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Bound and gagged, Elmer Nuñez-Rodriguez watched helplessly as a stocky, dark-haired man charged toward him with a phone in one hand and a yellow claw hammer in the...
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Online readers comment on "Irish Luck," by John Nova Lomax, July 24:
He should pay: Just because someone gets to the U.S. and lives here for years doesn't mean they should...
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You're an undercover cop assigned to get the goods on an alleged prostitution ring. You get approval to have sex in the course of your investigation, approval from your...
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The road to show-business success is finding that fine line between Lyle Lovett and that late-night infomercial guy who wears the suit with all the question marks on it. John...
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Cedric Burnside and Lightnin' Malcolm seem to personify the platonic ideals of the Delta blues. Burnside explains that he was raised alongside "eight or nine" other children...
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Brash as he is, and certainly no stranger to the cameras of TMZ-type programs, Kid Rock has been underestimated pretty much ever since his 1998 Atlantic debut Devil Without a...
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With more than a decade of bashing out sludgy, Melvins-inspired heaviness, Oakland power trio Totimoshi takes a step into new territory with a considerably more dynamic sound...
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Every high school has one of those girls who wears some shit-crazy outfit each day, like a skirt with pants underneath or a bow tie and gloves. Synth-driven in production and...
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Delmer Barkley is possessed of a typically coarse Southern charm. A couple of piercings and faded tattoos adorn his body, accenting his semi-flattop haircut quite nicely.
His...
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Among the Carrie Underwood clones and Kenny Chesney knockoffs, country music has gotten interesting again — and, as has happened so often in the past, a bumper crop of...
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Beck, "Orphans": You know, I'm liking this tune a lot more than anything off Guero or The Information — and producer Danger Mouse might know Mr. Hansen even better than...
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Every meal at Ristorante Cavour begins with an amuse-gueule — literally, an "amusement for the throat," which not only prepares the gustatory tract for the pleasures...
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Steve Hong recently opened Sushi Nikko (1140 Eldridge Pkwy., 281-493-3330) — with a little help from his friends. "A very good friend of my uncle's owns 20 locations of...
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The "Pagoda roll" ($7) at Pagoda Vietnamese Bistro & Bar (4705 Inker, 832-673-0400) begs the question, "Why didn't anyone think of this before?" There are two traditional...
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On the surface, Pineapple Express offers precisely what it advertises: a roll-'em-up, smoke-'em-up, blow-'em-up bromantic comedy from the freaks and geeks who have made Judd...
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Think your kid deserves a gold medal just for being a great kid? Well, she can get one at the Children’s Museum of Houston’s Go for the Gold WonderWeek. There’s...
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Margaret Cezair-Thompson knows what it means to be “in like Flynn.” The Jamaican-born author based her novel The Pirate’s Daughter on the promiscuous actor...
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Galveston native Hamilton Loomis began playing blues guitar in front of thousands of people as a teenager. Over the years, the Grammy-nominated guitarist has kept it simple....
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Sasha Milby isn’t afraid of telling a tragic story. With her art, paintings on customized wooden boxes, she reveals intensely personal emotions and stories. Milby uses...
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Really into movies? As filmmaker or as an audience member? Oh, well, it doesn’t matter because today writer/director/editor Chris Eska has something for both. For those...
