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Beware: Magazine Scammers in Houston

They're baaaack....​A roving band of scamming douchebags calling themselves Nxcess Sales have parked themselves in Houston; these bottom-feeders have been making their way across the country, telling people they're selling magazines to raise funds for, among other things, local children's hosp ... More >>

Comment of the Day

​In the comments of Nick Hall's post on a whiskey class at Anvil, Bobby Heugel mentioned that there are plenty of bars and restaurants around town also deserving of acclaim. Asked by another commenter to elaborate, he did, and it's a pretty good list: I'm done after this because I don't usua ... More >>

An Exclusive Look Inside Predator: The Musical

​Since 2002, Jon and Al Kaplan have been turning some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters in musicals. Their first effort was Silence of the Lambs, which has gone on to such great success than a new production of it opened last year in London. They're also on our list of golden boys because t ... More >>

Food in Film: The 5 Greatest Pie Scenes for Thanksgiving

Last year for Thanksgiving, we treated you to the top 5 overeating scenes from the movies (in honor of all the face-stuffing so many of us are doing today). This Thanksgiving, we're celebrating another indulgence: pie. Bonus: No footage of Mr. Creosote to ruin your appetite. You're welcome! 5. "Th ... More >>

Peter Grimes

Britten's story of a man unjustly accused packs an emotional wallop

Peter Grimes

Revenge of the Cupcakes

wickedoctober.blogspot.comShattered Glass Topping: Perfect for Halloween parties or any occasion when you'd like to say,"I hope you choke to death." ​Confectionaire extraordinaire Lily Vanilli felt London's cupcake craze was all show and no substance. Beautifully decorated, poorly baked. In ... More >>

World's Hottest Weapon, or Delicious Spice?

​ On a recent trip to London, we stumbled upon naga jolokia powder at one of Borough Market's spice tents. We first talked about naga jolokia, or the ghost pepper, a few weeks ago when a story came out about the Indian military using it in a type of tear-gas hand grenade. Intrigued by someth ... More >>

MFAH Screens Film About Iranian Rock Underground Tonight

It's a hot weekend for musical movie lovers. Tomorrow evening is the Aurora Picture Show's Soul Nite, featuring live performance reels from a bouquet of 1960s soul musicians, and tonight the Museum of Fine Arts is screening an award-winning film about the struggle of two Iranian teens trying to for ... More >>

Inquiring Minds: Simon Balthazar of UK Indie-Pop Tarts Fanfarlo

www.fanfarlo.com​ ​Reservoir, the debut album from London's Fanfarlo, is the kind of album that immediately grabs your attention with its unique and joyful spirit. From the stumbling, heartfelt swoon of songs like "I Am a Pilot" to the droll and upbeat wit of songs like "Harold T. Wilkins, Or Ho ... More >>

Aftermath: Dengue Fever Explores The Lost World at Warehouse Live

There was a moment at the beginning of Dengue Fever's performance Saturday night where the movie the band was scoring, 1925's The Lost World, kind of faded into the background and all we could concentrate on was how their music was filling the space like warm water in a bathtub. We usually complain ... More >>

The Pogues

Slide Show: Day of the Duos

Today marks the anniversary of the day in 1957 that John Lennon met Paul McCartney, when Paul happened to take in John's pre-Beatles band, the Quarrymen, at a Liverpool church picnic. Exactly seven years later came the London premiere of A Hard Day's Night, the manic movie whose soundtrack cemented ... More >>

Houston's Worth It, Says Visiting Brit

Photo courtesy GHCVBMadame B., a blogger for Here Is The City News, "London's fastest growing financial website," was quite charmed by her recent stay here. "Let's All Move to Houston" she urged in her headline, under which she gushed about her stay at the plush Royalton at River Oaks, with its free ... More >>

Freddie Krc

Digitalia: Discobelle

So maybe not everyone is into the Swedish music scene, but for all you club-music enthusiasts out there, Discobelle has a number of free MP3s, videos and fun mixes. The three-year-old site posts daily tunes by producers residing anywhere from Brazil to London. You'll find selections from ... More >>

Oliver!

Web exclusive!

$13 at The Black Labrador Pub on Montrose

Where: The Black Labrador Pub, 4100 Montrose Blvd, 713-529-1199 What $13 gets you: Many of their main course dishes for either brunch or lunch. The Black Labrador during the daytime has the most wonderful ambience. Located next to the Montrose branch of the Houston Public Library, you can go in ... More >>

Eyeballin': A Technicolor Dream

This documentary, originally broadcast on BBC television, traces the coalition of the "underground" movement in swinging '60s London. Beginning with a groundbreaking 1965 gathering/reading of the Beat poets at the Royal Albert Hall and following with the opening of the Indica bookstore and galler ... More >>

Tonight: The Sian Alice Group, Also at Walter's on Washington

The Busiest New Airline Route Is In Houston

Something Sweet

Love is a messy, messy affair in this Israeli film

MONARCH LOUNGE'S SCORPION ZINGER

A Modest Proposal: Train the Homeless to Be Better at Being Homeless

Alley Theatre’s A Christmas Carol

Dickens does downtown

Super Bowl in London? Does It Even Matter?

Blow-Up

Antonioni’s look at love and death

Rotation: Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods

Sovereign Ruler

Is the U.S. Ready for the S-O-V?

Heart Attack

Attempting romantic comedy, Sir Ridley Scott conquers neither.

London Fog

Woody Allen's second straight English excursion is a failed return to comedy

The Roots, with Floetry

Wednesday, June 8, at HUSH, 15625 Katy Freeway, 713-330-HUSH.

Ring It In

The Houston Museum of Natural Science unveils one exhibit to rule them all

Thick and Rich

Layer Cake is a hearty, confounding slice of the British underworld

Bring the Hookahs

Licor Lounge goes South Asian with "Moksa"

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Dizzee Miss Lizzee

The Boy in Da Corner comes out swinging

Broken Social Scene

Saturday, March 20

Sparkling Leftovers

The five top-scoring champagne cocktails ranked on a scale of 1 to 10

Dead to Rights

Danny Boyle gets his mojo back in the dig-vid zombie flick 28 Days Later

Soundmurderer

Wired for Sound (Violent Turd)

The Warp Records Tour

Friday, May 9

Mudhoney

Since We've Become Translucent (Sub Pop)

Best Breakfast

Baby Barnaby's

Meet the Press

Stoppard's Night and Day places journalism under a high-powered microscope

Reefer Madness

The dope-y Saving Grace revives the irreverence of early English comedies

Trading with the Enemy

Houston oil companies maintain their profitable ties to Libya, in roundabout ways

England's Edge

"Brilliant!" shows brilliantly what's happening across the Atlantic

Woof, Woof

Sonya of London exudes animal magnetism for $120 an hour