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Some People Have Real Problems is the third studio effort from Sia, a contributing vocalist for British electronica artists like Jamiroquai and Zero 7. True to the title, it's...
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My younger brother spent time in several West Texas colleges on short-lived athletic scholarships — short-lived because he majored in skipping class and honky-tonkin'....
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Although their name induces thoughts of hardcore porn of the anal variety, Back Door Slam is actually the newest in a long line of British boys infatuated with the blues....
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Here's a brief sampling of how the Press has interpreted Rusted Shut over the past decade or so. An uncredited writer in our 1996 Music Awards preview pegged them as "noise...
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Could there be a more perfectly conceived pairing than these two bands? Particularly early in their career — think covers album Fakebook — Hoboken indie stalwarts...
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Malcolm McLaren, following his success with Sex Pistols — interestingly enough, John Lydon was once married to the mother of Slits frontwoman Ari Up — weaseled his...
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There was a brief period in late-1960s television when middle-aged variety show hosts like Ed Sullivan would bring on longhaired freaks as something for the kiddies....
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As the trio struck up a Brazilian samba tune and warm sunshine streamed in through the high windows, we settled back into our chairs to take in the elegant surroundings at...
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The simple things in life: At Timpano Chophouse & Martini Bar (610 Main, 713-223-2622), the presentation of the skillet-roasted mussels ($9) is dramatic. The dish comes on a...
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Open-air icehouse Beer Island (2631 White Oak Dr., 713-862-4670) has a gazillion beer offerings, but I opt for a cheap domestic because I'm broke and my buddy with...
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"She's the sweet one, and I'm the savory," says David Gerst, describing his wife and partner, Robin Pacholder, and himself. The two share adjacent spaces and a common entryway...
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Near the beginning of The Counterfeiters, a fact-based Holocaust drama by Austrian filmmaker Stefan Ruzowitzky, we meet Jewish money forger and former jailbird Salomon...
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"Based on a true story," brags The Bank Job before diving into the clear blue water of the Caribbean, where, in 1970, a topless woman frolics with two swimming mates —...
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For an obscure tale of a virginal London governess who discovers her true calling running interference for a giddy night-club singer, the 1938 English novel Miss Pettigrew...
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You can’t help but disobey The Love Me Nots. In other (incorrect) words, you can’t not love them. The Phoenix foursome rounds out a mix of sleek, fuzzy garage and...
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Oscar Wilde's 1895 delicious comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest, is verifiably one of theater's masterpieces. A perfect play, it works like gangbusters on the...
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"A Visceral Valentine" More visceral than valentine, the current group show at Apama Mackey Gallery delivers a darkly comic look at love. Riffing on the February 14 holiday,...
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Hello, Dolly! So who stuck a pin into Jerry Herman's buoyant classic 1964 musical and let all the air out? You recognize the music — almost all the songs in Hello,...
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Dear Mexican,
Why do Mexicans have padrinos for everything? I never understood why. Can you help me out?
The Godfather Fan
Dear Wab,
Many gabachos have long wondered about...
