Podcast appearances and mentions of john nova lomax

THNX: A Feelgood Podcast is re-releasing our interview with friend of the pod John Nova Lomax, who passed too soon on Sunday, May 21, 2023.  John Nova Lomax was a journalist in Houston, Texas for 20 years. After graduating from Belmont in Nashville, Tennessee, he had a variety of jobs including oyster shucker, landscape gardener, British Telecom clerk, and field hand in Israel. John settled down in journalism at the Houston Press, where he reviewed and introduced all types of music to his readers as a Music Editor and Staff Writer for nearly 12 years. After working briefly at Swamplot.com, he was a Senior Editor at Texas Monthly for almost 4 years. John is survived by his children.

On today's celebration of 2022 superlatives, we'll hear from one of this year's most entertaining guests — and also the one with the best Texas accent. In May, John Nova Lomax, who writes the newsletter “Ruckus,” joined producer Ferrill Gibbs and host Lisa Gray to talk about Houston accents. John Nova Lomax's newsletter Ruckus. Looking for more Houston news? Then sign up for our morning newsletter here. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram  Don't have social media? Then leave us a voicemail or text us at +1 713-489-6972 with your thoughts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there one main Texas accent, or are there many? How differently do Texans speak from other Southerners? And what about Houston? Can you pick out a Houstonion by the words they use or the way they say them? Writer John Nova Lomax joins Lisa and Ferrill in today's episode to talk all about Texas dialects and accents, from “y'all” and “howdy” to doodlebugs and feeder roads, and if Rice University and other schools have their own accents. What's your take on Texas accents? Give us a call/text at 713-489-6972 and let us know your thoughts! Hit us up on Twitter while you're at it! You can find us @CityCastHouston Subscribed to our daily newsletter? If not, here's where you can sign up! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to get past the cliché. Who are the people that make Houston great? We put out the call last month for listeners to share their stories of individuals, communities, and institutions that make Houston special, and we heard from so many people! In this episode, we're sharing some of our favorite listener stories and shoutouts about everyone from the “Tan Man” Phil Brayton and muralist Anat Ronen to writer John Nova Lomax and artist/connector Sarah Gish, plus love for independent bookstores, the art car scene, and much, much more. Who is your favorite Houstonian? Let us know on Twitter, or text/call us at 713-489-6972!   We also have a daily newsletter that's the talk of the town! Sign up for those morning emails on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Nova Lomax has been a journalist in Houston, Texas for 20 years. After graduating from Belmont in Nashville, Tennessee, he had a variety of jobs including oyster shucker, landscape gardener, British Telecom clerk, and field hand in Israel. John settled down in journalism at the Houston Press, where he reviewed and introduced all types of music to his readers as a Music Editor and Staff Writer for nearly 12 years. After working briefly at Swamplot.com, he was a Senior Editor at Texas Monthly for almost 4 years. John is currently a freelance writer with a contract at Texas Highways and lives in Houston, Texas with his children.

Songwriters Guild Live is a weekly radioshow in Amsterdam, focussed on artists who write their own songs. This week your host was Ro Halfhide. We're mentioned as one of the leading podcasts on songwriting! https://blog.feedspot.com/songwriting_podcasts/ Bianca De Leon is an Austin, TX based singer/songwriter dubbed “Queen of the border ballad” by John Nova Lomax, and “A voice from Texas that does it right”, by Guy Clark. She has been touring Europe (Germany, Holland, Finland, Belgium, Scotland, England, Italy) since 2001. Bianca has had 5 EU releases and a recent EU and US release, “Love, Guns & Money.” She was invited to perform at Berklee College of Music in 2015 in the round with Eliza Gilkyson, and Betty Soo. Upcoming tours of the Midwest and Europe are slated for 2019. She has a sultry and mysterious voice that complements her writing and she is an accomplished guitar player, utilizing both finger-picking and flat picking. Jimmy Robinson has been recording and touring for over 40 years. He has received critical and audience praise for his unique virtuoso approach to the guitar, and his rich compositional skill. Jimmy first made a name for himself playing electric guitar and leading the psychedelic rock/blues band Ejaculation (yes, you read correctly, it was 1968, after all...) at the Free Concert weekly series on New Orleans Riverfront.. He went on to front The Progrock band Laugh In The Dark in the 70’s, and in 1975 founded the celebrated instrumental rock fusion band Woodenhead . Woodenhead performs today, and is celebrating their 40th anniversary with a special performance at The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in May, 2015, as well as releasing a recording of new material, a live concert from New Orleans’ famed Tipitina’s and a reissue of their entire, remastered catalog. He also founded the New Orleans Guitar Collective Twangorama , with guitarists Phil deGruy and Cranston Clements, and later The New Orleans Guitar Quartet .

A staggering lineage of folk music enthusiasts and documentarians have paved the way for Texas Monthly writer John Nova Lomax: a complicated, uncompromising, ball-peen hammer of a man. John gets passionate when discussing the legitimacy of certain pieces of music, so when he visits Ferrill's house in Mobile (after something of a long, spiritual journey), he speaks of the necessity of regional music, and how it paints the all-important portrait of a city, a town, or a neighborhood...

Dr. Jack Kevorkian is a polarizing figure. Some call him a murderer. They think he earned the nickname “Dr. Death.” But to others, Dr. Kevorkian was a compassionate man who performed a necessary service. Over his lifetime, Kevorkian assisted in the suicides of more than 100 terminally ill patients. He was a champion of the right to die movement. But Kevorkian’s detractors were loud and powerful, and took him to court several times. Next, put that syrup away. Brandi’s talking about the other IHOP — the International House of Prayer. In the winter of 2012, a young nurse named Bethany Deaton was discovered dead in her car. Police discovered a suicide note, along with a few bottles of pills. But did Bethany really take her own life? She had so much to live for. She’d just gotten married, she was at the start of a promising career, and she was part of IHOP’s tight-knit church. In fact, she and her charismatic husband, Tyler, were part of an even more tight-knit religious group, known as “the community.” Days after Bethany’s body was discovered, Micah Moore came forward. He said that he’d killed Bethany — under the instruction of her husband, Tyler. But as Micah’s trial grew closer, he recounted those statements. And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: “The Trials of Dr. Jack Kevorkian,” famous-trials.com “Jack Kevorkian,” wikipedia “He breaks his own rules,” by Kirk Cheyfitz for the Detroit Free Press “An end to pain,” by Julia Prodis for the Associated Press “Kevorkian proves a lively witness,” by David Zeman and Janet Wilson for the Detroit Free Press “Two faces of Kevorkian painted,” by David Zeman and Janet Wilson for the Detroit Free Press “‘There is no law’, Kevorkian shouts,” by Jeff Martin for the Detroit Free Press| “Kevorkian: Intent was not to murder,” by Justin Hyde for the Associated Press In this episode, Brandi pulled from: “Love and Death in the House of Prayer” by Jeff Tietz, Rolling Stone “Fall From Grace” episode 48 Hours “The Bizarre Christian Sex Cult Death of Bethany Leidlein Deaton” by John Nova Lomax, The Houston Press “Bethany Deaton Suicide Now Considered A Murder; Police Arrest Micah Moore” by David Lohr, The Huffington Post “Prosecutor drops murder charge against Micah Moore in the death of Bethany Deaton”by Donald Bradley, The Kansas City Star    

John Nova Lomax discusses the proper usages of Y'all with UT Associate Professor of English and Linguistics Lars Hinrichs.

Mike Vance is the program director for The Heritage Society and the co-author of Murder and Mayhem in Houston (with John Nova Lomax). They are bringing back NoTsuOh , once Houston's biggest celebration which rivalled New Orleans' Mardi Gras. This year will feature the Coronation Gala on Friday, October 26 and an animal parade on Sunday, October 28. We also talk about the museum and the historical houses the Heritage Society maintains (they have candlelit tours) and from there, I guarantee you'll learn some interesting historical tidbits about this great city. They are located downtown, you can walk the beautiful park (it's freely open) and their website has the info you need: www.heritagesociety.org

John Nova Lomax explores the sometimes messy but always rewarding collision of Spanish and English in the Lone Star State.

In our first episode, host John Nova Lomax guides us through the proper way of pronouncing "pecan."

Here we go with the second installment of my two-part Crizzlecast with Houston Press writer (and former employer) John Nova Lomax. I caught him one late, boozy Wednesday evening and we talked about several things: how Apple has screwed up listening to music, Internet trolls, his pride in the city of Houston. We also get into his quite harrowing, childhood experiences growing up in Nashville. We definitely get into some deep, dark shit for this installment. Proceed with caution.

This is going to be an interesting week for the Crizzlecast. Today's (and Friday's) guest is John Nova Lomax, better known to you as a member of the folk music-saving Lomax family and better known to me as my old music editor at the Houston Press. I didn't mean for this to be a two-parter, but certain hiccups happened at the end of this recording that forced us to have another convo much later. Today's episode will be known as "the light side," as we discuss his experiences being the music editor for an alt-weekly, the egos he came into contact with on the Houston music scene and, of course, our working relationship.  On Friday, John and I will certainly be going into some dark territory. Stay tuned.