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Slackfest '09

Five Spot: New Videos from Bushwick, Chamillionaire, Trae; A Classic from Big Mello

Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. It's five videos and occasional cussing. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Several key artists in Houston released new videos this week. However, before ... More >>

Last Call for Art: Graffiti & Teen Angst

​Saturday is the last day to see "Pieced Together, All Texas Graffiti Show" over at Aerosol Warfare Gallery & Boutique. The first traveling graffiti art exhibit to make its way around the state, "Pieced Together" features works by Austin's Sloke (who curated), San Antonio's Enks, and Houston's ... More >>

No Reservations: Outer Boroughs

Photo by duluoz_cats​Regretting having spent almost his entire life in Manhattan with nary a trip to the four outer boroughs, Anthony Bourdain took on the robust culinary scenes of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island in this week's episode of No Reservations. It seemed like a familia ... More >>

For Ramadan: Five Movie Muslims

Ramadan is a time of reflection and prayer for the world's Muslim population. It is meant to teach them patience and self-restraint, and to bring them closer to Allah. We at Hair Balls know little of patience, and have never been good at self-restraint, but we're nothing if not equal-opportunity i ... More >>

Comings and Goings

​Because so little went on by way of restaurant openings or closings and so much went on by way of personnel changes at some of Houston's most high-profile restaurants, we're shifting focus this week. First up is the news that Robert Gadsby, the executive chef and co-owner of upscale Heights ... More >>

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​Because so little went on by way of restaurant openings or closings and so much went on by way of personnel changes at some of Houston's most high-profile restaurants, we're shifting focus this week. First up is the news that Robert Gadsby, the executive chef and co-owner of upscale Heights ... More >>

Bayou Beat: B L A C K I E on Tour, Michael Jackson Tribute at Discovery Green, Ticket Deals and More

Above is some video from B L A C K I E's performance Monday night at New Orleans' Dragon's Den, the first show of his mini-tour. The feedback-loving local rapper visits Baltimore Friday and Brooklyn's Afro!!Punk!!Fest!! Sunday. Rocks Off has heard through the proverbial grapevine that there's a Mic ... More >>

Five Spot: Hangin' With the Geto Boys (Almost)

If we had to rank the three most disappointing things not to happen in our lives, it would be these. We have never: 1. Dunked a basketball on a regulation goal. We play basketball, in some form or fashion, at least five times a week. Frankly, we love it. Yet apparently we did something so horribly a ... More >>

Swine Flu Death In Mystery Hospital

Photo by The Pug FatherThe first case of a death from swine flu has been reported -- and it's here in Houston.Of course, it's not exactly a Houstonian who, say, was attending an elementary school in HISD. It was an infant, born in Mexico, who got sick in Brownsville and was transported to Houston an ... More >>

Chairlift

Photo by The Pug FatherThe first case of a death from swine flu has been reported -- and it's here in Houston.Of course, it's not exactly a Houstonian who, say, was attending an elementary school in HISD. It was an infant, born in Mexico, who got sick in Brownsville and was transported to Houston an ... More >>

Solange Knowles Shaken by Tour Bus-Deer Accident

Courtesy Houston Livestock Show and RodeoTurns out Solange Knowles had a pretty legit reason for being off her game at last Friday's rodeo concert: While she and her band were en route from Austin, their tour bus plowed headlong into a colony of deer. Solange is one of the most prolific Twitt ... More >>

All Grimaldi's Pizzas Are Not Created Equal

A coal-fired pizza oven operates at extremely high temperatures. It cooks the pizza very quickly and gives it a slightly smoky flavor. If you make a pizza crust of an average thickness, the hot floor of the brick oven will char the bottom of the crust by the time the pizza is completely cooked. C ... More >>

Pizza Comparison: Part One--Original Brooklyn Grimaldi's

Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, a New York food writer asked me, "Is the Grimaldi's in Houston as good as the Grimaldi's in Brooklyn, or did they just license the name?" I told her that was the very question we were on our way to answering. It was also a great excuse to go to the original Pat ... More >>

Grimaldi's Pizzeria Now Open in Sugarland

The long awaited Grimaldi's coal oven pizza location in Sugarland's First Colony mall has finally opened. Grimaldi's original location in Brooklyn's trendy DUMBO (down under the Manhattan Bridge overpass) neighborhood is legendary for its coal oven crust and fresh mozzarella cheese topping. The Br ... More >>

Dave Wrangler Mauls Animal Collective, Stands Up Ludacris

Houston mash-up master Dave Wrangler recently remixed Animal Collective's "My Girls," from the Brooklyn buzzmongers' brand-new Merriweather Post Pavilion, for German Web site Byte.fm. It's something of a hit - "Since I put it out, I've had numerous inquiries for DJ bookings all over the country ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Special Bikini Edition

Houston mash-up master Dave Wrangler recently remixed Animal Collective's "My Girls," from the Brooklyn buzzmongers' brand-new Merriweather Post Pavilion, for German Web site Byte.fm. It's something of a hit - "Since I put it out, I've had numerous inquiries for DJ bookings all over the country ... More >>

News Chopper Crash Shows The Dangers

Houston mash-up master Dave Wrangler recently remixed Animal Collective's "My Girls," from the Brooklyn buzzmongers' brand-new Merriweather Post Pavilion, for German Web site Byte.fm. It's something of a hit - "Since I put it out, I've had numerous inquiries for DJ bookings all over the country ... More >>

Tonight: Android Lust at Meridian

Houston mash-up master Dave Wrangler recently remixed Animal Collective's "My Girls," from the Brooklyn buzzmongers' brand-new Merriweather Post Pavilion, for German Web site Byte.fm. It's something of a hit - "Since I put it out, I've had numerous inquiries for DJ bookings all over the country ... More >>

Single File

Houston mash-up master Dave Wrangler recently remixed Animal Collective's "My Girls," from the Brooklyn buzzmongers' brand-new Merriweather Post Pavilion, for German Web site Byte.fm. It's something of a hit - "Since I put it out, I've had numerous inquiries for DJ bookings all over the country ... More >>

The Hold Steady: Stay Positive

Houston mash-up master Dave Wrangler recently remixed Animal Collective's "My Girls," from the Brooklyn buzzmongers' brand-new Merriweather Post Pavilion, for German Web site Byte.fm. It's something of a hit - "Since I put it out, I've had numerous inquiries for DJ bookings all over the country ... More >>

Cheap Sex and the City: The Movie

Despite the labels and levity, it's a poor-woman's knockoff

Weekend Music: No Money, No Problem

Despite the labels and levity, it's a poor-woman's knockoff

$13 at Baby Barnaby’s Cafe on Fairview

Despite the labels and levity, it's a poor-woman's knockoff

MGMT, Yeasayer

Despite the labels and levity, it's a poor-woman's knockoff

Animal Collective, Strawberry Jam

CD Review

Parts & Labor, with Sharks and Sailors

Wednesday, July 11, at the Proletariat, 903 Richmond, 713-523-1199.

Live Shots: DJ Eleven

Wednesday, July 11, at the Proletariat, 903 Richmond, 713-523-1199.

A Look at SXSW Band Names

From Steaming Wolf Penis to Holy Shit!

Free the Sabbath in the Park 20!

From Steaming Wolf Penis to Holy Shit!

Parts and Labor

Parts and Labor appear Saturday, December 2, at The Proletariat, 903 Richmond, 713-523-1199. Skullening and UME also appear.

The Harder They Come

The subversive mainstream friendliness of Shortbus

This Dogg's Got Bite

The subversive mainstream friendliness of Shortbus

Get Down with Dave

Chappelle returns with a raucous Block Party

Oneida, with Ume and the Jonx

Friday, August 12, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh Drive, 713-521-0521.

Local Rotation

Friday, August 12, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh Drive, 713-521-0521.

Back to School

Big Daddy Kane and friends revisit the era of the flattop

NYC Re-Nu-al

The Strokes started it, but now stellastarr* and other artsier bands are washing their own scum off the streets

Upside-Down Frown

Hills Snyder makes unsettling statements with the smiley face

Les Savy Fav, with 764-HERO and Swearing at Motorists

Thursday, May 2

Raw Roots

Excavations for plantation artifacts - and the real truth - are unraveling the genteel gloss covering Texans' old notions about the slave era here

Bad Dog

A slip-and-fall case bites James Coney Island in the butt

Press Picks

A slip-and-fall case bites James Coney Island in the butt

Dish

A slip-and-fall case bites James Coney Island in the butt

The Insider

A slip-and-fall case bites James Coney Island in the butt

In Tune

A slip-and-fall case bites James Coney Island in the butt

Got On the Bus

Zocalo Theater takes its act on the long and winding road

Post-Christmas Clearance

John Frusciante and Hildegard von Bingen never went to Festus, Missouri

Rotation

John Frusciante and Hildegard von Bingen never went to Festus, Missouri

Pretty Ugly

Brooklyn's Barkmarket tries to hack off every oppressively prettified, mass-market notion of music