Results tagged “benfolds”

In a dental-floss-thin segue from last week's Friday Afternoon Video, Houstonist brings you a rather infamous song from Ben Folds, who will be rocking Warehouse Live tonight with Missy Higgins.

Most of our recent Friday Afternoon Videos have been blasts from your 1980s past. Today, we're going even further back to a time when music was still a pure and sacred pursuit, a time when musicians -- in the words of Lester Bangs -- had "the courage to be drunken buffoons, which made them poetic."

Houstonist still likes its classics, though. From the 90's, we have southern-flavored rock from Southern Culture On the Skids and a favorite from Ben Folds Five's album Whatever and Ever, Amen. Our sole 80's entry comes from L.A. new wave band The Sparks. Finally, one of our contributors has spent a little too much time in his 1975 Camaro: he suggested Led Zeppelin and Foreigner.

Back in January, B.B. King had to cancel two shows at the Grand 1894 Opera House in Galveston at the last minute while he was rushed to UTMB for flu symptoms. We're glad to have him back: his make-up shows are this Thursday and Friday night in Galveston. John Mayer and Ben Folds play a double bill in The Woodlands on Saturday. Australian rock band Wolfmother hits Warehouse Live on Sunday. The best bet...

Tuesday We’ve given you a lot of Halloween ideas, including costumes to wear, places to go, and haunted places. Want one more? How about Halloween from Hell III? Since My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult is headlining, you know Lucifer will be there. 8 p.m. at The Engine Room | tickets and info Wednesday Yesterday, we recommended the Ben Folds and Houston Symphony concert for tonight, and we still do. There’s good local...

The Houston Symphony has had many great special guests over the years – everything from other classical gurus, traditional vocalist, and pop stars. With Ben Folds’ arrival this Wednesday, you’ll get a chance to hear the witty alternative singer/songwriter/pianist bring a different light to his songs. The average radio listener probably knows Ben Folds from his 1998 hit “Brick” with Ben Folds Five. What the may not know is that Ben Folds is still going...

Tim Westergren wants to introduce you to great music. In early 2000, he founded The Music Genome Project. In 2005, Westergren introduced his mission to the Internet, beginning Pandora, Web radio that utilizes a listener's favorite bands or songs to find similar music based on the components of the song — melody, lyrics, instruments, etc. Westergren hails from the Bay area, is thorough in everything he does and recently embarked on a journey across the...