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41. Playbill

    Amon Amarth

    By Nicholas L. Hall

    Published: April 16, 2009

    As with most genre-blending acts, purveyors of melodic death metal usually lean toward one camp or the other. This tendency has odd results, frequently leaving such bands...

42. Playbill

    Travis Tritt

    By Chris Gray

    Published: April 16, 2009

    Ever wondered what happened to '80s piano-man cheeseball Richard "Right Here Waiting" Marx? Well, he shared the 2003 Song of the Year Grammy for co-writing Luther Vandross's...

43. Playbill

    Ladytron

    By Reyan Ali

    Published: April 16, 2009

    In Ladytron's slick sonic terrain, artificiality rules over all. While it's been almost ten years since the shadowy English quartet first began manufacturing its icy...

44. Playbill

    Mogwai

    By Craig Hlavaty

    Published: April 16, 2009

    The elegiac, altogether soul-shaking Mogwai has kept audiences stirred for two decades of critically lauded post-rock shimmer. "I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead," which opens last...

45. Playbill

    Zac Brown Band

    By Chris Gray

    Published: April 16, 2009

    Compared to airbrushed, frosted-bang pretty boys like Rascal Flatts, Atlanta's Zac Brown Band looks like they came straight to Nashville from a bare-knuckled dust-up with the...

46. Cafe

    Flea Market French

    Georges Guy is back in a big way with La Brocante Cafe.

    By Robb Walsh

    Published: April 16, 2009

    The duck confit salad I had for lunch at La Brocante Cafe on Kirkwood was a plate with three items. There were lightly dressed field greens, a preserved duck leg quarter that...

47. Hot Plate

    Hungry for Hubcap

    Mastering the muffaletta

    By Paul Galvani

    Published: April 16, 2009

    When you order the muffaletta burger ($4.99) at Hubcap Grill (1111 Prairie, 713-223-5885), you get the best of both worlds. Not only do you get one of the best and juiciest...

48. Stirred and Shaken

    THE JET LOUNGE'S MALIBU & 151 PUNCH

    By W. Healy

    Published: April 16, 2009

    I had not been to the Jet Lounge (1515 Pease, 713-659-2000) since its reinvention a short time ago. I was pleasantly surprised by the change in format. The current permutation...

49. Dish

    Super Pita Bakery & Deli

    Slow food with a Jewish soul

    By Paul Galvani

    Published: April 16, 2009

    Shai and Ely Tsaig are brothers and fourth-­generation bakers from the ancient port city of Ashkelon in southern Israel. They own Super Pita Bakery & Deli (9806 Hillcroft,...

50. Film

    State of Play

    Journalistic nostalgia meets political intrigue in a brave new world.

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: April 16, 2009

    Kevin Macdonald's Washington thriller is a bellows designed to puff up the most beaten-down reporter's chest. Compressed from the highly regarded BBC miniseries first telecast...

51. Film

    17 Again Is Less Than Zero

    Zac Efron should stick to musicals.

    By Scott Foundas

    Published: April 16, 2009

    This much is for sure about the makers of the new Zac Efron picture 17 Again: They know their audience. Scientifically engineered for maximum shriek-and-squeal value among...

52. Art

    One Man's Trash

    Discarded plywood in Brazil becomes engaging art at the Rice Gallery.

    By Troy Schulze

    Published: April 16, 2009

    After a gross misstep with its previous exhibition of New York-based artist Paul Villinski's useless response to Hurricane Katrina's aftermath ("Emergency Response Studio"),...

53. Artbeat

    Capsule Art Reviews: "Get a Rope," "My world is really small and you are in it," "Perspectives 165: Contents Under Pressure"

    By Kelly Klaasmeyer and Troy Schulze

    Published: April 16, 2009

    "Get a Rope" Named after that famous retort in the picante sauce commercials, "Get a Rope" pulls together nine New York City-based artists with varying connections to Houston....

54. Encore

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Little Women, The Seven Year Itch, Wizard of Oz, Working

    By D.L. Groover

    Published: April 16, 2009

    Little Women If only the stagehands at Country Playhouse would cease moving scenery after every scene, we could really appreciate the exceptional performance of Erin Stallings...

55. Ask a Mexican

    Wet Backs

    Can water shortages be blamed on Mexicans?

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: April 16, 2009

    Dear Mexican, In an earlier column, you mentioned that conservatives can't have an argument against illegal immigration without it degenerating into a diatribe against...