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I Regularly Open My Home to Strange Touring Bands... Why?

The sheriff department's officer was standing on my doorstep, still trembling with excitement. The red and blue lights from the patrol car flashed over his face, which was incredulous at the site of the person who opened the door at three in the morning - me, a middle-aged, gray-haired man in Nick & ... More >>

Zack Kopplin, The 19-Year-Old Face of the Anti-Creationist Movement

Having fought his battles in Louisiana, the Rice University student is now ready for Texas and any move to put faux science in the public schools here.

Schadenfreude Alert! 5 Thoughts On JaMarcus Russell's Attempted Comeback

For most football players, when their careers finally end, rarely does it happen on their terms. More often than not (WAY more often, actually), players are either asked to leave, never asked back, or beat up physically to the point of no return. The bravest of football warriors continue to try over ... More >>

2012 Houston Murder Numbers Up Slightly from 2011 But Still "Very Low"

According to statistics from the Houston Police Department, there were 216 murders in Houston in 2012, which is 18 more than we had in 2011, but still the second lowest number of murders in our city since 1966, continuing what officials don't want to suggest might be a trend given how unpredictable ... More >>

10 Oyster Dishes To Try in Houston: No. 2, Cajun Oyster Stuffing at Yapa Kitchen

You know what I love about SeptembeR, OctobeR, NovembeR and DecembeR? It's oyster season! During these months, oysters are at their peak. For the next few weeks, I'll be sampling the most memorable and tasty oyster dishes in Houston. No. 2: Cajun Oyster Stuffing at Yapa Kitchen While turkey is the ... More >>

10 Oyster Dishes To Try in Houston: No. 3, Oyster Sliders at Lucille's

You know what I love about SeptembeR, OctobeR, NovembeR and DecembeR? It's oyster season! During these months, oysters are at their peak. For the next few weeks, I'll be sampling the most memorable and tasty oyster dishes in Houston. No. 3, Oyster Sliders at Lucille's For the record, I'm not a fan ... More >>

10 Oyster Dishes to Try in Houston: No. 4, Oysters 1/2 Shelled at Liberty Kitchen & Oyster Bar

You know what I love about SeptembeR, OctobeR, NovembeR and DecembeR? It's oyster season! During these months, oysters are at their peak. For the next few weeks, I'll be sampling the most memorable and tasty oyster dishes in Houston. No. 4, Oysters 1/2 Shelled at Liberty Kitchen & Oyster Bar Some ... More >>

10 Oyster Dishes To Try in Houston: No. 5, Oysters Victoria at The Queen Vic Pub & Kitchen

You know what I love about SeptembeR, OctobeR, NovembeR and DecembeR? It's oyster season! During these months, oysters are at their peak. For the next few weeks, I'll be sampling the most memorable and tasty oyster dishes in Houston. No. 5, Oysters Victoria at The Queen Vic Pub & Kitchen As a sta ... More >>

10 Oyster Dishes To Try in Houston: No. 6, Pearly Whites Po'Boy at BB's Cafe

You know what I love about SeptembeR, OctobeR, NovembeR and DecembeR? It's oyster season! During these months, oysters are at their peak. For the next few weeks, I'll be sampling the most memorable and tasty oyster dishes in Houston. No. 6, Pearly Whites Po'Boy at BB's Cafe Don't get me wrong, th ... More >>

10 Oyster Dishes To Try in Houston: No. 7, Fried Oysters & Deviled Eggs at BRC Gastropub

You know what I love about SeptembeR, OctobeR, NovembeR and DecembeR? It's oyster season! During these months, oysters are at their peak. For the next few weeks, I'll be sampling the most memorable and tasty oyster dishes in Houston. No. 8, Fried Oysters & Deviled Eggs at BRC Gastropub BRC calls ... More >>

10 Oyster Dishes To Try in Houston: No. 9, Oysters Baton Rouge at Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen

You know what I love about SeptembeR, OctobeR, NovembeR, and DecembeR? It's oyster season! Not that I don't indulge in bivalves year-round, but during these months oysters are at their peak. For the next few weeks, I'll be sampling the most memorable and tasty oyster dishes in Houston. No. 9, Oyst ... More >>

Alabama Teabagger's Trial Begins In Louisiana Today: What To Look For

On the night of January 9, 2012, the city of New Orleans saw Alabama commit one of the most heinous assaults in the city's history on the LSU Tigers. And no, I'm not talking about the University of Alabama's 21-0 whitewashing of Les Miles' completely overmatched bunch of Tigers in the Superdome that ... More >>

Upcoming Events: Brunch, Burger Guys-Style and a Volcanic Cook-Off

Remember the days when The Burger Guys had first opened and Jake Mazzu was doing these amazing brunches with his crew, like Brandon Fisch and Steve Marques? Well, these day's you can find Marques turning out killer food at The Tasting Room Uptown, but Mazzu and Fisch are doing the brunch thing once ... More >>

8 Cool & Cheap Things To Do This Weekend

Scoremore presents a release party for up-and-coming local rapper Doughbeezy for his new CD Blue Magic at Warehouse Live tonight ($15). The album features Dough's collaboration with Killa Kyleon, "F*ck You," which should not be mistaken for the Cee-Lo song of the same partially censored name. Watch ... More >>

Tops Drop: A Larger-Than-Life Fat Tuesday Playlist

​Happy Fat Tuesday, y'all! Rocks Off mentioned in a previous post, about rappers and Houston restaurants, that some of the best artists are "Big" and "Fat": Big Pokey, Fat Pat, Big Moe, etc. Every day is Fat Tuesday for these rappers. They're all about overindulgence and that's why we love th ... More >>

Saturday: Main Street Block Party at The Island

Photo by Allison McPhailGetting their dance on.​Check out our slideshow of fans and bands at the Main Street Block Party. Eric Dean had something to prove to Houston after his Montrose Winter Social flop last month. Dean did as he promised, and delivered with the 2nd Annual Main Street Block ... More >>

Bartender Chat: Sikica Crosby of Cecil's Pub

I come from a long line of martini drinkers. One school of thought holds that the gin martini is the one true martini, but my grandparents enjoyed the vodka version of the cocktail nightly with the news for more than 60 years. Maybe my love for the vodka martini is hereditary? My grandfather's mart ... More >>

This Week in Deliciousness

Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where we're going to try to organize an anti-SOPA fundraiser. Here's how it would go: the menu consists of SOPA-pillas, delicious Mexican batter envelopes served with honey and sugar. But seconds after your waiter brings you your SOPA-pill ... More >>

Angola Prison Rodeo Recap and Sweet Access to Cover-Story Subject John Kinsel

Steve JansenA poor sap about to get stomped upon (middle, underneath the bull) during Saturday's Angola Prison Rodeo.​Hair Balls attended this past weekend's Angola Prison Rodeo and all we got to say is that the event is super weird. The longest continuous prison rodeo, which began in 1964 at ... More >>

Five Reasons The Main Street Block Party Worked

Photos by Jim BrickerLady In Red: Tontons singer Asli Omar​ Were you there? You might want to look for yourself in this slideshow of crowd shots. Be sure to also check out the pics of the bands. Around 9 p.m. Saturday, Rocks Off was walking out of Tacos A Go-Go and ran into Main Street Block ... More >>

Five Other Ways HISD Can Pay Students And Parents

Possibly where this concept originated​The Houston school district, desperate to get grades and test scores up, is offering cold, hard cash to fifth graders who do their math homework. A kid who masters a bunch of "concepts" can rack up $440 from HISD.That can buy a whole lot of....books extolling ... More >>

Faith No More

Trembling before God in The Last Exorcism.

Beaumont Weatherman Busts Rhyme; Ryan Seacrest Approves

​ Somebody call Swishahouse. Rocks Off has spent a fair amount of time in the Golden Triangle over the years, and the live-music options in the greater Beaumont-Port Arthur area are usually somewhat limited. In the next couple of weeks, for example, if you're not a fan of Pat Green, hillbilly hard ... More >>

Treme: Getting The Tribe Back Together

Hamsterdam: Treme gets a few Wire shoutouts.​This was the most Wire-heavy episode of Treme yet. We've already got Wendell Pierce and Clarke Peters in major roles, but this ep was packed with shout-outs to David Simon's former series. One of Sonny's buddies mispronounced Amsterdam as "Hamsterda ... More >>

Treme: Getting The Tribe Back Together

Hamsterdam: Treme gets a few Wire shoutouts.​This was the most Wire-heavy episode of Treme yet. We've already got Wendell Pierce and Clarke Peters in major roles, but this ep was packed with shout-outs to David Simon's former series. One of Sonny's buddies mispronounced Amsterdam as "Hamsterda ... More >>

Moonie Bergeron's Cajun Meats

​"Let me make you a little snack pack for the car, honey," Joyce said as she prepared the Styrofoam container. Joyce and Miss Peaches were the two women behind the counter at Bergeron's Cajun Meats that morning. Joyce heated up one of Bergeron's signature chicken patties, a spicy ground poultr ... More >>

Catfish at Tony's in Baton Rouge

​ We went to Baton Rouge, Louisiana on a road trip this holiday season to see some family, and our sister told us about a grocery that filets live catfish and fries them to order. I dropped everything and beelined it for Tony's Seafood & Deli. Sure enough, near the entrance there is a huge c ... More >>

Health Department Roundup: Cafeteria Edition

​ As with other restaurants, a cafeteria's quality varies, depending on management and food freshness standards, which -- as habitual readers of this column know -- often has little to do with menu pricing. The shadow of the Houston health inspector has recently fallen upon the following:The D ... More >>

Top 5 Sauces That Make Chains Worth Visiting

​A purist would say a good bread or steak should stand on its own -- to sauce is to sin. But if A1 is the cardinal crime of fine dining, these sauces prove the opposite: a fine one can slather salvation over a culinary insignificancy. 5. Chick-fil-a Polynesian Sauce- In the world of fast-foo ... More >>

“Louisiana’s Most Wanted: Charles Barbier and Hunter Roth”

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A Baton Rouge Soap Opera (Starring Sheriff's Deputies) Comes Here

Photo by de*Seems like hurricane evacuees are not the only ones who flee Louisiana to Houston for safety. A Baton Rouge family recently escaped here to get away from the local cops, whom they claim maliciously prosecuted them repeatedly after the family tried to expose corruption at a homeowners ass ... More >>

Downtown Streets Getting Crowded Again, And It Sucks

Tunnel Mole Surfaces, Discovers SUV Assholes

LITTLE PAPPAS SEAFOOD KITCHEN'S MANGO MOJITO

Red Stick Ramblers

Make It a Funky Weekend

Guitar Center Gives the Drummers Some

Over the Hills and Not That Far Away

Vinyl Heads

They're turning to needles, looking for purity

School Discipline, Lisa Nowak, Terry Abbott, GHCVB Gay Ads

Some people still favor Texas's zero-tolerance rules

The Terms

Saturday, August 12, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9899

Walk Away, Walk Away

And we will follow as local music figures recall tales of U2

New Angels in Rock Heaven

Scoring the grim reaper's 2004 harvest

Drop Everything

"Funk Jazz Fridays" get rolling at Cafe Brasil

Rocker Robbery

The theft of his trailer capped a bad week for John Evans

A Call to Arms

Gary Ray is going to Russia for the glory of his sport. For the honor of his country. For a chance to win one more arm-wrestling contest.

Jazzed

Opelous Café adds spice to downtown

Pyramid Scheme

Two, four, six, eight.Come and watch us levitate!

Rotation

Diner's Notebook