By Maxwell Morgan Leading into this weeks home game versus the Tennessee Titans, the Texans cruised to a first ever 3-0 record and have looked to be the best team in the NFL. This week proved to be no different as the Texans crushed their opposition once again. The Tennessee Titans have arguably been one of our biggest rivals, as they are the zombie rendition of our once beloved Houston Oilers. They even have a zombie version of our former owner, Bud Adams. Maybe thats unfair, Adams is still alive, barely. Many of us have fond childhood memories watching the ... Read More »

After several years of not listening to a band you grew up idolizing, it’s always nice to return to those groups and albums that lured you into listening to a particular sound. The nostalgic melodies and lyrics become a place of solace as it takes you back to those high school years when you and your friends weren’t preoccupied with figuring out anything except how to get a ride to the next show the coming weekend. What’s even more pleasing is when looking up that band today, you see them supporting one of your more recent discoveries. For me, Circa Survive is one of those bands ... Read More »

Vulgaria is a Hong Kong sex farce as well as a takeoff of moviemaking. It would be fair to say that the storyline is raunchy but that doesn’t begin to describe how hilarious this Cantonese import really is. Opening in Houston this weekend at the Studio 30, with English and Mandarin subtitles, Vulgaria has great crossover potential both to foreign film fans and comedy addicts. A producer sits before a college class and answers questions in no uncertain terms much to the consternation of the professor. This producer makes Category III films and his first meeting with investors turns ugly ... Read More »

The good thing about video is it is harder to mis-spell shit. Free Press TV has arrived and brought friends. Join us as we interview Mayor Annise Parker, go to the gun show, visit with Arthur Bates, and enjoy some Lightning Bolt. Watch now, tell a friend, and prepare yourself for tons more to come. Expect an episode every 2 weeks and tricklings of goodness in between. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX3L59ORIFw[/youtube] Read More »

Movie musicals fall into a couple of categories. You have your full-on adaptations of operas or existing musicals, like the upcoming Les Miz, which proudly boasts that its songs were recorded live on the set rather than the traditional method of recording first then lip synching. Then there are the mixed genre musicals that incorporate music and songs into a fictional narrative. These types of films are like a double-edged dagger; they either have great music and a great story or great music combined with a weak script. A prime example of the former would be the original 1980 Fame. ... Read More »

Samsara is a Sanskrit word that translates as continuing flow. “We use that title because our film is about the cycle of life,” Mark Magidson, the film’s producer and writer tells Free Press Houston in a phone interview. With director Ron Fricke the two have made Chronos (1985 IMAX short); Baraka (1993) and now Samsara, all shot on 70mm film stock. “It’s a film about the impermanence of life too,” says Magidson mentioning the opening sequence of monks making a detailed colored-sand mandala, itself a symbol of samsara. Samsara unfolds without dialogue, without subtitles, with one sequence after the other ... Read More »

By Kyle Mullin Photo credit: Kisha Bari Charles Bradley threw back the curtains, wincing and squinting into the throbbing glare of red and blue. Five cop cars were parked outside. This time they weren’t there for him—but he soon wished they had come for that reason, or any other. The aged soul singer wails like a siren about that fateful day on his signature song, “Heartaches and Pain,” the lyrics capturing his anguish as he bounded outside to confront those officers. “I ran next door to my brother, Joseph’s, house. The detective told me not to go in there, but ... Read More »

I can’t believe how lucky I am. This is the first blog post I’ll be writing for Free Press, and I’ve been tasked with introducing y’all to perhaps the two most promising artists of our generation. Sure, things have been looking bleak for the music industry these last few years with such a limited amount of new talent trickling through, but we at Free Press strongly believe that we have found our saviors. B&B Style Music is comprised of vocalists Bob and Bev, whose passion for the greatest hits of all time is seemingly boundless. There is no style of ... Read More »

This Week’s Featured Show Thursday, September 27 Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires A Fistful of Soul @ Fitzgerald’s I’m a sucker for soul with a horn section and so this is kind of a personal bias.  But I swear Charles Bradley is gonna totally bring it!  He’s got the horns and sweat to do it!  Check this dude out!  Seriosuly!  The dude may be 64 with the protruding belly of a pregnant woman but he still drops the moves he learned from James Brown as a kid with such impassioned joy that you can’t help but feel that every drop of sweat that falls on stage has been ... Read More »

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