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1. Feature

   Smoke and Mirrors (and more smoke)

   It's called "Motorist's Choice." But the new emissions testing program for Houston may not offer much of a choice after all. And it won't do much for cleaning the city's air, either.

   By Bob Burtman

   Published: February 15, 1996

   Tim Hogan tugs at the curled brim of his camouflage cap, his hands remarkably grime-free for a mechanic who runs a busy auto-repair shop. But it's early yet, and along with his...

2. Music

   State-of-the-Art Ghouls

   White Zombie holds its own with the metal-heads and the punks alike

   By Brad Tyer

   Published: February 15, 1996

   In its own special way, White Zombie is the perfect state-of-the-art rock band for the '90s, priding itself on its ability to fit in anywhere, penetrate any scene, appeal to...

3. Cafe

   Cheese Whiz

   Surrounded by change, Pot Pie Pizzeria champions the simple pleasures of stability

   By Jim Sherman

   Published: February 15, 1996

   It would be hard to find a better metaphor for the last decade of Lower Westheimer -- a regrettable decline followed by a revitalizing and funky renaissance -- than the...

4. Film

   Woo? Wow!

   John Woo's latest isn't his best, but he still leads the action pack

   By Joe Leydon

   Published: February 15, 1996

   Given the current state of high-tech trickery available to filmmakers, just about any director with an adequate budget can give you maximum bang for your box-office buck. Add a...

5. Night & Day

   Press Picks

   By Edith Sorenson

   Published: February 15, 1996

   thursday february 15 A Tribute to El Vaquero and El Ranchero Casa Ramirez presents its annual rodeo show -- photographs celebrating the dusty history of vaqueros who...

6. Theater

   A Ride to Remember

   By Peter Szatmary

   Published: February 15, 1996

   A recent revival of Carousel, Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic but problematic musical about Billy Bigelow, a strapping young barker for a small-time carousel, and Julie...

7. Feature

   Zoot Me Up!

   Joe Coleman, tailor to Houston's zoot suit culture, knows one thing for certain: Sometimes, clothes do make the man.

   By Claudia Kolker

   Published: February 15, 1996

   In a cramped pocket of a shop on the Eastex Freeway recently, Joe Coleman, co-owner of Coleman's Men's Wear, stepped back to watch a suit turn a regular man into a prince. ...

8. Music

   Rotation

   By Hobart Rowland, Roni Sarig and Jim Sherman

   Published: February 15, 1996

   Gin Blossoms Congratulations I'm Sorry A&M The Gin Blossoms lost more than they realized when founding guitarist Doug Hopkins put a gun to his head in 1993, ending his...

9. Film

   Film Culture

   By Mitchell J. Shields

   Published: February 15, 1996

   Mohammed Kamara remembers vividly the first time he saw a movie. He was a teenager living in Liberia, and a Land Rover bearing representatives of the Red Cross and the World...

10. Art

    Skin Deep

    DiverseWorks survey of Houston tattoo proves more flash than substance

    By Edith Sorenson

    Published: February 15, 1996

    Metaphors are useful in art as well as writing, and if you were looking for a metaphor to explain just what's right -- and also, unfortunately, just what's wrong -- with...

11. News

    The Insider

    Tim Fleck

    Published: February 15, 1996

    If It Were Up to the Jury ... State District Judge Carolyn Garcia and medical malpractice specialist Caroline Baker had the opportunity to get to know each other much better...

12. Music

    Static

    By Hobart Rowland

    Published: February 15, 1996

    Playing Possum... Like any great band, Possum Dixon sounds like something, but damned if you can place it. With a chilly anti-image just rock and roll enough to keep part of...

13. News

    Reverse Sting

    A Lightning Strike target turns the tape on the FBI

    By Tim Fleck

    Published: February 15, 1996

    The regular January meeting of the local MENSA chapter was over, but some members of the high-IQ society stuck around at the Rock Bottom Brewery to chat up the evening's guest...

14. Music

    Devilish Boys

    Are people warming up to the Supersuckers' nasty ways?

    By Hobart Rowland

    Published: February 15, 1996

    For such a brazen bunch of foul-mouthed antiheroes, the Supersuckers are certainly capable of groveling with the best of them when it comes time to face a true icon. "We've...

15. News

    Political Futbol

    For the city, both money and employees are expendable when it comes to youth soccer

    By Bob Burtman

    Published: February 15, 1996

    Make no mistake about it," wrote Doc Lawson, the director of the Houston Metropolitan Area Youth Soccer League, in a January 10 memo to his staff. "We are in a war and what is...

16. Music

    Dutch Treat

    By Mitchell J. Shields, Greg Barr and Bob Burtman

    Published: February 15, 1996

    When, in 1988, the musicians of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra voted to ask Italian Riccardo Chailly to become the first non-Dutch conductor in the Netherlands orchestra's...

17. Letters

    Letters

    Published: February 15, 1996

    Hotel Dud Following your story ["Hotel Hell," by Brian Wallstin, January 18], we discover that Wayne Duddlesten will get the contract to build the convention center hotel....