Starbucks Mixed Media Series at the MFAH

Mixing Art, Music, Alcohol at the Museum: Not for the Timid

By L Yang
September 10th, 2008

‘Twas Saturday evening, the sixth of September, when all throughout Houston, social butterflies were aflutter with anticipation for a night to remember. For an event had arrived that happened only once every summer month, the Starbucks Mixed Media Series at the Museum of Fine Arts-Houston. No details were overlooked, not even the location. The Mies-designed [...]

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Pants Off, Dance Off! – Dance! Party! Music! Video Tribute

By L Yang
July 25th, 2008

The Inspiration
Before their synchronized treadmill gymnastic antics in Here It Goes Again, and even before the dawning of YouTube, OK Go made another homemade dance video, A Million Ways. In my opinion, it was in a million ways better than their later video. My cousin first showed it to me, telling me that at her [...]

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Way Off the Map on Maps’ Break Up

By L Yang
July 15th, 2008

Thanks to the empathetic responses from the band members of Antarctica Starts Here, I have been proven wrong and humbled by the truth: Maps, the rising indie electronic band from Northampton, UK, did not break up and Maps, the “experimental rock” band from Nashville, Tennessee, were the ones who broke up. In short, I wasn’t [...]

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Maps Break Up and Screw Me Over

By L Yang
July 10th, 2008

Yesterday my friends and I went to see Maps, a rising indie electronic band from the UK, at Walter’s on Washington in Houston, TX. We had listened to their only album, We Can Create, on repeat for days beforehand and looked forward to their pulsing dreamy melodies. I took extra care in choosing my concert [...]

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