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8 Cool & Cheap Weekenders: October 19-20

Matt & Kim House of Blues, October 19 Infectious pop, bright-eyed wonder and criminally catchy hooks have made Matt & Kim one of the best live acts to emerge out of the Aughties. The duo -- keyboardist Matt Johnson and drummer Kim Schifino -- feed off the energy of the crowd, and usually end up in ... More >>

Deep Time Goes on a Ghostly Holiday in "Gold Rush"

As the resident goth expert I am required to morbidly obsess about death for a certain number of hours a year in order to maintain my license. Luckily, Austin's Deep Time has come through with a new video directed by Cassandra Hamilton that explores the afterlife in such a wonderful, darkly humorous ... More >>

Man Walks Off With $15K Worth Of Golf Clubs, Bike From Bush Baggage Carousel

Someone scored a major haul by hitting Bush Intercontinental's baggage-claim carousel, and cops are hoping security-cam photos will lead to his arrest. The casually dressed dude got away with $15,000 worth of merchandise, in the form of "five sets of designer golf clubs, and a one of a kind 'Moots' ... More >>

Celebrity Tech Endorsements: 5 Cool and 5 Highly Annoying Examples Of Product Pimpage

Celebrity endorsements are nothing new. They have been around as long as there were celebrities and companies willing to pay them to say they smoked Kool's or drove Chevy, or force us to explain to children and the elderly why we would giggle every time we saw the milk-stained upper lip of a famous ... More >>

SXSW: Lil Wayne's YMCMB Showcase At Austin Music Hall

​"I believe in three things: I believe in God; I believe that I ain't shit without you, and I believe that I ain't shit without you!" - Lil Wayne to his fans After being shut out of the T.I./B.O.B show at La Zona Rosa by order of the fire marshal, I headed over to see Lil Wayne at the Austin Mu ... More >>

Austin Men Jailed After Skateboard-Whipping Photographer for Mohawk Shot

This guy's hair is impervious to photography.​You'd think Johnathan Washburn would dig it when strangers snapped his picture. After all, his unusual triple-Mohawk hairstyle seems like little more than a 24-7 "look-at-me" adornment, or possibly even a cry for help. According to this American-S ... More >>

Agent Orange

“Red Bull Illume”

Clifford Lee Bradberry: Galveston County Man Really, Really Likes To Watch Surfing

Photo courtesy Galveston County SOClifford Bradbury: Surfin' USA​Apparently, Clifford Lee Bradberry deeply enjoys whacking off, and while there's nothing wrong with that per se, Bradberry insists on involving the public in his masturbatory shenanigans. Acting on a suspicious activity tip Sund ... More >>

Extreme Athletes Help High School Students Ride Out The Influence

Erica Love​See a slideshow of the athletes' performance. Remember the people who would come to your school telling you to "D.A.R.E to be different"? Then you have officially dated yourself. D.A.R.E. was a police officer and stuffed lion-led lessons that taught elementary school children how t ... More >>

Jacob Isom: Skateboarder Stop Koran-Burning, But What About The Houston Boycott?

This video, of an Amarillo skateboarder stopping a local wingnut pastor from burning the Koran, has gone viral.But in the course of its viral-ness we've learned the bookburning Man of Faith is none other than the guy who called for a boycott of Houston after it elected Annise Parker -- who is a les ... More >>

Tarp Surfing: Pipeline Tubes Coming To A Parking Lot Near You

Wait! Where's your tarp?​It may be storm season in the Gulf, but so far the local breaks have been far from fruitful. For stir-crazy surfers looking for their tube-riding fix, you may want to look no further than that massive blue (or black, for an authentic Gulf surfing experience) tarp folded up ... More >>

4th Annual KBR Kids Day on Buffalo Bayou

Splish, splash the day away on the banks of the Sabine Promenade

The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D

Visit a surfer's paradise

SXSW As It Happens: Surfer Blood Makes Waves at the Village Voice Media Party

Photos by Katharine Shilcutt​A series of texts from Brandon K. Hernsberger starting at 12:41 p.m.: I'm in line at Village Voice. Shit is CRAZY long. Most people here to see The xx. 5 in 5 out. Surfer Blood up next. Dudes are effing HUGE. I see people eating inside and I'm jealous. Next door ... More >>

Babes on Boards

Sisters are doing it by themselves

Houstonian Going Off-Road In Africa To Fight HIV/AIDS

​What are you doing next month to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and poverty in South Africa? Hair Balls admits we didn't get around to scheduling any time for that, but Houstonian Ganesh Krishnan is heading to South Africa to participate in Enduro Africa, an eight-day motorcycle ride through the cou ... More >>

PBS's Guru Of Extreme Skateboarding Twinkies & Ants Wearing Pants

Lois Bernstein​Skateboarding Twinkies, ninja squirrels and space hamsters are making their way to Houston, with Commander Mark leading the way. Things might get a little weird. Mark Kistler, the self-styled Bob Ross of children's art, will be holding drawing camps in the area over the next two we ... More >>

Roundwall Rumble Skateboard Contest

Local kids grind out a win at today’s open call competition

Galveston's Skate Park Gets A New Name, For A Great Kid

Photo by Eric SausedaGalveston had a ceremony recently naming their skatepark after Johnny Romano, a 10-year-old skater who died last year after fighting leukemia."He would be embarrassed we were making such a fuss over him," Rhonda Gregg, a family friend who spearheaded construction of the skate pa ... More >>

Babes on Boards

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Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark Give-a-way

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Aftermath: Butthole Surfers at Meridian

Butthole Surfers Part 3: Tom Bunch on Signing With Capitol, the Media's Problem with the Name, Babysitting the Buttholes, Gibby vs. Paul and the End of the Affair

Butthole Surfers Pt. 1: Ex-Manager Tom Bunch on BHS' First Houston Show, "Gibby Used to Drop His Pants a Lot," His Punk Rock Video Archives, Explaining the Music Business and More

This Just In: Butthole Surfers Moved to Meridian

This Just In: Butthole Surfers at Fitz's in October

To Do: Grand Opening for Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark

Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark Grand Opening

Houston’s first public skate park is ready for business

Miss Pop Rocks: Farewell, Evel Knievel

Cuervo, Cuervo

CD Review

Friends sponsor movie fund-raiser for injured Gulf Coast surfer

Aliens to the Rescue

Spray-On Soul

Getting Up is a flawed but fascinating ode to graffiti's early years

We Know What You Should Do This Summer

Your guide to beaches, water parks, day trips, festivals and more

Head in the Sand

Dust to Glory honors the Baja 1000, where everybody's a legend

Getting Kinky

The Friedman-of-all-trades whips out a new book

Gibby Haynes and His Problem

Gibby Haynes and His Problem (Surf Dog)

Rock and Roll High School

Vans Warped, Class of '04

Family Circus

The Greatest Show on Earth stops in H-town

Free-Falling

H-town skydiving options

NYPD Black and Blue

Houston police boxers plan to bruise the Big Apple

On the Surf's Side

Party and protect our beaches

Velocity = Size + Sound

Velocity Games has changed the face of arcades

Butthole Surfers

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Man, Oh Man! Another Tie?

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Larry Perdido

Head chef and co-owner, Saba Blue Water Cafe

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This Sand is Your Sand

At the Village of Surfside, it's not just the beaches that are eroding. It's the Open Beaches Act.

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