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  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Saturday Night: Kendrick Lamar at Warehouse Live

    There's nothing in Kendrick Lamar's catalog that suggests he's a capacity crowd artist. He doesn't chase radio glory. He doesn't make what you call, um, hits. He's just starting to log big name cosigns. Yet, on Saturday, Warehouse Live was packed from end to end with hip-hop fans eager to catch a gl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Rick Perry Tries to Raise Money Off His Debate Disaster (with Video)

    Also forgot his "no more debates" plan.​When you've provided the signature moment of your doomed campaign in a national debate, what do you do? Try to make some money off it. Rick Perry stumbled badly -- like Gerald Ford badly, like Admiral Stockdale badly -- in last night's GOP debate. He c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    HPMA Preview: Get This Party Started Edition

    Courtesy of GenesAddiction.net.Gene's Addiction (rock and roll all night and party...you know)​Music is primal. Sure, it can be intellectual, make you think and even change perspectives. But, at it's heart, music is about making you want to shake what your momma gave you. After all, rock and r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    The City Elections Are Coming (You Knew That, Right?) Take Our Quiz

    Be proud​You were aware there's a citywide election Tuesday, right? You get the chance to elect a new mayor, councilmembers AND weigh in on vitally important proposed state constitutional amendments like whether El Paso County should be added to the list of counties authorized to create conser ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2011

    Michael Moore: Here Comes Trouble

    Be proud​You were aware there's a citywide election Tuesday, right? You get the chance to elect a new mayor, councilmembers AND weigh in on vitally important proposed state constitutional amendments like whether El Paso County should be added to the list of counties authorized to create conser ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    How Much Has Hip-Hop Affected Race Relations?

    Some rappers happen to be thoughtful, intelligent people. Every Monday that isn't a national holiday, Rocks Off will have some of them here discussing issues relevant to their culture. Photo illustration by John Seaborn Gray​This Week's Panel: Kyle Hubbard, Mic Skills, Snoopy, Kiotti, Chingo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Y'all Musta Forgot: CQ and t.h.e. MisFit Crazy-8's The Sunday Soapbox

    ​Houston's history is dotted with albums that, fairly or not, have been swept aside. We'll examine them here. Have an album that you think nobody knows about but should? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com. (Self-released, 2011) CQ & t.h.e. MisFit Crazy-8 Note: Heretofore, whenever t.h.e. MisFit Cra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Rick Perry's Unique American Revolution Analysis: Best Twitter Responses, and Our Dumb-Quotes Random Generator Is Updated

    Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyRick Perry last night did what most presidential candidates do after sucking again in a debate -- he went to a frat house. In explaining to the Beta Theta Pi boys his views of governance, Perry said that the American Revolutio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Debt Ceiling: The 10 Worst Tweets From the Texas GOP Congressional Delegation

    Tweets don't fail me now​As the GOP debates whether it wants the Tea Party to drive it (and the country) off a cliff by playing games with the debt ceiling, we looked to Twitter for the updates from our state's congresssional delegation. Oddly, the Republicans didn't tweet anything like "Yes, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Pop Rocks: Alternative Songs for the 2012 Candidates

    Please god, no.​Poor Michele Bachmann, first the John Wayne/John Wayne Gacy thing, now Tom Petty's piling on as well: The inaugural music-related strike of the 2012 presidential race comes from Tom Petty, who issued a cease and desist letter to Michele Bachmann's campaign to get her to stop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Pop Rocks: Songs In The Key Of [Presidential] Fail

    Please god, no.​Poor Michele Bachmann, first the John Wayne/John Wayne Gacy thing, now Tom Petty's piling on as well: The inaugural music-related strike of the 2012 presidential race comes from Tom Petty, who issued a cease and desist letter to Michele Bachmann's campaign to get her to stop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Seven Easter Candy Favorites

    ​These days, my Easter candy consumption is less "get up early and hunt for my Easter basket" and more "stay up late stuffing my face with Easter treats." I was at H-E-B the other day, and I spent half an hour browsing the Easter display to see what's going on in the world of Easter candy. Not ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2011

    Interstate Fringe

    ​These days, my Easter candy consumption is less "get up early and hunt for my Easter basket" and more "stay up late stuffing my face with Easter treats." I was at H-E-B the other day, and I spent half an hour browsing the Easter display to see what's going on in the world of Easter candy. Not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    A Musical Field Guide To National Bird Day

    yourfashion.com​Today is National Bird Day, and we are all gonna celebrate. Every year bird enthusiasts pick this day to promote bird watching, XTREME bird watching, bird adoption, and just plain ol' loving the unholy hell out of birds. All kidding aside, the holiday is dedicated to raising aw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Top 5 Local Ideas: The Gift of Lone Star Deliciousness

    Looking to spread Texas-size cheer to friends and family out of state? Need a universally appealing present for employees or clients? Below are five suggestions for food gifts chock full of local flavor and appeal. The "DJ Special." Original BBQ Sauce, Jalapeño Garlic BBQ Sauce, Heavy Garlic BBQ Sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Tear Me Down: Five Songs About The Berlin Wall

    ​Today is World Freedom Day! The holiday was declared in 2001 by George W. Bush to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall and just how awesome he felt Ronald Reagan was. It was 21 years ago today that East and West Berlin were reunited, and the Berlin Wall remains a source of musical inspiratio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Why I'd Rather Eat Halal Food (Including Campbell's Soup)

    ​The latest round of anti-Muslim rhetoric to spew forth from the nation's right-wing extremists has formed from the strangest combination of ingredients: Canada and Campbell's soup. News that Americans have started a Facebook group called "Boycott Campbell Soup" [sic] -- which has nearly 3,50 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Top 10 Celebrity Music-Video Cameos

    ​Ratt, "Round and Round" Thursday night, Ratt hits up Warehouse Live with what passes for their original line-up. At their peak, the band was a gritty and decadent alternative to bands like Poison, skewing closer to Motley Crue in terms of excess and drug abuse. ​The band managed to ... More >>

  • News

    February 18, 2010

    Teen Porn 101

    If they're taking their laptops and cell phones to bed with them, it's probably not to do homework.

  • Film

    October 1, 2009

    The Awful Truth

    Attn: Wall Street. Michael Moore is a Marxist (but he's still selling the same old shtick).

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2008

    State School Board Member Cynthia Dunbar Still Bringing The Loony

    The Texas State Board of Education is a fairly obscure group of individuals, staying below the radar except for the occasional ruckus over whether evolution's a fraud or if math word problems should all include highlights from Ronald Reagan's career.That ended this fall, when an unhinged screed publ ... More >>

  • Music

    July 3, 2008

    A Super-Patriotic July 4 Playlist

    Have You Forgotten?

  • Home Entertainment

    March 6, 2008

    Stranded by Oscar: Into the Wild, Radiant City, SNL in the '80s: Lost and Found, The Love Boat: Season One, Volume One

    Have You Forgotten?

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2007

    Retro Active: A Nuclear Era, But I Have No Fear

    Have You Forgotten?

  • News

    August 30, 2007

    Mail Call

    A Different Breed

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2007

    Fighting Inaccuracies When Referring to Norma Gabler

    A Different Breed

  • Home Entertainment

    February 22, 2007

    Chick Flick

    A Different Breed

  • News

    December 7, 2006

    Shorthanded

    Foreign pickers aren't getting through the post-9/11 barricades to harvest U.S. crops

  • Film

    October 26, 2006

    A Guide to Recognizing Your Shrinks

    Coming of age and coming out in the Me Decade

  • Music

    December 8, 2005

    Overlooked in '05

    Ten great discs that were underserved by the media but are more than worthy

  • Film

    September 15, 2005

    Senior Moment

    Jan Decleir shines as a senile hit man in The Memory of a Killer

  • Film

    August 4, 2005

    On the Road Again

    Jim Jarmusch offers up another quest story for hipsters, and they'll be pleased

  • News

    April 7, 2005

    Know Your Astros! Quiz

    Jim Jarmusch offers up another quest story for hipsters, and they'll be pleased

  • Calendar

    November 4, 2004

    Flashy Dance

    Get some style with substance at Suchu Dance's Roseburn

  • Film

    June 24, 2004

    Tears in Heaven

    Need a love story to cry over? Leaf through The Notebook.

  • News

    April 1, 2004

    Star-Crossed

    No World Series this year, an Astro-loger says

  • Culture

    December 18, 2003

    Dream Team

    Two lonely souls connect -- if only for a moment -- in Laughing Wild

  • Music

    July 17, 2003

    The Evolution Control Committee

    Plagiarythm Nation (Creations/Seeland)

  • Culture

    May 29, 2003

    Dem Blues

    The left, turning right, was plain wrong to attack pop culture

  • Film

    August 15, 2002

    Cruel Summer

    Looking for fun? Crush will leave you blue.

  • News

    July 20, 2000

    GOP Inc.

    How "Scary" Gary Polland turned his party apparatus into a political slot machine

  • Calendar

    September 9, 1999

    Culture Shock

    How "Scary" Gary Polland turned his party apparatus into a political slot machine

  • News

    October 29, 1998

    The More Things Change

    How "Scary" Gary Polland turned his party apparatus into a political slot machine

  • News

    March 13, 1997

    Larry in Limbo

    Is little guy Larry Duncan being made to suffer for the big guys' sins?

  • Film

    June 13, 1996

    Hail the Cabbie

    Is little guy Larry Duncan being made to suffer for the big guys' sins?

  • News

    September 14, 1995

    The Insider

    Is little guy Larry Duncan being made to suffer for the big guys' sins?

  • Music

    May 11, 1995

    Lounge Act

    Is little guy Larry Duncan being made to suffer for the big guys' sins?

  • Culture

    December 1, 1994

    Losing Focus?

    Once groundbreaking, this year's FotoFest just tilled old soil

  • News

    October 13, 1994

    Candidate

    With big bucks and blessings from on high, Eugene Fontenot comes out from behind his wall to buy a seat in Congress

  • News

    December 16, 1993

    Mickey and Minnie, the Robber Barons

    With big bucks and blessings from on high, Eugene Fontenot comes out from behind his wall to buy a seat in Congress

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