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Don’t say nothing else about music being dead. It’s alive, it’s living, it’s accessible. It may not be on television, or the radio, but it’s here. That soulful, relatable, can’t help but groove with it kind of music. Sometimes it needs to take a break, grow up and poke around in life in order to [...]
Hey Houston, it’s Fall and it’s beautiful. The weather’s finally cooling off and the leaves are falling off the trees. We’ve made our clocks fall back, and hopefully you’ll be falling into the arms of people who love you, and maybe falling in serious like with the person you’re choosing to snuggle with over the [...]
Precious is not an Indy Film. It’s a major motion picture release that has been blessed by Oprah and Tyler Perry, but that’s not why you need to see it. In fact, pretend that you don’t know that they’ve touched it. This film is so raw in honest emotion and dialogue about how broken so [...]
Holiday season is here, which means some spiked eggnog might lead you under some mistletoe if you’re lucky. The quickest way to find yourself standing there by your damn self is by having funky breath. That’s right folks, this post is about keeping the mouthpiece fresh, especially during this time of close contact. Think about [...]
So, many of you have been wondering who is the chick with the pinky ring? Well, her name is Betty and she is fired up about the lack of home training some of these privileged folk have been displaying. So listen up y’all Betty’s got something to say: So far, September has been a month [...]
One of the hottest looks this season is the Rhianna palette. Angela, a make-up artist with Nieman’s, gives some tips on how to achieve the look: The best way to create Rhianna’s look is to keep it very matte. Get the face ultra matte with oil control skincare and good powder, and then do a [...]
Houston, what busy two weeks we’ve had. Steve McNair and his 20-year-old girlfriend, Sahel Kazemi passed away from gunshot wounds. The former Houston Oiler was only 36-years-old and was found sitting on a couch in his Tennessee apartment riddled with gunshots. The Michael Jackson memorial will be held Tuesday July 7 at the Staples Center in [...]
The passing of Michael Jackson has left an irreplaceable hole in music. There will never be another King of pop. And yes, childhood has officially ended for many of us. We got it. What we don’t get is the rush to pass his crown to someone else. In an obvious attempt from the big media [...]
A cursory visit to YouTube left theblvdmag.com speechless. There is a competition for Houstonians and others to create a dance for the city’s first Dallas era tune, “The Kim Kardashian.” Lil’ Flip’s ode to her, Kim Kardashian is a result of a mixture of the need for “artists” to create a dance to some known [...]
Proposition 8 may have the nation abuzz, but the Houston area has remained quiet when it comes to how the gay marriage ban will affect local Houstonians. The law went into effect November 5, 2008 and said in essence that marriage would only be recognized between a man and woman, nullifying any gay marriage after [...]
