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  • News

    March 1, 2012

    They Were Kings for a Moment

    The feds attack online poker, killing livelihoods and a $2.5 billion industry.

  • Music

    August 18, 2011

    The Appleseed Cast

    The feds attack online poker, killing livelihoods and a $2.5 billion industry.

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    The Four Best Final Fours of the "One Shining Moment" Era (w/ VIDEO)

    Hopefully more shining and less Hudson this year​Some of you mistook my piece on Monday as my not being excited for the Final Four this weekend in Houston. That couldn't be further from the truth. I am incredibly excited to have the event here in our town, for a couple reasons: 1. I'm a Con ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Recalibrated Final Four Scenarios (and Jim Rome on a Mobile)

    ​By the time you read this space on Monday, we will know which four lucky schools have qualified for the Final Four and are headed to Houston to enjoy our weather, our ladies and our Tex-Mex. (I can now include "ladies" because BYU has been eliminated from the tournament. Houston will remain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    NCAA Days Three and Four -- Winners and Losers

    March madness underway.​Well, I'm guessing that this past weekend of basketball is not how the money people behind the Final Four's coming to Houston drew it up on the chalkboard. In a tournament that already had last year's regional darling Baylor on the outside looking in, the only two Te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    11 Keys to Your Filling Out Your NCAA Bracket

    Have you done your brackets yet?​So it's that time of year again. Time for the Big Dance, March Madness, the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. It's that one time of year when absolutely everyone in the office actually pays attention to college basketball and everyone thinks they're an expert ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    My March Madness Selections (And Lots Of Helpful Links)

    It's bracket-ology BABY!​I made this public service announcement on my radio show this week, but seeing as many of you are scrambling to fill in your brackets at the last minute, I feel compelled to print it here and remind all of you of the following: If Sports talk radio hosts (like myself) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    The United States of Soft Drinks

    Full-size image below.​In 1998, Nebraska set a precedent for all other U.S. states when it formally declared Kool-Aid to be the state soft drink. Sure, plenty of other states have state foods or state dishes, but a state soft drink? The popular children's beverage was developed in Hastings, N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    The Top WTF Moments Of The Year

    Editor's Pick: WTF doesn't have to mean "bad," you know. About a week ago - a week exactly, as a matter of fact - En Vogue's "Free Your Mind" came on the PA at Fitzgerald's. I have been in a musical fog for a few months, where nothing was really connecting, but this song snapped me right out of it ... More >>

  • Music

    November 11, 2010

    Future Islands

    Editor's Pick: WTF doesn't have to mean "bad," you know. About a week ago - a week exactly, as a matter of fact - En Vogue's "Free Your Mind" came on the PA at Fitzgerald's. I have been in a musical fog for a few months, where nothing was really connecting, but this song snapped me right out of it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    This Week In Set Lists: Pixies, Kings Of Leon, Tom Petty, Rush, Etc.

    GroovehouseKings of Leon, Toyota Center, October 2009​Rocks Off has been both eagerly anticipating and dreading this week for months now. Anticipating because several of our all-time favorite bands are playing within the span of a few days, as are a couple of our favorite newer bands (though n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Carolina Chocolate Drops Pay Sweet Homage To Southern Musical Traditions

    Photos by Brittanie Shey​Not many modern bands can claim that the music they play spans more than 150 years in the annals of American history, but the Carolina Chocolate Drops's double sold-out shows last night at Mucky Duck oscillated smoothly between early 2000s hits and songs as old as "Dix ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2010

    Houston Fringe Festival

    BooTown's annual performance smorgasbord - now with dance!

  • Music

    March 25, 2010

    Further On Up the Road

    Excerpts from the Press's copious online coverage of SXSW.

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Brew Blog: Brother David's Triple

    ​ Our historical excuse for sampling a beer this week comes from March 17, 1916, which the governor of North Carolina declared Belgium Day (it sounds happy but was meant to spur donations after the devastation of World War I). Anyway, we're always suckers for a domestic Belgian imitation. Thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Inquiring Minds: Gov't Mule's Warren Haynes On Billy Gibbons, Lightnin' Hopkins, Ray LaMontagne And More

    Shore Fire Media​ In this week's print edition of the Press, Warren Haynes talks about juggling his membership in the Alpha and Omega of jam bands, the Allman Brothers Band and The Dead, with the musclebound blues-rock engine he started in 1994, Gov't Mule. The Mule pulls into House of Blues Satur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Listology: Before They Split Town, GTRS Pick Their Favorite Make-Out Songs

    ​Houston loses another band after this weekend, as Pavementesque indie-shoegazers GTRS relocates to the more touring-friendly enviorns of Asheville, N.C., where they plan to open a recording studio. Sigh. We're sure they'll come back to visit, and on tour, so let's just say so long and not goodbye ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 7, 2009

    Bloodsoaked

    ​Houston loses another band after this weekend, as Pavementesque indie-shoegazers GTRS relocates to the more touring-friendly enviorns of Asheville, N.C., where they plan to open a recording studio. Sigh. We're sure they'll come back to visit, and on tour, so let's just say so long and not goodbye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    NCAA Finals: Technically, That Was a Basketball Game

    Photo by Beau B I've got a bit of a tradition. Every NCAA Men's Basketball title game, I get together with one of my best friends, Jodie. College basketball to her is like baseball is to me. So every year, more or less, since 1990, we've gotten together to watch basketball. Including last night. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    NCAA Finals: Technically, That Was a Basketball Game

    Photo by Beau B I've got a bit of a tradition. Every NCAA Men's Basketball title game, I get together with one of my best friends, Jodie. College basketball to her is like baseball is to me. So every year, more or less, since 1990, we've gotten together to watch basketball. Including last night. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    25 Random March Madness Facts

    Photo by All your picture are belong to us It's once again time for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, or as most refer to it, March Madness. And instead of doing an analysis and picking the winner, like I do (badly) every year, I've decided to go another way. I'm sure you've all seen those Fac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    25 Random March Madness Facts

    Photo by All your picture are belong to us It's once again time for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, or as most refer to it, March Madness. And instead of doing an analysis and picking the winner, like I do (badly) every year, I've decided to go another way. I'm sure you've all seen those Fac ... More >>

  • Music

    March 5, 2009

    Southern Culture on the Skids

    Photo by All your picture are belong to us It's once again time for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, or as most refer to it, March Madness. And instead of doing an analysis and picking the winner, like I do (badly) every year, I've decided to go another way. I'm sure you've all seen those Fac ... More >>

  • Music

    February 12, 2009

    Annuals, Jessica Lea Mayfield

    Photo by All your picture are belong to us It's once again time for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, or as most refer to it, March Madness. And instead of doing an analysis and picking the winner, like I do (badly) every year, I've decided to go another way. I'm sure you've all seen those Fac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    The Whole Wide World: Toubab Krewe's Live at the Orange Peel

    Toubab Krewe Live at the Orange Peel (Upstream) www.toubabkrewe.com Listening to Toubab Krewe, you'd never guess that all its members hail not from the Western African nation of Mali, but from Asheville, N.C., where the band recorded its latest disc at the Orange Peel - the same venue where ... More >>

  • Music

    November 6, 2008

    Annuals, Minus the Bear

    Toubab Krewe Live at the Orange Peel (Upstream) www.toubabkrewe.com Listening to Toubab Krewe, you'd never guess that all its members hail not from the Western African nation of Mali, but from Asheville, N.C., where the band recorded its latest disc at the Orange Peel - the same venue where ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 18, 2008

    Unbearably Beautiful: "Houston Collects"

    This exhibit needs an editor, but it doesn't matter

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2008

    Tonight: Valient Thorr at Rudyard's

    This exhibit needs an editor, but it doesn't matter

  • Calendar

    April 10, 2008

    Glass Exhibition

    Abstract Alex Gabriel Bernstein and the ultra-genuine Johnsens show off their hard work at Hooks-Epstein Galleries

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2008

    John Royal’s NCAA Basketball Picks, Take Two

    Abstract Alex Gabriel Bernstein and the ultra-genuine Johnsens show off their hard work at Hooks-Epstein Galleries

  • Music

    March 27, 2008

    Southern Culture on the Skids

    Abstract Alex Gabriel Bernstein and the ultra-genuine Johnsens show off their hard work at Hooks-Epstein Galleries

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2008

    John Royal’s NCAA Picks

    Abstract Alex Gabriel Bernstein and the ultra-genuine Johnsens show off their hard work at Hooks-Epstein Galleries

  • Music

    February 28, 2008

    Houston Musical Landmarks and the I.Am.We Collective

    Abstract Alex Gabriel Bernstein and the ultra-genuine Johnsens show off their hard work at Hooks-Epstein Galleries

  • Calendar

    February 14, 2008

    Tambersauro

    Experimental trio defies categorization (except that one)

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2007

    A Hell of a Weekend

    Experimental trio defies categorization (except that one)

  • Music

    September 13, 2007

    The Rosebuds

    Experimental trio defies categorization (except that one)

  • Music

    June 28, 2007

    Little Brother

    Little Brother performs Friday, June 29, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-225-5483. Orgone and DJ Haul also perform.

  • Music

    May 3, 2007

    Birds of Avalon

    Birds of Avalon perform Tuesday, May 8, at Rudyard's. 2010 Waugh, 713-521-0521.

  • Music

    March 8, 2007

    Downloading Music

    Linking you to the best in legitimate, artist-approved exclusives

  • Film

    August 18, 2005

    Southern Discomfort

    A transplanted son revisits his Carolina roots in the ambitious drama Junebug

  • News

    April 14, 2005

    Make Mine a Guinness

    The author discovers his genetic Irishness

  • Film

    May 27, 2004

    Hard-Knocked Life

    A Slipping Down Life takes a beating in the transition from book to film

  • Film

    December 25, 2003

    A Mountainous Achievement

    Cold Mountain sets the new standard for Civil War drama on-screen

  • Calendar

    April 4, 2002

    Niche Kitsch

    The Aurora Picture Show takes another look at those high school health films

  • Music

    March 14, 2002

    The b-sides

    Thursday, March 14

  • Best of Houston

    September 20, 2001

    Best Bookstore for People Who Don't Read

    Menil Collection Bookstore

  • Music

    June 21, 2001

    Truckadelic

    Thursday, June 21, Continental Club, 3700 Main

  • Film

    February 11, 1999

    Cryin' Shame

    Too sweet tears turn Message into mush

  • Music

    November 19, 1998

    Tired and on a Farewell Tour?

    Too sweet tears turn Message into mush

  • Music

    April 24, 1997

    Corrosive Talent

    Too sweet tears turn Message into mush

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