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Happy Birthday, Mr. Scarface: 10 Gift Ideas for H-Town's Finest

It's Scarface's birthday, y'all. What, you didn't get him anything, either? Thank God. The humiliation of letting Houston's most lyrical, most respected and all-around best MC turn 42 without handing him something to unwrap was hitting us pretty hard, but since you dropped the ball, too, maybe we do ... More >>

Tears In Heaven: The 10 Best Songs To Come Out Of Tragedy

Since the dawn of time, great art has been birthed out of great tragedy, happening numerous times with playwrights, artists, and musicians. In many ways, expressing grief through music serves as a healing agent that gets the artist through tough things such as the loss of a loved one. It also helps ... More >>

Openings & Closings: Barcadia Burns Bridges

Photo courtesy of FacebookThe Bushes and the Molinas: Texas legends.​As we slowly move out of the winter doldrums, restaurant news is getting much more exciting -- and coming at us much more quickly. On Tuesday, two big announcements got the food community all atwitter: The Burger Guys announ ... More >>

Health Department Roundup: Schoolhouse Edition

The Health Department inspected a number of schools last week. Each school inspection yields at least a couple reports - one for the kitchen and one for the premises. Usually there's not much going on in the way of violations, but we'll do our best with what we have. Ridgecrest Elementary (2015 Rid ... More >>

World Series: Comparing The Rangers/Astros Experience

That didn't take long, did it?I won the World Series and all I got was this penis hat​If you didn't switch channels to get away from the Texans' ineptitude against the Colts, then you missed the Texas Rangers getting mercifully put out of their hitless misery in the World Series.The Rangers' showi ... More >>

5 Ways Lady Gaga Could Spice Up The Astros' Season

Photo illustration by John Seaborn Gray​Last Friday night, Rocks Off's favorite pop star, Lady Gaga, bum-rushed her way around Yankee Stadium during the opening game of the New York Yankees three-game homestand against crosstown rivals the New York Mets. Somehow she talked her way past secur ... More >>

Chron's Feelings Are Hurt

HBO drama didn't celebrate Houston as best-est place.

The Chronicle Gets Its Feelings Hurt By Treme; Possibly Offers A Solution

​In case you hadn't heard -- and there's no way you haven't heard, since seemingly everyone who writes for a living in America worships David Simon's TV shows -- Treme premiered Sunday.It's a story about New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina. It contained two passing references to Houston: One, ... More >>

Marge Simpson In Playboy Two Franchises On The Way Down

​So it seems Marge Simpson is appearing in Playboy: Simpsons matriarch Marge Simpson is gracing the cover of Playboy magazine, becoming the first cartoon character in the publication's history.The November issue sees Marge posing on a chair with the distinctive Playboy Bunny logo. It marks the 2 ... More >>

Despite What ESPN Says, Here Are 25 Things To (Sorta) Like About Minute Maid Park

Photo by astromark2007ESPN doesn't think much of the fan experience in Houston, especially for the Astros fans, which ESPN ranks at number 68. This ranking is based on things like ownership, coaching, players, bang for the buck, fan relations, stadium experience, affordability, and something called ... More >>

Houston's Alleged Amnesiac, Coming Soon To Inside Edition

The case of the Curmudgeon and the Amnesiac Drifter has legs. Inside Edition, the hard--hitting news program that launched blowhard Bill O'Reilly on an unworthy America, has picked up the story, putting it alongside such Frontline-esque headlines as today's vital (also Houston-tied!) scoop: "Fo ... More >>

Neil Bush Wants Him Some Of That There Stimulus Money

Love it, hate it, the federal stimulus money is coming and it's got to be spent on something.Why not Neil Bush?Bush, the wayward son of the Bush family (and that's saying something) is, of course, the guy behind Ignite!, the company that tries to get schools to buy its Schoolhouse Rock-like gadgetry ... More >>

HISD Keeps Giving Money To Neil Bush

TEA Releases Ratings, Houston ISD Has Some Hits, Some Misses

The Trailer For Oliver Stone's Bush Movie Now Online

This Just In: Activists Call for Investigation into Why Neil Bush Is Receiving Federal Education Funds

Somehow the Teachers Always Get Blamed

Momma Joke

So It's Govt' Money -- Don't Have a COW

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Our critics weigh in on local theater

Mencia Club

Race and culture with a side of beans

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Chillin' with tha Eskimoz

We have a Whatachat with the guys behind the fast-food rap video

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Our critic weighs in on local theater

Easy Like Sunday Afternoon

These N'awlins musicos are a real Eyeopener

Back to Busch

The Astros' first five NLCS games, as they happened

Game Four: A Bitter Sweep Ending

The Astros’ attempt to win without scoring somehow fails

Take Our Katrina Kwiz!

Lay of the Land

Kenny Boy's fall: a sign of Houston's corporate culture gone wrong

Rockin' in the Free World

Soundtracks for your Election Night shindigs

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Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critic weighs in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critic weighs in on local theater

Best Cookies for a Cause

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Write On

Jim Maxfield's Tanglewood Pharmacy is home to the autographs of the rich and famous

Return to Normalcy

The Chronicle gets back to business as usual

A Portrait of the Artist as a Capitalist

Painter Vladimir Gorsky learned how to work the system in the Soviet Union for personal gain. He discovered that things operate much the same way in America.

RodeoHouston: Some 'Splainin to Do

Secret correspondence from the rodeo

Night & Day

November 5 - 11, 1998

Back to School

Once again, here's to you, Mrs. Robinson

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The Year of Living Anxiously

Are We Having Fun Yet? Or is it just the jangly buzz of advanced urban stress syndrome?

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