Still a Good Thing

Lady sings the blues

"..."Guitar Slim, Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Little Willie John, Big Mama Thornton, Howlin Wolf, Jimmy Reed," taking a special liking..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Dialtone, Please

Eddie Stout's Shoestring Label Sticks Close to Its R&B Roots

"...to get it together. It was so frustrating and crazy."..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Songs in the Key of Ethan

A Postmodern Fear of Significance

"...and their families and holidays and fucked-up siblings -- crazy parents -- but no one in particular. I mean,..."

June 30, 2000 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Tom Jones MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev., January 15

"...slot machines is all it takes to lay the crazy Sin City mythos to rest. Yet despite the rise..."

Jan. 28, 2000 Music Review by Greg Beets

Top 10 Decade/Local

"...9. Fastball, Make Your Mama Proud (Hollywood)..."

Jan. 7, 2000 Music Feature

Box Sets/Reissues

The Disco Box

"...she makes you wish the other two, "Oh You Crazy Moon" and "As Long As I'm Dreaming," were as..."

April 9, 1999 Music Feature

1999 SXSW Music Festival

"...bells, let their scrappy sound seduce you into their crazy quilt mix of country and blues. Bonus: They're also..."

March 19, 1999 Music Feature

SXSW Records

Jeff Beck

"...drama -- is futuristic without being formulaic. In "What Mama Said," the British string slinger quivers over a jungle..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

New World Pioneer

"...Red Death, X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes,and Bloody Mama. While making these films as well as producing others,..."

March 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Far from Hollywood

"...in a studio. You made films because you were crazy enough to get involved and had the dream of..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Screens Feature by Charles Nafus

Texas Tropes

Is Don Graham Really Texas' Literary Curmudgeon?

"...them has ever been moved to wonder where his mama and daddy did it. It's just not a big..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Texas Platters

"...medieval-flavored "Lepi Juro," for example. One can hear Zap Mama interpreting both "Coro Coro" and "Cauldron," and you wouldn't..."

July 31, 1998 Music Review

Record Reviews

"...swinging "Gulf Coast Blues," and the roadhouse raucous "Nacho Mama." In the album's press, Ely is quoted as saying,..."

May 8, 1998 Music Review

Texas Platters

"...Street for the past five years. Jenny Mier's Big Mama vocals, echoed just enough to blend with the wandering..."

Sept. 12, 1997 Music Review

Human-Headed Flies

Drastic Space III:

"...housefly with the face of a weary but very crazy man. Well, it's as though the man-fly wasn't crushed..."

June 20, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

One Double, Six Ingredients

"...got hungry. Stopped at a Burger King. I'd call Mama and have a burger. I called, and she wasn't..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

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