Dublin

Aftermath: Islands at Walter's on Washington

Duchess of the Dance

R.E.M.

Reveal (Warner Bros.)

Readers In Ireland Sadly Misinformed About Houston

You know the old saying – “any publicity is good publicity.” But might not some publicity be utterly pointless? We ask, because we have come across some that seems to be just that. Now ordinarily, a little blurb about your event in a paper like Dublin’s The Irish Independent would be a ... More >>

Victor's Big Adventure

He's a nice guy. He drives a pickup truck. But what would Victor Morales do in the U.S. Senate? He'll get back to you on that one.

Rotation

He's a nice guy. He drives a pickup truck. But what would Victor Morales do in the U.S. Senate? He'll get back to you on that one.

Irish Republican Angst

Michael Collins examines the man behind the IRA

Irish Ayes

At the Claddagh, the order of the day is excellent pub grub

Rotation

At the Claddagh, the order of the day is excellent pub grub

Classic Rock Corner: Scott Gorham of Thin Lizzy Interviewed

www.getreadytorock.com Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott (l) and Scott GorhamWhen L.A.-based guitarist Scott Gorham flew to England in the early '70s, he was just hoping to score an audition with the band his brother-in-law had joined, Supertramp. That gig never materialized, and after kicking around ... More >>

Chorus Classic

Messiah brings a rare opportunity for HSO group

Eight for '98

Messiah brings a rare opportunity for HSO group

St. Patrick's Day Special: Ten Great Irish (Or Irish-American) Musicians and Bands

St. Patrick's Day is, well, today, so, rather than hit the pub to celebrate - which we'll probably still do, to be honest - we thought we'd put together a mixtape for you of our favorite Irish and Irish-American bands along with a favorite tracks by them. Pint of Guinness and shot of Jameson sol ... More >>

St. Patrick's Day Special: Donohoe & Grimes' cover of Denis Leary's "Traditional Irish Folk Song"

Fun Fact: On November 21, 1920, Michael Collins' squad of fighters killed 14 British Army officers, police officers and civilians, wounding five. In retaliation, members of British paramilitary group "The Auxiliaries" drove their trucks into Dublin's Croke Park during a soccer match and began random ... More >>

SXSW: Once More Into The Breach

By the time you read this, Rocks Off will be winding his way toward Austin for his 15th SXSW in the last 16 years. Every year he wonders if this is going to be it, if his feet, his fingers and/or his liver will finally up and say "Uncle!" He wouldn't blame them one single solitary bit. SXSW is l ... More >>

Irish By Design

Slainte -- Bronx Bar -- Lucia's Garden -- Sur La Table

The Mighty Stef

Slainte -- Bronx Bar -- Lucia's Garden -- Sur La Table

Here Come The Chieftains

Dublin Calling

The Shredder

One Show, One Sentence

Music to Shuffle Off This Mortal Coil

One Show, One Sentence

Dr Pepper, Planned Parenthood and Air Conditioning

One Show, One Sentence

Our top DVD picks for the week of June 7

One Show, One Sentence

Busker Love

Once upon a time in Ireland, a girl met a guy and they made sweet music

The Music Men

Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune.

The Music Men

Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune.

When Stars Don't Align

Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune.

Hal

Hal

Letters

Hal

Blarney Rubble

Intermission kicks through the debris of modern Ireland

Damien Rice

Saturday, November 29

Club Directory

Saturday, November 29

'Tis a Foine, Foine Loife

In the holiday insta-classic Evelyn, Pierce Brosnan forms a family bond

Best Book by a Local Author

A Sort of Homecoming, by Robert Cremins

Murder in Small Town X

A cheese maker bites it in Actors Theatre's melodrama

Flogging Molly

Friday, March 29

Travail-less Travels

Putumayo and Rough Guide samplers offer up armchair adventures for jittery Americans

Tippling from Tap to Tap

Down and out (and drunk) in NoDo

Show Cased

The good, the bad and the Mogwai highlight SXSW

International Film Festival 2000

Film Reviews

Silver and Gold (and Green)

Some artists make holiday records for the beauty, not the bucks

Top Rank

The General brilliantly captures a Cagneylike Irish crime boss

Night & Day

October 22 - 28, 1998

Win a Songwriting Session With Guy Clark... For a Price

Imagine getting some pointers on the links from Tiger Woods, cooking lessons from Bobby Flay or a one-on-one session with Bernie Madoff where the infamous Wall Street financier explains how to bilk investors out of millions of dollars. When it comes to songwriting, especially of the Texas persuasion ... More >>

Texas Traveler: Dr Pepper Texas

Photos by Robb WalshThis is the week that the "Dublin" signs on the highway are changed to read Dr Pepper, Texas. The 118th Dublin Dr Pepper Birthday Festival climaxes this weekend with an exciting schedule of events, including live music by Layne Golden and the 10-2-4 Band. There is a charity run ... More >>

This Week In Deliciousness

Katharine Shilcutt ate all this chicken and did not save any for you.Welcome back to the weekly Eating Our Words round-up, where the food is well-prepared, plentiful and, more often than not, weird as all hell. To start with, Robb Walsh introduced us to the concept of a Wal-Mart supermercado, ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: Other Uses for Best In Texas Besides, You Know, Reading It

​Lonesome Onry and Mean recently stopped wasting good notebook paper writing drafts of articles about Best in Texas Music Magazine. We were perusing the current issue and thinking about how bad it is when it suddenly dawned on us: the environmentally pure thing would be to write a column about it ... More >>

John Connolly Takes A Kid To The Gates Of Hell, Just For The Fun Of It

​John Connolly, the Dublin-born author of Every Dead Thing and The Killing Kind, is in Houston today to promote The Gates, his new young adult title. While many of his adult novels are dark thrillers featuring ex-cop Charlie Parker, The Gates is a horror story with touches of comedy that featu ... More >>

The Pogues

​John Connolly, the Dublin-born author of Every Dead Thing and The Killing Kind, is in Houston today to promote The Gates, his new young adult title. While many of his adult novels are dark thrillers featuring ex-cop Charlie Parker, The Gates is a horror story with touches of comedy that featu ... More >>

Are You a Geek? Like to Drink? Think You Know More Than Us?

​Then you'll want to join us on Thursday, January 14, at 8 p.m. at the Maple Leaf Pub for a very special edition of Geeks Who Drink. I'll be serving as the guest trivia master (or maven, as it were) at the Thursday edition of the weekly pub quiz series and am issuing a challenge to all of you ... More >>

Aftermath: Flogging Molly's Celtic-Punk Puppet Show at House of Blues

Photos by Marco Torres / Click here for a slideshow​Aftermath tuned up for Flogging Molly Wednesday night with a Jameson on the rocks and Steve Earle's "The Galway Girl" on our iPod. One of those should be obvious. As for the other, we needed the whiskey because it was kind of a long day at ... More >>