Subject: Pasadena

• The Carnicería Connoisseur: HEB’s Mi Tienda in Pasadena

  November 15, 2007

• Not Exactly a Hallmark Moment: Video of California Meat Packing Plant Ain't Pretty

  February 4, 2008

• At Least It Wasn't A TNT Factory

  August 22, 2008

• Unlucky Pasadenans Arrive At The George R. Brown

  September 18, 2008

• The Year of Living Anxiously

  Are We Having Fun Yet? Or is it just the jangly buzz of advanced urban stress syndrome?

  December 29, 1994

• Artist of the Week: Lamb to the Slaughter

  Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com. We headed out to the Pitt, Pasadena's finest (and only) all-ages metal house recently, totally expecting to unleash a storm of snarky quips aimed at the baby-metallers. Somewhat to our dismay, though, the one full show we go

  December 24, 2008

• Rosa's Photo Corner: Pasadena Rocks, Balaclavas and J. Mascis

  "The sign that Pedro is wiping his ass with says 'Pasadena rules.'"

  December 29, 2008

• Blood Feud

  May 30, 1996

• Press Picks

  June 6, 1996

• Letters

  June 5, 1997

• The Special Needs of Frank Gonzales Jr.

  June 11, 1998

• Houston Blows Up Real Good

  Photo by foxtongueThe awesomely morbid folks at Carlos Labs have created a "Ground Zero" nightmare generator for every city on Earth. Using Java Script and some Google Map magic, anyone can pinpoint a location in the world, AND BLOW IT THE HELL UP. You can choose your own weapon of mass destruction and see how big "ground zero" will be, seeing just how far each weapon will inflict damage. You have at least seven different sizes of various atomic and hydrogen bombs at your disposal. There is even

  February 26, 2009

• It's Go Texan Day! Hope You Don't Have Any Out-Of-Town Friends Coming In

  Today, of course, is Go Texan Day, marking the opening of the rodeo.It's the day when secretaries all over downtown wear "western" blouses and skirts, adventurous guys sport bolo ties and cowboy hats, and the rest of us cringe.Longtime Houstonians know to never, ever schedule any friends to come visit on this day, especially if they're from back east. There's only so many times you can say "Yeah, ummm, it's really just a tradition this one day. You don't see people dressed up like that all the t

  February 27, 2009

• D.on't

  December 3, 1998

• Semi-Safe

  December 3, 1998

• Letters

  December 17, 1998

• Blowing Smoke

  February 18, 1999

• Letters

  March 4, 1999

• Cheaters

  January 29, 2009

• Pasadena Napalm Division

  January 8, 2009

• Caught in a Mosh at The Pitt

  December 18, 2008

• The Shredder

  One Show, One Sentence

  November 20, 2008

• The Hates: 30 Years of Hate 1978-2008

  June 26, 2008

• Vinyl Ranch’s tribute to Urban Cowboy

  Leon’s monthly country-music installment pays tribute to classic country cinema

  June 5, 2008

• Christmas Chaos 2

  Pro Wrestling Alliance star Booker T takes on RVD

  December 27, 2007

• Ozma

  Ozma performs Tuesday, June 5, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-225-5483. Eastern Conference Champions and The Actual also perform.

  May 31, 2007

• Against the Odds

  No betting shows on one sports-talk station

  September 1, 2005

• Those Damn Kids

  In Pasadena, it's those damn adults

  June 2, 2005

• Muchos Luchadores

  Mexican wrestlers take the ring in Angel Rodriguez-Diaz's new exhibit

  May 19, 2005

• Book Learnin'

  Another year of textbook follies

  November 18, 2004

• Best Place to Get a Tint Job and a Taco

  September 23, 2004

• Pimp My Ride

  Why buy a Hummer when you've got the army?

  August 5, 2004

• Trailer Treasure

  Tired of galleries? Head to "Trailer Park"

  August 28, 2003

• Midnight Moving

  Slap a light on your bike and take off into the night

  August 21, 2003

• Pasadena Air Force

  Indie rockers *mytwilightpilot* chart a moody, mystery-shrouded course out of the chemical burbs

  June 12, 2003

• PISD Plans to Quit CEP

  The district will follow Dallas in preparing to end contract alternative education

  February 27, 2003

• Come Fry with Me

  Valdo's misses some connections on its culinary journey around the world, but it's right at home with Gulf Coast seafood

  November 21, 2002

• Bye to the Good Ol' Boys?

  The commissioner's race that could break the county mold

  October 31, 2002

• Faceplant

  Saturday, February 23

  February 21, 2002

• Under The Volcano

  Crown Central Petroleum spews, sputters and flares up. Neighbors of the plant view it uneasily, never quite sure when it's going to blow.

  February 14, 2002

• Clear Your Mind

  The Mind Eraser at Fiddler's Lounge

  January 10, 2002

• Cracking the Club

  Latinos find little sympathy from Commissioners Court

  August 30, 2001

• Turnstyled and Junkpiled

  The strange, savage and sweet life of Mickey Dunlap

  February 17, 2000

• Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

  December 26, 1996

• Maxwell's Demons

  If you get crosswise with Larry Maxwell, beprepared to go to court

  September 14, 1995

• Family Of Man Found Dead In Pasadena Jail Cell Sues

  Photo by Olivia Flores AlvarezEliva Garza and Maria & Diana GonzalezLawyers for the family of Pedro Gonzales, who died while in Pasadena Police Department custody in 2007, today announced a federal lawsuit against the two officers the family says beat Gonzales just hours before his death, Jason Buckaloo and Christopher Jones and the city of Pasadena.At a press conference announcing the action, members of the deceased's family -- his widow Diana Gonzalez, his mother Maria Gonzalez, and his si

  April 17, 2009

• Pasadena Strawberry Festival

  May 14, 2009

• Wal-Mart Goes Tex-Mex

  Photos by Robb WalshWal-Mart has entered the highly competitive Hispanic grocery store category with a prototype on Long Point at Wirt. Supermercado de Wal-Mart opened its doors a month ago. The nation's biggest retailer is going up against the well-established Fiesta supermarket chain and HEB's Mi Tienda concept in Pasadena. When you walk in the front door of the 39,000-square-foot store, the first thing you see is a bakery display stocked with fresh-baked Mexican pastries. There's a steam tab

  June 8, 2009

• It's 110 Down, Much More To Come In County's Fourth of July DWI Crackdown

  The first weekend of the county's DWI crackdown resulted in 110 arrests at "Hot Spots," the DA's office announced today. And the big weekend is still to come.The Hot Spots feature lots of patrol cars and a mobile lab with all that's necessary to get a blood sample for those who refuse the breathalyzer.Thirty-five suspects were arrested after refusing the breath test, the office said."The message is getting out there. We're seeing people leaving their cars behind in parking lots rather than r

  July 1, 2009

• Recession Or Not, Pasadena's Getting Some New Theater

  Byron Hagan and Marshall Hainley​Nobody told the Red Door Theater Company there was a recession going on. The plucky theater troupe launched their group earlier this year in, of all theater-starved places, Pasadena. With true Judy Garland/Mickey Rooney/"Let's Put on a Show" spunk, Artistic Director Josh Jordon, Company Manager Tiffany Blair and Managing Director April McEachern have taken an old transmission shop and transformed it into a community theater. (They did all the hammering a

  July 30, 2009