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41. Playbill

    Delta Spirit, Other Lives

    By Mosley, Shae

    Published: February 26, 2009

    Over the past few years, Delta Spirit hasn't received quite as much attention as its jangly indie-pop peers (Cold War Kids, Tokyo Police Club). But that's not because the San...

42. Playbill

    Burnout Houston

    By William Michael Smith

    Published: February 26, 2009

    The Heights will be inundated with hepcats, cool kitties and low-riders at Saturday's 2nd Annual Burnout Houston show. The event features pre-1965 hot rods and Kustoms in...

43. Playbill

    The Juan Maclean

    By Doug Wallen

    Published: February 26, 2009

    Six weeks before it hits the street, The Juan Maclean is road-testing the eagerly awaited The Future Will Come, which despite its title is more than a little retro. The rubbery...

44. Cafe

    Pizza Like Patsy Used to Make at Grimaldi's

    By Robb Walsh

    Published: February 26, 2009

    The crispy, thin-crusted pizza at Grimaldi's in Sugar Land is covered with bright-white fresh mozzarella and zesty red sauce and baked in a coal-fired oven. On my first visit,...

45. Hot Plate

    Surprise food at Bombay to Beijing

    By Paul Galvani

    Published: February 26, 2009

    Most salads are cold, but the tandoori salad ($6) at Bombay to Beijing (14025 Southwest Fwy., 281-242-4242) is hot — sizzling hot, in fact. This sensational vegetarian...

46. Stirred and Shaken

    BEDFORD'S AGAVE SOUR

    By W. Healy

    Published: February 26, 2009

    After six months, this gig was starting to take its toll on me. I could no longer make toasts to health and wealth without a bitter sense of irony with respect to both words....

47. Dish

    Sliders at Little Bigs

    By Paul Galvani

    Published: February 26, 2009

    Brian Caswell and his partner Bill Floyd have lots to say about their latest venture, Little Bigs (2703 Montrose, 713-521-2447), which occupies the former location of the...

48. Film

    Nobody Wins in James Gray's Ridiculous Two Lovers

    Shiksa V. Jew

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: February 26, 2009

    If Joaquin Phoenix, who plays a lovelorn bachelor in James Gray's Two Lovers, were 12 years old, the movie might make a touching, if not noticeably fresh, romantic drama for...

49. Art

    Puppet Masters

    Things get creepy at the CAMH

    By Kelly Klaasmeyer

    Published: February 26, 2009

    I may be in the minority, but I think puppets are pretty freakin' creepy. There is something unsettling about things that aren't alive behaving as if they are — case in...

50. Artbeat

    Capsule Art Reviews: "Danny Rolph — Accelerator," "Donald Baechler — Recent Paintings and Collages," "Garland Fielder – A Likely Story," "Paul Villinski — Emergency Response Studio," "PRISMATTAK"

    By Kelly Klaasmeyer and Troy Schulze

    Published: February 26, 2009

    "Danny Rolph — Accelerator" Ostensibly, "Accelerator" is a kind of crash-'em-up homage to trucking culture and fast living. London-born Rolph's mixed-media pieces seem...

51. Encore

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Amadeus, bobrauschenbergamerica, Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Eurydice, John, His Story

    By D.L. Groover and Lee Williams

    Published: February 26, 2009

    Amadeus The life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has fascinated the world since the child prodigy turned musical genius died in 1791, when he was only 35 years old, after producing...

52. Ask a Mexican

    Illegal Immigrants and Stay-At-Home Mexicans

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: February 26, 2009

    Dear Mexican, I believe that the words people use to describe other people, intentionally or unintentionally, reflect their political values. But I want to give you the...