Russian KGB

Review: Moscow Rules, by Daniel Silva

Balls...Hair Balls: Best Bond Villains

In compiling a list of the best Bond baddies, one has to establish a few parameters. For starters, you must take into account the bad guy's ultimate objective, weighting plans for global conquest/destruction more heavily than mere monetary gain. Then there are more esoteric factors, like backgro ... More >>

Top Ten Pop Songs of 2008

Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The following ten singles ... More >>

The Fun of Falling

Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The following ten singles ... More >>

Letters

Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The following ten singles ... More >>

Press Picks

Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The following ten singles ... More >>

Lunch with LLaughing BBoy

Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The following ten singles ... More >>

Night & Day

July 16 - 22, 1998

Logic Goes Out with the Intrigue in Ho-Hum "Thriller" Traitor

Spy Vs. Why

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

This 1994 Sundance Filmmakers Trophy winner documents the life of one of Russia’s greatest inventors

Stingaree Music Festival

Hayes Carll hosts a sandy shindig in a reverse hurricane

Spy Vs. Spy

Billy Ray takes on another liar: FBI traitor Robert Hanssen

Like Herding Sheep

De Niro takes a loooong, sloooow look at the history of the CIA

She Spies

Tom Stoppard's fractured view of East-West espionage comes to the Alley

Supreme Show

Works from a bygone era stand the test of time

The Breeders

Pooches swarm Reliant Center

Kellye Gray

Friday, February 22, and Saturday February 23

Soviet Secrets

Stoli Grill's "KGB"

A Portrait of the Artist as a Capitalist

Painter Vladimir Gorsky learned how to work the system in the Soviet Union for personal gain. He discovered that things operate much the same way in America.

Jackie Can

First Strike packs a stronger punch than most recent Chan films

Seth Harwood: Jack Wakes Up

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Radio Robb: Tune In Tonight and Tomorrow

​Our very own Robb Walsh will be making a guest appearance on The Michael Berry Show tonight and tomorrow night at 7 p.m., discussing a range of topics so wide that it necessitated two evenings of air time. Michael Berry -- who coincidentally just happened to win Best Local Radi ... More >>

SUMMER GUIDE: (100) Days of Summer Movies

Enjoy the great indoors!

Five Tips for Getting Started Homebrewing

​Doak Procter, the Grand Wazoo from local homebrewing club The Foam Rangers, helped me to come up with five tips to help people who are interested in home-brewing get started. Here's some advice for how to take up a rewarding and delicious hobby. 1) Learn firsthand: As Doak puts it bluntly, ... More >>

Now Brewing at St. Arnold's: Weedwacker and Divine Reserve 10

Photos by John Seaborn GrayThe tasting hall at St. Arnold's Brewery​St. Arnolds's Brewery, at 2000 Lyons, is known for its steady release of fine local beer, but it's also known for its exclusive limited-run beers designed to keep Houston's beer lovers titillated. Last Thursday, I went to St ... More >>

Remembering Our Friends, The Mujahideen

​Obama's Wars, Bob Woodward's new book about the President's management of the Afghanistan War, exposes some pretty significant divisions between Obama's civilian advisers and the U.S. military on strategy concerning what is now America's longest war: Book excerpts published yesterday sugges ... More >>