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Nixon Meets the King: The White House Tapes Revealed

Forty-two years ago today, one of the trippier meetings in the annals of U.S. music and politics went down when Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll and a global icon of the youth movement, paid a friendly White House visit to President Richard Nixon, that same movement's sworn enemy. Put blun ... More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "Anodyne," "The Cowboy Spirit: Faces of the American West," "Layers," "Neurotic," "Pictures and Words," "Round 36," "Space Zombie Mayan Apocalyptic Human Sacrifice Uplift Mofo Party Plan Spring Break 2012"

iCan't: 4 Reasons Why Even the iPad 3 Won't Cause Me to Buy One

In April of last year, I wrote about whether I should buy an iPad. After a few musing paragraphs, I came to the begrudging conclusion that the iPad was likely part of my technological future. Well, it's nearly a year later and still no iPad for me. With the release of the iPad 3 tomorrow (and a prob ... More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "Edward Lane McCartney: Shift," "A Crack in Everything," "John Sonsini: New Paintings," "Luminous," "New Paintings: Geoff Hippenstiel," "Since I've Been Away"

Capsule Art Reviews: "A Crack in Everything," "John Sonsini: New Paintings," "New Paintings: Geoff Hippenstiel," "Reconstruction," "Sherrie Levine: Selected Works, " "Since I've Been Away"

Poster Boy

Rock art legend Uncle Charlie will not be denied.

Texans/Titans -- 4 Winners, 4 Losers (Including Tim Tebow)

Arian Foster's not dead yet.​It's amazing how quickly things can change. Sometimes, it takes a matter of a few weeks, like with the Kansas City Chiefs. After being outscored 89-10 the first two weeks of the season, the Chiefs were left for dead, Todd Haley was the chalk for every "first coac ... More >>

Cover Story: Natalie Irish Paints With Her Lips (With Video Of Her Painting This Week's Cover)

​Natalie Irish has Houston's most famous set of lips. The subject of this week's cover story, Irish has recently grabbed the attention of the world by making portraits with her lip prints. She puts on lipstick, puckers up, and kisses a blank canvas until a famous person appears. Confused? S ... More >>

War Zoned

Who knew historic preservation could ignite so much neighborhood drama?

App of the Week: To iPad or Not to iPad

Bring on the lions app!​As I was looking through my iPhone apps this week and potential new apps worth downloading, it struck me the number of iPad apps coming available. It's not surprising. The iPad, particularly since the release of the 2.0 version, has been nothing short of a sensation in ... More >>

LeBron's Mom Smacks Around A Valet Guy

Res ipsa loquitur, bitches​I've never been big into crime dramas, but for whatever reason, I've taken a real liking in the last year or so to shows like Law and Order and CSI. Even though the shows are pretty formulaic (like so formulaic that if there were such a thing as "Mad Libs: Sexual Pre ... More >>

Tyagaraja, Elephant Aid Cancer Patient's "Obstacle" Removal

Earlier this year, we covered a video by Deborah Thomas showing the music therapy program at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Thomas was kind enough to pass along her latest video; a simultaneously inspiring and heartbreaking work called "All Obstacles Removed." The subject of "Obstacles" is a 10-ye ... More >>

Look! It's Jesus! In Everything From Kit Kats To Cheetos To Toast

Harry and Sandra Choron, both with long-term experience in the publishing business, have released their latest book, Look! It's Jesus!. You can tell from the cover (a slice of toast with an image of Jesus burned on to it) that the Choron's approached the project with a mix of awe and a sense of ... More >>

Artopia: David Wilhelm On Why Art Isn't Easy, It's Dangerous

Courtesy of David Wilhelm​The Houston Press Artopia party is Saturday, and Hair Balls is previewing a different participating artist each day this week. Artopia, at Winter Street Studios, will feature 27 artists, as well as live art and music performances, fashion shows, and a presentation of the ... More >>

Cutout Bin: Jeff "Crazy Heart" Bridges Also Collects Awful Album Covers

​ Tuesday afternoon, Cutout Bin received a breathless phone call from a friend: "Are you watching Ellen??" Um, no... Some people work for a living. Not me, but some people. So it turns out Jeff Bridges is on Ellen, and wouldn't you know it, he has his "bad album cover collection." Uh oh. If ... More >>

Jay Rusovich Goes InsideOut To Get His Photos

​Hair Balls recently spoke with photographer Jay Rusovich by phone. The New Orleans native now lives in Houston and he's released a new book, InsideOut. There's an art exhibit of the same name currently at the Deborah Colton Gallery. Rusovich talked us through a few of the photographs viewers ... More >>

The Shameless Chef: Three Layer Pumpkin Overload

Have you noticed I'm getting more and more Tetris-y with my ingredient layouts?​Jane Catherine Collins recently posted how to make the "perfect" pumpkin pie. Well, that's fine, if you're into meticulously tracking down those rare jungle spices that you have to mix into your pie crust at the stroke ... More >>

Classic Rock Corner: The Greatest Band Logos of All Time, Part 2

An early example of rock art... We're back to reveal the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the cappo di tutti cappi of classic-rock band logos evah! And when we say "greatest," we look for a combination of things including memorability, longevity, graphic design, influence and appearances. ... More >>

Turkeys of the Year

DA Chuck Rosenthal flies off with top honors

Walid Raad and his Fake Foundation Show Real Art at the Glassell School

One Man Group

"The Buffalo Hunters"

A Show at Art League Houston yields mixed results

Cold Case

Woman found dead 17 years ago in Manvel remains unidentified

Confessions of an Airbrushed Anglophile

A veddy British Madonna wants to keep it bloody real

Fusion Art

Francesca Fuchs paints striking portraits, drawing upon photos of her subjects

Room to Grow

Emily Joyce stretches her legs at Inman@Lawing

Caveat Vendor

A converted cigarette machine peddles a new addiction: Miniature art

Opening Up His Files

Texan Vernon Fisher mines his own archives for his rich, multilayered images

Living Doll

The days (and nights) of Debra Rueb's Tammy