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The Complete SXSW Overflow Festival 2013 Guide: Week 1, Part 1

With SXSW underway in Austin, Super Happy Fun Land is keeping Houston ears satisfied with its Overflow Festival 2013, a two-week lineup of up-and-coming music acts from all over the world. Below is a complete list of the rest of this week's performers. TUESDAY, MARCH 12 Ash Reiter: The San Franci ... More >>

Country Club Sopranos

American banks are on a massive crime spree. Obama and Romney hope you won’t notice.

The Tontons Premiere "Golden" Video, Announce Tour Dates

Today local indie-rockers The Tontons finally released their clip for "Golden" onto the world, with the clip written and directed by Tom Adams and the band's own Tom Nguyen at War'Hous off Main. In addition to premiering the video, they also announced new tour dates into early November, including ... More >>

Your Gonzo Guide to the Republican National Convention

From cash-hungry strippers to protesters dressed as vaginas.

Sarah Combs, 2 Others: Ran $27 Million "Black Market Peso" Money-Laundering Scheme, Feds Say

A Dickinson woman and two other people have been charge with running a $27 million "Black Market Peso Exchange" money-laundering scheme, federal prosecutors announced today. Sarah Combs, 48, appeared in court here today; Willie Whitehurst, 44, of Houston will be arraigned next week and Enrique Mor ... More >>

Football Is Back! Texans Preseason Week One: 4 Winners, 4 Losers

At this point in the season, it's more about effort than execution. We're all rusty, even the media. Hell, Saturday night alone one local sports anchor mistook Keshawn Martin being the rookie wide receiver who was suspended last year instead of DeVier Posey (tweets deleted), the Houston Chronicle ... More >>

BlackFinn's Average American

Midtown "grille" offers something for everyone.

They Were Kings for a Moment

The feds attack online poker, killing livelihoods and a $2.5 billion industry.

Marcus Manchild Finishes Out Tour in Style

Houston rapper Marcus Manchild and his label partners at AMG (Authentik Music Group), Wodie, George, Chad and Nate, just finished 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 ... More >>

Aaron Vaughn's Wedding Band: Navy SEAL Widow Asks Houston If You've Seen It

Kimberly Vaughn, a former Washington Redskins cheerleader who married a Navy SEAL who died in Afghanistan this summer, was visiting the Houston area this weekend before flying back home to DC. Somewhere along the way, she lost her husband's wedding band, which he had given her t owear while he was ... More >>

Houston Led Nation in Population Growth in Last Decade, Rice Finds

Rice U video No city in America grew more in population in the last decade than Houston, a Rice study said today. And if you don't believe it, they put out the slick video above to erase any doubt. Houston added 1,231,393 residents between 2000 and 2012, the study of census figures said; the next ... More >>

2011 NFL Draft -- Live Blog

I am not an NFL Draft expert. How's that for unbridled confidence? Right out of the shoot, in a live blog for the NFL Draft, a host of a sports talk show is admitting that he's not an expert at something sports related, let alone the thing at which he's about to live blog. If you're looking for l ... More >>

Andrew Luck and Jim Harbaugh -- What ISN'T Wrong With This Picture?

Andrew Luck pursues his architecture degree​As quarterback/head coach combinations go at the collegiate level, few have ever been as logical a fit and maximized that synergy like Houston's own Andrew Luck and Jim Harbaugh at Stanford in 2011. The head coach who on pure guts nearly willed th ... More >>

Brian Tuohy's The Fix Is In: Nothing In Sports Is As It Seems

OTOH, maybe the fix isn't in​As hard as it might be to believe, every Super Bowl since 1996 has been fixed. No, not fixed by gamblers or players trying to throw the game. But instead fixed by the NFL. Sure it sounds a bit far-fetched, but that's the allegation made by Brian Tuohy in his book, The ... More >>

One Local Winner Not Enough At "Superstar Soul Search" Contest

Photos by Kendra BerglundSaturday's "Superstar Soul Search" finalists wait to find out who will advance to the semifinals.​"The talent here was so strong, I couldn't decide on one (contestant) to pick," Andre Harrell said. "So I decided with the other judges to pick three." According to the p ... More >>

Lilith Fair's Top 5 Headline-Grabbing Moments

​Friday, while Rocks Off was enjoying a blissful if soggy day off, Lilith Fair canceled the final ten dates of this year's summer resurrection, including all three scheduled Texas stops. The news was hardly shocking: One headliner, Norah Jones, had already bailed, and The New York Times report ... More >>

Houston's Anne-Kathrine Ubberud Learns The Hard Way About Immigration Law

America, you will soon be free of this (we assume) terrorist​Ever-vigilant of illegal aliens taking over our state and country, Hair Balls jumped at the chance to look into the case of Anne-Kathrine Ubberud, a Norwegian citizen who will have to leave Houston Wednesday, after 17 years in the U.S.Ub ... More >>

Everybody Knows This Is Nashville: Runaway Sun Checks In From The Road

Photos by Andrew KarnavasASCAP's Music Row headquarters​ Rocks Off mentioned in Tuesday's installment of Magnolia City Mixtape that Runaway Sun lead singer Andrew Karnavas and Monica Danna, the band's publicist, are keeping track of their travels on Twitter as they make their way from New York Cit ... More >>

Game Time: The Horrible Turn Of The Texans' Owen Daniels

​(I want you all to watch in amazement while I introduce you to the literary technique known as the "shplegue". This stands for "shameless plug that turns into a segue." Watch and learn...)I'm not sure how many of you have seen the web-based tragicomedy Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, but this co ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Southern Rapture, The House of the Spirits, Night of the Giant, Seven Guitars

Capsule Stage Reviews: Southern Rapture, Night of the Giant, Oliver!, Seven Guitars

Stages Repertory Theatre: Southern Rapture

Stages presents the funny side of the culture war in Southern Rapture

Stages Announces Its 2009-10 Season

Stages Theatre, still basking in the success of its Grey Gardens production, has announced its 2009-10 season lineup.There are a bunch of productions that are "regional premieres" but, it must be said, nothing as headline-grabbing as the musical about the Beale sisters.But it's a solid series of pro ... More >>

Craig Newmark speaks at victim's memorial in wake of Craigslist killings.

You Want a Piece of Me?

Homeless Corey Black thought he'd struck gold when he says he was offered $10,000 to sell his kidney.

Lakewood Still The Biggest Church, If You Believe Porno Magazine

Houston Musical Landmarks and the I.Am.We Collective

No Show: EMC Expos

A long line of people say they've been stiffed by Rolando Dumagan and company.

Anthony Hamilton

Southern Comfort

Letters to the Editor

Well-known Unknown

Stringin' up horrifying honky-tonk

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Playbill

A Change Gonna Come

Calvin Richardson steeps deeper in the neo-soul stew on his second album

Unlucky Winners

Is there a Houston Press Music Award jinx?

Just for Laughs

Spike Lee's gloriously unpolished concert film focuses on the yuks -- to our great amusement

Lights Out

Fireflies are dissapearing from the night sky

News of the Weird

News of the Weird

Business As Usual

The State Bar of Texas tries again to KAYO John O'Quinn but can't lay a glove on him

Marilyn's Makeover

News of the Weird

Outside Looking In

Jim Lauderdale is a living lesson in how to profit from Nashville's fringes

Rotation

A Last Bite of '97

The Insider

What Did He Do To Deserve This?

Attorney John O'quinn says his big-business enemies are out to do him in. But the real source of his troubles may be closer to home.

Blowed Up Real Good

Hootie gets big while keeping its eyes on the small stuff

Knowing Nell