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Rocket Man: Elton John's 5 Greatest Characters

Great songwriters create great characters. Elton John has a plethora in his songs some real like Princess Diana, and others purely fictional. The stories he tells in his songs are what makes him one of the greatest artists ever to come from Great Britain. His characterizations have even been celebr ... More >>

No Capes! The Gothic Council Has Spoken

There's an unfortunate stage that most goths go through. I call it the Capetarded Stage, and yes, it involves wearing an actual vampire cape. Why do we do it? I don't know. I guess it has a lot to do with going a bit overboard when you begin the darksome melodrama that makes up most of being goth. ... More >>

JFK At 95: What If He Lived?

Had he not been felled by assassins bullets back in 1963, President John F. Kennedy would have turned 95 years old this week. That's if old age and some tragic and wacky Kennedy curse accident wouldn't have done him in first. Would he and Jackie have spent their entire lives together, or would the ... More >>

Back to the Classics

The Russian artists of "Perestroika" turn the past into something new.

Tears In Heaven: The 10 Best Songs To Come Out Of Tragedy

Since the dawn of time, great art has been birthed out of great tragedy, happening numerous times with playwrights, artists, and musicians. In many ways, expressing grief through music serves as a healing agent that gets the artist through tough things such as the loss of a loved one. It also helps ... More >>

The PasDoctor Geronimo Manifesto: A Presidential Run and a Birthday "Tepee/Tent-Residence" Orgy, Starring Cameron Diaz

Jessica Cooley / Lufkin Daily NewsPasDoctor Geronimo has quite the bash planned tonight.​Hair Balls' old friend PasDoctor Geronimo is back at it this week. This time around he's not in trouble with the law. Instead, the Lufkin man, whose "white man's name" is Douglas Paul McCoy, has filed a ... More >>

The Film Issue: People of the Year

Pop Rocks: So Who Really Isn't Sexier Than Jennifer Aniston?

You win this round, Aniston.​Men's Health magazine, which I'd always assumed was largely aimed at the gay population (much like Field & Stream), recently declared Jennifer Anison the "sexiest woman of all time:" Forget that "Sexiest Woman Alive" nonsense. Jennifer Aniston has just been named ... More >>

Lips First

Natalie Irish kisses her portraits into life.

Cover Story: Natalie Irish Paints With Her Lips (With Video Of Her Painting This Week's Cover)

​Natalie Irish has Houston's most famous set of lips. The subject of this week's cover story, Irish has recently grabbed the attention of the world by making portraits with her lip prints. She puts on lipstick, puckers up, and kisses a blank canvas until a famous person appears. Confused? S ... More >>

Saturday Night: Sade & John Legend At Toyota Center

Photos by Groovehouse​Sade, John Legend Toyota Center July 23, 2011 See more smooth operation from Sade & John Legend in our slideshow. As word of Amy Winehouse's death spread across the Internet Saturday, another British soul singer was preparing to perform in Houston for the first time in ... More >>

Four Musicians Roth Vs. U.S. Would Have Jailed (NSFW)

AP/Life.comSamuel Roth​Standing up for the First Amendement is a hard row to hoe sometimes. Sure, it's fun when you can defend someone like Marilyn Manson, but it's a lot less fun when you realize you also have to defend people like the Westboro Baptist Church. Thems the breaks, though. If you ... More >>

Five Presidents Who Could Kick Chuck Norris's Ass

Abe Lincoln: Let's get rrrrready to rrrrumble​In our continuing series of scholarly meditations on the United States Presidency, we now bring you a list of five presidents who could kick the crap out of Chuck Norris. Of note: only one of the top five served after 1908, although two honorable m ... More >>

The Five Hottest Presidential Mistresses (Not Including Marilyn Monroe)

The item we did earlier this week on the five horniest presidents included research that could led us to conclude either one of two things: Either a) America's presidential mistresses don't photograph well or are painted badly, or b) Not many of them are what you'd call "hot." Still, it's possib ... More >>

The Five Horniest Presidents America Has Produced

Warren G. Harding, sex machine​The Reelz channel finished up its Kennedys mini-series last night, the production that was chased from the History Channel because JFK fans hollered about inaccuracies or too many dramatic liberties. The series itself seemed rather rote, although Greg Kinnear wa ... More >>

Christmas Cookies on Stage

Houston's theater scene offers a tasty sampler of holiday treats.

Joe DiMaggio -- Nude! Bob Feller, Too! For Baseball's Post-Season, Five Classic-Era Players Exposed (NSFW)

Breaking news for Houston --baseball's post-season begins tonight. You probably haven't given much thought to the sport since August, but the rest of the country has. To some degree.To celebrate the national pastime in autumn, when every pitch counts and seasons are won and lost, we harken back to t ... More >>

Come as You Are

Pop muses help break the bond to Plush Lounge's previous ­occupant.

They Might Be Giants

D&W Lounge takes the East End's sudden trendiness in working-class stride.

Play Ball! Baseball Songs Even A Non-Sports Fan Can Love

​Sports aren't really She Said's thing, though she does like to watch games where there's a lot at stake emotionally (Super Bowl XLIV) and she nearly always roots for the underdog. Mostly, she really enjoys the speed of college basketball, and the nostalgia of baseball. She Said's dad is by no mea ... More >>

SXSW As It Happens: Antlers Go Down In Flames, A Bait And Switch At Red Fez And A Lawn Made Of Weed?

Brandon K. Hernsberger3:10 p.m.: "Beer line (French Legation)"​ Adam P. Newton, 3:04 p.m.: "I'm here at Red Fez, ready for No Age." Craig Hlavaty, 3:05 p.m.: "Huge ass line for Dillinger Escape Plan at Red 7 day party. I may just have to come home early to see them at Wired Live on Sunday night." ... More >>

New On DVD: Did You Hear What Happened To The Morgans? If Not, You're Lucky

​A quick look at the DVDs being released today once again proves that there's no accounting for taste. The box office money makers are Disney's The Princess and the Frog, which raked in more than $102 million, and Ninja Assassin, which pocketed just over $38 million. Then there's Did You Hear Abou ... More >>

For The Cold Snap: Bikinis Ain't What They Used To Be, Thank God

As Houston gets ready for an actual deep freeze this week, it brings to mind enduring winters up north. A day or two of nighttime temperatures getting near 20 is nothing like a few months when you're begging for the thermometer to get in the upper 30s, believe us.But growing up in New Jersey, there ... More >>

Dive Bars

A handcrafted tour of the best, most obscure places to lean on a stool in Houston.

Capsule Stage Reviews: Rigoletto, The Seven Year Itch

Sole Of Houston: East Side Story -- Trains, Tequila, Dogs & Grief

Photos by Jay LeeI just can't get enough of Houston's East End/Second Ward/Ship Channel area, so that is where the latest installment of the Sole of Houston took us. I don't think I can recreate the route with anything more than about 90 percent accuracy, but my best guess is that it looked so ... More >>

Playing Pretend: Local Sports Media Figures as Political Pundits

Our top DVD picks for the week of May 30

Kid Stuff for Parents

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Yule Fuel

A discussion of non-Christmas Christmas music

Fahrenheit 2004

Remembering the movies that heated up cinemas this year

Flashy Dance

Get some style with substance at Suchu Dance's Roseburn

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

ArrowFest

You'll laugh and cry at this rock tragicomedy

Power Play

Jim Carrey goes from physical to metaphysical comedy in Bruce Almighty

Missy Elliott

Under Construction (Elektra)

The Great Escape

Baz Luhrmann makes movies--and audiences--in his own image

Kane Mutiny

The industry's initial reaction to Welles's masterwork should serve as a lesson to WorldFest filmmakers

Planet of the Ape

Monkeybone drops you into a surreal world overrun by your worst simian nightmares

Writer's Blah

Wonder Boys, an insipid tale about a depressed author, could use a few more exclamation points

Night & Day

March 4 - 10, 1999

Singing Praises

Little Voice lights up the soul with humor and pathos

Press Picks

Keeping Up With the Kennedys

So they care a lot about Camelot. So what?

Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

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Hollow Points

Besson's bullet ballet The Professional is slick, but morally ugly

Going One-On-One With God

Illuminati muses on the Almighty and basketball, with mixed results