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Put a (Super Bowl) Ring On It: The Beyoncé Set List We'd Like to See

Remember when it actually seemed halfway likely that the Texans could make the Super Bowl this season? Ha! Good times. After the team's collapse down the stretch, highlighted by a couple of humiliating losses to Tom Brady and pals, the only way Matt Schaub will be in the Superdome on this coming Sun ... More >>

Uncommonly Keen

The 10 best restaurants in the Upper Kirby district.

Houston's 10 Best Late-Night Dining Options

Good morning, sunshine. Did you have a long night? I hope not; it's only Thursday. Get ahold of yourself, man. Those long nights should be reserved for Friday and Saturday wee-small-hours-of-the-morning-type deals; mid-week debauchery is so 1990s. Regardless of when you're staying up super late (or ... More >>

Poster Boy

Rock art legend Uncle Charlie will not be denied.

The Peddler

Both in and out of prison, Brian Culwell has spent his life selling people baubles, trinkets and jewels. Now he's buying your gold and silver.

Zachary Byron Helm: Black Leather, Bingo, And Nine Inch Nails

​Rocks Off likes to check in on Zachary Byron Helm and SORP Films from time to time just to see what the master of goth, industrial, and other dark music parodies is up to. Whether it's his masterpiece of mockery The League of Extraordinary Industrial Retards or peddling a rockabilly cereal we ... More >>

Vintage Houston Restaurant Postcards: The Days of Wine and Roses

Brennan's has long been the cock of the walk in Houston.​Although a good handful of Houston restaurants have been around at least as long as my grandparents, the general rule of thumb in this city is that restaurants live fast and die young. And although you rarely find postcards of current r ... More >>

Leave It To Bieber: The Lost Pilot Episode

​Fade in on a darkened Bieber household living room. The porch light snaps on outside, and the door opens slowly and silently. JUSTIN BIEBER sneaks into the house in filthy clothes, carrying a baseball bat and glove. He silently shuts the door and starts walking, tracking mud inside the house. ... More >>

Seized

Inside the brutal world of America's kidnapping capital

Inside Ozone Magazine's Sex Issue

Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, albeit sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. We'll incorporate the number five in there somewhere. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. ​ Ozone magazine, the preeminent name in Southern rap p ... More >>

Blog Stars

Ten local sites that rock our world

Memories of Mai's

Photo by Longhorn Nation​As the whole world knows by now, popular Midtown Vietnamese Restaurant Mai's caught fire yesterday. This Houston institution is so popular, the fire has even gained national coverage outside of the culinary community, which is quite an amazing feat. So why do we mour ... More >>

Ghost Riders

In Houston, bicycling is known as a killer sport.

Mr. Blood Red, Vol. 2

Two decades after the severed ear of Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino serves up Hitler's head on a plate.

Enjoy the Silence

Singer-songwriter Robert Ellis stands up for piping down.

Making Change on Montrose

Photos by Katharine Shilcutt Vaya con dios, Taco CabanaThe intersection of Montrose and Westheimer is nothing if not mutable.  From being a sleepy residential neighborhood in the 1920s to the 40s to a run-down hangout for drug addicts and rough types in the 1970s and early 80s to a hav ... More >>

Anita Bump, Michael Phelps and Harris County Jail

Bump You

All That Glitters at Anita's Bar and Grille

Fighting for Air: Drowning and the Heimlich Maneuver

Most doctors say the Heimlich maneuver should not be used to save drowning victims. So why does UH professor John Hunsucker continue to teach it to lifeguards?

Swift Meatpacking Plant and Illegal Immigrants

Swift & Company pitted employee against employee when it replaced injured workers with illegal immigrants

Fried in the Heights

At Barbecue Inn, the 'cue is tasty, but the fried chicken rocks

Boring by Design

Spencer's: dull decor and surprisingly good food

The Killer Next Door

He left clues all over, but it still took investigators years to unmask the serial murderer in their midst

House Music Scratches for a New Vibe in Houston

Head Ways

Dillard's may dominate advertising -- and be all but absent from news headlines

Richmond's Burning

Ten people have been shot on the Richmond Strip since May. And this is where we want to send thousands of Super Bowl fans?

Peace Signs

Third–generation activist Luchita Rodriguez and her friends find the missing rally bus — and a fresh, family-style fight against war in Iraq

Ho Ho Huh?

Tim Allen drops another lump of coal down the chimney

Hard on the Yard

A law leaves some sex offenders banned from their own attorneys' offices

The Old Switcheroo

Would the real Givral's Sandwich Shop please stand up?

American Kobe

Lynn's Steakhouse proves a few restaurants still serve up USDA Prime

Wide-Open Spaces

"Big as Texas" show emphasizes the state's free-wheeling ideas about art

Throwing Away the Key

A talented escape artist and con man gets more prison time. Will he serve it?

Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Globetrotters

Letters

Need or Greed

A Bible-quoting con man finds easy pickings among those looking for a miracle or a windfall

Risky Business

Two street-corner businessmen have an up-close and personal encounter with Afis Olajuwon

Absolutely for Sale

Dear jaded consumer: These two Houston artists are now competing for your attention. They sell ads, they're making a vodka billboard, and their client list includes Budweiser and Target. They call it art, but what advertisers want to know is, will it work

Static

King Con

Steven Russell can bluff his way out of anything -- even prison. so why can't he stay out of jail?

Gayland's Choice

Gayland Randle was there the night Paul Broussard was murdered, but he never laid a hand on the victim. So why is Randle doing 15 years in prison?

Goal-Oriented

Robert Rothbard wants to re-net America's basketball hoops

Goin' South

I learned many things when I accompanied a trio of bounty hunters to Mexico to fetch a fugitive drug suspect. Foremost among them: never leave your map at home...

Poor Boy Riches

At Original New Orleans Po-Boys, the treasures are Southern-fried

Stupid Is As Stupid Does

The Art Guys prove naturals at acting dumb

La Bare-ing It

Performance "art" invades the ladies club. The regulars are not amused.

Heeeeere's Branford!

The Tonight show behind him, Branford Marsalis moves to "de-ghettoize" music

The Cloud Over Lightning Strike

Did the U.S. government spend $2 million just to nail little guys like David Proctor?