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Night & Day
Nevada Barr
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By Olivia Flores Alvarez
Published: April 9, 2009
At the opening of Borderline, Anna Pigeon is having a bit of a rough patch. She’s on leave from her job at the National Park Service with post-traumatic stress disorder (a...
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Night & Day
Dance Salad Festival
Believe the hype (not the name)
By Julia Ramey
Published: April 9, 2009
There is just one thing to gripe about when it comes to the Houston International Dance Coalition’s annual Dance Salad Festival: the name. This is no longer a salad....
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Night & Day
"2009 School of Art Masters Thesis" Opening Reception
This show gives UH students a turn to be on display
By BLAKE WHITAKER
Published: April 9, 2009
The Blaffer Gallery's"2009 School of Art Masters Thesis" exhibition is like an intriguing tasting menu for art lovers. The School of Art students represented in the event have...
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Night & Day
The Seven Year Itch
Marilyn isn’t the only sexy blond that ever made a man want to scratch
By Bob Ruggiero
Published: April 9, 2009
The film version of The Seven Year Itch gave us Marilyn Monroe in a white dress standing over a New York City subway grate, its hot air blowing up her skirt while she writhed...
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Night & Day
Mauritius
Playwright Theresa Rebeck explores bad, bad behavior
By Lee Williams
Published: April 9, 2009
The world of philately may not seem the stuff of great drama, but if anyone can make studying rare stamps interesting theater, it’s playwright Theresa Rebeck. Those who...
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Hair Balls
The DWI Bride and Houston's Love for Rush
Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM
Published: April 9, 2009
Spaced City The Bride Cried More complaints from the DWI bride by CATHY MATUSOW So it's your wedding night. Your new hubby is driving you from the reception to your...
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News
The Big Show
WrestleMania XXV brings out 72,000 fans and Mickey Rourke.
By Pete Vonder Haar
Published: April 9, 2009
When talking about professional wrestling, it's hard not to make those annoying air quotes with your fingers every 15 seconds. Just look at WrestleMania, the "sport's" premiere...
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Letters
From Homelessness to Wine Snobbery
Weighing In Across the Board
Published: April 9, 2009
Houston's Homeless Make a donation: Thank you for your excellent article on the new breed of homelessness in Houston ["People Like Us," by Mike Giglio, March 19]....
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Feature
Boxing, Sex and Madness
Mike Tyson's many personalities are on display in James Toback's new documentary.
By Scott Foundas
Published: April 9, 2009
Though he no longer sports the black trunks, sockless black boots and gut-twisting scowl with which he cut such a menacing figure in the ring, Mike Tyson hasn't lost his knack...
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Playbill
Stereo Total
By William Michael Smith
Published: April 9, 2009
Given the average lifespan of European techno bands, Berlin's Stereo Total, which has now been around over 15 years, is a true graybeard. Credit goes to Francoise Cactus and...
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Music
Texas Punk Music Is Gay
The smartest people in rock and roll are queer.
By David Ensminger
Published: April 9, 2009
Just as gays and lesbians from Wayne County to the Screamers and Hüsker Dü shaped the socially confrontational music of the "Blank Generation," Texas punk stalwarts...
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Noise
Spain Colored Orange
Gilbert Alfaro and Eric Jackson sound off.
By Chris Gray
Published: April 9, 2009
Psychedelic pop group Spain Colored Orange, winner of Best Band at the 2006 Houston Press Music Awards, finds itself in a curious position for its Warehouse Live show Friday...
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Nightfly
Heavy Lifting
Cocky Cocktails at Anvil Bar & Refuge
By Shea Serrano
Published: April 9, 2009
Anvil Bar and Refuge (1424 Westheimer) seems like the type of place that, if it were empty (which so far it never is) and you wandered in alone on a rainy afternoon, the...
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Chatter
Morrissey Taps His Never-ending Reserve of Lyrical Bons Mots
Bigmouth strikes again.
By Chris Gray
Published: April 9, 2009
Whether you call him Moz, the Mozzfather, Steve, the Pope of Mope or just plain Morrissey, there's no doubt the former Smiths front man possesses one of the deadliest poison...
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Local Rotation
Little Joe Washington: Texas Fire Line
By Chris Gray
Published: April 9, 2009
On his second album for Austin's Dialtone Records (following 2003's Houston Guitar Blues), the blues flows so effortlessly out of Little Joe Washington's guitar it's hard...
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Rotation
Shooter Jennings & the .357s: Bad Magick
By Chris Gray
Published: April 9, 2009
"I don't wanna be a legend / I just wanna be a man," Shooter Jennings sings on "Living Proof," a Hank Williams Jr. cover and one of two previously unreleased songs on Bad...
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Rotation
The Lonely Island: Incredibad
By Ray Cummings
Published: April 9, 2009
Did Saturday Night Live honcho Lorne Michaels save his show by annexing the comedic talents of The Lonely Island? It's probably too soon to say, but there's no question that...
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Rotation
Jim Jones: Pray IV Reign
By Ben Westhoff
Published: April 9, 2009
While many established rappers are being downsized from major label deals to "independent" contracts, Harlem MC Jim Jones is climbing the food chain. After sharing the...
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Playbill
Bellamy Brothers
By William Michael Smith
Published: April 9, 2009
Not many people remember that Howard and David Bellamy, a.k.a. the Bellamy Brothers, began their career with the cheeseball, saccharine pop smash "Let Your Love Flow" in 1976....
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Playbill
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Vivian Girls
By Nicholas L. Hall
Published: April 9, 2009
Ariel Rosenberg's creations are like a musical magic lantern. Through tricks of arcane technology, Rosenberg re-creates common, recognizable elements, but generates them as...
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