We have some bad news for you: Joe Mathlete is leaving Houston. Yes, it breaks our hearts too. Not only that, but he’s leaving us for Austin of all places (insert scoffs here) and for a job (inset secondary scoffs here). But our love for Joe and his antics far exceeds our sadness, which is why we’ll be at The Mathletes’ first (and supposedly) last show of 2008. Fresh off their killer set as The......

We mentioned it in our interview with Mlee Marie Suprean, but our favorite local music blog The Skyline Network just released the poster for the Hootenanny, which only further solidifies the fact that we have to be there. So what's the Hootenanny? You've probably seen something like it before, but never done like this. Some of the strongest names in local music treat us to some of the classics, a treat that we'll selfishly......

Unfortunately, November 20th's performance with The Misfits at Fitzgerald's was Captain Mongo Nelson's final outting with Black Math Experiment. Those of you who know, or have seen Captain Mongo with BME, please bid him a fond farewell, as he relocates with his wife to the North. He was the first of Bill Curtner's recruits for the band and has been a constant since joining up. His punk/metal influences have been the rythmic backbone of the......

Today’s Photo of the Day comes from flickr user and Houstonist photo contributor slight clutter. "I make my living off the evening news Just give me something-something I can use People love it when you lose, They love dirty laundry" ---------Don Henley - Dirty Laundry Yes, we know he was talking about the talking heads on TV in this song, but who can resist using this lyric with a photo such as this? If......

It’s always fun to track the way pop culture lingo is evolving from year to year. Sunday the Global Language Monitor, a word-trend group, named the top buzz words of the year, which include originals from Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report. Stephen Colbert is known for his short segment “The Word” (as well as taking on talking heads like Bill O’Reilly). “Truthiness,” which according to GLM means the truth unencumbered by the facts, and......

The shot from flickr user and houstonist photo contributor paper_by_design. It's Friday, it's a pretty day, enjoy some flowers. This shot totally led to thoughts about this: Here we stand Like an Adam and an Eve Waterfalls The Garden of Eden Two fools in love So beautiful and strong The birds in the trees Are smiling upon them From the age of the dinosaurs Cars have run on gasoline Where, where have they gone?......

Seattlest saw a house party get senselessly attacked with a shotgun and end in ">seven dead. A local senator is debated and their version of the big dig is investigated. To truly get to the bottom of it they interview the writer Jonathan Raban. Bostonist has its first birthday party and investigates how to attach more gambling dollars to the Red Sox. Benjamin Franklin is celebrated and Johnny Damon is not. Image by Ethan Bagley......