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Goodnight, and Good Luck...
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.
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Rock Talk, Vol. XXX
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.
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Houstonist Flickr Photo of the Day - Long Shadow
A photo, chosen daily, from our talented Houstonist Flickr Photo Group.
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Thank Your Lucky Stars For Uncle Drayton
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.
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H-Town Rock
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.
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Houstonist Flickr Photo of the Day - Texas Spring
A photo, chosen daily, from our talented Houstonist Flickr Photo Group.
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Houstonist Flickr Photo of the Day - All smile while backstroking to victory
A photo, chosen daily, from our talented Houstonist Flickr Photo Group.
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A Most Unusual Proposal
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.
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Houstonist Flickr Photo of the Day - Magnolia Lobby, Seat by the Fire (HDR)
A photo, chosen daily, from our talented Houstonist Flickr Photo Group.
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H-Town Rock
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?
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Houstonist Flickr Photo of the Day - Sculpture Garden | Wish You Were Here MFAH
A photo, chosen daily, from our talented Houstonist Flickr Photo Group.
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Week Around The Ists
Photo by Edna Zhou Shanghaiist documented the opening of its first Apple Store, a giant cylindered affair in our central business district. We also took a sneak peek at their newish "Briefing Room" strategy for enticing business users, and posed with theirexclusiveShanghai products. LAist got caught up in the Lindsay Lohan courtroom saga and watched as the former teen starlet was handed a 90-day jail sentence for a pair of '07 DUIs. Gothamist felt...
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BREAKING: OMOTAI SHOW MOVED
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!...
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Houstonist Flickr Photo of the Day - Untitled
A photo, chosen daily, from our talented Houstonist Flickr Photo Group.
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All Ears: Omotai - Peace Through Fear
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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H-Town Rock
For the weekend of July 8th - 11th, 2010
Another weekend, another plethora of music in this town. There are some tough decisions for ol' Houstonist to make, but that won't stop us from offering up a bevy of suggestions for you. Let's get down to business.
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Houstonist Flickr Photo of the Day - Fruit and Veggie Fiesta
A photo, chosen daily, from our talented Houstonist Flickr Photo Group.
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Houstonist Flickr Photo of the Day - Bel-Aire
A photo, chosen daily, from our talented Houstonist Flickr Photo Group.
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Breaking Foodie News: Opens and Shuts
Houstonist has long been a fan of Kanomwan, located at 736 Telephone Road. As many of you may know, the "Thai Nazi", as we affectionately referred to him, passed away last month. His family will reopen Kanomwan today. If you plan to head there for a meal, please call first, we do not know if they will be open for lunch and dinner, or lunch, or dinner. We do know that Kanomwan has long served the best Thai in the city. We plan to go by soon, you should too! Seriously, this is very exciting food news.
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Living La Vida Del Carne
Catastrophic Theatre's renewed production of last year's Hunter Gatherers is a welcome dose of humor to help get us through the long, hot days of summer. We weren't lucky enough to catch last summer's run, but the new show is a thoroughly enjoyable two-act comedy that oscillates between craven fits of passion and self-doubting ennui. Filled with memorable one-liners, spontaneous wit, and bouts of perverse physical humor, the script finds two couples of long-time friends faced with the equally-long-awaited moment when social propriety just isn't going to be enough to keep them from showing their true, animalistic natures.
