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Boston Cream Bet

Confessions of a Classic Rock Whore, or One Man’s Journey

Geography with Pimp C

Still the Best at Being the Worst: Four Texans Honored in Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

The Curious Incident of the Dog on the Internet, Part Two

Houston Still Seeing Job Growth (Thank Christ)

Why Do the "Car Talk" Guys Have a Cartoon and I Don’t?

Book Review: Dennis Lehane's The Given Day

Ground Control to Spider One

Your album's dead / Can you hear us, Spider One?

Violence, TV and Demagoguery

Your album's dead / Can you hear us, Spider One?

The Man With the Blue Guitar

Your album's dead / Can you hear us, Spider One?

The Houston Suburb Known As The Hill Country

The LBJ Ranch, just minutes outside the 610 loopThings we learned today: The Hill Country is a suburb of Houston. At least to Canadians.The National Post, a Canadian newspaper, took note that Barack Obama was the first "urban" president in a long while.They had to stretch things a bit, saying that J ... More >>

CAMH's New Director A Rocker At Heart

Bill Arning, the current curator of the List Visual Arts Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will assume his position as director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston on April 6, 2009. His hiring ends a 10-month search."It was a long process," Arning tells Hair Balls, "but I'm ve ... More >>

Punchy Fun

Bill Arning, the current curator of the List Visual Arts Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will assume his position as director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston on April 6, 2009. His hiring ends a 10-month search."It was a long process," Arning tells Hair Balls, "but I'm ve ... More >>

Well Aware

Bill Arning, the current curator of the List Visual Arts Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will assume his position as director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston on April 6, 2009. His hiring ends a 10-month search."It was a long process," Arning tells Hair Balls, "but I'm ve ... More >>

Tonight: Street Dogs at Warehouse Live

Most people don't associate humanitarianism with tough, working-class street punks whose artistic bent tends toward songs about drinking and fighting. For Street Dogs, a band of politically minded Boston-scene all-stars fronted by a war vet turned fireman, community is the whole point in the fir ... More >>

Night & Day

Most people don't associate humanitarianism with tough, working-class street punks whose artistic bent tends toward songs about drinking and fighting. For Street Dogs, a band of politically minded Boston-scene all-stars fronted by a war vet turned fireman, community is the whole point in the fir ... More >>

Year of Yearning

Most people don't associate humanitarianism with tough, working-class street punks whose artistic bent tends toward songs about drinking and fighting. For Street Dogs, a band of politically minded Boston-scene all-stars fronted by a war vet turned fireman, community is the whole point in the fir ... More >>

News of the Weird

Most people don't associate humanitarianism with tough, working-class street punks whose artistic bent tends toward songs about drinking and fighting. For Street Dogs, a band of politically minded Boston-scene all-stars fronted by a war vet turned fireman, community is the whole point in the fir ... More >>

Best Freeway to Get Lost On

Most people don't associate humanitarianism with tough, working-class street punks whose artistic bent tends toward songs about drinking and fighting. For Street Dogs, a band of politically minded Boston-scene all-stars fronted by a war vet turned fireman, community is the whole point in the fir ... More >>

Torche, Black Cobra, Clouds

Most people don't associate humanitarianism with tough, working-class street punks whose artistic bent tends toward songs about drinking and fighting. For Street Dogs, a band of politically minded Boston-scene all-stars fronted by a war vet turned fireman, community is the whole point in the fir ... More >>

Fava Favorites at Mint Café

Most people don't associate humanitarianism with tough, working-class street punks whose artistic bent tends toward songs about drinking and fighting. For Street Dogs, a band of politically minded Boston-scene all-stars fronted by a war vet turned fireman, community is the whole point in the fir ... More >>

Scene But Not Heard

Houston's student shortage forces the indie scene to go the blue-collar route

Augustana, with Paddy Casey and Wild Sweet Orange

Houston's student shortage forces the indie scene to go the blue-collar route

Man to Man, Trying to Become Legal

Houston's student shortage forces the indie scene to go the blue-collar route

Femme Fatality

Houston's student shortage forces the indie scene to go the blue-collar route

Raise the Ruthie

Houston's student shortage forces the indie scene to go the blue-collar route

Mexican-American Culture

Long syllables, short pants

Hatebreed

The Monsters of Mayhem tour stops Thursday, September 28, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-629-3700.

Super Seafood Salad

Ciro's Italian Grill

7L and Esoteric

A New Dope

Sunburned Hand of the Man

Wednesday, May 10, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh Drive, 713-521-0521

Thugs and Kisses

A South African street fighter finds new life in the wrenching redemption tale Tsotsi

Tiger Army, with Lost City Angels and the Unseen

Sunday, April 10, at the Meridian, 1503 Chartres, 713-225-1717

God Save the Scene

Sassy Brits, hoochie mamas and a dude named Beans attempted to invigorate a stagnant year for hip-hop

God Save the Scene

Sassy Brits, hoochie mamas and a dude named Beans attempted to invigorate a stagnant year for hip-hop

Little Wonder

Dwarf sisters ditch the doughnuts to become trail-glazers on the strip circuit

Roll Over, Eric Clapton. And Tell Stevie Ray the News.

The blues is back -- rawer and louder (and punker) than ever

Best Ice Rink

Aerodrome

Roll with It

Houston chefs are creating some uniquely Texan sushi rolls

Earl of Blues

Houston chefs are creating some uniquely Texan sushi rolls

The Wayside Motor Inn

Houston chefs are creating some uniquely Texan sushi rolls

An Update On Just How Safe Your Tap Water Is (Or Isn't)

Illustration courtesy drinktap.org​A little more than a year ago, the Houston Press brought you a story about a growing movement aimed at ditching those store-bought plastic bottles of water for the stuff that flows from the tap. After all, advocates claimed, tap water is safe, cheap and environm ... More >>

Tonight: Florida Indie Beach Boys Surfer Blood Sail Into Mango's

​Florida-based indie kids Surfer Blood pull into Mango's tonight, touring ahead of their upcoming Astro Coast LP. The band was recently anointed by Rolling Stone's online feature "Hype Monitor" as "bright and booming and hooky as FM radio in the late '70s." Rocks Off can hear traces of early "Blue ... More >>

Inquiring Minds: Golden Cities' Marcus Gausepohl on Krautrock, Space-Rock and His Ambient-Drone Buddies

Houston's own Golden Cities headline the Mink tonight with Boston droners Great Hopes and St. Louis post-punk duo Spelling Bee. Rocks Off sat down with GC guitarist, Esotype Records staffer and fellow Pearland expat Marcus Gausepohl to talk about his band, his record label, and some of the groups t ... More >>

Swiss Chard

​"Bright lights" is a variety of Swiss chard that grows exceptionally well in Houston. You encounter this stuff all the time if know any gardeners. You can substitute it for spinach or tender greens in lots of recipes, but it doesn't do well with long cooking. In fact, you can eat the younge ... More >>

Rhapsody in Blue

​"Bright lights" is a variety of Swiss chard that grows exceptionally well in Houston. You encounter this stuff all the time if know any gardeners. You can substitute it for spinach or tender greens in lots of recipes, but it doesn't do well with long cooking. In fact, you can eat the younge ... More >>

Suck On It, New York!! Houston Has Direct Flights To Branson, Missouri!!

​In case you've been experiencing the typical Houstonian's self-doubt about whether or not we're really a sophisticated metropolis, you can relax.Houston is now one of only five American cities with direct flights to Branson, Missouri. On real planes, too!You didn't think he would do "Moon River," ... More >>

The Boondock Saints 10th Anniversary

​In case you've been experiencing the typical Houstonian's self-doubt about whether or not we're really a sophisticated metropolis, you can relax.Houston is now one of only five American cities with direct flights to Branson, Missouri. On real planes, too!You didn't think he would do "Moon River," ... More >>