Subject: Beaumont

• Keep the Chain

  January 3, 2007

• The Grim Sweepers

  August 2, 2006

• The Real Crab Man Speaks

  July 17, 2006

• Cover Story: Heads You Lose, Tails You Lose

  July 18, 2007

• People Are Talking About Coins. And Beaumont. And Us.

  July 20, 2007

• Aeros Heating Up in February

  February 10, 2008

• Flooded-Prison Lawsuit Moved Back to Texas

  July 17, 2008

• Big Thicket Burger

  November 1, 2008

• Hellish Houston

  A summer selection of the Bayou City's most miserable music and depressing songs

  July 14, 2005

• Prisoners In Beaumont Federal Pen Sue Over Work Conditions

  Earlier this year, we brought you the story of the hundreds of inmates at the maximum-security federal penitentiary in Beaumont who sued the U.S. government claiming officials did not evacuate them during Hurricane Rita and thereby forced them to endure inhumane, medieval conditions. While that legal battle wages on, Norman Sirak, the same Ohio attorney fighting for those inmates, has now filed a separate lawsuit aimed once again at prison officials in Beaumont. But this time, it's not just abou

  December 2, 2008

• Diamond in the Rough

  September 1, 1994

• Lonesome Onry and Mean: The Gourds, Part 2

  Andy Goodwin [Note: Part 1 of this interview is here.] Lonesome Onry and Mean: You guys have been on several labels, have probably heard all the too-good-to-be-true come-ons, been to the meetings with label radio gurus and all. How do you look at the label system and the way things are done in the business today? Kevin Russell: The Gourds still operate from the position that radio should be free-form directed by DJs who are well-versed in the history of the music they play, and the label shou

  January 7, 2009

• Rotation

  December 22, 1994

• Poor, Proud, But Independent

  April 25, 1996

• They Don't Make Cop Concerts Like They Used To In Beaumont

  Via Bayou, the Beaumont Enterprise's lively blog, we got directed to an old posting on the Octane Radio Network.And let's just say -- they don't make police concerts like they used to. In 1957 -- when Rock and Roll was still the Devil's Music -- the Beaumont cops bring in Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis? No wonder the Golden Triangle was home to Janis JoplinWere they just looking to fill their arrest quotas?There's not much wrong at all with that line-up, though. Gene Vincent and Wanda Jackson

  March 2, 2009

• Clay's Choice

  September 3, 1998

• Notsuoh to Become "Scout Bar Main"

  www.scoutbar.com Move over hipsters... it's body shots time!In a move long telegraphed but never consummated, Notsuoh owner Jim Pirtle has reportedly made good on his threats to sell the venerable downtown hipster haunt, but not to a greedy developer looking to build luxury housing or some chic mandatory dress-code bar. Rocks Off has learned that Tom Wilson, owner of the three Scout Bar locations currently serving Clear Lake, Beaumont and San Antonio, made Pirtle an unspecified offer on

  April 1, 2009

• Monster Trucks on Ice

  What would Brian Boitano think?

  November 13, 2003

• Vainglorious

  April 23, 1998

• Art of Beer

  The Art Museum of Southeast Texas hosts its own Oktoberfest

  November 29, 2007

• The Smoking Ban

  Has it been good for Houston? A dozen local music figures sound off

  November 29, 2007

• Jeffrey Klem

  November 1, 2007

• Sleepovers With Uncle Jeff

  The cardiologist traded on his status as a doctor to fondle young girls

  October 18, 2007

• Roy Head, Archie Bell, Barbara Lynn, Barbara Mason

  concert preview

  August 30, 2007

• Calvin Owens Orchestra, Barbara Lynn, Evelyn Rubio, Pete Mayes, Rue Davis, Tweed Smith

  The Calvin Owens Orchestra and special guests perform 9 p.m. Saturday, August 4, at the Howling Coyote, 6536 FM 1960 West, 281-444-3401.

  August 2, 2007

• Heads You Lose, Tails You Lose: Lie, Puke and Say No

  Coin brokers are taught that customers aren't trustworthy

  July 19, 2007

• Texas coin companies target elderly investors

  July 19, 2007

• SARTIN'S

  Despite natural disasters and failed marriages, this seafood joint lives on

  September 28, 2006

• $50K Between Friends

  A donation stirs things up at LULAC

  August 24, 2006

• Crab Man

  Meet Doug Sartin, onetime heir apparent to a Texas barbecued crab dynasty

  July 13, 2006

• Holy Sh--!

  The most-hyped hurricane season ever is upon us

  June 1, 2006

• Crab Invasion

  Sartin's

  March 23, 2006

• Mullet Over

  Roll over to the Rolling Thunder Monster Truck Challenge

  March 10, 2005

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  November 4, 2004

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  October 14, 2004

• A Spirited Defense

  Dragon boat races breathe fire into Buffalo Bayou

  April 29, 2004

• The Bull Market

  Young bucks ride for a shot at the big time

  January 8, 2004

• Best Place to Hike

  Big Thicket National Preserve

  September 26, 2002

• Best Bathroom for Bowser

  Fire Museum of Texas

  September 26, 2002

• Barnyard Boogie

  Former Houstonian Kev Russell talks about Snoop Dogg and Cow Fish Fowl or Pig

  August 29, 2002

• The Kingfisher

  A rejuvenated Tracy Byrd decides to keep angling for hits

  March 29, 2001

• The Mod Squad

  With Brown adrift, can this trio carry the ball?

  October 12, 2000

• Stuckey's: The Travel Center That Time Forgot

  Photos by J.C. ReidYes, those are toy alligators in pink boas playing accordionsSummer travel season is here, and soon Mom, Dad and the kids will all pile into the family truckster and head out on the open roads for two weeks of familial bliss. Unlike yesteryear, when kids had nothing more than a game of "I Spy" to keep them occupied, kids today have DVD players and video games. But some things about the summer family vacation never change. For instance, there is always the obligatory "rest st

  May 28, 2009

• Houston's Better Business Bureau Has No Love For Conn's, Despite What Conn's Implies

  Yesterday, when we told you about Texas AG Greg Abbott going after the Conn's appliance chain for deceptive practices, we included the company's response.Conn's said "a current measure of our dedication to customer service by our more than 3,200 employees is our Better Business Bureau rating. We currently receive the highest rating possible: A-plus."Dan Parsons, head of the Houston Better Business Bureau, wants it known that the rating doesn't come from his outfit."To the contrary, we started ac

  May 29, 2009

• This Just In: A Wiffle-Ball Bat Is Not A Deadly Weapon

  Partying in Beaumont -- does it get any better? The smoky industrial fumes, the Golden Triangle aura, the knowledge that at any moment you could up and visit the Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum if you wanted to: It's what makes life in Beaumont so good.As long as you keep the Wiffle-Ball Bats safely put away.A woman was shot in the chest over the weekend at a party in Beaumont; she's expected to survive. According to the Beaumont Enterprise:  [A] fight broke out, and one partygoer tried to h

  June 30, 2009

• Beaumont News Anchor Indulges (Allegedly) In Insane Facebook Feud

  What the hell is going on in Beaumont?Now granted, that's a question you could ask pretty much any day of the week, but right now it concerns a Facebook spat between a prominent local news anchor there and a critic.Jim Walker, a main anchor at Fox affiliate KBTV, seems to be going nuts, if the Beaumont Enterprise's Bayou blog is any indication.According to them, Walker answered a critic on his Facebook page by offering such wisdom as saying she "is probably a Bible-thumping b---h" who is one of

  July 15, 2009

• Distant Early Warning: Al Jarreau, Butthole Surfers, The Mars Volta, The Tragically Hip, etc.

  ​Al Jarreau: Fri., Dec. 11. Arena Theatre. Ben Danaher: Wed., Sept. 30. Dosey Doe Coffee Company. Benjamin Wesley, Prairie Cadets: Sun., Aug. 16. The Mink. Black Crowes, Saving Abel: BEAUMONT., Sun., Oct. 18. Ford Park. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: CHANGED Sun., Aug. 23. House of Blues. Brother Ali, BK-One, Evidence, Toki Wright: Thu., Oct. 29. Warehouse Live. Buju Banton: Thu., Oct. 22. House of Blues. Butthole Surfers: Thu., Sept. 24. House of Blues.

  July 28, 2009

• Beaumont PI Is On The Case Of Olivia Newtown-John's Missing Lover

  ​Strange doings out of Beaumont, involving a private investigator, a faded pop star and the mysterious semi-death of her lover.Beaumont PI Philip Klein tells RadarOnline that he has proof that Pay McDermott is alive! He's alive!!!Which leads to the question "Who is Pat McDermott, and why should we care?"McDermott was the lover of Olivia Newton-John, the Australian singer of such cheese as "I Honestly Love You" and "Physical." McDermott allegedly died in a boating accident in 2005.But there are

  August 11, 2009

• ExxonMobil Fined $600,000; We Think They Can Come Up With It

  ​Let's be honest.There aren't a lot of "bad days" for a global petrochemical company that made a record $45.2 billion profit last year, so we'll just say ExxonMobil had a less than stellar day on Wednesday when state regulators penalized it more than $600,000 for environmental crimes.ExxonMobil's oil refinery and chemical plants in Baytown were responsible for $496,201 of the penalty and its Beaumont refinery accounted for the rest.The penalty, finalized in Austin in an agreed order by the Tex

  August 13, 2009

• Aftermath: We Were Wolves and Satin Hooks, Born to Be Wild at the Mink

  Photos by Chris Gray​ It's been false-starting for a couple of years, but that grunge revival may be right around the corner - if it ever went anywhere in the first place. Beaumont's We Were Wolves plugged into the Mudhoney machine at the Mink Tuesday night, crafting sludgy sheets of guitar noise to contend with screamed and howled vocals over sledgehammer bass and drums. Then they won us over forever with a completely unironic and totally groovy cover of Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild." It's

  August 19, 2009