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  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Saturday: iFest in Downtown Houston -- War, Bombino & More

    Houston International Festival Downtown Houston April 28, 2012 Check out our slideshows from this weekend: iFest bands and food and faces from iFest. Also, be sure to read our write-up of iFest's artistic and cultural offerings. It's hard to know what to experience first at iFest. Long before you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Two Ways to Get Over the Texans' Loss on Sunday

    I hear the Texans lost on Sunday. I say "hear" because I couldn't bear the stress of watching the playoff game, and instead spent the afternoon away from all televisions and Internet-enabled phones at a living history museum in Lafayette, where the locals were already smarting after the Saints' loss ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Moonie Bergeron's Cajun Meats

    ​"Let me make you a little snack pack for the car, honey," Joyce said as she prepared the Styrofoam container. Joyce and Miss Peaches were the two women behind the counter at Bergeron's Cajun Meats that morning. Joyce heated up one of Bergeron's signature chicken patties, a spicy ground poultr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2009

    2009 Concert Rewind, September: Taylor Hicks, Chickenfoot, Abbey Road, Monotonix, Butthole Surfers, Happy Mondays... and Creed

    Craig Hlavaty​ Collective Soul, House of Blues, September 1: "Collective Soul is no one's idea of a Southern Rock band, but the band did manage to prove a point or two. First, nostalgically speaking, the '80s are over. The '90s are where the money is. Second, Kings of Leon hardly sprung from a vac ... More >>

  • Music

    May 14, 2009

    Vinyl & Compilations

    Alternatives to the full-Length CD are back with a vengeance.

  • Music

    August 7, 2008

    Sonny Landreth

    Alternatives to the full-Length CD are back with a vengeance.

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2008
  • Blogs

    April 29, 2008

    Get Lit: W.A.R.: The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose, by Mick Wall

    Alternatives to the full-Length CD are back with a vengeance.

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2007

    Solidarity, Baby

    Alternatives to the full-Length CD are back with a vengeance.

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2007

    The Houston 100: The Master List

    Alternatives to the full-Length CD are back with a vengeance.

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2007

    The Houston 100: From Harry Choates to Johnny Preston

    Alternatives to the full-Length CD are back with a vengeance.

  • Music

    September 21, 2006

    H-Town Zydeco

    Dr. Roger Wood and James Fraher serve up another heaping helping of Houston music lore

  • News

    July 7, 2005

    Letters

    Dr. Roger Wood and James Fraher serve up another heaping helping of Houston music lore

  • Culture

    May 26, 2005

    Hot Shows

    Summertime concerts that will leave you sweating

  • News

    February 10, 2005

    Letters

    Summertime concerts that will leave you sweating

  • News

    January 27, 2005

    Letters

    Summertime concerts that will leave you sweating

  • News

    November 6, 2003

    Pens and Needles

    Federal turf fights and deals mark the legacy of a union bribery case

  • News

    September 18, 2003

    Soldiers of Misfortune

    Ranch Rescue finds its welcome mat withdrawn

  • News

    May 17, 2001

    Texas Gothic

    A timber baron's descendants head into courts and crypts in their decades-old effort to reclaim their birthright and big bucks from an arch-nemesis: his secretive third wife

  • Music

    April 19, 2001

    Emerald Bayou

    The Irish take center stage at the 2001 Houston International Fest

  • Music

    September 14, 2000

    Self-Righteous Leftists

    Smithsonian Folkways releases Broadside magazine's long-forgotten tracks

  • News

    January 20, 2000

    Where Angels Fear to Tread

    When Kilgore College staged a gay play, administrators learned there were limits to a liberal education in East Texas

  • Music

    August 5, 1999

    Rotation

    Boozoo Chavis and the Magic Sounds, Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band, Verbena

  • Music

    October 23, 1997

    Cajun Pride

    Boozoo Chavis and the Magic Sounds, Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band, Verbena

  • Music

    May 22, 1997

    Lip Service

    Cowboy Mouth has learned about responsibility, but not forgotten about fun

  • News

    December 12, 1996

    Ain't That a Ditch

    Hiram Butler and his neighbors are fighting to retain the funky charm of Magnolia Grove, and they're drawing their battle line in the ditch.

  • News

    February 22, 1996

    Wasted Days, Wasted Lives (Part II)

    Record producer Huey Meaux was a legend in the music business. Now he's an accused pedophile on the run.

  • News

    February 22, 1996

    Wasted Days, Wasted Lives (Part I)

    Record producer Huey Meaux was a legend in the music business. Now he's an accused pedophile on the run.

  • News

    August 10, 1995

    1995 Houston Press Music Awards

    Record producer Huey Meaux was a legend in the music business. Now he's an accused pedophile on the run.

  • Dining

    May 25, 1995

    Gulf Coast Fried

    At Floyd's Cajun Shack, the prince of funk rules

  • Music

    March 16, 1995

    Ready for Home

    Sherman Robertson left for success; now he's returning for a shot of the Houston blues

  • Dining

    March 10, 1994

    Breathtaking Boudin

    Norris defines the Southern art of upscale down-home cooking

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