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    February 21, 2012

    Joel Osteen & Lakewood Mostly Win Copyright Suit Filed by Indie Duo

    A federal judge has ruled in favor of Lakewood Church and Joel Osteen, dismissing many of the copyright claims filed against them by an indie-music duo who said the church using their music would alienate their listeners. Richard Cupolo and John Emanuele, who perform as The American Dollar, had sai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Top Chef: Texas Is Now Set in Canada, Because Why Not

    ​This week's episode of Top Chef: Texas has left Texas entirely, never to return (at least for this season). It has, instead, gone to almost literally the polar opposite of Texas: British Columbia, Canada. On Top Chef: Texas. Which was funded with $400,000 of our tax dollars (much more if you coun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Top 5 Guns N' Roses Riots

    More literal than metaphorical.​"The World's Most Dangerous Band." That was the tag applied to Guns N' Roses in their late '80s heyday, and though the smacked-out bad boys of Appetite for Destruction have largely mellowed into comfortable, safe middle age, Axl's crew can still lay a claim as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    For Vancouver: The Top 10 Sports Riots

    twitpic/Chris WaltsNot bad, Vancouver, but you got some work to do​Oh, behave, Vancouver. Last night, a number of poor sports, distraught by the Canucks' loss to the Boston Bruins in game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals, went all kung fu on the British Columbia city. By past standards, Van ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2011

    Expanding Class Size

    Readers discuss "The Whipping Boy."

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    SXSW 2011 Still Untainted By Houston Artists

    listenlisten: Not playing SXSW 2011... yet.​Rocks Off just got the latest list of names for next year's SXSW conference and festival in Austin, and just like the last time, the conference remains unsullied by any performers from Houston's filthy, rotten, disgusting, in-need-of-quarantine music ... More >>

  • Music

    November 25, 2010

    Alex Cuba

    listenlisten: Not playing SXSW 2011... yet.​Rocks Off just got the latest list of names for next year's SXSW conference and festival in Austin, and just like the last time, the conference remains unsullied by any performers from Houston's filthy, rotten, disgusting, in-need-of-quarantine music ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Dana Durnford Fights To Give Indie Artists A Chance On YouTube

    ​From a hospital bed in British Columbia, one man is fighting as hard as he can to open the doors for independent musicians to go viral on YouTube. Eleven years ago, Dana Durnford woke up in a hyperbaric chamber after a commercial diving accident, and has lived the rest of his life in a whee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Aeros Would Like To Start Making Plans, But The AHL Doesn't Have A Schedule Yet

    LeBron, causing trouble again​The Houston Aeros know who they'll be playing this season. They know the date of their home opener, and they know the dates of five other home games. What they don't actually have yet, as the start of the AHL regular season draws close, is an actual schedule, and with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Todd Buchanan: Jumping At The Bit to Coach UH Women's Hoops

    He just cannot wait​Meet new Houston Cougars' women's basketball coach Todd Buchanan. He's an excitable guy. He talks fast, in run-on sentences. He goes off on tangents, but always returns to the point of the question. He's got a tight handshake, and he calls you by your first name.He's the kid in ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 18, 2010

    UCLA Film & Television Archive's Festival of Preservation: Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

    From drag queens to the Kwakwaka'wakw nation, this weekend's screenings glimpse other people's lives

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Aeros' Power Play Rises From The Dead, As Do Their Playoff Hopes

    ​The Houston Aeros come into tonight's game against the Chicago Wolves with 34 games remaining in the season. The Aeros, with a record of 22-17-6-1 (51 points), still sit on the edge of the playoff race, and if they're going to stand any realistic chance of making the postseason, then winning to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2009

    Life On The Rodeo Road: Don't Trust Canadian Doctors With Your Credit Card

    Photo by Paul KnightName: Zach DishmanAge: 26Hometown: BeaumontEvent: Bareback RidingI got into rodeo because my dad rodeoed, and his dad college-rodeoed at Texas A&M. I started getting on calves when I was real young, and at ten years old I was going to youth rodeos. By the time I got in high s ... More >>

  • News

    March 12, 2009

    U.S. Military Deserters Once Again Flock to Canada to Avoid War

    Looks like this time they picked the wrong country.

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2008

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: Tim McGraw Takes On His Label

    Looks like this time they picked the wrong country.

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2008

    Batman: The Dark Knight, Explained

    Looks like this time they picked the wrong country.

  • Music

    June 5, 2008
  • Calendar

    August 3, 2006

    Something Phishy

    The Only One

  • Calendar

    March 2, 2006

    Cedric's tha Bomb

    The Only One

  • Music

    February 9, 2006

    Drugged and Disorderly

    The Hold Steady keeps it cinematic

  • Film

    December 15, 2005

    Homo on the Range

    Ledger and Gyllenhaal are cowboys in love in Ang Lee's wrenching Brokeback Mountain

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    Letters

    Ledger and Gyllenhaal are cowboys in love in Ang Lee's wrenching Brokeback Mountain

  • Music

    July 15, 2004

    Playbill

    Ledger and Gyllenhaal are cowboys in love in Ang Lee's wrenching Brokeback Mountain

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Lineup Change

    The pressure is on the Chron's sports columnists

  • Music

    October 23, 2003

    Lillix Fair

    Life on a major label is no carnival for teenage sisters Lacey-Lee and Tasha-Ray Evin

  • Film

    January 30, 2003

    Dead Again

    There's fresh meat for the reaper in Final Destination 2

  • Music

    December 12, 2002

    Rap Avengers

    Damage Control brings hip-hop back to Pacifica

  • Music

    August 1, 2002

    The Last Picture Show

    Now playing At the Drive-In: The Rise of Sparta

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Amnesia

    Phillip Lopate

  • News

    July 27, 2000

    How Green Is My Building?

    UT's "environmentally sustainable" project just kept outgrowing its budget

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    News of the Weird

    UT's "environmentally sustainable" project just kept outgrowing its budget

  • Music

    December 16, 1999

    Remembering Doug Sahm

    The Texas Tornado is gone, but not forgotten

  • News

    October 7, 1999

    Double Image

    Does selling George W. Bush mean Mark McKinnon has sold out?

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Does selling George W. Bush mean Mark McKinnon has sold out?

  • Music

    July 22, 1999

    North and South

    Tranquil Canada flavors San Antonian Doug Sahm's rustic music

  • News

    June 3, 1999

    Searching for a Cello

    In school, Des Hoebig learned to play an instrument. Now, out in the shady world of big-money dealers, he's learning to buy one.

  • Music

    October 1, 1998

    Rotation

    In school, Des Hoebig learned to play an instrument. Now, out in the shady world of big-money dealers, he's learning to buy one.

  • Articles

    September 24, 1998

    News of the Weird

    In school, Des Hoebig learned to play an instrument. Now, out in the shady world of big-money dealers, he's learning to buy one.

  • Film

    December 25, 1997

    Paying the Piper

    Atom Egoyan asks who's to blame for a tragedy. But he offers no answers.

  • Music

    December 25, 1997

    Canadian Born, but Texas Proud

    Fred Eaglesmith descends from the Great White North with a unique American vision

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    Letters

    Fred Eaglesmith descends from the Great White North with a unique American vision

  • Music

    June 20, 1996

    Prankster Punk

    Chixdiggit make a mockery of everyone -- including themselves

  • Dining

    March 14, 1996

    Meat the Moose

    Bill Sadler's latest enterprise smokes its way to success

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