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Weekend Music: Murder on Memorial Day

Take Our Shuttle Quiz And See If You're A Space Expert

NASA is back in space, via a dramatic nighttime launch of the space shuttle Endeavour. The mission will expand and repair the International Space Station, and exchange out crew members. NASA has largely dropped from public consciousness -- at least until the "Mars, Bitches!!" program begins -- ... More >>

What a Long, Strange Trip...

The Missiles cap ten years with a farewell. Their manager remembers.

A Uniquely Pervis Perspective

The Missiles cap ten years with a farewell. Their manager remembers.

Static

The Missiles cap ten years with a farewell. Their manager remembers.

SHOT BAR'S ADIOS MO FO

The Missiles cap ten years with a farewell. Their manager remembers.

Notable tour sponsorships in U.S. history

Take It On the Run

LIVE SPORTS CAFE'S BOB MARLEY

Take It On the Run

BIG WOODROW'S SEX WITH AN ALLIGATOR

Take It On the Run

Goodbye, Proletariat

The Montrose clubhouse is closing. What now?

Mike Epps

The Friday and Def Comedy Jam star takes no prisoners

Cage Match

concert preview

KAY'S LOUNGE

Three Wise Men

Make Ours a Red Head

Three Wise Men

Shock and Rawrb

Psychostick's Notorious R.O.B.

Washington Apple

Mink

Free Booze

Never pay for a drink in this town again

Panty Rave

Get down and dirty at Lustfully Yours

Playbill

Get down and dirty at Lustfully Yours

Gay Play

The nightlife scene is alive and well in the Montrose. Meet some of its stars.

Dimmu Borgir, with Nevermore, Children of Bodom and Hypocrisy

Friday, November 21

Jägermeister Tour 2003, with Slayer, Hatebreed, Archenemy and E-Town Concrete

Tuesday, November 11

Nü-School Drool

Fresh out of rehab, Saliva's Chris D'abaldo hopes being on the Jägermeister tour won't make him Pavlov's dawg

Chicago Oasis

T.K. Bitterman's Sex with an Alligator

Grey Goose Music Tour

Wednesday, October 9

Just a Little Nip and Tuck

The Tavern's Red Headed Slut

The Real Battle of the Bands

Paesanos' battle-of-the-bands bounty and other tales from a disastrous competition

Book 'Em

Among musicians, everyone wants to become an author

In Honor of the Winter Solstice

Ling and Javier's Longest Night

Get Your Beatles Rock Band On Tonight With The Houston Press

​If you're a Beatles fan -- and who isn't? (Besides me, and maybe that's just because I've heard the music too much, although I've never gotten into Sgt. Pepper, and some of the early stuff is really...but I digress) -- tonight's the night to show your chops.The Houston Press has its hands on a Be ... More >>

Top 5 Cocktails Guys Can't Order In Public

You're a man. You like beer. In fact, hurray, beer! But just because you are a virile male doesn't mean that you can't glance over at the girl holding a beverage with a delightful fruit skewer and think, "Gee, that looks fun and refreshing, I'll order that next!" Right? Wrong! There are certain cock ... More >>

Stirred and Shaken: Front Porch Pub's Poison Girl

Photo by Troy Fields​"I'd hate to own a bar," says Sergeant B. "I'd have to deal with people like me." He's talking about agitated drinkers, and in this case, the source of the agitation is a Monday Night Football bingo game at Front Porch Pub (217 Gray, 713-571-9571). Bingo and anger normally ... More >>

FRONT PORCH PUB'S POISON GIRL

Photo by Troy Fields​"I'd hate to own a bar," says Sergeant B. "I'd have to deal with people like me." He's talking about agitated drinkers, and in this case, the source of the agitation is a Monday Night Football bingo game at Front Porch Pub (217 Gray, 713-571-9571). Bingo and anger normally ... More >>

Aftermath: The Wailers, and Much Gnashing of Teeth from Our Writer, at House of Blues

Photos by Groovehouse / Click here for a slideshow​Aftermath recently read the following quote on Twitter: "Reggae is actually the only musical genre in which its greatest artist ever is actually its most popular as well." While Aftermath thinks this reveals a major disservice to artists l ... More >>

Where Are We Peeing?

[Ed. Note: Just in time for lunch, Rocks Off presents our own spin on Houston Press food blog Eating Our Words' popular Where Are We Eating/Drinking series.] Craig Hlavaty​ Monday nights we usually hit this place up to watch The Daily Show on mute and partake in their weekly Lone Star and Jaeger s ... 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 >>

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 >>

Stirred and Shaken: PJ's Sports Bar's Lindsay Lohan

Photo by Troy Fields​American karaoke probably makes a native Korean feel the same way I do when I eat Mexican food in a place like Arkansas. Still, I dragged my friend Alex to PJ's Sports Bar (614 W. Gray, 713-520-1748) so I could get an expert's opinion on the dive-bar version of South Korea ... More >>

PJ's Sports Bar's Lindsay Lohan

Photo by Troy Fields​American karaoke probably makes a native Korean feel the same way I do when I eat Mexican food in a place like Arkansas. Still, I dragged my friend Alex to PJ's Sports Bar (614 W. Gray, 713-520-1748) so I could get an expert's opinion on the dive-bar version of South Korea ... More >>

Possible Sponsors For 6 Summer Tours

​Sunday night, resurgent '90s nu-metaleers Korn stop by Verizon Wireless Theater as headliners of the annual Jagermeister Music Tour. Wonder if they've still got the gorilla suit. It seems like more and more artists are following the model of bands like U2, whose recently scratched 360 Tour was "p ... More >>

Korn Was Not A F**king Emo Show At Sold-Out Verizon

Photos by Matthew Keever​ Seventeen years after its inception, Korn still managed to sell out the Verizon Wireless Theater on Sunday night for the 2010 Jagermeister Music Tour. Most bands could only dream of continuing to sell-out venues for two decades, but a look at Korn's fan base, which ranges ... More >>

Five Questions to Answer Before You Decide Where to Eat (When You're Drunk)

​You've closed out your local pub, and you're a little bit lit up. Not so drunk that you're stumbling around talking to trees and vomiting on yourself, but drunk enough to be extremely impulsive. And the impulse hitting you right now: You need food. Slowly you remember that you haven't eaten s ... More >>

Bartender Chat: Diana Franco of Velvet Melvin Pub

​Diana Franco is exactly the kind of bartender you want serving you on those nights when you're looking for a place to relax with your friends while drinking a cold beer. Or a 46-ounce Tank. Seriously. When I asked Franco what drinks are most popular, she laughingly pointed out the list of Tan ... More >>

Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax

​Diana Franco is exactly the kind of bartender you want serving you on those nights when you're looking for a place to relax with your friends while drinking a cold beer. Or a 46-ounce Tank. Seriously. When I asked Franco what drinks are most popular, she laughingly pointed out the list of Tan ... More >>

Anthrax's Charlie Benante Shouts Out King's X And The Refused

​Of the three bands on the bill at Sunday's Jagermeister Tour Houston stop, Anthrax is perhaps the one with the most varied reach. Sure, everyone loves Slayer, and Megadeth has a dedicated following of Mustaine-iacs, but it was Anthrax who touched the most upon hip-hop and hardcore punk. The ... More >>

Shake Weight Olympics: Not for the Faint of Heart

Marc BrubakerThe early field of contestants at Swaye Bar's Shake Weight Olympics.​To see photos of the Shake Weight Games, check out our slideshow. There are scads of ways to get people to come to a bar, and in our experience cheap drinks, entertainment, free food, bands, etc. all work pretty ... More >>

LSU to Brew and Sell Its Own Beer, Leaving UT to Wonder Why They Didn't Think of That

An academic kind of beer​We've been to LSU football games, and if there's one thing we noticed, it's that there's just not enough beer. Some would say that's because people are guzzling bourbon and scotch instead of brews, but the keen minds in the LSU administration know better. The school ... More >>

Winter's Coming: 9 NSFW Snowman Sex Pictures (That You'd Never See in Houston)

Oh, Frosty.​Winter is here in full force, which means in Houston the temperature might be 65 degrees or it might be 30 degrees. If it does get freezing, though, it won't last long. That means we miss the sheer joy of shoveling driveways, parking spaces in front of houses, and sidewalks. Of tr ... More >>

How to Appear Knowledgeable at a Texans Gamewatch Sunday (From the Bad Advice Dept.)

Photo by Marco TorresOh, and wear a mask.​You don't have to be a football fan to find yourself at a Houston Texans gamewatch party Sunday when they take on Baltimore. Which can be a problem, because you'll be surrounded by fanatics and you don't want to look foolish. Luckily, you can look li ... More >>

Rock Star Energy Drink Mayhem Festival Announces Houston Date: Includes Slipknot, Slayer, Anthrax And More

Photo By Marc BrubakerSlayer's Kerry King making Austin bleed at Fun Fun Fun Fest last November​This morning, the lineup for this summer's mega-metal fest, the Rock Star Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, was released. It includes re-activated act Slipknot, warhorses Slayer, Anthrax on the Jagermei ... More >>