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  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Rest Of The Best: Houston's Top 8 Dance Clubs

    With the term "dance club," there are two ways to go. There's the myopic view, where the term strictly means the glitzy, glamorous, fabulous clubs (once known as "discotheques") that maybe aren't specifically for dancing but certainly do include it in their arsenals, and there's the panoptic view, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Whitney Of The Ginger Man: Local Beers Make Her Proud

    This week, I paid a visit to that Rice Village staple, the original Ginger Man, to have a post-work beer at a picnic table in the evening sun. You can always count on the Ginger Man for a great beer selection featuring some of Texas's and Houston's finest labels, and for the interior to be a cool, d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Christian Radio Group Buys 103.7 FM

    KHJK 103.7, the station known as "Houston's Adult Alternative" and the only place on Houston commercial radio to hear artists such as Mumford & Sons and the Avett Brothers, has been sold to a group of Christian-music radio stations. According to the Web site radio-info.com, the California-based Edu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes 2012: No. 89, Beer-Battered Asparagus at Hearsay

    This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston® issue, we're counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential to Houston's cultural landscape and/or dishes that any visitor (or resident) should try at least o ... More >>

  • Music

    May 24, 2012

    Closing Time

    Nearly 136,000 words later, my tenure as Nightfly is over.

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Our Mashed-Up Historic Houston Photos, As Seen On TV

    Our series of mashed-up past and present Houston photos got some TV love yesterday. Abrahan Garza, who painstakingly puts together the photos -- it's not as easy as it looks -- was on Great Day Houston to talk about the project. Follow Hair Balls News on Fac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes 2012: No. 90, Chicken Sandwich at JerryBuilt Homegrown Burgers

    This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston® issue, we're counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential to Houston's cultural landscape and/or dishes that any visitor (or resident) should try at least o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Slow, Loud & Bleedin': haarp's New Orleans Sludge Backs Up Into Bayou City

    If you're a metal band rolling into Houston for the first time, there aren't too many better guys to have backing you up than Phil Anselmo. The ex-Pantera front man is unabashedly worshipped as a metal god throughout Texas, and when he speaks, Houston's heavy music fans listen. Lately, Anselmo has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Vet Claims City Jailer Sodomized Him with Billy Club

    A man who told Houston city jailers he was gay says one of them then beat him, called him "faggot" and sodomized him with his billy club, according to a lawsuit. The man said another jailer laughed while this was happening, and that the first jailer later apologized after learning the man was an Ar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    The Houston Press Needs A New Nightfly

    Like to go out? Want to get paid for it? Of course it's not quite that simple. But the Houston Press has an opening for a bar/nightclub columnist effective immediately. As of this week's column, our now-former Nightfly, Shea Serrano, is moving on to greener pastures and better hours. And another ki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes 2012: No. 91, Avocado Gelato at Frozen Cafe

    This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston® issue, we're counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential to Houston's cultural landscape and/or dishes that any visitor (or resident) should try at least o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes 2012: No. 92, Hot Dog at Tacos D.F.

    This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston® issue, we're counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential to Houston's cultural landscape and/or dishes that any visitor (or resident) should try at least o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    OIMBY Returns After a Two-Year Break

    Outstanding in the Field dinners -- meals which feature a tour of a local farm and food prepared by a master chef on the farm itself -- are famously fabulous, but also notoriously expensive. And two years ago, a few Houston food lovers decided to do something about it: start their own. Outstanding ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Unidentified Male, 22, Bayou Body Count No. 64

    A man walking through his westside apartment complex Sunday night was shot to death, Houston police said. The victim, whose identity has not been released, was walking to a convenience store about 9:30 p.m. when he was shot in the head by someone who then fled on foot, police say. Anyone with info ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes 2012: No. 93, Breakfast Tacos at Sunrise Taquito

    This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston® issue, we're counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential to Houston's cultural landscape and/or dishes that any visitor (or resident) should try at least o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    NightCulture Acquires Stereo Live

    NightCulture, the EDM promoter that produces shows in Houston, Texas and Oklahoma announced this afternoon it has acquired one of Houston's top dance clubs, Stereo Live -- a place where it had already promoted several shows, including dubstep duo Knife Party (above). "We are excited to add our own ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Houston Bartenders Shine on a National Level

    A few years ago, a bar in Houston was just a place to get a drink and the people who worked there were just part of the service industry. Chefs were rock stars and everyone else was fairly invisible. In the last few months, there have been multiple bartenders who have become worthy of notice in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes 2012: No. 94, Potatoes at Money Cat Brunch

    This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston® issue, we're counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential to Houston's cultural landscape and/or dishes that any visitor (or resident) should try at least o ... More >>

  • Music

    May 17, 2012

    Grady Gaines, the Upsetter

    Houston sax lion has always been in the "hottest band around."

  • News

    May 17, 2012

    Vintage Baseball: The Wanderers

    In 1904, Houston's base ball team couldn't find a home base.

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Corkage: A Privilege, Not a Right

    In the wake of last week's post on The Wine Lover's Bill of Rights, I wanted to turn the tables (no pun intended) and address one of the wine lover's responsibilities in the unique social compact that is sealed when you sit down for a meal in a restaurant. In most states, corkage -- i.e., bringing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Is Mission Burrito Trying to Compete with Torchy's Tacos?

    I get the feeling that Mission Burrito is suddenly trying to compete with newcomer Torchy's Tacos, the Austin import that features tacos with fillings like fried chicken and names like the Dirty Sanchez or the Trailer Park. Why? Because the Houston-based burrito chain has now introduced a new line ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes 2012: No. 95, Farmer's MKT Pizza at Phoenicia's MKT Bar

    This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston® issue, we're counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential to Houston's cultural landscape and/or dishes that any visitor (or resident) should try at least o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    HPD Seeking Man Who Shot Guy Who Followed His Orders

    Two men emerged from Dreams Gentleman's Club about 4:30 in the morning April 8. They were approached by two men, one with a gun. The armed man "pointed [the gun] at the two men and ordered them to raise their hands," Houston police say. "The second man told his friend to run and then fled. The vic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Houston Scores Big-Time In Latest Edition Of Encyclopedia Of Country Music: Part 6

    Mickey Newbury paved the road from Houston to Nashville for a Hells Angels-ish, hard-drinking, hard-drugging gaggle of songwriters who, like Newbury, would go on to make a serious mark on Music City. Ornery, belligerent, cocky, literary, opinionated, and super-talented, this group of Houston transp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Cover Story: Houston's Ancient Baseball History Comes Alive

    For most local sports fans, baseball history begins with the Astrodome. Mention the old exploding scoreboard, beer-hawkers and their cries of "Coldest foam in the dome!" and Jose Cruuuuuuuuuuz and you're sure to bring a tear of nostalgia to many a forty- and fiftysomething. And there are those crot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes: No. 96, Pineapple Wasabi Burger at Lankford Grocery

    This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston® issue, we're counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential to Houston's cultural landscape and/or dishes that any visitor (or resident) should try at least o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Roy Valdez, 20, Bayou Body Count No. 59

    A man was shot several times at a southwest-side restaurant Sunday afternoon and died, Houston police say. Roy Valdez, 20, was at the Taqueria Cancun in the 8100 block of South Gessner with four other men when the shooting occurred. The four men fled. "HPD investigators are asking all of these ind ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes: No. 97, Caprichos Mixtos at Taqueria Monterrey Chiquito

    This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston® issue, we're counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential to Houston's cultural landscape and/or dishes that any visitor (or resident) should try at least o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Where Are We Eating?

    It's not the $95 stuffed truffled Kobe filet, but the piece of beef you see below from this famous Houston restaurant is no slouch either: It's a cut of USDA Prime steak, which is tender enough to cut with a fork, with sides of braised romaine lettuce and Brussels sprouts leaves. Think you know whe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes: No. 98, Custard at Petite Sweets

    This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston® issue, we're counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential to Houston's cultural landscape and/or dishes that any visitor (or resident) should try at least o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    9 Cool & Cheap Weekenders: Alkari, Black Bananas, Chico Trujillo, Etc.

    Pot luck show of the weekend: ElecTrick, The Space Villains and Los Area 51 tonight at Rudyard's. Free. It's the big Art Car Weekend, if you haven't heard, and you can get a peek at Saturday's parade at Discovery Green tonight at 6:30 with two solid hours of a murderer's row of local blues greats ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Comment of the Day: Rounding Up Black Youths

    We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involving wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Report: Sara Evans, Billy Currington Playing July 4 Fest

    Culturemap, the Houston Web site that loves rubbing shoulders with celebrities and other "insiders" but is generally content to limit its music coverage to the kind of artists familiar to the average People magazine reader, has unleashed a scoop that will surely have the rest of Houston talking unti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes: No. 99, Texas Turkey at Spec's

    This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston® issue, we're counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential to Houston's cultural landscape and/or dishes that any visitor (or resident) should try at least o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Rest Of The Best: Houston's Top 6 Live-Music Sound Systems

    It's often difficult enough to hear a great band or solo artist over the yammering of those in attendance, but it is made worse when the sound system sounds like garbage. We music lovers have often lamented the lack of decorum shown by some local music "fans" when it comes to talking during shows, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes: No. 100, Chili Cheese Mac at Jus' Mac

    This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston ® issue, we're counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential to Houston's cultural landscape and/or dishes that any visitor (or resident) should try at least ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Varrie V: Hey Everyone, A Local Musician Is On National TV Again

    Each week, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to sheaserrano@gmail.com. Last year, the underground Houston m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Cover Story: Houston's Noise Ordinance Has Bar and Club Owners Screaming

    Things have been quite noisy since Houston's new noise ordinance became law. In this week's cover story, Houston Press examined the effects of the citywide sound ordinance, which Houston City Council passed on October 10. While a Houston Police Department officer is confident that the noise ordin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Houston Slips to No. 4 on Travel Leisure's List of Top Burger Cities

    After reigning as Travel Leisure's No. 1 burger city in America for 2011, Houston has now slipped to No. 4 in the magazine's 2012 list. This year's top city? Providence, "with its reputation for creative, locavore chefs" according to the magazine, followed by Philadelphia and Chicago. Providence? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    AVICII Cancels May 17 Reliant Arena Date

    According to an announcement by Houston promoters Nightculture, Tim Berg, the enormously popular Swedish house DJ known as AVICII, has been forced to cancel the early dates of his upcoming LE7ELS tour, including a stop at Reliant Arena May 17, because changes in the tour's production introduced at t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Old Houston Photos Mashed With Modern Houston, Part 2

    It's time for another look at vintage Houston photos mashed with their present-day locations. Since the last post, people have asked why I am doing this, and it's never just one answer. Houston needs to be remembered for its go-get-`em-everything-is-bigger-in-Texas ways. I've heard people complain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Six Years Gone: Big Hawk Remembered

    Six years ago last week, on May 1, 2006, local rapper and Screwed Up Click Five-Star General Big Hawk was gunned down outside of a friend's home on Redfern on Houston's Southside. He was 36. While it's never acceptable to lose a gifted artist to violence in the prime of his life and career, Hawk's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Kyle Pierson of The Hay Merchant Pouring Pints in Same Spot He Bussed Tables Back When Montrose Was...Scary

    Lately, I've been pretty obsessed with sour ales, and there aren't many establishments in Houston that cater to my sweet sour tooth. One that does, however, is The Hay Merchant. They have three sours on tap including my favorite, Brouwerij Bockor's Cuvée des Jacobins Rouge. I stopped in this week ... More >>

  • News

    May 3, 2012

    Another Austin Lover

    Six bad reasons to move there.

  • Music

    May 3, 2012

    True Believers and Other Local Releases

    Six bad reasons to move there.

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Is Houston America's Future Bicycling Capitol? Tom McCasland Thinks It Is, and Is Making It So

    Tom McCasland has long believed that Houston is a sleeping giant of a bicycling city, and these days Houston appears to be waking up and stretching its legs. Today Yale Law grad McCasland serves as the interim head of the Harris County Housing Authority, but even before he began his previous positi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    May is National Burger Month: Celebrate and Drool

    It's no secret that Houston is home to some bad-ass burgers. (This makes up for our overall lack of good barbecue, or at least that's what I tell myself to get through the day.) And since May is National Burger Month, we thought we'd spotlight a few of our favorites. Browse through 20 of Houston's ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 3, 2012

    Stick ’Em Up

    It's no secret that Houston is home to some bad-ass burgers. (This makes up for our overall lack of good barbecue, or at least that's what I tell myself to get through the day.) And since May is National Burger Month, we thought we'd spotlight a few of our favorites. Browse through 20 of Houston's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Unidentified Male, 31, Bayou Body Count No. 49

    A fight in the common kitchen area of an East End apartment complex ended with a fatal shooting Saturday night, Houston police say. The 31-year-old male victim, whose name was not released, was in the kitchen about 11:30 p.m. in a complex in the 6700 block of Avenue K. He made the fatal -- and clas ... More >>

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