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  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Late Night Scene: Gotham Pizza

    ​There's a scene in an early Sex and the City episode (yeah, I went there) where a guy frequents a particular restaurant with a girl he's embarrassed to date because he knows no one will see them there. If anyone could use a similar place in Houston for a late weekend bite, look no further tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Free Press Houston Announces Westheimer Block Party Lineup

    ​Our friends and neighbors at Free Press Houston just posted the lineup for the next Westheimer Block Party, November 14 and 15 on lower Westheimer. Rumors it's soon to become the Washington Avenue Block Party in an attempt to coax some of those sweet, sweet yuppie ad dollars out of the Social, Pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    The H-Town Countdown, No. 16: Bushwick Bill's Little Big Man

    Roughly 84,000 rap albums that have been released in Houston since 1989. We're counting down the 25 best of all time every Thursday. Got a problem with the list? Shove it. Just kidding. Friendship. Email it to sheaserrano@gmail.com. Bushwick Bill Little Big Man (Priority, 1992)​"Get to the house, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    I Wanna Be Your Dog (Or Cat): Fat Dogs, Happy Dogs, All-Knowing Cats

    "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe," Rutger Hauer says at the end of Blade Runner, a film which Hair Balls has never actually seen in its entirety, because we've fallen asleep during every attempt. But in looking through this week's batch of amazingly adoptable animals at the Bureau of An ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    ACL Fest Preview: School of Seven Bells and Prescott Curlywolf

    Amanda MertenSchool of Seven Bells​For the next three weeks, Rocks Off will be bringing you two or three short previews a day of artists playing the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Zilker Park October 2-4. That's right, ACL is 17 days away - where is this year going? (Same place as all the ot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Openings and Closings

    ​The big news this week is once again related to Bedford, the restaurant in the Heights that was up until very recently the home of heralded chef Robert Gadsby. A little birdie told us a few weeks back that Reef's executive chef and co-owner Bryan Caswell had big plans for the space, and they wer ... More >>

  • Music

    June 11, 2009

    Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest

    ​The big news this week is once again related to Bedford, the restaurant in the Heights that was up until very recently the home of heralded chef Robert Gadsby. A little birdie told us a few weeks back that Reef's executive chef and co-owner Bryan Caswell had big plans for the space, and they wer ... More >>

  • Music

    May 28, 2009

    Cordero: De Donde Eres

    ​The big news this week is once again related to Bedford, the restaurant in the Heights that was up until very recently the home of heralded chef Robert Gadsby. A little birdie told us a few weeks back that Reef's executive chef and co-owner Bryan Caswell had big plans for the space, and they wer ... More >>

  • Music

    May 7, 2009

    Dear Sy~3nc3

    ​The big news this week is once again related to Bedford, the restaurant in the Heights that was up until very recently the home of heralded chef Robert Gadsby. A little birdie told us a few weeks back that Reef's executive chef and co-owner Bryan Caswell had big plans for the space, and they wer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    It's Go Texan Day! Hope You Don't Have Any Out-Of-Town Friends Coming In

    Today, of course, is Go Texan Day, marking the opening of the rodeo.It's the day when secretaries all over downtown wear "western" blouses and skirts, adventurous guys sport bolo ties and cowboy hats, and the rest of us cringe.Longtime Houstonians know to never, ever schedule any friends to come vis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    Aftermath Extra: The Best Concerts of the Year, Part 7

    Jay-Z, House of Blues, October 16: "Jay-Z and his dozen-man band tore through the Brooklyn rapper's phone-book-thick catalog -- topped by the thunderstruck, 'Back in Black'-­borrowing "99 Problems" -- as Bun B, several Houston Texans (and Texans Cheerleaders) and the rest of the sold-out house ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    Top Ten Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed

    Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dry ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    Tonight: Wilderness at the Mink

    "(P)ablum," live in Brooklyn Anyone who thought Wilderness fell into a slump with Vessel States, the year-after follow-up to 2005's arresting self-titled debut, will be glad to hear that the cryptic Baltimore band has altered its approach somewhat on the new (k)no(w)here. Born as a sin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2008

    This Just In: The National at Rice University Tomorrow

    "(P)ablum," live in Brooklyn Anyone who thought Wilderness fell into a slump with Vessel States, the year-after follow-up to 2005's arresting self-titled debut, will be glad to hear that the cryptic Baltimore band has altered its approach somewhat on the new (k)no(w)here. Born as a sin ... More >>

  • Music

    June 26, 2008

    The Death Set, with Matt and Kim

    "(P)ablum," live in Brooklyn Anyone who thought Wilderness fell into a slump with Vessel States, the year-after follow-up to 2005's arresting self-titled debut, will be glad to hear that the cryptic Baltimore band has altered its approach somewhat on the new (k)no(w)here. Born as a sin ... More >>

  • Music

    June 19, 2008

    Foals: Antidotes

    "(P)ablum," live in Brooklyn Anyone who thought Wilderness fell into a slump with Vessel States, the year-after follow-up to 2005's arresting self-titled debut, will be glad to hear that the cryptic Baltimore band has altered its approach somewhat on the new (k)no(w)here. Born as a sin ... More >>

  • News

    April 10, 2008

    Chess Masters at UT-Brownsville

    An open-admissions university has become a national powerhouse in the collegiate game.

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2008

    SXSW: Carbon/Silicon, Ting Tings, Santogold, MGMT, The Cribs, White Rabbits, Supersuckers and Robyn

    An open-admissions university has become a national powerhouse in the collegiate game.

  • Music

    March 13, 2008

    Pistolera

    An open-admissions university has become a national powerhouse in the collegiate game.

  • Music

    February 7, 2008

    Kevin Devine, the Jealous Girlfriends

    An open-admissions university has become a national powerhouse in the collegiate game.

  • Music

    January 31, 2008

    Whodini, Big Daddy Kane, Kool Moe Dee, Willie D

    An open-admissions university has become a national powerhouse in the collegiate game.

  • Music

    August 30, 2007

    Who Played Ya?

    An Online Casting Call Seeks A New Biggie Smalls

  • Music

    August 16, 2007

    Ladybug Transistor

    concert preview

  • Culture

    June 28, 2007

    Opera Vista

    Opera Vista proves the fat lady lives with its inaugural program

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2006

    Rotation - The Walkmen

    Opera Vista proves the fat lady lives with its inaugural program

  • Music

    August 31, 2006

    The Damnwells

    Air Stereo

  • Culture

    July 27, 2006

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Music

    June 8, 2006

    We Are Scientists

    Thursday, June 8, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-225-LIVE

  • Music

    May 11, 2006

    The Essex Green, with I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness

    Thursday, May 11, at Walter's on Washington, 4215 Washington Avenue, 713-862-2513

  • Music

    April 20, 2006

    Merengue Mosh

    Introducing the punk-infused Latin rock of Cordero

  • Music

    March 16, 2006

    Nine Black Alps

    Tuesday, March 21, Walter's on Washington, 4215 Washington Avenue, 713-864-2727

  • Music

    August 11, 2005
  • Music

    April 14, 2005

    Fannypack

    See You Next Tuesday

  • Music

    March 17, 2005

    The Break-Up, with Clueless, Harris Newman and Swayback

    Sunday, March 20, at Super Happy Fun Land, 2610 Ashland, 713-880-2100.

  • Music

    February 3, 2005

    Mama's Got a Brand-New Bag

    Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings carry old-school funk into the new millennium

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Video Store

    Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings carry old-school funk into the new millennium

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings carry old-school funk into the new millennium

  • Music

    June 24, 2004

    !!!

    Louden Up Now (Touch and Go)

  • Music

    March 18, 2004
  • News

    February 19, 2004

    Race for the House

    Chris Bell finds it's lonely being white on this campaign trail

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    Without Warrant

    Some traffic court offenders find horror in their junk mail

  • Film

    October 10, 2002

    Son Set

    Disorganized crime turns boys into men in Knockaround Guys

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002
  • Music

    January 17, 2002

    David Morales

    Friday, January 18

  • News

    June 21, 2001

    The Bored Patrol

    Border Patrol agents in South Texas contend they are getting paid to stay put as illegal immigrants go around them. Is this how the much-hyped crackdown along the Rio Grande is supposed to work?

  • Culture

    August 24, 2000

    The Bit Player

    Vincent D'Onofrio may be the best actor of his generation, but who would notice?

  • Film

    April 6, 2000
  • News

    July 17, 1997
  • Film

    December 28, 1995

    The Year in Film

    Though not great, 1995 still produced some movies worth seeing (and reseeing)

  • Music

    September 14, 1995

    Critic's Choice

    All Bottled Up

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