Barbra Streisand

The Five Greatest South Park Musician Cameos

Last week I looked at some of the worst musical guests on The Simpsons, a show almost as well-known for the appearance of musicians as Saturday Night Live, though with a hit -or-miss success rate since they can't just have the musicians come on and perform their songs. Rewind: The Five Worst Music ... More >>

Sometimes Uncomfortable Doc Resurrects '70s Superstar Paul Williams

Paul Williams: Still Alive A Film by Stephen Kessler Virgil Films, 84 mins, $19.99. In the 1970s the diminutive Paul Williams was everywhere. And I mean, everywhere. The singer-songwriter was best known for penning hits for others like the Carpenters ("Rainy Days and Mondays," "We've Only Just Be ... More >>

Modern Prematurity

Seth Rogan takes his Centrum Silver in Guilt Trip

10-Plus Vinyl Albums You'll Always See at Thrift Stores

I have been cursed with an affliction to mindlessly buy vinyl at thrift stores, garage sales, flea markets, and estate sales, without regard for how much room I have at home. The problem now encompasses compact discs too. It's a genetic trait. My father collects containers. His garage looks like the ... More >>

Musically Speaking, What Is the Best Zodiac Sign?

Sometimes some musicians just can't even be put in the same sentence as one another. Depending on people's musical preferences. It's hard to compare and can be a bit confrontational. But one thing is for sure the day on which someone is born can't be changed. And then that's where astrology comes in ... More >>

Kristin Chenoweth

One Kiss: The Music of Sigmund Romberg

Five Curiosities from the Grammy Nominations List

The Grammy nominations were officially presented last night. Not surprisingly, Adele, who is considered a front runner in nearly every category she is nominated in, cleaned up with six nominations for her album 21, but was beaten out by Kanye West who had seven, though curiously not among them a nod ... More >>

Ten Songs We Want to See Mike Tyson Cover Besides "Girl from Ipanema"

Former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson has been everywhere over the last few years, trying to re-invent himself and rehabilitate his image. From his impersonation of Herman Cain on Funny or Die to his hilarious turn in The Hangover, Tyson has been doing a pretty good job of making people laugh. But, a ... More >>

Diva-licious

Music Box Theater brings big-city, high-style cabaret to Houston.

Five Great Uses Of Music As A Weapon

Ed. Note: Jef With One F does not distinguish fiction from reality from video games. We let it slide because he accepts checks from the "Bank of Mordor"... we just hope it's not rubbing off on us. teecraze.com​Music is a weapon. That's what angry political bands will tell you. They'll bend yo ... More >>

Texas Secessionists to Obama: Israel With 1967 Borders? We Want Texas With 1845 Borders

Our own "Arab Spring"​President Obama's call for Israel to revert to its 1967 borders has caught the attention of one of the most forward-thinking, sophisticated political thinkers of our state, Daniel Miller, the president of the Texas Nationalist Movement. He has dashed off a letter to Obam ... More >>

Last Night: Foals At Fitzgerald's

Photos by Jim Bricker​Foals Fitzgerald's April 19, 2011 Just minutes after Fitzgerald's opened its doors for last night's Foals show, tickets were gone. The sold-out venue was packed before second opener Freelance Whales even hit the stage, and it's no wonder - Oxford quintet Foals, fresh off ... More >>

The 10 Sexiest (Male) Texans Of Our Lifetime

Last week we gave you our 10 Sexiest Texans of Our Lifetime. It was a list that was, admittedly, vagina-biased. We make it up to the people who love guys with this definitive list, which involved more asking around than the first one. Here are, then, the 10 sexiest Texas men of our lives: 10. Sea ... More >>

The Gang's All Here

But the Focker franchise has seen better days.

Where Are We Peeing, And Talking About Freddy Fender, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Barbra Streisand And Adam Lambert?

Craig Hlavaty​So Tuesday night, we found ourselves all by our lonesome at this small bar, coming down off our birthday weekend. It's a cozy little spot with an ample jukebox, plenty of character, and way too much Lone Star. We sat next to the bar's video poker machine, mainly to rest our head. Pro ... More >>

Inquiring Minds: Houston Symphony Guest Pianist and Classic Rock Fan William Joseph

www.william-joseph.com​ William Joseph might not be a familiar name yet, but he also might be the next classical/pop breakout star. The 31-year-old pianist, a native of the Phoenix area, has been playing since age four and has toured with Josh Groban and Il Divo, as well as appearing onstage with ... More >>

Itzhak Perlman

Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto gets a workout by one of classical music's best

Tortured Dogs Speak Out: "Please Stop Dressing Us Up"

Halloween used to be a holiday for innocent kids to dress up in truly cute costumes. Then it became a holiday for women to dress up in sexy costumes, and men to dress up in whatever costumes would most likely result in them hooking up with a tipsy Sexy Nurse.And now, of course, it is also a holiday ... More >>

For the Rodeo: Five Best Movie Parades

It's Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo time! Tomorrow's Go Texan Day and Saturday's the parade. Certainly some of you out there are looking forward to watching musical acts from 200 feet away and the lingering smells of hay, manure, and sweaty, sweaty cowboys. So sit back, kick your boots off, and ge ... More >>

Is Your Band in Trouble?

Heads Up

The Five Best Bond Themes

Critics may have found the 22nd James Bond caper, Quantum of Solace, "grim and downcast" (The New York Times), but audiences didn't seem to mind, turning out in sufficient numbers for Quantum to set a new 007 opening-weekend record of more than $70.4 million (domestic). But never mind the movie ... More >>

Get Lit: Making Records: The Scenes Behind the Music, by Phil Ramone

Tony Bennett

Musical Food Groups

If singers were cheese, what kind of cheese would they be?

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

El Presidente

El Presidente

The Hanukkah Songs

Wherein we find the coining of our new favorite word: Jewpergroup

Oh, Joy

The Family Stone is hard to like, harder still to hate

Method Rocking

Minnie Driver and Juliette Lewis have started bands. Come on, you know you're curious.

Focking Wonderful

Streisand and Hoffman save a family -- and a movie, too

The Kings of Queens

The Kinsey Sicks quartet busts into Houston

Get Stupid

Sometimes art is meant simply to amuse

Hissin' Dixie.

Country stars battle it out on the eve of war

Letters

Pull Back the Cover, Bellaire Brats, Do It Yourself

A Star Is Born

Darcie Roberts eclipses the memory of Babs in TUTS's timeless Funny Girl

Night & Day

May 20 - 26, 1999

Rotation

Cracked

Not-so Funny Girl

Fresh angles are few in this Stages revival

Night & Day

November 26 - December 2, 1998

Cat Stats

Man or Monster?

Night & Day

March 26-April 1, 1998

Closet Case

In & Out goes both ways -- funny and funnier

The Reason of Rimes

LeAnn Rimes has taken country music by storm. She's only 14. And that's the rub.

Press Picks

Nut Case

Sanity goes on trial in Nuts at Actors Theatre

All Rise