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Tonight and Friday: Eric Idle with the Houston Symphony

Press Picks

Living by the Numbers

Breaking the Code delves into the mathematics of the human heart

Not F--ing Guilty!

Profanity has its day in court, and emerges triumphant

Press Picks

Profanity has its day in court, and emerges triumphant

Adding It All Up

What does it really mean to pass the TAAS?

Rants About Stuff

A Bevy of Bad News

Penal Violations

Texas prisons say they can’t allow condoms because they don’t allow sex. So they don’t need condoms. They just need $12 million a year to treat all the HIV-positive prisoners.

Ready to Rumble

The Astros are on baseball's biggest stage, needing a comeback

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The Astros are on baseball's biggest stage, needing a comeback

Westside Connection

Terrorist Threats (Capitol)

Sexual Healing

In Laurel Canyon, a little erotic temptation proves good for the soul

At What Price?

Plus: So-So What, Right with Wong, Love Lessons

Culture Shock

An East Coast company launches an "improvisational grill" that merrily swipes cooking methods from other countries

American Dream

Just a man and his guitar, Martin Sexton covers a lot of ground live

Capsule Stage Reviews: Brief Encounter, Orphans, Rock 'N' Roll

Just a man and his guitar, Martin Sexton covers a lot of ground live

Departing From IAH: A Journey Back To World War II

Photo courtesy 95thbg.orgClyde Gilmore flew 21 combat missions as a radio gunner in World War II. During one, his plane lost two engines over the target and crash-landed in Brussels. The army sent a B-24 to pick him up.   For Gilmore and other members of his 95th Bomb Group, time between missio ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Dangerous Corner, Miss Firecracker Contest, Rock 'N' Roll

Photo courtesy 95thbg.orgClyde Gilmore flew 21 combat missions as a radio gunner in World War II. During one, his plane lost two engines over the target and crash-landed in Brussels. The army sent a B-24 to pick him up.   For Gilmore and other members of his 95th Bomb Group, time between missio ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Awake and Sing!, Antigone, Dangerous Corner, Rock 'N' Roll, The Third Side

Photo courtesy 95thbg.orgClyde Gilmore flew 21 combat missions as a radio gunner in World War II. During one, his plane lost two engines over the target and crash-landed in Brussels. The army sent a B-24 to pick him up.   For Gilmore and other members of his 95th Bomb Group, time between missio ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Antigone, Awake and Sing!, Rock 'N' Roll, The Third Side

Photo courtesy 95thbg.orgClyde Gilmore flew 21 combat missions as a radio gunner in World War II. During one, his plane lost two engines over the target and crash-landed in Brussels. The army sent a B-24 to pick him up.   For Gilmore and other members of his 95th Bomb Group, time between missio ... More >>

KTRH Listeners Speak Out, Inanely

​If you've been listening to Rush, Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity, you know that President Obama has called every single police officer in the nation "stupid," and that he has absolutely no respect for them.It's not because he's black, it's because....he's not Republican?We're not sure. Sometime it's ... More >>

Townie Made Good

Ben Affleck as a conflicted bank robber

Arianna Huffington: Saving The Middle Class One Book At A Time

Hero of the middle class​Last night, a full house at Wortham Center applauded her criticisms of government and laughed at her self-deprecating humor. They loved her support of the middle class and her accusations that the media is failing to tell the right stories. Arianna Huffington was a hit.And ... More >>

Alley Theatre: Rock ‘n’ Roll

Groove to the rhythm of Stoppard’s big ideas

Life on Narnia

An ailing franchise gets another chance.

Syd Barrett: The Man, The Madness, The Music

​A Very Irregular Head: The Life of Syd Barrett By Rob Chapman Da Capo Press, 480 pp., $28. Even the casual Pink Floyd fan knows all there is to know about Syd Barrett, right? Manchild cult-figure forms the band, takes too much LSD, fries his brain out, is left to drift away, then spends near ... More >>

Sorry, Aggies: College Station Gets a "D"

Kazan is gonna be pissed.​Aggies may love their College Station, but the Daily Beast doesn't: The national Web site gives the city a "D" in its rankings of America's smartest college towns. College Station, you're no Cambridge or Berkeley. On the bright side, you're not South Bend, either: Th ... More >>

In The Flesh: 10 Semi-Obscure Facts About Pink Floyd

​(Cue heartbeat sound effect) This week we turn our fact-finding spotlight on of the most successful cosmic rock bands of all time, Pink Floyd. The band is going through another period of rediscovery by fans young and old with a new set of remastered reissues, along with last year's extremely ... More >>