
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