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6 unusual facts about Houston Press


Céilí's Muse

Still, Céilí’s Muse was nominated for Houston Press music award for Best Ethnic Music some 18 months after the band officially broke up.

Derf

Backderf 's comic strip, The City, has appeared in over 140 publications, mostly free weekly newspapers, since its debut in the now-defunct Cleveland Edition in 1990, including: The Village Voice, The Chicago Reader, Cleveland Scene, Miami New Times, Houston Press, Pittsburgh City Paper, The Providence Phoenix, and Washington City Paper.

Jake Childs

“The Golden Boy: Producer-remixer Jake Childs wants to turn Houston’s house scene upside down.” Houston Press.

Lower West Side, Chicago

Robb Walsh of the Houston Press wrote that the Mexican restaurants in Pilsen are "unconsciously authentic" to original Mexican cuisine.

One Park Place

Katharine Schilcutt of the Houston Press said prior to the store's opening that Phoenicia will become the first major grocery store in Downtown.

Roky Moon and Bolt

By December of that year, they had been cast as the backing band for a Catastrophic Theatre production based on the life of Daniel Johnston titled "Life is Happy and Sad." The Houston Press had also twice recognized the new band in both their annual Music Awards and Best Of editions.


Jesse H. Jones High School

Margaret Downing of the Houston Press said that many people, including Jones principal Lawrence Allen, had portrayed the school as being majority White when it was majority minority.

John Lomax

While serving as the former music editor of the Houston Press, John Nova Lomax won an ASCAP Deems Taylor award for music journalism for his profile of troubled former country music superstar Doug Supernaw.


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