It's shtick and explosions for the great Robert Downey, Jr.
From cash-hungry strippers to protesters dressed as vaginas.
A new minor league baseball team, a new amusement park, the urban wilderness of Buffalo Bayou, food, concerts and plays — Houston, prepare to get your summer on.
The Russian artists of "Perestroika" turn the past into something new.
Bass players, I know I spend a lot of time making fun of you, though of course you may not realize it because, well, you're bass players and the Internet hasn't evolved to the point where I can easily use puppets to explain my points. All kidding aside, I want you to know that your presence in the w ... More >>
Controlling negative publicity is tough business in the modern world. Virtually everything is caught on tape -- good and bad -- and the Internet provides the ideal place for opposition. From anonymous commenters to bloggers to people on social networking sites, it is impossible to prevent negative c ... More >>
Bass giant Stanley Clarke reflects on Return to Forever, Bitches Brew, and the importance of being prepared.
Recently, Houston's patriotism has been questioned by Stephen Colbert, who took us to task for our fireworks ban, and Men's Health magazine, who ranked us the 89th most patriotic city. Houston was beat by Austin (21), Dallas (60), and San Antonio (78). Well! We can't stand for that. We're unable to ... More >>
Spencer on the Go.It was really fun to hear Tyler say "Nom Nom truck" four times in a row as they spliced together each winner announcement from the last four weeks. This week, the trucks find themselves in a town of 5,000 people... "quaint, cute" (according to Tyler) Jonesborough, Tennessee. ... More >>
The school board president and wife splitA divorce decree is expected to be issued tomorrow morning for Greg Meyers, president of the Houston ISD school board and his wife Sandie Meyers, a Houston Community College trustee, after more than 20 years of marriage."It's an unfortunate situation," Gre ... More >>
Tim Urban's only legitimate appeal comes from his abs: the real reason teen girls are voting for him en masse.If I did have a tumor, I'd name it Tim. Tim. The scratch on the roof of your mouth that would heal if you could stop tonguing it, but you can't. I'll get back to him a minute. Th ... More >>
Tim Urban's only legitimate appeal comes from his abs: the real reason teen girls are voting for him en masse.If I did have a tumor, I'd name it Tim. Tim. The scratch on the roof of your mouth that would heal if you could stop tonguing it, but you can't. I'll get back to him a minute. Th ... More >>
American hero Matt Damon and his WMD of a movie Green Zone confirm the big lie, Hollywood-style.
Can't find a match on Match.com? Can't get it in tune on eHarmony? Desperate for a young hottie, but not exactly a catch yourself and unable to fly to Russia for a mail order bride? We've got a dating sight for you: Jailbabes.Jailbabes is just like any other dating site, except all of the women ... More >>
Photo courtesy Houston Independent Media CenterJust before noon on Saturday some 50 protesters, including members of Houston's Students for a Democratic Society, gathered at the T. Don Hutto Family Detention Center outside Taylor, Texas, a holding facility for families of undocumented immigrants tha ... More >>
Amid flailing swords and flying shields, these modern-day knights fight on
Just by talking to Millennium Energy Ventures, you could become a listed client
They'll scare the crap out of you
Showbiz noir investigates TV Superman's real-life tragedy
A South By Southwest diary
A scorched-earth management philosophy is sucking the life out of our region's wetlands
Former Richmond Strip denizen Sheila Marshall makes it all the way to Music City
The Chron loves another convention
15 years later, Frank Miller once more dons Batman's cape and cowl
A historic Hill Country road brought Texans to the Blanco. Then came John O'Quinn.
Ranch Rescue's Jack Foote swears he just wants to mend fences. Is pseudomilitary secrecy, right-wing rhetoric and an armed vigilante militia the best way?
What's left for a dog to do in this high-tech world?
Old cemeteries rarely die. They just get buried under weeds, development and indifference.
The Remains of Tom Lehrer
Archiving Houston's queer history, one T-shirt at a time
Comic-book characters remain two-dimensional in the special effects-laden X-Men
A&M's pet project spawns a company to mix DNA with possible IPOs
From the week of February 03, 2000
The gunman moved methodically, killing cowering churchgoers, before one of them stood up for the final confrontation. Then came the last shot.
Cornell Hurd finally finds his musical niche
And other lessons for the Sharpstown All-Stars
Writer James Schefter
Sandwiches and sociability atthe Big Time Cafe
Roland Garcia has the political backing to be the U.S. Attorney for South Texas. He also has a brother imprisoned for murder and drug trafficking -- a fact he somehow forgot to tell his congressional sponsors. That may not be enough to disqualify him, but
For more than 70 years, Milby High School has educated working class kids from the East End. In the early 1960s, I was one of them. I recently went back to Milby to see not what had changed, but what, if anything, remained.
In Mars Attacks!, Tim Burton turns his ray gun on everything in sight
Director Boaz Yakin gives a Fresh twist to tales of the drug trade
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