Subject: Rodeo

• Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

  February 26, 2009

• SHARK Attack

  February 19, 2007

• It's Always Nice When We Get to Use the "This Just In" Button

  March 14, 2007

• Of Course, Then You'd Have to Admit You Went to the Show

  March 5, 2007

• It's Always Nice When We Get to Use the "This Just In" Button

  March 14, 2007

• Feedback

  March 8, 2007

• Cowboy Up

  February 28, 2007

• Strait to the Topp

  November 15, 2006

• The Dome Is Dead. Long Live the Dome.

  November 2, 2007

• Dog Abuse Bad. Cow Abuse Awesome.

  March 3, 2008

• Last Night: Hannah Montana at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

  March 10, 2008

• RodeoHouston Books Jonas Brothers, Taylor Swift

  October 20, 2008

• Under the Volcano Calls Out the Rodeo

  Under the Volcano has announced new bookings for March. Owner Pete Mitchell is launching what he hopes to turn into an annual month-long series to run during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. "I haven't come up with a name for it yet - the Anti-Rodeo Series, the Real Country Series, something like that," says Mitchell. "You'd think the Rodeo would at least have one token country music day in a whole month, but all they've booked is the same old tired, stale country-radio acts or st

  February 11, 2009

• 25 Random Facts About The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo

  Logo courtesy HLS&RThe Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo is coming to town this week, the sign that spring can't be far behind.We've promised ourselves for weeks that we would never, ever succumb to the "25 Random Things" meme, or phenomenon, or whatever it is, but we have received in the mail a notice from the federal government that all media outlets must publish at least one such list (Damn you Obama!!)So here are 25 Random Facts About the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo:1. It's

  February 24, 2009

• 25 More Random Facts About the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo

  Photo by JaseMan Okay Mr. Connelly, I read your post from yesterday about the "25 Random Facts About the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo." So I consider myself tagged, and will now do my 25 Random Facts About the Rodeo, derived from the way too many years I worked that damn thing as part of the in-house video crews. 1. If I'm ever in any kind of fight - bar, gun, knife, cat, dog - I ask only for the aid of a rodeo clown. Rodeo clowns are the toughest, baddest bastards I've ever met. Not eve

  February 25, 2009

• This Year's Rodeo Scandal: Diversity, Or The Lack Thereof. With Dueling Memos!

  This year's rodeo brouhaha -- there usually is one -- surrounds the alleged lack of diversity of the event's staff, vendors and performers.State Sen. Mario Gallegos has filed a bill calling on the rodeo to open its books and get better about being inclusionary; local ctivist ben Mendez has circulated an e-mail calling for protests and listing grievances.The rodeo has responded, at great length.Some of this is inherently silly -- arguing whether Hispanic entertainer Little Joe got paid enough for

  February 27, 2009

• The Rodeo's Schedule Ain't What It Used To Be

  Alright, so blogging has caused us to pay a little more attention to the rodeo than we usually do, which isn't difficult to achieve, given how much attention we paid to it in the past.But what's up with the gap in scheduling? We thought these things were etched in stone: Go Texan Day, parade, and then you open up the damn rodeo and get it on.Now Go Texan Day's Friday, the parade's Saturday, and the rodeo's closed Sunday and Monday.Explain yourself, rodeo honcho Leroy Shafer!!!"For many years, th

  March 2, 2009

• Rocks Off at the Reliant Rodeo Round-Up

  Video and photos by John Seaborn Gray; music by Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers Monday afternoon, Rocks Off headed down to Reliant Park to participate in the annual Reliant Rodeo Round-Up, a competition between local media "personalities" - Rocks Off supposes that's an appropriate term, though some who know him might claim otherwise - and their partners from area nonprofit agencies to raise money for charity. Rocks Off's partner was HISD's Dee Puls, our charity was the fine arts and musi

  March 5, 2009

• Life On The Rodeo Road: Man, That's Your Nut Hanging Loose

  Photo by Paul KnightClint CannonRodeo cowboys basically live on the road, traveling with a herd of men and women crazy enough to ride, rope and wrestle live animals for a paycheck. Each day, Hair Balls is asking a different cowboy to tell us a little bit about himself and his wildest story from a life of rodeo. In the end, we hope, we'll have a collection of stories that re-enforce our Texan ideals that rodeo cowboys still like to raise hell. Name: Clint CannonAge: 30Hometown: HoustonEvent: B

  March 5, 2009

• Food Fight at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

  Photo by Margaret Downing Click here for plenty more photos of fried goodness. The food was carefully laid out on each judge's plate. First up, a beef burrito taco. We had palate cleansers (pickles, crackers and green grapes) and water at the ready. Cameras were clicking and video was running. A microphone was on each of the three round judging tables. It was picture perfect. The wind picked up, blowing napkins and judging slips all over the place.It also airlifted the plate of the judge

  March 5, 2009

• Food Fight at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

  Photo by Margaret Downing Click here for plenty more photos of fried goodness. The food was carefully laid out on each judge's plate. First up, a beef burrito taco. We had palate cleansers (pickles, crackers and green grapes) and water at the ready. Cameras were clicking and video was running. A microphone was on each of the three round judging tables. It was picture perfect. The wind picked up, blowing napkins and judging slips all over the place.It also airlifted the plate of the judge

  March 5, 2009

• Life On The Rodeo Road: The Road Was My Home

  Photo by Paul KnightScotty Drennan Rodeo cowboys basically live on the road, traveling with a herd of men and women crazy enough to ride, rope and wrestle live animals for a paycheck. Each day, Hair Balls is asking a different cowboy to tell us a little bit about himself and his wildest story from a life of rodeo. In the end, we hope, we'll have a collection of stories that re-enforce our Texan ideals that rodeo cowboys still like to raise hell. Name: Scotty Drennan Age: 36 Hometown: Buffalo, T

  March 6, 2009

• What Are Houston Twitterers Doing For the Rodeo?

  We don't know if you're heard, but there's something going on over at Reliant Stadium called the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. We sent the call out over Twitter for Houston folks to tell us their plans, and they did. Y'all are cooperative that way. Houston Press comments are in parentheses. txkyle: We'll be there tomorrow for the rodeo and carnival w/ the kids. Probably skip the concert, tho. (We understand; by the time Trace Adkins takes the stage, you'll have scarfed down approximately 90

  March 6, 2009

• Aftermath: Solange Knowles and Gladys Knight at RodeoHouston

  Photos courtesy Houston Livestock Show and RodeoA lot of good things went down at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Friday night, but Solange Knowles' performance was not one of them. The songstress paled in comparison to veteran singer Gladys Knight, who went on after Solange's 1960s- and '70s-inspired, mess of a set. In keeping with the theme, her band was decked out in hot-pink Beatlesque suits. The backup singers donned throwback hairdos, and their girl-group choreography was

  March 9, 2009

• Life On The Rodeo Road: It's The Economy, Stupid

  Photo by Paul KnightRodeo cowboys basically live on the road, traveling with a herd of men and women crazy enough to ride, rope and wrestle live animals for a paycheck. Each day, Hair Balls is asking a different cowboy to tell us a little bit about himself and his wildest story from a life of rodeo. In the end, we hope, we'll have a collection of stories that re-enforce our Texan ideals that rodeo cowboys still like to raise hell.  Name: Jerrad HofstetterAge: 24Hometown: Portales, New Mexic

  March 10, 2009

• Life On The Rodeo Road: The Doctor Says Football & Hockey Players Are Wusses

  Photo by Paul KnightName: Don AndrewsHometown: DallasEvent: Cowboy doctorAndrews is working with doctors from NASA to use an accelerometer to measure the amount of G-force experienced by bareback and bull riders. I got into rodeo after I came to Texas with the New York Islanders hockey team. I needed an orthopedic surgeon to look at our players and I had a friend who was the team physician with the Dallas Cowboys, so I asked him to see our hockey players. Then he asked me one summer to help him

  March 11, 2009

• Life On The Rodeo Road: Follow The Ten-Minute Rule

  Photo by Paul KnightName: Luke ButterfieldAge: 24Hometown: Ponoka, Alberta    Event: Saddle Bronc RidingI got into rodeo because my family rodeos, my dad and mother. They have a feed lot up there [in Canada] so I've always been around cattle and livestock. I played hockey all through high school and saw that was going nowhere. I really took rodeo serious when I was 18. If I didn't rodeo, I would probably be working somewhere. I went to school at Texas Tech, and I graduated in Dece

  March 12, 2009

• Life On The Rodeo Road: "It's Either Go Party Or Do Nothing"

  Photo by Paul KnightName: Colby LovellAge: 21Hometown: MadisonvilleEvent: Team RopingI got into rodeo because my family's done it forever. I started roping when I was four or five, and I won my first buckle when I was like seven. If I didn't rodeo, I would probably be ranching. I still live on a ranch, and we work cows all the time, all summer long. I plan on running my grandpa's ranch one day. I got a cousin, and me and him are going to go in partners on it. He rodeos, he ropes, and when they u

  March 13, 2009

• Life On The Rodeo Road: Don't Trust Canadian Doctors With Your Credit Card

  Photo by Paul KnightName: Zach DishmanAge: 26Hometown: BeaumontEvent: Bareback RidingI got into rodeo because my dad rodeoed, and his dad college-rodeoed at Texas A&M. I started getting on calves when I was real young, and at ten years old I was going to youth rodeos. By the time I got in high school, I was real serious about it. If I didn't rodeo, I would farm and ranch, because my dad and them did that, so hopefully I'd be a part of it. It's not always the most cash-flowing business, and I

  March 17, 2009

• Lil Rustlers Have Big Time at Houston Rodeo

  For the last 20 years, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has held a very special event for some very special kids. The Lil Rustlers' Rodeo, which took place the 4th, 5th and 11th  this month, is an event held each year to allow physically and mentally challenged children in on the fun."It's just very important for these kids to have a night, a special time just for them," Kathy Herd, who has headed up the event for the last two years, told us.Over the three days, 45-50 kids per day are i

  March 17, 2009

• Life On The Rodeo Road: Sometimes You Just "Stop On The Side Of The Road To Fight"

  Photo by Paul KnightName: Ty BlasingameAge: 24Hometown: Pueblo, ColoradoEvent: Team RopingI got into rodeo because my parents. I've been around it my whole life; grew up on a big ranch. I just got into it and started getting pretty good at it. I got serious when I was 16, and I started pro rodeoing when I was 19. If I didn't rodeo, I imagine I'd go home and train horses. We got a whole bunch of horses, so I'll train and sell horses. Have a cattle ranch, kind of. I might move to Texas this winter

  March 19, 2009

• 25 More Random Facts About the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo

  Photo by JaseMan Okay Mr. Connelly, I read your post from yesterday about the "25 Random Facts About the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo." So I consider myself tagged, and will now do my 25 Random Facts About the Rodeo, derived from the way too many years I worked that damn thing as part of the in-house video crews. 1. If I'm ever in any kind of fight - bar, gun, knife, cat, dog - I ask only for the aid of a rodeo clown. Rodeo clowns are the toughest, baddest bastards I've ever met. Not eve

  February 25, 2009

• Rodeo Uncorked

  Web exclusive!

  March 5, 2009

• Random Rodeo and The End of NoTsuOh?

  25 facts about Houston's biggest show

  March 5, 2009

• 22nd Annual ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run

  Web exclusive!

  February 26, 2009

• Could Alternative Country Work at the Rodeo?

  February 26, 2009

• THE HIDEOUT'S BLOODY MARIA

  March 27, 2008

• Bayousphere: Rough Riders at the Houston Rodeo

  After rolling around in the dirt, these cowboys and cowgirls clean up pretty well

  March 27, 2008

• Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Parade

  Watch downtown turn into cowpoke heaven

  February 28, 2008

• White-Washing Those Black Rodeo Gala Tickets

  Well, Warner Ervin, superintendent of the Houston Independent School District's south region, must be feeling pretty good today. He's the administrator being reluctantly investigated by the Texas Education Agency -- after a lot of urging from citizen and former HISD high school teacher Del Murphy -- for tapping into HISD discretionary funds to buy tickets to the Black Heritage Western Gala. Reportedly, principals and other administrators, working with and for Ervin, were persuaded by the regiona

  April 16, 2009

• Cowboy Up

  Catch the closing days of RodeoHouston

  March 16, 2006

• Bite the Bone!

  February 2, 2006

• Cowboy Clips

  March 9, 2006

• Mail Call

  Shameless

  March 22, 2007

• BEERS, STEERS AND...

  Fried Twinkies, $5 bumper cars, Hannah Montana and the hardest working kids in Texas

  March 1, 2007

• Art, Music and Crap

  It's all there -- in a neat little package -- at WestFest Compressed

  October 13, 2005

• Mekas Proud

  Deborah Colton Gallery and Aurora Picture Show pay tribute to an indie film legend

  March 31, 2005

• Made in Japan

  The MFAH pays homage to an American's love of Eastern film

  March 3, 2005

• Five Memorable - But Not Necessarily Good - Astrodome Concerts

  Bobby Weatherford​It was (semi-seriously) billed as the Eighth Wonder of World, the brainchild of Judge Roy Hofheinz was the first domed ballpark and - for better or worse - ushered in the era of the homogeneous, multipurpose stadiums. The Structure Formerly Known as Harris County Domed Stadium sits unused now, its future (possibly as a hotel movie studio) still up in the air, but in its 44 years of existence, the Astrodome was home to the Astros and the Oilers (until 1996), Millennium '73, th

  September 11, 2009

• It's Brodeo Time! RodeoHouston Announces Jonas Brothers, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley and Brooks & Dunn for 2010

  Daniel KramerThe Jonas Brothers at RodeoHouston 2009​ Monday morning, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo announced the first four entertainers next March's musical entertainment at Reliant Stadium. Jonas Brothers, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, and Brooks & Dunn have all been tapped to perform at next year's rodeo. The Kix and Ronnie date will be the duo's last rodeo appearance, as B&D plan to part ways at the end of 2010. This will be the Jonas Brothers' second Houston rodeo appearance a

  October 19, 2009