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Re: Wanted: Stoopid Christmas Fotos

Ten Great Rap Albums from 2006

This Just In: Rock the Bells Canceled

$13 at Cali Sandwich & Fast Food

$13 at Cali Sandwich & Fast Food

Houston Takes a Stand in the Frozen Yogurt Wars

Reverberations: Phenomenauts and Black Angels

Longhorns Party On, Burying Their Sorrows

Best Cheap Sandwich

Cali Sandwich

Payback Time?

Dick DeGuerin beat the IRS. Now there's a bigger war over basic rights.

Big Sandy and his Boys

Dick DeGuerin beat the IRS. Now there's a bigger war over basic rights.

Dish

Dick DeGuerin beat the IRS. Now there's a bigger war over basic rights.

Cali Sandwiches

Big hugs, tasty poor boys and durian -- if you dare

News of the Weird

Big hugs, tasty poor boys and durian -- if you dare

Grave Matters

The MFAH gives life to a provocative exhibition of Latin American art

Pennywise

From the Ashes (Epitaph)

“Another Shocking Psychological Thriller,” “Sunburn,” “Light Always in Plural”

Three high-concept shows at the Houston Center for Photography engage both the mind and eye

California Guitar Trio

Musican threesome go bohemian

Fit or Fat, Houston?

Musican threesome go bohemian

Letters to the Editor

Letters

Goy Gevalt

In Her Shoes is pretty but useless, a Prada with a broken heel

Best Art Gallery

In Her Shoes is pretty but useless, a Prada with a broken heel

Best Magazine on Texas Surfing

In Her Shoes is pretty but useless, a Prada with a broken heel

Playbill

In Her Shoes is pretty but useless, a Prada with a broken heel

Playbill

In Her Shoes is pretty but useless, a Prada with a broken heel

Capsule Reviews

A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

Capsule Reviews

A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions

Rappin' Up Gifts

A lucky seven underground hip-hop releases to slip into Christmas stockings this year

The Fire Next Time

Nobody knows what AFI's next album will sound like, least of all the band members

Blowin' Smoke

Biker Boyz is furious, but it ain't fast, which is a real drag

The Terminator

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Montrose Does Its Part To Protest California's Prop 8 Decision

Photo by Melanie PangAfter waiting in anticipation to hold either a party or a protest, the LGBT community can take another collective exasperated sigh. It's back to the grind after Tuesday's California Supreme Court ruled to uphold Proposition 8, but also maintain the validity of approximately 18, ... More >>

$7 at Cali Sandwich

Photos by Blake WhitakerWhere: Cali Sandwich What $7 gets you: Delicious Vietnamese sandwiches, and then some. For seven bucks, you can purchase some greasy burger-joint fare, which is similar to methadone in its ability to induce sickly listlessness and regret. Or, if you're near Midtown, you can ... More >>

The Distillery: Rancid's Let the Dominoes Fall

What it do, Rancid? What's crackin', formerly crusty-punk rude boys? Been a long time since we last hang, bros. When Dan Zeller lent me Let's Go during senior year of high school, I knew y'all were onto something special: three-billy-goats-gruff sung scrabbling punk anthems and routs with just a hin ... More >>

Death Of A Ladies' Man: R.I.P., Deano

Photo courtesy Houston ZooDeano, 26, with Cali, 5: That's what I love about these high school seals, man. I get older, they stay the same age. ​ The Animal God giveth, and the Animal God taketh away.Not long after the birth of the World's Cutest Giraffe, an old soul has left the Houston Zoo: Deano ... More >>

Top 5 Spots to Stay Away From: UH Area

Ferran.​A lot of great places to eat have sprung up around UH campus lately. This article, however, is not about those places. Below is our top 5 spots to stay away from. Bon appetit!

Desperately Seeking Sandwiches

With Givral's temporarily out of commission, Houstonians scramble to get their banh mi thit fix

Food Fight: Battle Banh Mi

Cali.​Blame it on the Nom Nom kids from Great Food Truck Race--all those recaps left me with a serious craving for banh mi, the sandwich I basically subsisted on in college. When I discovered that the friend who had been DVRing the show for me had never tried a banh mi, I knew what this week' ... More >>

First Look at J'Ouvert

The restaurant also happens to have wicked awesome to-go containers. It's the little things...​J'Ouvert is a huge holiday in the eastern Caribbean, celebrated from Trinidad to the Dominican Republic, that precedes Carnival each year. It's also a brand-new Caribbean restaurant that just opened ... More >>

Wu-Tang Clan's Best Pop-Culture References

​Rocks Off can't rightfully remember the last time the whole Wu-Tang Clan was ever in Houston, if they ever have been. For some reason, we keep wanting to think they came once with Rage Against The Machine around 1997. In 2007, they came to Dallas on the Rock The Bells summer tour with Nas, Ta ... More >>

Rap-A-Lot's Prince Wants To Reunite Cash Money Family

​If you thought Rap-a-Lot had a solid outing last year with Pimp C's posthumous debut and Bun B's perfect Source score for Trill OG, wait till you see what J. Prince has lined up for 2011. The Houston label's Commander-in-Chief spoke to TheSource.com about his plans for the year. You can exp ... More >>

He's Only a Perv

Court rules video voyeur not a child pornographer

The 2011 BET Awards, Or The Vindication Of Chris Brown

​6:58: High-five to the Houston Press for flying us out to Los Angeles to cover the BET Awards. Cool move. Thus far, it's been extra fun. We ran into Kobe and, um, saw some people filming a movie, and... uh... there were some angels or something, and... there... there was... eh, shit. We're n ... More >>

CMJ Spotlight Shines On Houston Rapper Nosaprise

Mark C. Austin​Here's a cool bit of news for your holiday enjoyment. Today CMJ singles out Houston rapper Nosaprise in its "Sonicbids Spotlight" segment, and takes the first steps toward discovering there's a lot more to Space City hip-hop these days than just chopped and screwed. "His rhymes ... More >>

Muhammadali Seeking Funds For Ride To Awesome Fest

​Muhammadali needs a magic tour bus... not just to pick up school children and drive them around "inside the human body," they're also trying to get to a DIY punk festival called Awesome Fest 5 in San Diego. There will be a big benefit show with free food to raise money for the guys' prospect ... More >>

Saturday Night: Dom Kennedy At Warehouse Live

Photos by Charne Graham​Dom Kennedy, Doughbeezy Warehouse Live Studio September 10, 2011 Saturday night, Aftermath was engulfed in clouds of marijuana smoke as we entered Warehouse Live for Dom Kennedy's show, part of the Cali native's "Scoremore Texas Tour" that had already stopped in Dallas ... More >>

Marcus Manchild Loves Scottsdale

Houston rapper Marcus Manchild and his label partners at AMG (Authentik Music Group), George, Chad and Nate, are currently traveling the country as part of the Smoker's Club Tour, headlined by Method Man, Curren$y and Big K.R.I.T. The Smoker's Club tour comes to Warehouse Live November 11, and Marcu ... More >>

Marcus Manchild Reporting via Text from Magic City

Houston rapper Marcus Manchild and his label partners at AMG (Authentik Music Group), George, Chad and Nate, are currently traveling the country as part of the Smoker's Club Tour, headlined by Method Man, Curren$y and Big K.R.I.T. The Smoker's Club tour was at Warehouse Live November 11 (read the re ... More >>

Bastards, Thugs & Hoggs: This Week In Houston Rap Videos

​Ah, rappers and music videos. Some are vehicles for self-promotion, others are tools used to promote a message, a gaggle of asses or some good ol' wholesome debauchery. In the case of the Houston rap class, music videos are always eye opening glimpses into the future, either telling what a ta ... More >>

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Our 100 favorite dishes in Houston.