Principal Lawrence Allen is a role model to some, an inept bumbler to others. Jones High School is split: Magnet-program parents versus the local community. It's up to Superintendent Kaye Stripling to make it right. Lucky her.
Kim DouglassHey, it's been a couple of days since we used this photo...
Like a mother sending her baby off to college, we here at Rocks Off are pretty proud of the Wild Moccasins for representing Houston's up-and-coming indie scene so well on the band's first extended tour this past month. So naturally, when we found out Cincinnati Internet radio station WOXY ("The future of rock and roll") posted the group's June 22 "Lounge Acts" in-studio performance on its Web site, we wanted to sha
Casey Burden, one of the lead actors in The Andrews Brothers! now appearing at Stages, started working out extra hard to get ready for his role as one of the stagehands who slaps on a wig and takes over when the Andrews Sisters can't make the USO show because of a chickenpox quarantine."It's one of the most demanding roles I've ever played. The physical comedy is just outrageous," Burden told Hair Balls. He describes his character Lawrence as "kind of high-strung. He tries to be the level-
Hey, Esquire, stick to covering topics like this and we'll all be happy.The venerated Esquire has released its list of the Best Bars in America, compiled after what we imagine was some serious and excessive binge-drinking that had either mind-erasing or mind-altering effects on the editors, because guess what: Not a single Houston bar made the list.
The list dutifully covers all 50 states -- and even made it to Puerto Rico (one pities the poor person who had to travel there and to Hawa