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The Top 10 Car Models in Desperate Need of a Redesign

Car years are like dog years. They age much faster than we do. The average life cycle of a car is getting shorter and shorter as automakers compete to have the latest and greatest redesign on the block. In between redesigns, many automakers try to trick you into thinking that a car is "all-new" when ... More >>

Top 10 Sexiest Cars of the Houston Auto Show (with Photos)

Concept cars are what auto shows are all about. With their nuclear hybrid propulsion systems, bamboo radio control knobs, and intergalactic navigation displays, concept cars give us a chance to look into the unlikely future of the automobile. Weren't we supposed to have flying cars by now? This yea ... More >>

Why Do Mexican Men Like Classic Cars?

And why do Mexicans still bother with the United States?

Multitasking 101: Beating Your Ex-Wife While Driving Impaired

Stephen Michael Place doesn't always get accused of driving while intoxicated, but when he does, he makes sure he gives it a special twist. I mean, why just drive smashed when you can multitask and beat your ex-wife at the same time? Harlingen police report answering a disturbance call on Saturday ... More >>

Bayou City Boo

This year's best Halloween parties.

Bayou City Boo!

2012 Houston Press Halloween Guide

Bayou City Boo!

Where to celebrate everyone's favorite holiday.

The Houston Texans Sideline Experience

(Note: I didn't know that a man had fallen to his death yesterday at Reliant Stadium until I was leaving the complex on Thursday night. ) Check out Groovehouse's spectacular slideshow from the Texans and Vikings match-up. Yesterday afternoon I had the honor of seeing a side of the Houston Texans ... More >>

Texan Challenges Civil Forfeiture Law

Police can keep your cash, car and other property, regardless of whether you've been convicted of – let alone charged with – a crime.

Siniad Gonzalez: Your Glamour-Shot Mug of the Day Belongs To Getaway Driver

Not all mugshots are Nick Nolte disasters or Trinity, Texas entertainment. Some women go for the glamor look. Like Siniad Vanessa Gonzalez, charged with being the getaway driver for a home invasion. The three men involved in the caper are on the run, but the victim gave police a description of the ... More >>

Nosey Neighbors

Miles Michael Lacy: West U-Bred Former UH Linebacker Popped for Impersonating a Cop in BMW

A West University Place man was arrested after pretending to be a cop on the Katy Freeway. Unfortunately for 22-year-old Miles Michael Lacy, one of the people he attempted to pull over was a real off-duty cop. According to a criminal complaint filed on February 24, the incident took place on Januar ... More >>

9/11 Idiocy, To Go

Can't You Smell That Smell? The 5 Worst Ambiance-Killers in a Restaurant

Photo by Vic AcidDiners shouldn't have to bus their own tables before sitting down.​Sometimes, you just have a feeling from the street that a restaurant isn't for you: forced valet cordoning off an otherwise-empty lot, or perhaps a surfeit of BMWs parked outside when you only have $10 in your ... More >>

The 2011 Houston Underground Rap Awards, Pt. 2

The first roundup of acknowledgements of our Underground Rap Awards ran back in March. This is the second. There are 21 awards total and the entire piece is more than 1,700 words, so let's skip right past the cutesy preamble, shall we? Aces. Here we go: Best Mixtape of the Year Thus Far: ​It ... More >>

Top 5: Food Streets

Photo by Kevin ShalinLai Lai Dumpling House​When it comes to food, all streets are not created equal. These are the five best in Houston. 5. Airline I really wanted to put Airline higher on the list, but truth is, it just edged out Montrose to land in the top five. Granted, this street is ... More >>

Upcoming Events

Photo by cybertoadHoli: the family-friendly, Indian version of Mardi Gras. Sort of.​Mardi Gras was fun while it lasted. Now? Lent, the most depressing time of the Christian year. What are you sacrificing for Lent? Chocolate? Beer? Something even stupider, like Diet Coke? Whatever you're givin ... More >>

Deylan Braxton, 27, Bayou Body Count No. 11

Drunk driving leads to a death, police say​A late-night traffic accident near downtown has resulted in intoxication manslaughter charges against the driver, Houston police say. Deylan Braxton, 27, was in the backseat of a silver BMW traveling southbound on Dowling when the driver, Jason Deran ... More >>

Nicknaming the Inner Loop Kroger Stores

Matthew RutledgePosh Kroger is richer than you are.​Kroger grocery stores have a long and storied history in the city of Houston. I worked at one myself when I was in high school. Over the years, they have grown and changed and these changes have led people to give them nicknames. After a fru ... More >>

Zimm's' Martini & Wine Bar's White Angel

Stirred & Shaken: Zimm's' Martini & Wine Bar's White Angel

Troy Fields ​Last Tuesday, while visiting my mom's house, I noticed a copy of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's on the end table. I like the movie, which is great ammunition when I'm calculating ways to convince people that I'm sensitive, but I never got around to reading the novelette. I ... More >>

Gerald Dwayne Woods: Okay, Yeah -- I Masturbated In Front Of Kids. But My Attorney Stinks!!

Eying little girls with bad intent.....​Gerald Dwayne Woods is an old-school, classic sex offender. None of this internet shit.He pulled up to a school bus stop in his BMW, stared at the young middle-school girl waiting there, and started jerking off. After "two to three minutes," apparently judgi ... More >>

The Murderabilia Controversy: Does Tupac Count?

The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place -lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good- so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them to explain things. Have something you always wanted to ask a rapper? Email it to introducingliston@ ... More >>

Wild on Washington

The three-mile stretch of avenue is Houston's place to be if you're young, white, single and ready to party. At least for now.

How To Help Wall Street Bankers In Haiti's Time Of Need

​We Americans are a generous people. In the days after the devastating Haitian earthquake, we whipped out our credit cards and donated millions to relieve that stricken, jinxed nation.But until Thursday, when the Huffington Post got wind of the practices, the major credit companies (including ... More >>

For National Boss Day: The Five Most Misundrestoor Bosses In The Movies

It's National Boss Day, because apparently getting more weeks of vacation, a higher salary, and an actual office with privacy isn't enough. You can be forgiven if it slipped your mind. After all, you were probably busy using the phone in your cramped, depressing cubicle to argue semi-publicly with ... More >>

The Proposed Ashby High-Rise, Still Feeling The Sting Of Rejection

Photo courtesy GHCVBYou have to admire the persistence of the folks who are trying to build a high-rise residential building in the very tony neighborhood near Rice. In this economy, it's odd enough that they're going ahead with plans when other developers are shutting down.Not to mention that their ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: Envy vs. the Service Industry

Nursing a medicinal Saint Arnold's Elissa draught while casually flipping through Envy, LOM actually saw something that looked interesting: Adam P. Newton's review of the Service Industry's new album, Keep the Babies Warm. My first thought: why in God's name would a conspicuous-consumption rag like ... More >>

Local H: Twelve Angry Months

He Walks Among Us

Heart Attack

Attempting romantic comedy, Sir Ridley Scott conquers neither.

Slammer

702

Leg Spreader

Front Porch Pub

Letters to the Editor

Arson Is Bad?

When will the state finally lift the arson ban?

Backhanded Slapstick

Jim Carrey's brand of fun warms a reheated Dick and Jane

Senior Moment

Jan Decleir shines as a senile hit man in The Memory of a Killer

Mommie Deadest

Murdered matriarchs and mystery set the scene for Jeff Abbott's Panic

Hotter than Hasselhoff?

Maybe not yet, but Koufax is on the way

"Delinquent" Behavior

A gang of back-alley artists shares its love of squalor

Ronald Reagan's Army

In your heart, you know the Yuppie Prick$ are right

The Pain Train

Two years later, a digital-video short film became an overnight ad sensation

Daydream Believer

The Davenport's Barbie's Bathwater

The Line of Fire

Enron reporters duck as the rich revolt

RV Xmas

In which our intrepid reporter goes searching for the heart of America on a trailer pad. And finds disappointment, isolation, kindness and a great way to cook himself a turkey.

Best Car for Houston Roads

High-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (Humvee/Hummer)

Arresting Development

When Mommy goes away, Buck just wants to play. And Chuck rues the day he ever met the fay.

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Press Picks

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