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The 10 Oddest Super Bowl Halftime Performers

The Super Bowl seems to be running out of stadium-sized performers who can attract eyeballs (the Black-Eyed Peas?), and this year they're hoping that faded scandalist Madonna will do the trick. It's not like they haven't been desperate before. In the early days of the event, producers regularly tu ... More >>

The Year in Aeros Hockey: To the Top and Back

To wrap up my year in review of the teams I cover, here's a look back at the 25 most significant moments with the Houston Aeros for the year 2011. 1. The Aeros added veterans Jed Ortmeyer and Patrick O'Sullivan to the team just as the New Year hit. From that point on, a team which had been strugg ... More >>

Gas Station Sushi: 8 Fine Foods in Funky Places

Gas station sushi from Natto: better than you expected, huh?​I read yesterday's Bon Appetit article on "Undercover Grub: Great Food in Surprising Places" with interest, hoping to catch a glimpse of a Houston restaurant in amongst the soda fountains and airport terminals. I was disappointed to ... More >>

Halley Catherine Shaw, 27, Bayou Body Count No. 158

Photo by HPDDaniel Palacios faces manslaughter charges​A teenager has been charged with manslaughter in the traffic death of a Texas Southern law student. Daniel Garcia Palacios, 17, was fleeing from police in a gray Buick LeSabre about 11:20 p.m. Tuesday when he ran a red light at the 4100 b ... More >>

Michael DeWayne Walker: Lawsuit Over Child Rapist's Prison Death Allowed to Continue

The trial will go on, judge rules.​Michael DeWayne Walker was serving a 21-year sentence for aggravated sexual assault of a child when he was put in a cell with Wilbert "Peanut" Hamilton in 2006. Hamilton beat him to death, and Walker's parents have sued on the grounds that guards and prison ... More >>

Aeros Keeping Their Eye on the Prize

John RoyalJed Ortmeyer, the veteran leader​The Aeros' record on Christmas Day was 17-15-1-2. They were in seventh place in the division. They were in the midst of a long stretch of road games. They had been defeated 5-0 by the Hamilton Bulldogs in their most recent game, they had lost five ... More >>

Aeros Defeat Bulldogs, Advance to Calder Cup Finals

John RoyalThe Aeros surround Jon DiSalvatore after his game-winning goal.​The Houston Aeros don't believe in doing things the easy way. They battled to make the playoffs, after being near last place toward the end of December. They struggled throughout the playoffs, going to a game seven aga ... More >>

Aeros Poised To Make History -- The Wrong Kind Of History

John RoyalA despondent Matt Hackett lays on the ice after Hamilton gets the winning goal in the second overtime​Only twice in AHL history had a team had to go to a game seven in a playoff series after grabbing a 3-0 series lead. But things change. And when a team from Houston is involved in ... More >>

Aeros Take 2-0 Series Lead Over Hamilton

John RoyalThis, amazingly, is not a penalty in the playoffs​Word began circulating through Toyota Center late in the third period of Friday night's game one conference final tilt between the Houston Aeros and Hamilton Bulldogs. And as the word got around, the building seemed to deflate despit ... More >>

Hogg Middle School May Transform into an IB School After Parents Fuss

Can Hogg make the jump to an IB school?​It was the politest group of revolutionaries Hair Balls can ever remember meeting. Gathered in the church parlor at St. Mark's United Methodist Church in the Heights, a small group of mothers gathered last night to discuss their petition drive to revital ... More >>

Another Time

Rosenberg soda fountain offers nostalgia to diners.

Houston Aeros Prove That Stars Don't Always Shine Over Texas

The Aeros know how Steve Martin felt​It's probably safe to say that the AHL hates the Houston Aeros. Or rather, the schedule-makers hate the Aeros. Along with playing a frightening number of three-games-in-three-nights, the Aeros have also had to deal with the month of December, in which the ... More >>

The Year In Aeros Hockey: 25 Random Thoughts Centered Around Ice Girls

Dear Aeros, can we get some Ice Girls already?​The Houston Aeros had a disappointing 2009-10 season, and closing in on the midway point of the 2010-11 season, playoff chances are up in the air. Then again, this being Houston, just having a chance at the playoffs should be seen as successful, espe ... More >>

LeBron James -- Society Hates You, I Love Society

LeBron: The power is waning​Mankind, I have to say that I was just about to give up on you. I'm a very patient person, but with every kid running around in a Ben Roethlisberger jersey or every nimrod that decides to turn right on Hamilton at the Texas Street intersection next to Minute Maid Park ... More >>

HISD Payola

Kids get money for homework

Five Other Ways HISD Can Pay Students And Parents

Possibly where this concept originated​The Houston school district, desperate to get grades and test scores up, is offering cold, hard cash to fifth graders who do their math homework. A kid who masters a bunch of "concepts" can rack up $440 from HISD.That can buy a whole lot of....books extolling ... More >>

Aeros' Schedule Finally Out, And Season-Ticket Holders Get Ripped Off

Aeros season-ticket holders get screwed​The long wait for Houston Aeros fans is over as the AHL released the league's schedule on Wednesday afternoon. The Aeros season will open on the road on October when they play the first regular season game in the history of the expansion Oklahoma City Barons ... More >>

The Big Easy's Origo Malum

Aeros season-ticket holders get screwed​The long wait for Houston Aeros fans is over as the AHL released the league's schedule on Wednesday afternoon. The Aeros season will open on the road on October when they play the first regular season game in the history of the expansion Oklahoma City Barons ... More >>

Stirred and Shaken: The Big Easy's Origo Malum

Photo by Troy Fields​Sitting at the bar on a quiet night at the Big Easy (5731 Kirby, 713-523-9999), it feels like you're a one-armed dwarf and an exotic dancer away from being in a Tom Waits song. Something about the music, empty space and Mardi Gras lights gives it that shore-leave-gone-wron ... More >>

Your Lucky Day

Photo by Troy Fields​Sitting at the bar on a quiet night at the Big Easy (5731 Kirby, 713-523-9999), it feels like you're a one-armed dwarf and an exotic dancer away from being in a Tom Waits song. Something about the music, empty space and Mardi Gras lights gives it that shore-leave-gone-wron ... More >>

The 51st Annual Saint Patrick’s Day Parade

For the Irish and Irish-at-heart

Your Lucky Day

St. Paddy brings the party when you need it most.

Gas Station Chicken

​The gas station food trend is sweeping through Texas. Last week, Katharine Shilcutt tried gas station sushi on the corner of Jefferson and Hamilton. This week, we tried gas station chicken in Austin, Texas. The El Pollo Regio we visited is on the Northeast side of town near 290. It consists o ... More >>

Gas Station Sushi

Photos by Katharine Shilcutt​Only a few short days after Eating Our Words' body revolted violently against some inadvisedly consumed cheese enchiladas that had been on a steam table for far too long, as it turns out, we decided to show our stomach who's boss. Take back the night! And what bett ... More >>

Aeros Start To Get Back On Track A Bit

​When last we heard from the Houston Aeros, they were a beat-up, short-handed squad struggling to score goals, win games, and send a complete roster of skaters onto the ice.Things change in a week.The Aeros spent the Thanksgiving holiday flitting about between Canada and New York, and despite the ... More >>

Aeros' New Boss Promises A More Aggressive Offense

Hard as it may be to believe, especially with the temps outside and with football just now starting, but within a matter of weeks, players will be reporting to camp for the Houston Aeros. The Aeros have undergone some rather massive changes this off season -- as has the team's parent club the Minnes ... More >>

Discounted Woodlands Lawn Seats All Day

Craig HlavatyUntil midnight tonight, the folks over at Live Nation are selling all lawn tickets to shows way out in the woody, mall-y expanses of the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion for just $24.99. The concert conglomerate has been running deals on Hump Day for about the past month to alleviate all ... More >>

Cattle Decapitation

The proud vegans in this San Diego grindcore outfit welcome you to The Harvest Floor.

Here's The Latest On School Closings Due To The "Don't Call It Swine" Flu

Hamilton Middle School, which was closed Thursday and Friday over swine flu concerns, has reopened, HISD and city officials said.Hamilton had been closed because an individual "had exposure to a known case" of the flu, Health and Human Services spokeswoman Kathy Barton tells Hair Balls. "And subsequ ... More >>

HEB Thanksgiving Day Parade

Hannah Montana star Mitchel Musso leads the entertainment for this year’s Turkey Day extravaganza

Houston Aeros Face Off Tomorrow Against Chicago Wolves in First Game of Season

Hannah Montana star Mitchel Musso leads the entertainment for this year’s Turkey Day extravaganza

A Modest Proposal: Teach the Gangbangers Respect

Hannah Montana star Mitchel Musso leads the entertainment for this year’s Turkey Day extravaganza

Aeros Get Ready for the Rampage

Hannah Montana star Mitchel Musso leads the entertainment for this year’s Turkey Day extravaganza

Lost Weekend: Aeros Lose to Marlies and Bulldogs

Hannah Montana star Mitchel Musso leads the entertainment for this year’s Turkey Day extravaganza

Aeros Face Off Against Marlies and Bulldogs This Weekend

Hannah Montana star Mitchel Musso leads the entertainment for this year’s Turkey Day extravaganza

Mercy Eventually

More than 20 years down the road, Mary Gauthier is finally an emerging artist

One Man, Ten Days, 80 Free Drinks

The blow-by-blow

Jane's a-DJ

Alterna-god Perry Farrell's been caught spinning

Get Out of My Head!

Earworms bore in and won't let go

Blindsided

HISD shuts down a program for visually impaired students and strips its teacher of her job

Anatomy of an Attempted Whitewash

A popular HISD principal gets eased out the back door -- almost

Room to Grow

The Engine Room fills a void in the music scene

Run to Ground

Inmate Terry Banks broke out of jail in Missouri, prison guard Lynette Barnett by his side. They disappeared for seven weeks - until the law caught up with them in a Victoria County, Texas, trailer park.

Dismal Dig

Deep Down doesn't mine its potential

HammingIt Up

Local blues guitarist Hamilton reaches musical puberty

Drums of Injustice

Ensemble shows civil rights era through mental patients

Bum Deal?

Politics plays an uncertain backup to this "Gimme Shelter"

It's Joe B.'s World

In the Kingdom of Bob, lawyer Joe B. Allen is the prime minister of vested interests