Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
The plot line of middle aged men ātrying to get the band back togetherā from their youth has been minedāusually for comedic purposesāby plenty of novels and movies. But the reunited four members of The Jenny Thing are plenty serious about reestablishin…
Read MoreOne thing the music programming of SiriusXM satellite radio has in abundance is variety. It seems like thereās practically a channel for every genre and style, including Albanian Jazz-Inflected Death Metal Featuring Klezmers. But when Senior Director o…
Read MoreThough he was born in 1973 ā a bit too late to experience the impact of the band at its commercial and cultural peak ā young D.J. Viola nevertheless became a hardcore KISS fan. Though he knows it wasnāt always easy for other kids to sneak that fandom p…
Read MoreTo his listeners across the country on various radio shows and a podcastābut most prominently his daily Trunk Nation program on SiriusXMāEddie Trunk is an Oracle of All Things Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. Add Prophet to the list, since something heās bee…
Read MoreEvery so often, a music book comes along that challenges the work which precedes it, creates much discussion (and sometimes consternation), and causes both proponents and detractors to either reexamine or double down on long held beliefs. This book, by…
Read MoreAllen Hill has long been a staple and stalwart of the Houston live music scene, and a charter member of the Continental Club Mafia. That group of players known for switching among multiple (often cover) bands, and whose performance base is at the Midto…
Read MoreThe music biz is certainly no stranger to spotlighting intense love affairs (weāre looking at you, Taylor and her Swifties). But thereās an especially hot one going on now between record collectors and reissue labels. Whether repping major artists and …
Read MoreMiles Copeland II was a longtime CIA operative in the Middle East and involved in all sorts of secretive spy missions from the 1940s through the ā60s. And his sonāMiles A. Copeland IIIāoften had to use similarly delicate skills and negotiating tactics,…
Read MoreHe thought he was done making new music. Finito. End of the Road. When Dennis DeYoung released what he was calling 26 East last year, he fully expected it to be his final studio album in a long and storied career that stretched back to 1972 with the fi…
Read MoreIt is, likely, the most cherished and entrenched story in Texas history. How in late February/early March of 1836, heroic Texas defenders including marquee names like Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William Barret Travis fought a pitched but losing battl…
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