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Summerguide
Road Trip!
Break the summer monotony at one of these out-of-the-way destinations.
By Blake Whitaker
Published: May 21, 2009
Driving Texas is all a matter of perspective. Anyone who's ever rolled across the state with purely pragmatic intentions knows the pain of realizing that, after hours in a...
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Summerguide
Veggie Heaven
Farmers' markets take over Houston.
By Katharine Shilcutt
Published: May 21, 2009
There was a time when Houstonians on the prowl for farm-fresh produce were limited to produce stands on the side of country roads or to the vast lots behind Canino's Produce on...
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Summerguide
Summer of Salvation
The Terminator is back. Plus lots of other movies we can't wait to see this season.
By Chuck Wilson
Published: May 21, 2009
The cinema is not a slice of life but a piece of cake," Alfred Hitchcock once said, and if that's true — and who are we to dispute the Master? — then summertime is...
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Hair Balls
Two Houston newsmen take different paths
Plus: Our very own Will Hunting
Published: May 21, 2009
POLITICAL ANIMALS Revolving Door Works Again He covered the sheriff, now he'll spin for him Richard Connelly Alan Bernstein, the longtime political reporter for...
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Crime
A Child's Word
When the charge is rape of a minor, a fair trial can be hard to come by.
By Randall Patterson
Published: May 21, 2009
When the victim showed up at the door, on a fall morning in 2006, nearly everyone wanted to help her. She was 14 years old and told the guidance counselor at the Ninth Grade...
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Letters
Defending Bob Dylan and the Mac Guy
Published: May 21, 2009
C List What's the difference? I find it interesting in your article "Craigslist Declassified " [by Bradley Campell and Matt Snyders, May 7], you write about the Connecticut...
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Music
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Tragic, hilarious and maybe the sweetest rock doc ever made.
By Jennifer Maerz
Published: May 21, 2009
An old-school metal band's dramatic epic is about to hit movie theaters. This is a group that started in the early '80s and influenced rock legends like Slash, Lemmy from...
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Noise
Screen Plays
By Chris Gray
Published: May 21, 2009
At left, you'll see SF Weekly music editor Jennifer Maerz's assessment of Anvil! The Story of Anvil, director Sacha Gervasi's documentary about the Canadian metal band with...
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Chatter
Cattle Decapitation
The proud vegans in this San Diego grindcore outfit welcome you to The Harvest Floor.
By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
Published: May 21, 2009
On the title track of Cattle Decapitation's 2004 album Humanure, vocalist Travis Ryan growls the line "Here's to your health." But don't get the wrong impression, as he...
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Local Rotation
Paul Wall: Fast Life
By Ben Westhoff
Published: May 21, 2009
Did high gas prices kill off Paul Wall? Not really — that's just a coincidence. Rather, the H-Town artist known for his candy cars and diamond grills has suffered from...
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Rotation
Heaven & Hell: The Devil You Know
By Bob Ruggiero
Published: May 21, 2009
When Black Sabbath 3.0 got back together to record new material for 2007 anthology The Dio Years, the three resulting songs were shockingly good. The band must have thought so...
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Rotation
Cracker: Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey
By William Michael Smith
Published: May 21, 2009
People either love Cracker or find David Lowery's post-Camper Van Beethoven outfit wearily obtuse and trying-too-hard ironic. Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey does have...
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Rotation
Ciara: Fantasy Ride
By Ben Westhoff
Published: May 21, 2009
On the strength of Jazze Pha and Lil Jon productions like "Goodies" and "1, 2 Step," Atlanta singer Ciara rose to fame in 2004 as crunk's queen. But five years is an eternity...
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Playbill
Isis, Pelican, Tombs
By Daniel Mee
Published: May 21, 2009
Isis's 2002 album Oceanic is perhaps the central text in the history of the young branch of experimental heavy music called post-metal; in the stark and immense simplicity of...
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Playbill
India.Arie
By Jonathan Cunningham
Published: May 21, 2009
When India.Arie first debuted her music to the world on 2001's Acoustic Soul, she was seen as a welcome change within the music industry. Existing slightly inside of the...
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Playbill
Indigo Girls
By Ernest Barteldes
Published: May 21, 2009
After the Indigo Girls left Hollywood Records (and the major-label game altogether) last year, the duo channeled their feelings toward recent events regarding the legality (or...
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Playbill
Extra Golden
By Pace, J.
Published: May 21, 2009
Here's a heartwarming story: Cross-cultural collaboration makes good, endures death of original member, overcomes visa troubles courtesy of then-Senator Barack Obama and helps...
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Playbill
Heads of State
By Craig D. Lindsey
Published: May 21, 2009
If you were there that Friday evening in 1997 when the reunited New Edition came to town and performed at the long-gone arena known as The Summit, there's a good chance you...
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Playbill
Candye Kane
By Craig D. Lindsey
Published: May 21, 2009
Singer, mother, former kid shoplifter, ex-porn actress, bisexual sex activist, cancer survivor — Candye Kane's life is more fascinating than most of the bawdy blues songs...
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Playbill
Bob Log III
By Craig Hlavaty
Published: May 21, 2009
Softcore slide-guitar maniac Bob Log III loves him some boobs, live and on record. Forever clad in a motorcycle helmet, the Tucson native makes female (and sometimes even male)...
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