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Music
Unraveling veteran rhymesmith K-Rino's brilliance in an über-sketchy Third Ward park.
By Shea Serrano
The irony of the situation was just too great, we suppose. That's why it didn't happen — because it couldn't happen. The universe wouldn't let it. It sounded a little...
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Music
A serious health scare, as soundtracked by Scarface's finest album.
By Shea Serrano
In October 2008, I watched one of the most important people in my life die a horrible, prolonged death. Cancer, they said, was eating her insides. Nothing could be done....
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Nightfly
Win or lose, the mood is always congenial in U of H watering hole The Den.
By Shea Serrano
The fact that you're unable to name, without Google's help, one single football player of consequence who has ever come from the University of Central Florida seems like it...
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Music
Houston rapper E.S.G.'s evolution from street thug to family man.
By Shea Serrano
There was some construction being done in the front of the house, so maybe someone knocked over a ladder or something, he remembers thinking.
He was in the back of the house...
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Nightfly
It's impossible not to play on words with Hearsay, downtown's newest bar.
By Shea Serrano
It's a trap. It's so clearly a trap that you briefly consider that it might not even be a trap. But it's a trap.
If you open a venue and decide to call it Hearsay (218...
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Nightfly
It's dystopia you can dance to in House of Blues' lavish Foundation Room.
By Shea Serrano
Dan Aykroyd is one smooth-talking S.O.B.
Besides doing more with his life than any six people you know personally — were you aware that he's been in more than 70 movies,...
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Nightfly
Mercer is an upscale neighborhood nightclub, if you can find it.
By Shea Serrano
First off, eff Edloe.
Edloe is your exit if you're coming down U.S. 59 intending to visit Highland Village hideaway Mercer (3302 Mercer). Somehow, depending on which direction...
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Nightfly
Whatever its name, Avant Garden is a cornerstone of bohemian Houston.
By Shea Serrano
A man is standing in the upstairs room of Avant Garden (411 Westheimer) clad in a lace-trimmed camisole. After we talk to him for a few minutes, however, his androgynous attire...
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Nightfly
Not a great idea to slap a woman on the butt, even at the laid-back Firehouse Saloon.
By Shea Serrano
"One Headlight," the 1996 hit by Los Angeles alt-rockers the Wallflowers, is still a fun song. Know where you wouldn't expect to hear it performed live? Firehouse Saloon (5930...
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Chatter
Important things to know about Atlanta mystery men Goodie Mob.
By Shea Serrano
Founded in the mid-'90s, Goodie Mob is one of Southern hip-hop's most revered acts. The Atlanta foursome, led by rotund crooner Cee-Lo Green in his pre-Gnarls Barkley days,...
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Nightfly
Hate sports bars? Then you'll love the Old Chinatown rock venue's new sports bar.
By Shea Serrano
You're probably gonna wanna sit down for this.
The Roman Catholic Church, the governing religious body for about one-sixth of the world's population, is a sham. Yeah, we know...
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Nightfly
Neighborhood bars like Bill Hicks's old haunt Cecil's Tavern never go out of style.
By Shea Serrano
Though the decade seems to have fallen out of favor with the people that make those ironic T-shirts for Urban Outfitters, the '80s were a proper good time. All kinds of...
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Nightfly
Can Link Lounge reclaim Midtown's bygone nightlife glory?
By Shea Serrano
Within the Houston nightlife experiment, few variables seem to be as underappreciated as the go-go girl. Hers is a thankless job, really, even more so than that of busboy....
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Nightfly
Blue Door brings Midtown swagger to Houston's western fringe.
By Shea Serrano
J.R. Rosenstein, a tall, crazy-eyed member of local rock band My Own I who's currently hanging out at far west Houston's Blue Door (11124 Westheimer), is all
kinds of fun. In...
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Nightfly
Isis brings classical elegance to the Main Street Strip.
By Shea Serrano
JUZCOZ just got off the stage at its EP release party at Isis Houston (1010 Prairie), one of downtown's newer night spots. The noteworthy
New-Age hip-hop duo was way...
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Music
The indomitable Ganksta NIP updates his résumé with new album Psych Swag.
By Shea Serrano
Ganksta NIP is a scary person. That's really the best way to describe him.
He's not some great, physically awe-inspiring specimen. At about 5'10", 180 lbs., he'd probably rank...
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Nightfly
The Adams brothers attempt to make Washington Avenue Drinkery the corridor's Everyperson bar.
By Shea Serrano
Anytime you're in a bar and the person you're talking to reveals a firm stance on anything, immediately argue the contrary. It's hours (or at least minutes) of pure fun.
It...
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Nightfly
Galleria danceteria Blvd 610 brings gymnastic contortions and a lively — if uniform — crowd.
By Shea Serrano
There are three steadfast ways, all fairly easy to identify, to tell if a club's DJ is doing an okay job.
Take, for example, the man behind the decks tonight at Blvd 610 Bar...
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Nightfly
Is Club Roxy the most hater-proof nightclub in Houston?
By Shea Serrano
Standing along the railing inside Club Roxy (5351 W. Alabama), an exotic dancer — here in an entirely non-stripping capacity — calls into question the taste of...
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Nightfly
Midtown's casually hip The Mink rededicates itself to live music.
By Shea Serrano
According to FreeDictionary.com, a mink is a furry, weasel-like creature. Strangely enough, except for a couple of guys in tiny vests and big sunglasses scurrying about,...
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