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Giant Dragon Descends Upon TransCanada Offices to Protest Keystone XL Pipeline! (okay, not a real dragon, but still...)

Protestors of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline demonstrated at the company's downtown headquarters and another building Monday, with similar protests occurring in other cities, including Westborough, Massachusetts, where students superglued themselves together in an office lobby. In Houston, demo ... More >>

The Battle Against the Keystone Pipeline

Environmentalists and landowners battle to stop the Keystone XL pipeline and its load of crude from flowing across Texas rivers and aquifers.

Cover Story: The Canadian Pipeline Will Be Tearing Through Texas

If President Obama approves it, a 1,700-mile pipeline will be built from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast, connecting Canadian oil sand mines to our refineries. Proponents say something has to be done with the vast reserves to our North, and that bringing them in will lessen our reliance on oil fro ... More >>

Marvin Gay, Sr., and the 10 Worst Rock-Star Parents of All Time

Twenty-eight years ago this week, Marvin Gay, Sr., received a six-year suspended sentence and five years of probation for the voluntary manslaughter of his son, the R&B legend Marvin Gaye. Gay pled guilty after shooting his namesake dead in the L.A. home given to him and his wife by Gaye, who was 44 ... More >>

The 5 Best Shows In Houston This Week: Big Business, Garbage, The Shins, etc.

Big Business Warehouse Live (Studio), Monday Since 2003, the twosome of drummer-yelper Coady Willis and bassist-howler Jared Warren (give or take a guitarist) has been making a perfect sludgy mess as Big Business. They ended up joining Melvins Buzz Osbourne and Dale Crover along the way, both live ... More >>

Corb Lund

Capsule Art Reviews: "A Golden Time of Day," "James Turrell: Holograms," "Kyle Farley: Countenance," "Layover," "New Prints: Gallery Artists," "Six Apart," "UNIT"

Capsule Art Reviews: "A Golden Time of Day," "Interstitial Spaces: Julia Barello & Beverly Penn," "New Prints: Gallery Artists," "Perry House: Elegance/Violence," "Six Apart," "UNIT," "Woven Landscapes"

Capsule Art Reviews: "The Big Show," "A Golden Time of Day," "Hilary Wilder: A Northern Tale," "Interstitial Spaces: Julia Barello & Beverly Penn," "Kyle Farley: Countenance," "UNIT," "Woven Landscapes"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Kyle Farley: Countenance," "Perry House: Elegance/Violence," "Rita Bernstein: Out of Place," "UNIT," "Woven Landscapes"

Ask a Mexican: Taco Bell Goes High Class

Aerosmith & Cheap Trick Rock Toyota Center July 30

This morning Aerosmith, the band that wouldn't die (or refuses to go away), announced a Houston stop on this summer's "Global Warming" tour at Toyota Center Monday, July 30. Taking a break from the casino/state-fair circuit, Illinois power-pop heroes Cheap Trick open. Aerosmith is still be rumored ... More >>

Ta-ta, 2011

Kiss the year goodbye at a hot New Year's Eve party.

Ta-ta, 2011

Kiss the year goodbye at a hot New Year's Eve party.

Canada Day: Top 10 Artists From Way Up Yonder

​Hello? Is this thing on? Rocks Off has a feeling that a lot of folks are nowhere near their computers today. Must be some sort of holiday. It is, actually. Today, not Monday. It's Canada Day, or as it's known in the U.S., "What Is Princess Kate Wearing?" Day. (Also, Friday.) Honestly, Rocks ... More >>

Bear Hug

Life is sweet for Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears.

Canadian Tar Sands: Environmentalists Claim Houston To Be End Point Of Worst Project In The World

You can't just go shooting for some food and find bubbling crude anymore​Other than desperation, is there much to recommend Canadian tar sands as a fuel source?Not according to Matthew Tejada of Air Alliance Houston. During a talk at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church last night, he described th ... More >>

Chevron Protests Result In Arrests Downtown

Photo by Liana Lopez Carted away in comfort​ At least four protesters were arrested this morning at a demonstration outside a Chevron shareholders' meeting downtown. The protesters moved past temporary police barricades and sat on the ground after they were refused entrance into the buildin ... More >>

Tegan and Sara

Life On The Rodeo Road: Follow The Ten-Minute Rule

Photo by Paul KnightName: Luke ButterfieldAge: 24Hometown: Ponoka, Alberta    Event: Saddle Bronc RidingI got into rodeo because my family rodeos, my dad and mother. They have a feed lot up there [in Canada] so I've always been around cattle and livestock. I played hockey all through ... More >>

W's First Post-Presidental Speech Is In The Houston Of Canada

Photo by RockiesGeorge W. Bush's office has announced his first public appearance since January 20, and it's in the place most people consider to be the Houston of the North -- Calgary.Calgary, and the surrounding province of Alberta, is oil land and politically conservative. Lots of oil execs shutt ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Gutenberg! The Musical!, Sty of the Blind Pig, Underneath the Lintel, Wit

Radio Houstoned: Timothy Eric and The Sty of the Blind Pig

Capsule Stage Reviews: Lucky Stiff, Pack of Lies, Sty of the Blind Pig, Underneath the Lintel, Wit

See Sty of the Blind Pig

The Ensemble Theatre produces a work of poetry and power

Sty of the Blind Pig

The Ensemble Theatre examines one woman’s life

Shout Out Out Out Out

Shout Out Out Out Out perform Tuesday, March 13, at The Mink, 3718 Main, 713-522-9985. 120 Days, Foreign Islands also perform.

Homo on the Range

Ledger and Gyllenhaal are cowboys in love in Ang Lee's wrenching Brokeback Mountain

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Urban Legend

Theater LaB takes ghost stories from the slumber party to the stage

Hard Call

A Tomball woman took on street waifs to find the truth: Comfortable can't compare to comforting

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Sweet irreverence works in Mystery, Alaska

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