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10 Things Musicians Have Been Buried With

Everyone dies eventually, even rock stars, and when they go it's not uncommon for them to take beloved personal items with them, or to have such things placed there by grieving friends and family. That is of course unless they're cremated and have their ashes snorted or smoked. For those who went th ... More >>

Combat Veterans Fall Prey to Gambling Addictions at an Alarming Rate

where's the military when the chips are down?

Bartender Chat: Bryan of Danton's

This week I did what I do pretty much every other Monday evening. I went over to Danton's, winner of 2011's Best Cajun and Best Seafood restaurant awards in the Houston Press Best of Houston edition, to partake in what French poet Léon-Paul Fargue said was akin to "...kissing the sea on the lips." ... More >>

Last Night: Kid Rock At Reliant Stadium

Kid Rock RodeoHouston, Reliant Stadium February 29, 2012 Kid Rock is now ensconced as this generation's rap-soul-blues-rock-pimp for the next 40 years: Equal parts Rock N Roll Jesus, Bob Seger, Bocephus, and maybe all in that order. Whether he's attacking a pair of turntables with a glass of Jim Be ... More >>

Randy Travis Arrested in Sanger This Morning For Suspicion Of Intoxication

This morning in Sanger, Texas, country crooner Randy Travis was arrested on "suspicion of public intoxication" by local authorities. Our sister paper to the north, Dallas Observer, also picked up on the story, which is currently making the rounds on TMZ. According to Denton County officials, Travi ... More >>

Randy Travis: Weird North Texas Drunk-In-Public Bust

It may seem that we're talkin' foolish, but Randy Travis was arrested early this morning, allegedly drunk in a car parked in front of a Baptist church in the Denton County town of Sanger. (Travis reportedly owns a ranch in Tioga, 25 miles east of Sanger.) TMZ broke the story. They reported that a ... More >>

On the Rocks: Cocktails Named After Musicians for New Year's Eve

Have a G.G. Allin and bring in the New Year indecently!​Everything is more exciting, sometimes even redeeming, when it has a cool name: Sexual acts, alcoholic beverages, movies, albums, etc. OK, maybe just sexual acts and drinks. Since there are thousands of sites that have the former covere ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Damaged Divas of the Decades, Oliver Twist, Once on this Island, Skin Deep, Speed-the-Plow, There Is a Happiness That Morning Is

Capsule Stage Reviews: Damaged Divas of the Decades, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Oliver Twist, There Is a Happiness That Morning Is, Zombie Prom

Capsule Stage Reviews: Damaged Divas of the Decades, Debbie Does Dallas, the Musical, Galveston! the Musical!, Guys and Dolls

Jack Daniel's If You Please: A Musical Sour Mash Salute

Q: What do musicians call a diminished fifth? A: An empty bottle of Jack Daniel's. ​Someone at Dirt Bar thinks today may be Jack Daniel's birthday. The Jack Daniel, inventor of the sour mash whiskey and favored rock and roll stage prop. Although they admit they can't be sure - "while he made ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Anna in the Tropics, Damaged Divas of the Decades, Ether Dome, Farragut North, Republic Day, Woof

Capsule Stage Reviews: Damaged Divas of the Decades, Farragut North, Goodbye Charlie, Kissless the Musical, Once Upon a Mattress, A Triumph of Love

Capsule Stage Reviws: Damaged Divas of the Decades, Once Upon a Mattress, Sylvia

Diva-licious

Music Box Theater brings big-city, high-style cabaret to Houston.

Bourbon Tasting with Fred Noe at Gravitas

Manhattan.​Fred Noe has bourbon in his blood. The great-grandson of Jim Beam, Noe has continued his family's tradition by running the production of Jim Beam bourbons as well as those vended under the brands Knob Creek, Bakers, and Basil Hayden's. On a recent warm spring evening, Noe hosted a ... More >>

Last Night: Kid Rock At RodeoHouston

Photos by Marco Torres​Kid Rock Reliant Stadium March 14, 2011 First things first: Yes, Aftermath got to Reliant Stadium with plenty of time to spare Monday. One embarrassing screw-up per Rodeo season is more than enough, thank you very much. Besides, no way were we gonna miss Kid Rock's Rod ... More >>

Elvis: 30 Famous Quotes About The King

​Rocks Off is celebrating Elvis week this week - the King would be 76 years old on Saturday. (Or hell, maybe he will be 76 years old on Saturday.) That's more than three-quarters of a century, but it just doesn't seem like a very long time. Maybe that's because whether or not he actually died ... More >>

One Live Humpback Whale: Local Fantasy Tour Riders

​Everyone probably knows that top-selling bands like Van Halen routinely demand everything short of the moon and stars for their tour contract and rider, but specifically No Brown M&Ms. Some bands have a schedule for required nourishment, or in Rush's case, for booze. The "Weekly Booze Schedul ... More >>

Branch Water Tavern's Ramble

Stirred & Shaken: Branch Water Tavern's Ramble

Troy Fields​I'm not sure that the whiskey sour has developed a wimpy reputation, but I have one decent piece of anecdotal evidence. I was at Leon's Lounge a few years back with my friend Dulin, who doesn't drink much. (He's an Irish Catholic outlier.) Dulin ordered a whiskey sour, and the bart ... More >>

Bartender Chat: Mike Sims of Rudyard's

​For the last ten years, Mike Sims has been working at Rudyard's British Pub (2010 Waugh Dr.). But he hasn't always been the bartender. He started out helping a friend bar-back, and then he moved to working the door. Eight years ago, he started working as a bartender.

The Music of True Blood, Episode 2: Austin's Vallejo Lies Down With a "Snake In the Grass"

​Vallejo is a rock and roll band of the highest caliber from just a few miles away in El Campo. The band started as a trio of three brothers who moved to Austin in order to pursue their dream of being the next Santana. Once in the "live music capital of the world," they added a rhythm guitarist an ... More >>

You Can't Be Serious

Our readers debate this year's Best of Houston® winners.

Life, Post-Ike

One year later, Galveston residents like Marie Creasy have dug in for the long haul

Artist of the Week: Jim Jones Jamboree

Drive-By Truckers, A to Z

Alabama Ass Whuppin'

The 2008 MTV Movie Awards Turn Back the Clock

Kentucky Club

Kentucky Cocktail

KAY'S LOUNGE

Three Wise Men

POISON GIRL's

THE JONES

¡Viva la Margarita!

The drink that changed the way we eat

The Sole of Houston

Hi. I'm John Lomax, and I'm a pedestrian. My friend, Uncle Tick, and I walked down 16-plus miles of Westheimer. This is our story.

Mint Julep

The Kentucky Club

Jesse Dayton

Banjo & Sullivan -- The Ultimate Collection 1972-1978

Gimme a B!

Nate Nicoll's synth sounds are your ticket to the '80s

Bikini Wax

Show off your stuff as DJs spin at the Summer Skeet Skeet

Lynyrd Skynyrd and Montgomery Gentry

Thursday, March 17 (Montgomery Gentry), and Friday, March 18 (Lynyrd Skynyrd), at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Reliant Center, 1 Reliant Park, 832-667-1400.

A Pair of Aces

John Evans and Jesse Dayton drop career-defining records two weeks apart

Dancing with Dinosaurs

The natural science museum sheds its stuffy image

Squint

Friday, July 19

Traffic Jam

The folks at Tapir Productions are trying to keep jam bands from skipping over Houston

Stirred and Shaken

T.K. Bitterman's Perfect Manhattan

Billy Joe's Blues

Billy Joe Shaver has known great blessings and great curses

Popera

Whiggin' Out

Avant-rock takes shape in the Afghan Whigs and its wild front man

Clubland

Static

Static

The Last Battle of Chau Minh Nguyen

An ex-commando claims the U.S. owes him for 19 lost years