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  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Junk Drunk Food Gourmet: Your Guide to Late Night Snacking

    Whilst living the life of a broke-ass college student for what felt (to me) like a gazillion years, my fiancé came up with the idea of Junk Drunk Food Gourmet. Think: your college pantry fancied up in a way only way too many games of survivor flip cup can fashion (the full idea involved an inebriat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    What's Cooking This Week?

    I had the best salad at this little cafe in Boston called Za. It was one of their incredible blackboard specials; mixed greens topped with ricotta salata and fried eggplant and the freshest mix of tomatoes and red onions and my god was it incredible. So incredible that it is the inspiration for thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Professor Bun B Visits The OccupyHouston Protesters: "There's Strength In Numbers"

    Photos by RizohBun B (left) with protestors at the Occupy Houston demonstration in front of city hall Tuesday.​If Occupy Wall Street was a song, it's sounding like a global hit right now. The movement continues to proliferate, with factions popping up in over 70 cities, including Boston, Chica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Top 10 Songs About Other Musicians

    When you make music your life, it's only natural that you'd look at the people around you doing the same and find someone who just moistens the muse's panties. What we've tried to put together here is a list of those best efforts. Bear in mind, with one notable exception we've steered clear of fell ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    Five Alternatives to the Root Beer Float

    Joanna O'LearyVariation on the Boston Cooler. Note: Only use Diet Ginger Beer if your supermarket strangely lacks Regular.​Liquid desserts are ideal for summer, and while I love a good milkshake, sometimes I like a little carbonation with my ice cream. A root beer float is the obvious choice; ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Saturday: Vans Warped Tour At Sam Houston Race Park

    Photos by Matthew KeeverSimple Plan​Vans Warped Tour The Showgrounds at Sam Houston Race Park June 25, 2011 As we made our way into the barren, asphalt-covered desert that was Warped Tour 2011, Aftermath was stopped by a young woman standing just outside the gates. "If I give you my number, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Highlights from the Wine Rendezvous Grand Tasting & Chef Showcase

    Mai PhamMini causitas by Chef Roberto Castre at Latin Bites Cafe​For me, this past Saturday was the culmination of a week's worth of anticipation and a day's worth of appetite-saving, a chance to taste more than 500 wines and sample 50 chef's tastings at HEB Wine & Food Week's Wine Rendezvous ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Mr. Boomtown Coats Bun B, E-40 With "Candy Paint"

    Marco TorresE-40 on the set of "Candy Paint"​(phone rings) "What's up, this is Boom... Sure, I can do Boston... It's gonna cost ya." (click) The acclaimed music-video director and filmmaker Nahala Johnson, better known as Mr. Boomtown, sits inside of a Midtown bar one night last week, drink ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Kraft Singles, Not Cool-Whip, On Pie

    ​It's not unusual for me to get distracted by food and drink in movies. While viewing The King's Speech, for example, I kept wondering what flavor tea everyone was drinking and whether the Duke of York (Collin Firth) preferred milk or cream. And when I saw Jurassic Park, I started craving cak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Big Fetish Fair Headed To Houston

    May I believe in the Texans again, mistress?​Houstonians are deeply into S&M, if you're just judging by the behavoir of the city's sports fans, who eagerly pay to be humiliated, tortured and teased time and time again.So we guess it's only natural that the Fetish Fair Fleamarket, a big Boston- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Forbes Says Houston Is The Best City For Young Professionals, So It Must Be, Right?

    Better than Boston or San Francisco!​The online Forbes empire never tires of putting together lists that rank American cities in any number of categories, all in the vain hope that media in the city named number one will write about -- DAMN! Fell for it again!!Okay, we'll give them an item, since ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2010

    SXSW Aftermath: A Night Of Ecstatic Peace, White Mice And Courtney Love Singing The Blues

    Photos by Craig HlavatyBlack Helicopter​Rocks Off Jr.'s fourth night of SXSW frolicking starting off groggily as we woke from a well-needed nap after what has seemed like a month now pounding the pavements of Austin, seeking out new music from club to club like soldiers kicking in doors in Iraq lo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2010

    The Boondock Saints 10th Anniversary

    A decade later, the blood splatters just fine

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    January 14, 2010

    Rhapsody in Blue

    The Houston Symphony welcomes guest pianist Kirill Gerstein as it tackles an American classic

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Monkeys Eating Jell-O: The 5 Cutest Animal Mealtime Videos

    Tooling around on the Internet the other day as we are wont to do when there's nothing on TV and it's horribly drizzly outside, we stumbled across something that brightened our entire day (granted, that's pretty easy to do -- we're easily amused here at Eating Our Words): Monkeys. Eating. Jell-O. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Listology: The American Heist Soundtracks Their Funerals

    ​ ​Of all the bands to emerge out of the Houston music puppy mill this year, none has been as steadfastly working class and punk rock as the American Heist. Rocks Off first spied the band opening up for Florida's Fake Problems in May. At the time they were still called Born Anchor, but a Seattle ... More >>

  • Music

    December 3, 2009

    KISS Off

    The makeup-clad rockers may be hilarious, but they're hardly metal.

  • Calendar

    September 3, 2009
  • Calendar

    August 6, 2009

    Ken Rogerson

    Web exclusive!

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Weekend Video Roundup: Beastie Boys and Aerosmith

    No, the Beastie Boys didn't play Houston over the weekend, and they won't be in the forseeable future either. No sooner had C3 Entertainment announced that the Boys would take the 8:15-9:30 p.m. spot on the Austin City Limits Music Festival's AMD stage Friday, October 2 - see the full schedule here ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2008

    Book Review: Dennis Lehane's The Given 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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2008

    Houston's Light Rail Not Good Enough For Baltimore

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2007

    Outtakes: Daryl Morey Could’ve Been a Contender…in Baseball

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2007

    High Steppin' in Rat City

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2007

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

    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 >>

  • Music

    July 12, 2007

    Godsmack

    Godsmack performs Tuesday, July 17, at Verizon Wireless Theater, 520 Texas, 713-230-1600.

  • Music

    September 28, 2006

    Hatebreed

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

  • Music

    July 13, 2006

    Porterdavis

    Friday, July 14, at the Mojo Risin' Coffee House, 1600 Shepherd. Call 713-426-1505 for more info

  • Music

    May 4, 2006

    Sunburned Hand of the Man

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

  • Calendar

    April 27, 2006

    Raise the Ruthie

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

  • Film

    March 9, 2006

    Thugs and Kisses

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

  • Music

    September 29, 2005

    The Unseen, with A Global Threat, Career Soldiers and Johnny Switchblade & the Blackouts

    Sunday, October 2, at the Meridian, 1503 Chartres, 713-225-1717.

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2005

    Ring It In

    The Houston Museum of Natural Science unveils one exhibit to rule them all

  • Music

    April 7, 2005

    Tiger Army, with Lost City Angels and the Unseen

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

  • Music

    January 20, 2005

    The School of Hard Yuks

    The Nightfly ventures into the sadomasochistic world of open-mike comedy nights

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2004

    Sampling Sonatas

    OrchestraX scratches out a performance with MystiQuintet

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Ice Rink

    Aerodrome

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003
  • Dining

    June 28, 2001

    Free Fire Zone

    The praise or blame lies with the diner at Fire + Ice

  • Music

    June 14, 2001

    World Class?

    Houston can't join the ranks of other cities until it has an anthem of its own

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    Celebrate Good Times

    The Bush inaugural is a wonderful, wonderful thing

  • Dining

    August 10, 2000

    Raising the Bar Too High

    Pâtisserie Descours sets itself up for failure with its lofty ambitions

  • Music

    January 28, 1999

    Internalizing the Blues

    Pâtisserie Descours sets itself up for failure with its lofty ambitions

  • Film

    December 31, 1998

    Year of Yearning

    The old were bold in an era of Hollywood mainstream misses

  • Calendar

    December 10, 1998

    Night & Day

    December 10 - 16, 1998

  • Music

    February 19, 1998

    Well Aware

    December 10 - 16, 1998

  • Film

    May 2, 1996

    Punchy Fun

    December 10 - 16, 1998

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