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Last Night: Chuck Prophet at the Continental Club

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Positive Diagnosis

Ritalin on Trial

While some Houston parents fight what they charge is "a river of Ritalin" running through the schools, one father has gone to court to try to prove that, for his son, Ritalin use is Ritalin abuse.

Letters

While some Houston parents fight what they charge is "a river of Ritalin" running through the schools, one father has gone to court to try to prove that, for his son, Ritalin use is Ritalin abuse.

Scary Carrey

The Cable Guy reveals Jim Carrey's dark side -- but not enough of it

Excellence Honored

The Cable Guy reveals Jim Carrey's dark side -- but not enough of it

I Wanna Be Sedated

Barney's Great Adventure drops us in a lobotomized, manic kid hell

Los Campesinos!

Barney's Great Adventure drops us in a lobotomized, manic kid hell

Strange Brew

This Canadian cult classic sets Hamlet in a brewery

MySpaced Out: European Discotheque

Goldfrapp inspires a cyber-search for the perfect beat

Extreme Makeovers

Chuck Close takes apart people's faces and puts them back together again

RIP, Syd. And RIP, 'Cid.

A psychedelic pioneer and the drug that helped do him in are both sorely missed

Heady Metal

In 2005, longhairs got more progressive than ever

Foiled Again

Maybe it's time for this blade to stop swinging

Get Inside. It's Summertime!

Your guide to the season's hottest films (and the other ones, too)

The Opposite of Suck

Mike Mills's debut is smart, funny and gorgeously sad

Houston's Gone Gaaga for Haaga

A former king of the Texas metal world unites Houston's warring rock tribes and wins a passel of Music Awards

Feel This

Enema of the Mental State: Notes from the Battle on Irritable Blink-182 Syndrome

Teenage Wasteland

Two artists ask how boys become men in a videocracy

The End Is Near

The day of the Locust is at hand

Alphabet Soup

The Colour Clear knows exactly where it should be filed in the record store. But what about in real life?

Rock No More

Mike Patton chops through traditional song forms with a mighty Tomahawk

Letters

Mike Patton chops through traditional song forms with a mighty Tomahawk

License to Entertain

Mike Patton chops through traditional song forms with a mighty Tomahawk

High Scores

Students are using drugs illegally not to party down, but to get better marks on exams

All I Want for Christmas Is...

A shopping list for your favorite political types

Kenny G.'s Revenge

Smooth-jazz fans blast Racket

Trumped Out

Drug testing in world-class bridge bounces a medal-winner

Being Unique Without Going Broke

Unique gifts

Letters

Storage Containers, Not Ready for Prime Time, The Well Runs Dry

Tuning Out the Static

Protesters scream about censorship. The board denounces potentially crippling boycotts. Will the two sides in the Pacifica conflict ever learn that, beneath their shrill cries, they're on the same team?

Super Vision

By keeping a constant eye on its mentally ill clients, an ACT team heads off all sorts of troubles

Trouble in Mind

Texas's mentally impaired used to go to treatment centers. Now they go to prison.

News of the Weird

Texas's mentally impaired used to go to treatment centers. Now they go to prison.

Reel Time

EDtv tries to upstage Truman on TV's impact

They're Back Playing High School Sports In Texas

Texas' UIL had originally canceled a bunch of competitions until May 11 because of the swine-flu scare, but it appears they've now got things under control.The organization announced this afternoon that they're cranking things up again as of tomorrow.Because of "the magnitude and scope" of the regio ... More >>

All Falls Down: Kanye West's Six - Well, Seven Now - Douchiest Moments

​If you're aware of Kanye West's - whom Pollstar is reporting stops at Toyota Center with Lady GaGa January 22; good luck selling tickets for that one now, kiddo - past behavior at all, then you're probably surprised this article isn't longer. His habit of blurting out inappropriate, nonsensical n ... More >>

A Man Who Just Does Not Have The Patience To Rob A Bank

Photo courtesy FBI​ See this dude here? Rocking the sunglasses and the shaggy locks?NOTE TO CRIMINAL OVERLORDS: Do not hire this guy to rob any banks for you. If you do, give him some Ritalin or something.Here's what the FBI has to say about this guy's attempt to rob the Chase Bank near 9300 Westh ... More >>

SXSW Aftermath: Narduwar the Human Serviette's Bizarre Canadian Patriotism

Brittanie Shey​The girl next to Aftermath at Headhunters motions to her American husband, who is pogoing like a 10-year-old in desperate need of Ritalin. "He tells me I must be the only Canadian who has never heard of Nardwuar." Indeed, since Nardwuar the Human Serviette has made a name in Ca ... More >>

Pop Rocks: No One to Blame for Rebecca Black but Ourselves

Rebecca Black WANTS YOU to keep Twittering about her.​The Internet is a strange place. Its most dominant and pervasive bandwidth hogs are spam and porn, both completely voluntary (people actually open those Nigerian money request e-mails or they wouldn't still be sending them). It drives news ... More >>

Last Night: Fitz & The Tantrums At House Of Blues

Photos by Jason Wolter​Fitz & the Tantrums House of Blues Bronze Peacock Room April 18, 2011 Soul music is about power, yoking that gospel id to the pursuit of more worldly affairs, but it's also about subtlety. Grunt all you want, but smooth and steady wins the race (and wins over the ladies ... More >>

Paid to Smile

Vagabond '90s-rock heartthrob Evan Dando goes where the wind blows.