Most Popular
-
Barack Obama and Me
It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
-
Mescaline on the Mexican Border
Texas is the only state in the country where peyote is sold legally. Really.
-
A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita
For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.
-
Little Bitty Burger Barn
"It's okay to be little bitty in the big city" is an apt slogan for this new burger joint, where sliders rule
-
Ghost Town CFS: Carriage House Cafe
Step back in time — to a spooky old carriage barn with a monster chicken-fried steak
-
Barack Obama and Me (246)
It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
-
Save Lobo: A Siberian Husky Mix is Sentenced to Die (28)
Why? Because he's big and intimidating and because one family complained about him over and over again
-
A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita (13)
For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.
-
Are You Hot Enough for Citizen Lounge? (6)
All This Useless Beauty
-
Rotten to the Corps: A Question of Justice at Texas A&M (140)
Thanks to A& M and a district attorney, two cadets escape punishment for beating in a student's face
-
Are You Hot Enough for Citizen Lounge?
All This Useless Beauty
-
Tired of the Hype, But That's All There Is
Next month, Houston gets to be a cool kid. But only for a week.
-
The improbable redemption of Ashlee Simpson
"La La" Love You
-
Rap's Rapidly Vanishing Female MC
The Why Chromosome
-
A New Official State Song for Texas?
A case for a new — or different, anyway — state song
-
Geraldo Rivera Is Stupid: A Review of His Panic: Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S.
06:06AM 03/09/08 -
Weekend Music: Help Save the Houston Music Scene
03:54PM 03/07/08 -
To Do: Hockey and Roller Derby
04:12PM 03/07/08 -
Sausage Fest: Bangers and Mash at Red Lion Pub
11:40AM 03/08/08
What we are writing about
- American Gangster
- Amy Sillman: Suitors...
- birth defects
- Bob Dylan
- Christmas Tree-O
- Continental Club
- Houston art
- Houston local music
- Houston music stores
- Houston Rockets
- Houston theater
- I'm Not There
- illegal immigrants
- Main Street Theater
- McGonigel's Mucky Duck
- Meridian
- Perspectives 158:...
- players' scoring averages
- Proletariat
- Rudyard's
- Rumors
- Sig's Lagoon
- Somerville
- Sound Exchange
- toxic industrial...
- Toyota Center
- Turkeys of the Year
- Verizon Wireless Theater
- Warehouse Live
- Wii
Recent Articles By Craig D. Lindsey
-
The 17th Annual Houston International Jazz Festival
The Houston International Jazz Festival attracts two indie-soul heavyweights
-
Frank McComb at the Breakfast Klub
Funky soul jazz comes to Midtown
-
The Essence of Gordon Chambers
From journalist to songwriter to singer
-
Through Thicke and Tim
Robin Thicke and Justin Timberlake face off -- again
-
It's Your Birthday
Happy Xth, Rad Rich!
National Features
-
SF Weekly
The Candidate
Our columnist knows Ralph Nader's running mate all too well.
By Matt Smith -
The Pitch
How Not To Be a Rap Star
First of all, lay off the Ecstasy.
By Nadia Pflaum -
Village Voice
Project Runaway
What becomes a gossip columnist most?
By Michael Musto
Mark Farina
Mark Farina performs Friday, June 22, at Planeta Bar Rio, 6400 Richmond, 832-251-9600.
By Craig D. Lindsey
Published: June 21, 2007-
DJ Mark Farina's mixes are not just for the dance floor.
Subject(s): Mark Farina
You have to hand it to Mark Farina: Whether you're on a crowded, pulsating dance floor or in the confines of your very own home, the Bay Area-based Chicagoan creates house mixes that oh-so-rarely leave you in an obtuse, sullen mood. He recently said, "I know it's dance music, but I'm trying to think of people listening to it in the car, in their house or on their headphones while going around."
While other prima-donna house DJs — and they know who they are — stubbornly create music that you can only appreciate while sweating it out with other clubbers, most of Farina's finest work (and that includes his patented, down-tempo Mushroom Jazz series) is soulful to the point of being soothing. One of the reliable stars of San Francisco's Om Records, the dude is the latest DJ to drop a House of Om mix CD. It once again reveals the unfeigned class, wit and humble respect for listeners that only Mark Farina can bring to the party.
