#Tex Houston

[bandcampsnoop]

10/22/24.

Any fans of The Clean, David Kilgour, or Hamish Kilgour, here is your chance to own a reasonably priced copy of The Great Unwashed "Clean Out of Our Minds" on vinyl. Noise Prints (Portland, Oregon) somehow landed the opportunity to release this gem of lo-fi pop. Really, think of it as Tall Dwarfs crossed with Syd Barrett while retaining the signature Kilgour brothers sound.

Tex Houston remastered this which was originally released by Flying Nun 40 years ago.

[mikespice97]

Selena performing for the last time in Houston, Texas at ‘El Dorado Ranch’ on march 15, 1995 🇺🇸

[stastrodome]

Fun Facts. 100% verified.

The John Deere company is co-developing a tractor that can be fueled with icing from Cinnabon.

The internet's "hawk tuah girl" is now the official spokesperson for Kentucky Cavalier brand bourbon.

The official state song of Kansas is Sheryl Crow's "All I Wanna Do (Is Have Some Fun)".

Matisse spent his last years illustrating a cartoon strip about a nearsighted rabbit he called Henri, le Lapin Libidineux (Henry, the Libidinous Rabbit).

According to the Harvard Psychological Research Quarterly, the most common source of anxiety for people from Portland, Oregon is seeing the disappointment in a person's face when they clarify that they're not from Portland, Maine.

Big Tex, mascot of the Texas State Fair, in the Hudson River Valley in the late 19th century.

[butchlifeguard]

californians and texans need to team up against midwesterners actually bc they think theyre special. i keep getting midwest meme pages recommended to me and they'll be like 'the weather here is so wild 🤭 and don't get me started on the way people drive 🫠' we need to humble them..

[eatliveescape]

How to Experience Texas Like a Local: Your Essential Travel Guide

Texas. As you hear the name, it conjures images of wide-brimmed hats and endless stretches of land. But, this Lone Star State has so much more to meet the eye. It is no longer like the cliche; today, it has vibrant experiences that are waiting to be discovered! You’ll be glad to know that it offers amazing experiences for every type of traveler. Say you’re a history buff; well, sit back and…

[yhowdy]

Why are some people dying to dig to the pits of hell before they look up to check if their safety rope is still within reach

[jadethetransfem]

Houston reminds me of night city

[ellishailey]

Salsa - Authentic Fire-Roasted Tex-Mex Salsa Fire up that broiler to make your own roasted tomato salsa blended with jalapenos, onion, and cilantro.

[koboldorion]

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[melliedee]

2022 September | Mum's Retirement, Game Night, Last Chemo, Spaying Artemis, Stargazing & A Whole Lot of Ethan

September 1, 2022 Due to such a busy month, I wasn’t able to take Mum on our usual mother daughter Houston Restaurant Week until this day. It was also to celebrate that she had retired! I chose Astor Farm to Table and it EXCEEDED my expectations. We use to love Peri Peri until it closed down near us and since then I’ve been trying to find a South African delight near us since. This is the…

[bandcampsnoop]

5/8/24.

Living Clipboards are a Dunedin/Wellington New Zealand group comprising members from The 3Ds and Look Blue Go Purple (Denise Roughan), Mark Williams (MarineVille) and Jim Abbott (Ghost Club). They really do sound like a sum of their previous bands and then some. At times I can also hear Hamish Kilgour/The Great Unwashed.

Which is interesting since I also saw that Paul Kean posted a song from The Archers - one of his many side projects. This side project consisted of Hamish and Lisa Siegal (Mad Scene) and Kaye Woodward and Paul Kean (The Bats, Minisnap). There is only a single track currently available, but Paul promises to keep cleaning up the songs which were were recorded "one cold winter".

Living Clipboards was mastered by Tex Houston and is available from Burning Log, a label based in Wellington, New Zealand.

[unholyverse]

waterparks // marvin magazine issue #10

(full transcript under the cut)

Waterparks

WORDS by HOLLY SOLEM

PHOTOGRAPHY by DANIEL PRACOPCYK

Waterparks are places you go for fun; both pools and slides and the gloriously buzzy, pop punk band featuring members Geoff Wigington (lead guitar), Otto Wood (drums), and singer/guitarist Awsten Knight, whose neon energy matches his hair. Their music leads you down sonic chutes and up rainbow ladders with four albums, countless tours, millions of listeners and a recent signing with Fueled By Ramen, the label under which they are about to drop their highly anticipated 5th studio album. MARVIN had the good fortune of catching up with Knight—who is busy prepping for a European tour, a US tour and the release of the band's new album—to talk about all that goes into creating the bubbly world of Waterparks.

The new album titled Intellectual Property features eleven legit bangers filled with anthemic choruses. psychedelic experimentation and hooky melodies all polished to a sheen. There are hints of megalithic rock bands like Muse, inspiration from The Beach Boys and the pop punk sounds we have come to expect. But as for the "pop" part, this record goes in hard with collaborations with the likes of blackbear and songwriter/producer Julian Bunetta.

I love pop music and we got an offer to write with this dude, Julian, who has credits on 95% of One Direction's discography. I fucking love One Direction. I don't want to be dramatic but let's say I've got a top 60 favorite songs, I think four or five are One Direction songs. And Julian's written on all of them. I was just like, 'I want to do what I do but with him too.' And then I made "FUNERAL GREY", "BRAINWASHED", and "FUCK ABOUT IT", with him.

For this album, the band brought in more outside alliances than on previous albums, with Knight saying. "I think I was more open to [collaborations] on this album. Other people's opinions and thoughts and stuff like that. Normally, I don't really love writing with people that I don't know very well because it can feel very sterile. You walk in and they're like, 'what do you want to write about? You're like, 'oh fuck'—because it's a personal thing." And when it comes to getting personal, Knight is also realizing that to his surprise, the more personal he gets-the more vulnerable lyrically—the more universal the message.

I feel like I used to be kind of freaked out by [vulnerability], especially earlier, on album one. I was really nervous about it and it sounds so lame in retrospect but I didn't even want to do any acoustic songs. I liked burying myself a lit- tle bit behind a big instrumental. [The song] "21 Questions" for example. I sent that along with all the other demos to Benji because I wanted his opinion and he was like, 'this is one of the best ones.' Those wind up being the favorites, which seems counterproductive because songs are supposed to be relatable. And I never feel like I'm being relatable but I try to be less selfish with the writing. I want this to be for someone else.

When Knight refers to "Benji" he is talking about Benji Madden, one half of legendary pop punk duo Good Charlotte. Benji, along with his brother and bandmate Joel, manage Waterparks after discovering them on YouTube and DM'ing them on Twitter back in 2015. Knight received the news of the Maddens' invitation to fly to LA for a meeting while working as a babysitter who gave guitar lessons.

I called the guys and we're like, 'holy shit.' So we all went and bought swimsuits because…California. And yeah, that was it. After we met them, we went back to our hotel and were just like, 'what is happening? A week ago we were still passing out flyers outside of other people's shows. And we're right here, right now. This is the weirdest shit.'

A literal dream-come-true for Knight and the band, who eventually would make the move to LA from Houston while missing its Tex-Mex and Thai food, and of course, his family. But when it comes to the weather, he's all about California. He doesn't even mind the earthquakes. He was in a rooftop hot tub during one and actually found it rather exciting. For a man who has toured the world, there's a bright-eyed innocence and almost childlike wonder to him. His seeming lack of cynicism is as refreshing as freshly fallen snow which he admits he only saw for the first time not that long ago. But now, Knight talks about having stress dreams as he and the band get ready to embark on a European leg, followed by an extensive US tour.

Here's the thing, I like to play shows and I like to meet people. The other 22 hours of the day, I like having my space. I'm pretty particular, you know what I mean? I like my zone where I can sit and just do stuff. You go from peace and quiet and doing what you want all the time to sharing a small living space and a bus with twelve people. It's basically having twelve people in your living room for two months. And you're just like, 'ah, but the shows are great' as long as the shows are fun and everyone is having a great time, that makes it worth it to me.

He's also superstitious. Around his apartment there are crystals, there are obsidian and selenite wands in front of all the mirrors. He has a healer-type person come in and energetically clear his space, insisting he throw away objects that may have "dark entities" attached. "I'm luckier than people I know. They're like, 'why is the light always turning green when you go to it? Why do you always get the front spot at the store?' I'm like, it's because I don't split the pole, you know? Can't split a pole when you're walking. There's a bunch of superstitions. But I follow them and I'm crazy lucky."

In addition to music, he recently penned a well-received book of personal essays called, You'd Be Paranoid Too (If Everyone Was Out to Get You). He plans to write a novel next and has also started a clothing line called HiiDef. that fabricates small collections that sell out fast. His enthusiasm for the line is on par with music. "If everybody made the songs that I wanted to hear, I wouldn't have to do this. The same thing applies with clothing." Passion abound, he is all smiles when discussing plans for the future of Waterparks.

How do I get to the fucking moon? I think anyone who hears this album is going to love it. Cause I think it's incredible. I'm looking at the songs right now. I'm just like, 'man, straight slappers.' Even the last song, which I know wouldn't be a single or anything-that's probably one of the best accomplishments of a song that we've ever been able to pull off. I see this album in plaques on the wall. All right, we're manifesting now.

He names his goals out loud, as one is meant to do when calling them in, mentioning things like how much he'd like to play the Redding and Leeds Festivals at sunset. Then he pulls up the Waterparks US tour schedule online while musing, "I want one of those big "Sold Out" things across all the dates. It's getting there dude. Yeah, actually, it's going crazy right now." In real time, he seems to discover that the banners that cross nearly all of the show dates do indeed read, "Sold Out". And then it's clear. Awsten Knight is lucky. But luck is really about preparation meeting opportunities and he has definitely shown up to the game prolific and prepared. Five albums in, it's clear that Knight and Waterparks have only just begun.

@waterparks

[stastrodome]

My mother's general aesthetic ran towards the State Fair and I'm afraid to say, as such, that I never fully appreciated how uncommon it was to have candy apples / caramel apples at home.

Richard II's tragic flaw is that he's a petulant teenager and I love the grave-craving self-involvement of his speeches. However insalubrious, that too feels like the sweetness of home.

[buckys-baby-boy]

I feel like Bucky would be weirdly good at identifying accents, like someone would just walk up to him and he'd know their whole life story the second they said hi.

Someone: Hey, great to meet you, I'm-

Bucky: You're from Québec, but you're Anglo-Canadian, not French-Canadian, but your mother's from Texas, you were in French immersion, and you spent much of your childhood watching British television.

Someone:

Someone: Where in Tex-

Bucky: Houston.

[flarefoxxx]

Idk why but I'm thinking of Housewife! Texas for no damn reason.

Like, yeah, he would like to be the one who provided for his S/O and children but like, I also imagine him being such a mom, lol.

Like, can you imagine him with a bandana headband on and with a mop in hand just cleaning the whole dang house, and sometimes cooking?

I kinda like the idea of Tex being just a mom, probably more with his kids like Austin, Dallas, and Houston.