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  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Saturday Night: James McMurtry, Jason Isbell at Firehouse Saloon

    Photos by Jason WolterJason Isbell (left) with Amanda Shires on violin.​Wow, Rocks Off is a huge fan of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, but Saturday night this hard-charging band from Muscle Shoals, Alabama got a lesson in Texas big beat. Isbell himself was sitting in the backstage area while J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    The Five Best Talk-Show Guests, Ranked

    The new Tom Hanks movie Larry Crowne was a bland bomb, but that's okay: He did publicity for it, and that means showing up on (just about any and all) talk shows as a guest. What makes a good talk-show guest? Someone who understands the dynamic -- you're not having anything close to a real conversa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Oprah Vs. Bob Dylan: A Side-By-Side Showdown

    Photo illustration by John Seaborn Gray​In case you've been under a complete self-imposed total media blackout - how do those work, by the way? - you no doubt know this week is a pretty important milestone in the lives of two of America's most important cultural figureheads. Maybe the two most ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    RIP, Harvey Pekar: Why His Letterman Performance Was Great

    Harvey Pekar died today.The man's career is difficult to sum up, especially if you haven't seen American Splendor. But this 1987 performance on David Letterman's show gives a taste, not to mention that it demonstrates just how far the Letterman show has changed.Some reasons why the clip is great:

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    The End Is Near for Conan O'Brien

    ​I can't believe it's come to this. As most people know by now, Conan O'Brien will be exiting The Tonight Show, likely after Friday's show. It's a bitter end to his truncated run on the show, and the real hell is how easily it could have been avoided if things had just played out the way peop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    The Week In TV: We're With Coco

    ​The weekend's gone, the sun is out, and the only marathon I did this weekend consisted of Whataburger taquitos. This was the week in TV Land: • So! Conan and Jay are probably not going to make buddy comedies together any time soon, or ever. The growing animosity between the two -- mainly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    The Week in TV: "I'll Have...A Birthday Cake!"

    ​It was a pretty fun week in TV Land: Most of the fall programs are beginning to settle in, the CW continued its inexplicable existence, and David Letterman hit it with some employees. Insert your Worldwide Pants jokes here, and let's get to it! • I won't go into much here about FlashForwa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Who Do We Have to Blow Around Here to Get a Lady in Late Night?

    Okay, fine. We can deal with not having a lady president (still), but with the recent overflow of testicle-wearing late night hosts, it got me thinking, why no late night lady hosts?Joan Rivers tried once and was ridiculed (and yeah, Joan isn't my favorite lady comedian of all time, but come on, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Bill Hicks, Still Dead 15 Years Later

    Wholly influential and ridiculously honest stand-up comic Bill Hicks died fifteen years ago today, succumbing to lung cancer. Ironically he had always opined that that was how he would meet his end. Smoking seemed to be his obsession and he was rarely seen onstage not puffing away. The comedian move ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2008

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: 2008's Heavy Rotation

    For the second (third?) year in a row, LOM didn't vote in either the Nashville Scene's best of country music poll or the Village Voice's Pazz & Jop best of American music poll. I'm just not a good list-maker. Detest that stuff. Just trying to compile a list of possibles makes my brain hate me. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 18, 2008

    Jake Johannsen

    A Letterman favorite drops into The Improv

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2008

    Please Don’t Take My SportsCenter

    A Letterman favorite drops into The Improv

  • Calendar

    May 22, 2008

    The Gates

    Robert Mayles’s film documents Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s largest and most controversial project yet

  • Calendar

    May 8, 2008

    John Witherspoon

    The man on David Letterman’s cell phone top ten is either a fatherly Andy Kaufman or, well, crazy

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2008

    Six Degrees of Charlie Wilson’s War

    The man on David Letterman’s cell phone top ten is either a fatherly Andy Kaufman or, well, crazy

  • Calendar

    December 13, 2007

    Bob Biggerstaff and Mike MacRae

    These two top comedians share the stage

  • News

    May 24, 2007

    Funny Business

    Once upon a time Houston was a hot spot for comedy clubs. Now it's anybody's guess on who'll turn out on any given night

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2007

    Re: (Not Actually) In the Line of Fire

    Once upon a time Houston was a hot spot for comedy clubs. Now it's anybody's guess on who'll turn out on any given night

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2006

    Re: Michael Richards: Call Him Ku Klux Kramer?

    Once upon a time Houston was a hot spot for comedy clubs. Now it's anybody's guess on who'll turn out on any given night

  • Music

    September 21, 2006

    Jet Stream

    Chris Cester on Jet's new CD, Shine On

  • Film

    July 13, 2006

    All-Day Suckers

    Sedaris and Colbert peddle Candy not everybody wants

  • Film

    December 22, 2005

    The Reel Truth

    Hollywood claims the sky is falling. To which we say Puh-lease.

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2005

    Hard Act to Follow

    A rock-climber does the unthinkable to save himself

  • Film

    August 11, 2005

    Working Blue. And Brown.

    Inside the dirtiest joke ever told is a nugget of unadulterated joy

  • Calendar

    July 14, 2005

    Proud Marie

    A fiery poet shares her Home Grown flow

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    A fiery poet shares her Home Grown flow

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2005

    Big-Brother Ballet

    Break-dancing Nazis populate Freneticore's 1984

  • Music

    June 19, 2003

    Waves of Fascination

    Shortwave radio: Where the lunatic fringe lives, breathes and flourishes

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Shortwave radio: Where the lunatic fringe lives, breathes and flourishes

  • Culture

    March 6, 2003

    That '60s Show

    Oliver Beene goes against fake millionaires and phony idols

  • Culture

    December 12, 2002

    End of the Road

    Trio is the network where great shows go to die, and so much more

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Laundromat

    Graustark Laundry

  • Calendar

    July 25, 2002

    Wiley Has Issues

    Bet you can't look away from "Bongo Jane" Wiley

  • Music

    January 24, 2002

    Booty of the Month Club

    The Roxy's 2002 Model Calendar has some girls worried that more than their slip is showing

  • Culture

    December 28, 2000

    Blow Up the Box

    TV managed to suck and blow in 2000, but still, we watched...and watched

  • Culture

    November 2, 2000

    What, Them Worry?

    As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad

  • Music

    March 18, 1999

    Rotation

    As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad

  • Music

    December 24, 1998

    Rotation

    As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad

  • News

    January 1, 1998

    Alison Cook looks back at 1997: The Year That Bit

    As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad

  • Dining

    August 28, 1997

    A Slice of Heaven

    New York Pizzeria bakes up a pie that's the stuff of dreams

  • Calendar

    March 20, 1997

    Press Picks

    New York Pizzeria bakes up a pie that's the stuff of dreams

  • Film

    March 6, 1997

    Radio Daze

    Howard Stern shows off his Private Parts, and they're really quite nice

  • Calendar

    December 19, 1996

    Press Picks

    Howard Stern shows off his Private Parts, and they're really quite nice

  • Music

    September 12, 1996

    The Tesh Touch

    So John Tesh was a TV star? Hey, don't blame him -- he didn't want it.

  • Calendar

    August 29, 1996

    Press Picks

    So John Tesh was a TV star? Hey, don't blame him -- he didn't want it.

  • Calendar

    July 18, 1996

    Press Picks

    So John Tesh was a TV star? Hey, don't blame him -- he didn't want it.

  • Calendar

    March 21, 1996

    Press Picks

    So John Tesh was a TV star? Hey, don't blame him -- he didn't want it.

  • News

    December 29, 1994

    The Year of Living Anxiously

    Are We Having Fun Yet? Or is it just the jangly buzz of advanced urban stress syndrome?

  • News

    March 10, 1994

    Death of a Comic

    Bill Hicks wasn't Houston's most famous funnyman, just the most important

  • News

    March 3, 1994

    Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women

    Now at the Rodeo: swift swine and lady trick-riders. Sorry, no flaming hoops.

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