Eric Idle

Capsule Stage Reviews: Race, Spamalot, There Is a Happiness That Morning Is, Warrior Class

Top 7 Promotional Music Gimmicks -- Both Used & Unused

One of the most interesting things in the music business is how managers and record companies promote and market their artists. Sometimes they do a great job, and other times they fail. When they do fail, their like that hickey you got three weeks ago -- still there. But, like a hickey, people even ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Dinner with Friends, Proposals, Seussical the Musical, Whatever Happened to the Villa Real?

Spamalot

5 Franchises You Didn't Know Had Video Game Adaptations

To be clear, turning franchises into video games is a scam to get people to buy them as presents. "Oh, you liked Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Here's the game they made about it. Happy Christmas." That sort of thing. For the most part the game designers are on a rushed deadline, and they generally resen ... More >>

5 Movies That Wouldn't Exist Without George Harrison

After giving the deluxe documentary treatment to Bob Dylan (No Direction Home) and the Rolling Stones (Shine a Light), Martin Scorsese now trains his camera on George Harrison for George Harrison: Living In the Material World, his two-part film about the "Quiet Beatle" that airs at 8 p.m. tonight an ... More >>

The 20 Best Tribute Albums Of All Time

Hootie covered Zeppelin!? '90s U So Crazy!​This year alone has seen a multitude of tribute albums, from two Buddy Holly lovefests to the upcoming ZZ Top tribute set from a very motley crew of artists, including Nickelback, Daughtry, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (yum), and Wyclef Jean. Let t ... More >>

Past Blasted: Alcopop And The Geto Boys' St. Ides Ad

The usual moral outrage is greeting the recent unveiling of Blast, Colt 45's entry into the "alcopop" market heretofore dominated by Four Loko. At a mere 12 percent alcohol by volume, the fruit-infused brews are twice as strong as Colt 45, which already kicks like a mule. As Eric Idle would enth ... More >>

Colt 45's Blast and The Geto Boys' St. Ides Ad

Cue the moral outrage. Colt 45 is entering the "alcopop" market with its answer to Four Loko, Blast. At a mere 12 percent alcohol by volume, the fruit-infused brews are twice as strong as Colt 45, which already kicks like a mule. As Eric Idle would enthuse in another context, "eight bottles of t ... More >>

Top 10 Beatles Parodies And Mashups To Date

​The Beatles' entire catalogue is finally on iTunes and racking up the sales, and we're sure everyone involved at Apple, both the software company and the record label, are happy with the results. The Beatles are cracking the Top 40 again in the United States, and "Hey Jude" is currently the N ... More >>

Clint Black

Southwest's Newest Destination: The Gulf Oil Spill

Photos by John Nova LomaxAre we having wacky fun yet?​Since the late '70s, even without having an airport worth mentioning, the Florida Panhandle has managed to boom to the point of unrecognizability. The blinding white sand of the beaches and the heartbreakingly clear deep blue seawater were ... More >>

He Said She Said: Our 10 Favorite Fictional Bands

​ It's a sad state of affairs when a parody band ends up being funnier/better/more entertaining that the original (we're lookin' at you, The Beatles). She Said started thinking of this list last week after making one in a million lifetime references to the fake band Blues Hammer from the movie Gho ... More >>

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

The River Oaks Theatre features medieval mayhem at midnight

Tonight and Friday: Eric Idle with the Houston Symphony

Eric Idle, with the Houston Symphony

Lame Stunt: Clay Aiken in Spamalot

The Girl Next Door, Ford at Fox, Saturday Night Live: The Complete Second Season, The Wire: The Complete Fourth Season

Sir Lancelot Waves Goodbye, and His Private Parts

Spamalot

Spamalot's hilarious high jinks ransack the Hobby Center

The Passion of Brian

Move over, Mel, it's the second coming of Monty Python

Love Bites

Mosquitos meld the Big Apple and Brazil

Fuddy Buddy

Hollywood Homicide tries to mock cop partner flicks, but the joke's on it

Not Dead Yet

A tarted-up Holy Grail lives to fight (rabbits) another day

Bedtime for Boo Boy