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DJ Sun's Guided Tour of One Hundred, Part 2

Wednesday DJ Sun, who has as good a claim as anybody we know on the title of Houston's Chillest Citizen, was kind enough to walk us through the first half of his brand-new (and first) full-length original album, One Hundred. Full-length is right, too: One Hundred stretches to 19 tracks, including a ... More >>

To Selena, With Love: A Conversation With Widower Chris Perez

Do you remember when and where you heard the news about Selena? I do. I was riding the school bus when a classmate, listening to the radio on his Walkman, shouted "Selena was shot!". "How terrible", I thought to myself, thinking that maybe she was just wounded, but for sure she would recover. "No br ... More >>

The Film Issue: Team Margaret

The Film Issue

Looking back on the year in movies, and what's coming in 2012.

Broken Promises

Readers recount problems with DFPS

The Drayton McLane Era -- Asking That One Question

Plus: this. Minus: Tim Purpura​The end of the Drayton McLane Era as owner of the Astros is imminent. With today's announcement that local businessman Jim Crane's purchase of our hometown ball club, we can begin to evaluate the "Houston Astros, version McLane" in full. There are a handful o ... More >>

On the Road in Miami

Treats from Gilbert's.​A summer vacation without the beach is like a cookie without sugar: pointless. Luckily our beautiful neighbor to the south, Miami, has yet to be affected by the negligence of BP. The city is as vibrant as ever with its glitz, glam and ever-present Latin flair. Whether yo ... More >>

Where Not To Go In Texas If You Want Broadband Service

No broadband?!​More than a quarter-million Texans have no access to broadband service, according to figures and a new map put out today by Texas Agricultural Commissioner Todd Staples.Two questions: First, how do these people live without viral videos like "BP Execs Spill Coffee"? Second, the Agri ... More >>

Bring Back the Babes and Bitches

You Want a Piece of Me?

Homeless Corey Black thought he'd struck gold when he says he was offered $10,000 to sell his kidney.

"Yappy Hour" Taken By Dad To Go Live On Farm Somewhere; City Promises We Can Visit When We're Older

No Dogs Allowed. So said the city health department last week when pets and their owners were turned away from a planned "Yappy Hour" at Beaver's on Decatur. The bar and restaurant had done a considerable amount of promoting for the new event, even sending out packets of dog biscuits to th ... More >>

Yappy Hour at Beaver's Put Down

Photo courtesy of finnadat NO SOUP FOR YOU!No Dogs Allowed. So said the city health department last week when pets and their owners were turned away from a planned "Yappy Hour" at Beaver's on Decatur. The bar and restaurant had done a considerable amount of promoting for the new eve ... More >>

The Lady Vanishes

Hitchcock hits the rails in his 1938 release

Capsule Stage Reviews: Oklahoma!, Smoke on the Mountain: Homecoming, Snoopy, Yeomen of the Guard

Truckers without Borders

Color Me Impressed

Houston's Spain Colored Orange drops the Charade and inks an indie record deal

Parts Unknown

Did Donnie Riley kill Tarron Dixon, or was he shooting at someone else in a different Houston neighborhood that night 13 years ago?

Big Time

Tamarie goes to Hollywood

Fear of Comics

Los Bros Hernandez return, bearing Love and Rockets

False Sense of Security

Pinkerton guards are supposed to keep criminals at bay. But sometimes, they are the criminals.

Buddy and the Beast

A pair of unlikely allies trade wisecracks and fight evil. The twist: one's a dragon.

My Life As A Grape

What's Eating Gilbert Grape -- growing up eccentric in a small Iowa town

Fever Pitch

The Actors Workshop is on-key and off-a-runnin' with Ken Ludwig's farce Lend Me A Tenor