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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."

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...

Some bars in Houston have gathered regular patrons by having cover bands playing for years now. While that trend is still present at bars like Sherlock’s and Baker St. Pub, we’ve noticed over the past few months the insurgence of “tribute bands,” cover bands that focus on one artist. A couple of months ago, we were treated to a U2 cover band called Vertigo at Sam’s Concert Pub on Richmond. Actually, we were impressed by...

We've heard plenty about Houston's escalating crime rate. First, the thugs targeted Oscar and the Cookie Monster, then expensive watches, and now — rock memorabilia? Yep, it's true: Early Thursday, burglars hit the Hard Rock Cafe downtown. The story comes from KTRK, which had very few details — in fact, the station didn't know what was stolen, though it did say at least three items of rock memorabilia are missing. The Houston Hard Rock's collection...