Kentucky

Cute New Dinosaur Billboards Coming...For the Creation Museum?

What kid can resist a dinosaur museum? So when a billboard like this goes up in Houston, which the AP says is going to happen, you might have to do some fast talking. "But, little Johnny, I'm not sure I want you thinking that dinosaurs and humans were around at the same time, because it's not what ... More >>

John Michael Montgomery

Health Department Roundup: KFC, Pizza Buffets and the Wok of Shame

We're going to start with a tale from fast food. The KFC at 6505 Hillcroft had a pretty good inspection -- the only issues the city turned up were floors not in good repair and not enough light in working areas. That's nice and all, but according to our mom, who worked at a KFC when she was in high ... More >>

Chris Knight

September Knows How To Party: Bourbon!

Anamaris Cousins PriceBourbon - before and after​I don't know how this all got started, these National (fill in the blank) month/day, but if September is celebrating the joys of bourbon, who am I to stand in the way? Well, officially, it is National Bourbon Heritage Month, a time to celebrate ... More >>

Bar Light, Bar Bright: Beer Signs & Songs That Light Them Up

Photos by Jason WolterChris Knight at the Firehouse Saloon, August 3​Rocks Off has a bad habit of what some people refer to as "honky-tonkin'." Single, childless and a lifelong Lone Star drinker, we have no reservations about staying out till all hours, even if sometimes it does make us feel l ... More >>

Friday Night: Cage The Elephant & Manchester Orchestra At Verizon

Photos by Matthew KeeverCage the Elephant​Cage the Elephant, Manchester Orchestra Verizon Wireless Theater May 27, 2011 Cage the Elephant are nuts. Like their music or not, you're guaranteed to have a good time at any of their live performances. The band's energy level is unparalleled by alm ... More >>

A Bourbon of Our Own

Readers toast Texas spirit.

Made in Texas

Think all bourbon comes from Kentucky? Think again.

The Lost Mojito

​If you've had a cocktail with rum, sugar, lime, soda and spearmint, it was probably called a mojito. That's fine with me -- I'm no cocktail cop -- but that's not what they're drinking in Havana. A Cubano would no more make a spearmint mojito than a Kentuckian would serve up a peppermint jul ... More >>

The United States of Murder: A Map

Illustration by Monica FuentesClick here for larger version and more info​Serial killers and famous murderers have existed almost as long as mankind, we're sure. But as in so many things, the United States may just have perfected the thing. Each state has its own infamous episode, some very w ... More >>

The United States of Beer

Illustration by Monica FuentesFull-size image below.​You asked for it, we delivered. Last week, while many of you were enjoying our map of the United States of Soft Drinks, just as many of you alcoholics were demanding a United States of Beer map instead. And so we hunkered down all weekend, ... More >>

“WYSIWYG, a site specific community interactive installation by Wendy DesChene”

Pop Rocks: Bigmouth (AKA Morrissey) Strikes Again

That's our Moz.​Former Smiths front man and staunch animal rights advocate Morrissey is raising some eyebrows with comments he made about the Chinese in a recent interview: "Did you see the thing on the news about their treatment of animals and animal welfare? Absolutely horrific. You can't h ... More >>

What's Your Burger Bag?

Photo by Adam KubanOne-third of a pound of Angus: disgusting or delicious?​When I was in middle school, my mother put me on a bus to the East Coast. (This is a long story.) The bus stopped in Kentucky at one point, and we all got off to eat lunch. We'd stopped in a McDonald's parking lot, and ... More >>

Rand Paul's Aqua Buddha: Another Baylor Mystery

Aqua Buddah, God -- it's all good​Rand Paul, son of our own Ron Paul and -- hard as it may be to believe -- a serious contender to become the U.S. Senator from Kentucky -- (well, maybe the "Kentucky" part is not that hard to believe) is in the news today because of a brief item from GQ.It addresse ... More >>

Bobby Heugel's Weekly Cocktail: Mint Julep, Part 1 - Bourbon

​The Kentucky Derby is right around the corner, which means that outside of Christmas, more bourbon will be sold over the next two weeks for various Derby celebrations than during any other time period. If you're one of these thousands of people buying bourbon, there are a few simple rules you ... More >>

A Post-Christmas Miracle

​We have been hooked on primo coffee beans roasted locally (well, in The Woodlands) ever since last summer, when we saw a supper show at Dosey Doe Coffee House (25911 I-45 North, The Woodlands) starring songwriter Jimmy Webb. The show was intimate, the venue cozy, the food a nice blend of do ... More >>

Aftermath: Fun Fun Fun Fest In Austin Day 1 - Death, Young Widows, Melt Banana, The Sword, Jesus Lizard

Photos by Marc Brubaker/ Click here for a slideshowDeath, reborn​This year's Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin was the exact thing Aftermath needed in the midst of his fall concert schedule, even though the last day was marred by mud and constant rain. But after last month's dillo-dirtied Austin City Lim ... More >>

It's 100 Degrees: Let The Two-A-Day High School Football Practices Start!

​Two-a-day football practices are scheduled to start next week at high schools in the Houston area, and, as always, the oppressive heat is cause for concern. Twenty-nine high school players nationally have died from heat stroke in the last 15 years, according to the Annual Survey of Football Injur ... More >>

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic ... More >>

In the Pines of Houston

Americana prospers in the northern suburbs

Kentucky Newspaper Says R.I.P, Galveston

Ozone Awards Update: There Were Some Winners, Too

Holiday Road: Linus Pauling Quartet Hits Terrastock

NCAA Tournament: Forget Mount St. Mary’s and Coppin State; Villanova and Kentucky Need to Slug It Out

Drenched In Blog: Noddin' After Midnight

Kentucky Club

Kentucky Cocktail

The College Football Review, Week Seven: Plenty of Reasons to Get Upset

Chris Knight

Trailer Tapes star sings about loss

The Corrections

Black Stone Cherry

Black Stone Cherry performs Tuesday and Wednesday, December 26 and 27, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-225-5483. Hinder and the Burden Brothers also perform.

In His Prine

Polysics, with Alex Atchley, Los Abandoned and the Gaskets

Wednesday, March 15, at Super Happy Fun Land, 2610 Ashland, 713-880-2100

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.

My Morning Jacket

It Still Moves (ATO/RCA/BMG)

Hot-Rodding with the Top Down

The DragStrippers show why girls 'n' cars go so well together

Uptight, Outta Sight

Squoosh your tush into your tightest denims and shake that thing for fun and prizes

Drinking Canada Dry

Ride the north wind down to see Kathleen Edwards

Nappy Roots

Wooden Leather (Atlantic)

Coal Miner's Brother

Chris Knight extracts songs from the same ravaged west Kentucky earth he once rehabilitated

From Hell to the Theater

The Houston Press Indie Film Series makes its debut

Kentucky Caver

Masquerade Theatre presents one of the strangest stories ever made musical

Nappy Roots

Watermelon, Chicken and Gritz (Atlantic)

Dead or Alive

Dead Horse Walking

Rocket Men

The Chron plays the Louisville card

That Was Then...

Confusing Simpatico explores the guilt that haunts three friends who pulled a scam in their youth

News of the Weird

Letters

Murder to Watch