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September 2, 1999
Cash Cow or White Elephant?
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March 23, 2000
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At Hobby Airport, the rallying cry is "Free the ferns"
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December 5, 2008
Attention Passengers: Forget Bush Intercontinental, Here Are The Five Best Karaoke Movie Scenes
If Buddha, Mohammed, and Jesus Christ joined hands and strolled down Westheimer turning automobiles into unicorns while singing "Blasphemous Rumors" I don't think it would get as much coverage as that infernal karaoke machine at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (including right here at Hair Bal ... More >>
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January 6, 2009
The Times Finds Yet Another Annoying Thing About Houston
Houston, The New York Times has found yet another thing you do that's highly annoying.Earlier, it was our pathetic efforts at recycling. Now it's the security announcements at what it terms "the grandly named" George Bush Intercontinental Airport."I immediately start grousing about those annoying se ... More >>
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January 26, 2009
Chamillionaire's Inaugural Diary, Part 1: Getting There
[Houston rapper Chamillionaire, whose Mixtape Messiah 6 is in stores now and LP Venom will be out soon, was kind enough to keep a diary of his trip to Washington, D.C. for Barack Obama's inauguration last week. Rocks Off is glad he's feeling better, too. Today: Leaving Houston from an auspiciously n ... More >>
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September 11, 1997
It's a bird, it's a plane ...
[Houston rapper Chamillionaire, whose Mixtape Messiah 6 is in stores now and LP Venom will be out soon, was kind enough to keep a diary of his trip to Washington, D.C. for Barack Obama's inauguration last week. Rocks Off is glad he's feeling better, too. Today: Leaving Houston from an auspiciously n ... More >>
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October 23, 1997
Undiscovered Country
[Houston rapper Chamillionaire, whose Mixtape Messiah 6 is in stores now and LP Venom will be out soon, was kind enough to keep a diary of his trip to Washington, D.C. for Barack Obama's inauguration last week. Rocks Off is glad he's feeling better, too. Today: Leaving Houston from an auspiciously n ... More >>
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March 27, 2009
Charges Against Wayna Dismissed; T.I. Off To Jail
It's good news today for two performers, even if one of them is going to jail. Don't look so confused; we'll explain in just a bit. But first we have to congratulate Grammy-nominated R&B singer Wayna, who got picked up last year at Bush Intercontinental Airport right here in Houston for carrying a w ... More >>
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August 19, 1999
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September 2, 1999
Storm Damage
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January 31, 2008
Cajun Gets a Crewcut at Denis' Seafood House
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December 6, 2007
Karina Nistal and Rebel Crew Rap for the Troops
Circle in the sand
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November 15, 2007
Café Orleans Express
This hard-to-find sandwich stand is a little slice of NOLA on the Katy Freeway
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September 27, 2007
The Art Guys, "Cloud Cuckoo Land"
The Art Guys share 25 years of "drawings, proposals, failed schemes and pipe dreams"
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March 16, 2006
Displaced in the Diaspora
New Orleans mayoral candidates are looking for votes -- and finding them in Houston
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July 21, 2005
Scenes from a Picnic
Willie, Dylan, Kinky and the Ghost of Bob Willis descends on Fort Worth. Wack is there too.
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January 27, 2005
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Willie, Dylan, Kinky and the Ghost of Bob Willis descends on Fort Worth. Wack is there too.
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October 14, 2004
Up in the Air
Was this the punch line to a bad racist, homophobic joke or a dry run for a terrorist bombing?
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September 23, 2004
Best Place to Ride a Horse
Was this the punch line to a bad racist, homophobic joke or a dry run for a terrorist bombing?
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September 16, 2004
Bash-Free Zone
Is the Texas Book Festival protecting George W.?
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November 13, 2003
The Art of Retail
Pop-art star Peter Max hawks his wares in Houston
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April 10, 2003
A Spot of Blush
Get your drink on and your hair done -- all at once
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September 26, 2002
Best Local Girl Gone Bad
Socialite Sanam Soudavar
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September 27, 2001
Chain for Fools
Houston versus Dallas: We're family-run; they're chained up.
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May 17, 2001
Air Sic
In cargo holds or plane cabins, critters are taking more than flights of fancy
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October 7, 1999
Insider
Not Ready for Prime Time. Continental may have taught the mayor how to fly right
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March 12, 1998
The Insider
Not Ready for Prime Time. Continental may have taught the mayor how to fly right
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May 14, 2009
Willie D Arrested on Wire Fraud Charges
Willie D, member of Houston rap pioneers the Geto Boys and CEO of Relentless Entertainment, was arrested by FBI agents Wednesday night at George Bush International Airport as he returned from an overseas trip. According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's office, D, whose real name is William De ... More >>
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May 21, 2009
Cattle Decapitation
The proud vegans in this San Diego grindcore outfit welcome you to The Harvest Floor.
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June 5, 2009
Forty Years Of Intercontinental Airport, For Better Or Worse
Photo by respresMonday marks the 40th anniversary of what is now Bush Intercontinental Airport, the huge facility north of town that forever banished Hobby Airport to second-class (a much more convenient second-class, though, if you ask us.)IAH, as its known on luggage tags, was a modern marvel of l ... More >>
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July 7, 2009
Houston Fire Department Battles Another Racism Allegation, Assuming You Think Graffiti Saying "Die Nigger" Is Racist
The Houston Police Department began a full-scale hate-crime investigation this morning after a pair of women firefighters discovered racist and sexist graffiti scribbled all over the locker doors in the women's dressing quarters at Station 54 at Bush Intercontinental Airport. Houston Fire Depa ... More >>
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October 9, 2009
Houston Author, Houston Setting: Rachel Brady's Final Approach
Going from being a biomedical engineer NASA to writing Final Approach, a thriller set in a skydiving camp, wasn't as big a leap for debut author Rachel Brady as you might think. The Pearland resident tells Hair Balls, "After three or four years of reading a lot of mystery and a lot of suspen ... More >>
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November 2, 2009
Aftermath: More Drums and Drummers Than We Ever Thought We'd See at an Intercontinental Airport Hangar
Videos by Craig Hlavaty Any drummer jokes, say the one about Ginger Baker and coffee both sucking without Cream, pretty much have to go out the window when you enter an expansive warehouse that includes over 100 boys and girls, and men and women, pounding on their respective kits. Sometimes in tand ... More >>
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November 19, 2009
Bayou Body Count: A Stench At The Airport
George Bush Intercontinental Airport may not be on the same level as mythic Mafioso burial grounds such as JFK in New York or the airport in Newark, N.J., but it still finds a stiff every once in a while.Last week, airport police got a call about a terrible stench coming from the parking lot of t ... More >>
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January 12, 2010
Becky Hamilton, 52, Bayou Body Count No. 9
It's the kind of thing that sounds like it could be a mob hit ... or possible a pissed-off athlete.But whatever the case, Houston police are trying to figure out who and why someone stuffed a dead body into a locker that was found in a field just south of George Bush Intercontinental Airport.Ride ... More >>
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June 2, 2010
Texans Cheerleaders: On The Road To Japan And Blogging About It
Japan is a mere 13 hours away The Texans cheerleaders are headed to Japan on a USO tour, because our brave service members want to hear what Matt Schaub is really like. Or maybe they want to look at cheerleaders.Texans cheerleader Lindsay (as always, first names only to deter stalker creeps) will ... More >>
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June 14, 2010
Joyce Cleveland, 78, Bayou Body Count No. 151
Dead at 78 from blunt-force injuriesA 78-year-old woman was found dead on the living-room floor of her home near Bush Intercontinental Airport, the victim of lacerations and blunt trauma, police say. A neighbor of victim Joyce Cleveland was awakened by barking dogs and saw two unknown male suspe ... More >>
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November 8, 2010
Texas BigBeat: A Mighty Racket For Such A Small Crowd
Photos by Matthew KeeverThe Littlest Drummer: Ain't he cute?Sunday afternoon at Bush Intercontinental Airport, the sound of drums roared through the air, all but drowning out the planes taking off in the background. The Fourth Annual Texas BigBeat drumming charity event was a success in its c ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
New Dynamo Stadium May Not Change Concert Climate Much
Marco TorresLady Gaga at Toyota Center, July 25Conceivably, today's announcement that the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority has agreed to act as landlord for the proposed Houston Dynamo stadium in downtown's East End could present a serious challenge to the Houston area's reigning concer ... More >>
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April 28, 2011
Baggage Handlers Arrested For Helping Houston Drug Ring Make Deliveries
Operation Excess Baggage hits homeFederal agents arrested a dozen baggage handler and airline employees in Detroit today for being ever so helpful to two drug rings, one operating from Jamaica and one from right here in Houston. Coke and weed were transported via baggage on regularly schedul ... More >>
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May 23, 2011
Bush Intercontinental's Billion-Dollar Terminal Renovation: Things That Have Cost Less
Well, at least it looks oddMayor Annise Parker has announced a billion-with-a-friggin'-b expansion and renovation of Terminal B at Bush Intercontinental Airport. According to a release, the new Terminal B will feature: -- A wide connecting bridge to a modern central passenger lounge -- Spac ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
City Tries to Get Out of Patti LaBelle Lawsuit
Patti LaBelle and part of her entourage.The City of Houston is claiming immunity in a lawsuit filed by a former West Point cadet who said members of singer Patti LaBelle's entourage assaulted him at Bush Intercontinental Airport last March. In papers filed Thursday, city attorneys claimed th ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
Houston Park Ranger Shot By Guy Who Really Wanted Him to Turn His Headlights Off
Things escalated, let's just say.Sometimes, if you're in a public park, you want a little privacy, a little darkness, to do whatever it is you want to do that would require privacy and darkness in a public park. So if a city Park Ranger comes by with his headlights blaring, you naturally are ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Patti LaBelle Fires Back: Cadet Was Drunk, Racist and Sexist, She Says
Patti LaBelle, who has been maintaining silence ever since a West Point cadet sued her and her entourage for beating him up at Bush Intercontinental Airport, has finally said something. Well, her lawyer has. And it came in the form of a countersuit filed in federal court here that claims the cadet ... More >>
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September 20, 2011
China Sends Cops to HPD, HPD Sends Them to Hospital
Two Houston police cars at the agency's driving range had "a timing issue" with a maneuver this morning, and crashed. Among the passengers: Cops from Houston's sister city in China, who were being shown just how great HPD drivers are. The Houston Chronicle reports "five Chinese law enforcement dig ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Texas Big Beat Drums for Charity This Sunday
Photo by groovehouseDrummers young and old.Five years ago, drummer Donna Fisher noticed that Seattle had been doing a charity drum gathering each year called Woodstick, and it sparked an idea. "They got over 400 drummers and I thought, 'Oh my gosh, we have to do that in Houston,'" she told Ro ... More >>
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November 7, 2011
Awesomeness and Hearing Loss at the 2011 Texas BigBeat
How do a crapload of drums sound when playing in unison in an airplane hangar? Pretty freaking awesome. In the Cameron Crowe-directed documentary Pearl Jam Twenty, lead singer Eddie Vedder discusses the detrimental impact of the band's Spinal Tap-like replacement of drummers, equating each ch ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
Matt Schaub Is Done, So Gary Kubiak Can Show His "One Thing"
A Matt Schaub blast from the pastIn the movie The Breakfast Club, there's a scene where the five main characters are sitting around the library and the topic of conversation lands on "What's the one thing you can do well?" As it turned out the Geek was pretty good at making spaghetti, the Ba ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
Barbecue and Big Books of Modernist Cuisine on Top Chef: Texas
Where is your god now, fanboys?We've had a week off, and in that time frame the Top Chef: Texas contestants have moved on from Dallas to Austin. My drug of choice this week is cough syrup, which I've been drinking all day long. I feel like a gangster. (More on this later today.) Nathan Myhrv ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
The Sound of Flight: 6 Local Musicians That Could Announce Flights at Houston Airports
Hobby AirportOn Tuesday, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport announced that they will be launching a new program to promote awareness of music native to their region, wherein famous musicians from the area will announce safety procedures and give informational speeches on the airport. In ret ... More >>
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