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