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41. Playbill

    Jandek

    By Chris Gray

    Published: April 2, 2009

    Calling Jandek a "cult hero" would be about as much of an understatement as calling him "prolific." Since 1978, the eccentric Houston singer-songwriter savant has released more...

42. Playbill

    Sandy Ewen, Wols, Dogebbi

    By Daniel Mee

    Published: April 2, 2009

    Signal to Noise magazine and Sound Exchange present this evening of experimental music, drawing from divergent styles to spotlight a variety of ways in which pop music becomes...

43. Playbill

    The Original Wailers

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: April 2, 2009

    Note to reggae fans: There are currently two bands touring as the Wailers. The first is the Wailers Band, which was formed by Bob Marley as his backing band after the first...

44. Playbill

    Ratatat

    By Doug Wallen

    Published: April 2, 2009

    Haters and even casual fans may find Ratatat a bit one-note, seeing how the New York duo mostly wields zippy guitar riffs and bubbly synths in the service of breezy,...

45. Cafe

    Tex-Cajun Cuisine at BB's Cajun Cafe

    This is the new late-night place to be if you like poor boys, grits and gravy, and breakfast in the middle of the night.

    By Robb Walsh

    Published: April 2, 2009

    "It's all about the gravy," New Orleans food writer Pableaux Johnson observed as he sopped up huge mouthfuls of the stuff. He passed the bowl over so I could sample the dish....

46. Hot Plate

    Onion strings at Brick House Tavern & Tap

    By Paul Galvani

    Published: April 2, 2009

    Once you've seen one onion ring, you've seen them all, right? Wrong. The Brick House Tavern & Tap (12910 Northwest Fwy., 713-462-0576) serves onion rings like you've never seen...

47. Stirred and Shaken

    ANVIL BAR & REFUGE'S THE LAST WORD

    By W. Healy

    Published: April 2, 2009

    I drank a lot in my twenties. I'm in my thirties now, and I still drink a lot. But now I drink for different reasons...usually. I drink wine because it tastes good with dinner,...

48. Dish

    Jonathan's The Rub

    By Paul Galvani

    Published: April 2, 2009

    Jonathan Levine worked for three restaurants on Cape Cod before moving to Houston. Since 2000, he's been running a catering business here and working as a personal chef....

49. Film

    The Summer of Our '80s Youth in Adventureland

    Great America

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: April 2, 2009

    Set a mere two decades ago, Greg Mottola's Adventureland seems as if it could be taking place on a distant planet, less for the leg warmers and knee socks clinging to lower...

50. Film

    Fast & Furious Should Have Gone Straight-to-Xbox

    Made for VG Movie

    By Rapold, Nicolas

    Published: April 2, 2009

    With the molded-rubber face of Savalas, the basso profundo of Stallone and the name of an underdog gas alternative, Vin Diesel's already-dubious ripped-tough-guy star has...

51. Film

    Everlasting Moments Looks Great, But it's Ultimately a Missed Photo Op

    Camera Ready

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: April 2, 2009

    Lovely to look at but too slow and deliberate to get lost in, Jan Troell's Everlasting Moments is a tribute to still photography filtered through a portrait of working-class...

52. Theater

    Opera in the Heights puts on a stunning Falstaff

    Shakespeare sings.

    By D.L. Groover

    Published: April 2, 2009

    It's an extremely cold day in hell when a masterpiece can be appreciated equally by opera queens and novices with tin ears, but Opera in the Heights satisfies both with its...

53. Theater

    Julius Caesar

    By D.L. Groover

    Published: April 2, 2009

    There's noise of a different sort arising from Town Center Theatre. I wouldn't call it singing, as much as the sound of Shakespeare spinning in his grave. Director Chris...

54. Artbeat

    Capsule Art Reviews: "Dennis Harper — Ritual Prototypes for the Afterlife," "Get a Rope," "Sarah Sudhoff — Repository," "The Puppet Show"

    By Kelly Klaasmeyer and Troy Schulze

    Published: April 2, 2009

    "Dennis Harper — Ritual Prototypes for the Afterlife" Dennis Harper's delightfully subversive installation at Lawndale features a video interview with a man describing...

55. Encore

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Constant Star, Doubt, Les Misérables, Steel Magnolias

    By D.L. Groover and Lee Williams

    Published: April 2, 2009

    Constant Star Five actresses portray the complex post-Reconstruction pioneer Ida B. Wells in Tazewell Thompson's glorious "play with music," but by the time the tribute's over,...

56. Ask a Mexican

    Talking About NAFTA and Mexico

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: April 2, 2009

    Dear Mexican, Why are Mexicans so proud of the brutality of their police force? They seem to glamorize it in all their music and telenovelas. Batons Are Bats, Or Super...