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  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    A GAY ISLAND??: The Best & Worst Facebook Responses To Bun B Supporting Gay Marriage

    When President Barack Obama said in an interview last week that he supported same-sex marriage, it lit up the Internet with discussion. The dialogue split between those championing the president's words, and his detractors damning him (again) for going against what they saw as biblical and social no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2012

    Sonisphere UK Cancelled: Are Music Festivals in Trouble?

    News emerged late last month that the U.K. date of Sonishphere, the traveling European hard-rock festival, has been canceled. It's a pretty big blow for music fans across the pond -- the headliners scheduled for the event included Queen with Adam Lambert, KISS and Faith No More, and reunited Swedish ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 5, 2012

    Focus on FotoFest 2012

    Snapshots from the photography biennial.

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Top 5 Old Musicians Actually Using Twitter

    Like youth itself, Twitter is wasted on the young. But not everyone over 35 has completely tuned it out -- after a recent upgrade to a smartphone, even I'm using it now after years of Twitterphobia. (Hit me up at @ThePhantomTX.) Since I've been on, I've learned that most musicians have handed off t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 8, 2012

    ''Photographic Mirror''

    Like youth itself, Twitter is wasted on the young. But not everyone over 35 has completely tuned it out -- after a recent upgrade to a smartphone, even I'm using it now after years of Twitterphobia. (Hit me up at @ThePhantomTX.) Since I've been on, I've learned that most musicians have handed off t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Glenn Sorvisto, Co-Founder Of Local Punks The Hates, Dies Of Cancer

    We were deeply saddened to hear that one of the founding members of Houston's most legendary punk act, the Hates, recently lost his battle with cancer last month. Glenn Sorvisto died in Washington D.C. on February 24. "I am sorry that he is gone from this world, because he has always been such a br ... More >>

  • Film

    February 16, 2012

    Family Court

    You are the judge in the high-stakes Iranian legal drama A Separation.

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Gelareh Bagherzadeh: Police Unsure If Murder Was Due to Politics Or Robbery

    Houston police are unsure if the shooting death of Iranian activist Gelareh Bagherzadeh was politically motivated or simply a botched robbery, Homicide Captain David Gott said Thursday. The 30-year-old Houston-based student activist was found dead in her car at about 12:30 a.m. Monday morning. Go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2012

    Golden Bozos: Your "Official" Live Blog For The 69th Golden Globes

    I know, we're all bummed out the Texans lost. But since you've been drinking anyway, you might as well crack open another one and sit through the one awards show even the People's Choice Awards can look down its nose at. I'll be updating this entry throughout the broadcast, so refresh often and try ... More >>

  • Articles

    December 22, 2011

    The Film Issue: People of the Year

    I know, we're all bummed out the Texans lost. But since you've been drinking anyway, you might as well crack open another one and sit through the one awards show even the People's Choice Awards can look down its nose at. I'll be updating this entry throughout the broadcast, so refresh often and try ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Uncovering Peter Case: The Rocks Off Interview

    Julie EnsmingerPeter Case at Cactus Music last year​"I was always sort of not interested in what my generation was doing," Peter Case told Rocks Off 10 years ago after flipping through Louvin Bros. compact discs at a now-defunct bookstore in Sugar Land, surrounded by car dealerships, business ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Chef Chat, Part 2: Morty Parsa of Kasra Persian Grill

    Matthew DresdenMorty Parsa and his son Adam, in front of Kasra Persian Grill ​In Part One of our Chef Chat, we learned how Kasra Persian Grill chef/owner Morty Parsa came to open a restaurant in Houston. Today we discuss his approach to cooking and his philosophy of running a Persian restauran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Idol Beat: Durbin Warfare

    It's James' world; we just live in it.​That wonderful sound you heard last night - that distinct lack of atonal screeching that used to climb up your spine like a mongoose wearing stiletto heels - was the sound of a Jacob-free American Idol. What a beautiful thing. I'm not sure which was more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Five Disastrous Modern-Day Presidential Decisions Not Involving Iraq or Vietnam

    Ronald and Nancy Reagan face the consequences.​Making tough decisions is what being a president is all about. But sometimes those decisions backfire. Sometimes the backfire hurts only the president who made the decision; sometimes it hurts a whole lot of other people. Here are five most disas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Bin Laden Mission: Six Other Notable Raids; Three That Worked And Three That Didn't

    You don't want Chuck Bronson coming after you.​There are uncountable things that could have gone wrong in the raid that ended up with Osama Bin Laden dead; operations like this usually have the odds against them. The Bin Laden raid will join the ranks of historic missions, some famous because ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Owls Basketball Prepares To Fly

    ​It's no secret that Rice's men's basketball program has not been very successful in recent seasons. Last year's team finished the season with a woeful 8-23 record, and with many of the same players returning this season, there shouldn't be much hope for this season.Yet, strangely, there is th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Richard Dawkins In Houston: Taking On the 40 Percent

    Trust me, I have a large number of leather-bound books.​It's hard to argue with Richard Dawkins. A zoologist, atheist and Charles Darwin's biggest supporter, he presents and proves controversial concepts with ease, and in such convincing fashion, that it really makes you second-guess the intellige ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Ernest Withers: 5 Other FBI Informants Of Note

    Also an FBI informant, but not on our list​Pretty shocking news via the Memphis Commercial Appeal this morning that Ernest Withers, the well-known photographer of the Civil Rights movement who was seen as a trusted friend byt its leaders, was an FBI informant.Because, you know, Martin Luther King ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 2, 2010

    Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

    One woman tells the story of many women

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    We're No. 1! (In Executions)

    Photo by Katharine ShilcuttA death penalty protest march was held last week in downtown Austin.​In its 2009 Death Penalty and Executions report released today, Amnesty International calls Texas the "worst offender," because -- with 24 executions -- it leads the country in the number of people ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Social Distortion: While You Weren't Tweeting

    Oh, by the way, the new iPhone came out. In case you hadn't heard.Yup. It's Monday morning. The weekend's indisputably over. You sucked down the last of Saturday night's spliff before bed, and you've pulverized the remaining vomit from your knees with a skin-scalding jet stream. You've blearily ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Opera At UH Sparks Threats, Even Though It's About Radical Islam & Homosexuality

    Edalat Square is an opera based on the true story of two gays teens who were hung in Iran in 2005 for homosexuality.The Opera Vista Festival at UH is featuring the piece this year, and organizers say they expected some controversy. It's arrived, in the form of a death threat.Amy Hopper, founding dir ... More >>

  • Film

    April 2, 2009
  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    Maz Jobrani

    The Iranian-American comic is explosively funny

  • News

    February 19, 2009

    High School Debate

    The Iranian-American comic is explosively funny

  • Culture

    October 30, 2008
  • Calendar

    April 10, 2008

    Marjane Satrapi

    Persepolis author gets her Academy Award-nominated brain picked

  • Film

    January 31, 2008

    Universal Soldier: 'Rambo'

    Twenty years later, our one-man military machine's still going

  • News

    November 1, 2007

    Pearland ISD, the Inspector of Hides and Animals, and Joel Osteen's New Book

    The Pearland school board — entertainment for years to come!

  • News

    May 24, 2007

    Mail Call

    Supernaw's Story

  • Dining

    May 10, 2007

    Kasra Persian Grill

    This elegant ethnic restaurant is hard to find, and not to be missed

  • Film

    May 3, 2007

    Offside

    Banned in his home country, as usual, Iranian Jafar Panahi scores with his sports movie as social commentary

  • News

    December 21, 2006

    Beer Time in Austin

    Houston's microbrewer starts lobbying

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2006

    Well, At Least He Did Better Than the Republicans

    Houston's microbrewer starts lobbying

  • Music

    July 13, 2006

    The Raw Power of Really Smooth Music

    Climb aboard the Yacht Rock revolution at this week's Michael McDonald/Steely Dan show

  • Culture

    July 6, 2006

    Fantastic 4

    The CAMH showcases a group of highly individual Houston artists

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    Horse Shoed

    HPD loses its cool at the Halliburton demonstration

  • Music

    January 20, 2005

    Take the Skinheads Bowling All Over Again

    Camper Van Beethoven hates this part of Texas. Just kidding, maybe...

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Camper Van Beethoven hates this part of Texas. Just kidding, maybe...

  • Dining

    May 6, 2004

    Shrimp N' Ice Cream

    What to order at the Indian seafood restaurant Fish N' More

  • Calendar

    December 18, 2003

    In Harm's Way

    Texas women are no strangers to active military duty

  • Calendar

    October 2, 2003

    O Superwoman

    Groundbreaker Laurie Anderson says yes to Aurora

  • Dining

    December 19, 2002

    Not That Turkey

    Where have all the Turkish restaurants been? Hiding in plain sight as "Mediterranean" cafes.

  • Dining

    December 13, 2001

    Under $5

    Darband Shish Kabob is as cheap as McDonald's, but that's about the only similarity

  • Dining

    February 22, 2001

    You Deserve a Break Today

    McDonald's has it their way - in your museum, church and even in print

  • News

    November 16, 2000

    Altar Ego

    Azita went looking for a wedding sponsor. All she got was a reprimand.

  • Dining

    May 4, 2000

    Irish By Design

    Slainte -- Bronx Bar -- Lucia's Garden -- Sur La Table

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    Trading with the Enemy

    Houston oil companies maintain their profitable ties to Libya, in roundabout ways

  • Film

    January 1, 1998

    Magic for Adults

    The Iranian film Gabbeh weaves an old-fashioned tale

  • Film

    November 20, 1997

    French Originals

    A new film festival displays the latest in Gallic cinema

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