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Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "Viva La Revolucion," Soulbrotha Wire To Wire Slim Thug says March will be highlighted by the relea ... More >>
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July 27, 1995
Vietnam, via Broadway
Despite its obvious flaws, Miss Saigon remains a must-see
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August 17, 1995
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Despite its obvious flaws, Miss Saigon remains a must-see
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January 26, 2009
Turning the Screw: Patrick Sims, Lil Wayne, Notorious, Suge Knight, Wale, Just Blaze, Devin the Dude, Klondike Kat and More
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February 4, 1999
Class of '98
A reluctant retrospective
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May 20, 1999
Oh, Bui!
Three Seasons shows off a young director's purity and purpose
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October 9, 2008
"Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon: Vietnamese America Since 1975"
This photography exhibit shows the journey one million refugees made
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February 9, 1995
Casualties of War
Houston's Vietnamese now call Texas home, but they continue to be haunted by ghosts of the conflict that drove them here
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November 22, 2007
Ghostface Killah
Is Ghostface as dumb as he wants you to think he is?
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October 4, 2007
The Rough Guide to the Music of Vietnam; The Rough Guide to Latino Nuevo; The Rough Guide to Salsa ; Bokoor Beats; Bonde de Rolê, With Lasers; Kenge Kenge, Introducing Kenge Kenge; The Budos Band, II
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July 21, 2005
Free At Last
A harrowing journey leads to America, and then to someplace better
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August 17, 2006
The Houston Slide
The Medicine Show rocks the ephemeral city with eternal music
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December 15, 2005
Tale of Two Cities
Catholic priest John Chinh Tran re-created Vietnam's Thai Xuan Village in Houston with an iron hand. These days his control is slipping away.
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October 21, 2004
Taking Aim
Marching with an evolving minority electorate, a Vietnamese immigrant may just whip the GOP's old guard
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September 23, 2004
Best Place to Pretend You're in the Hill Country
Marching with an evolving minority electorate, a Vietnamese immigrant may just whip the GOP's old guard
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March 6, 2003
Apocalypse Cow
Finding the press box at Reliant Stadium proves to be a journey into the heart of darkness
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February 6, 2003
American Power
Phillip Noyce takes a timely look at Vietnam through the eyes of Graham Greene
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January 2, 2003
The Year of Living Dangerously
Cinema 2002 counterbalanced a treacherous world
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August 1, 2002
Roll Your Own
Saigon Pagolac's DIY Vietnamese fajitas may be a lot of work, but they're worth it
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April 18, 2002
The Old Switcheroo
Would the real Givral's Sandwich Shop please stand up?
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May 24, 2001
The Things We Still Carry
Vietnamese food served with a side of fresh perspectives
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March 29, 2001
The Rise of Saigon
The musical makes a splashy regional debut despite an awkward launching pad
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March 22, 2001
A Well-Rounded Production
Miss Saigon is more than just glitz and helicopters
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June 1, 2000
Using Her Noodle
Liberty's Annie Wong can negotiate a tasty truce among even the most warring ingredients
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April 27, 2000
An Ideal Place?
With a menu not quite as ambitious as its name, Vietopia is still a step or two away from nirvana
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February 2, 1995
Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Have a Pepsi
Country Joe's still politically correct (sort of)
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January 19, 1995
Vietnamese Variety
Song Long gets cooking with Vietnam's colonial heritage
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July 31, 2009
Houston: One Tough Town for Noodles
Tho Lam, a waiter at Pho One on Westheimer at Wilcrest, told me his life story the other day. Tho works for his parents Thamh Lam and Kim Oanh Vu who own the place. The name of the restaurant is a wordplay on his mom's middle name. Kim Oanh Vu comes from a famous pho family. Her father and Th ... More >>
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October 15, 2009
Dive Bars
A handcrafted tour of the best, most obscure places to lean on a stool in Houston.
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December 9, 2009
The 10 Best Places to Eat in Westchase
Unlike neighboring Memorial, the Westchase district of Houston -- which runs roughly down the spine of Westheimer from Gessner to Dairy Ashford -- is brimming with some of the city's best and (happily) least expensive ethnic restaurants. Although you could eat at a place like J. Alexander's or Le Pe ... More >>
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January 7, 2010
Openings and Closings: 2009 Edition
The year gone by marked some very exciting restaurant openings (such as Haven, Branchwater Tavern, Yelapa Playa Mexicana and Stella Sola) and some equally important closings (such as Cafe Annie, Bedford, Las Alamedas and Felix Mexican Restaurant). To close out the yea ... More >>
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February 4, 2010
Miss Saigon
The story of true love and helicopters
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February 3, 2010
Get Out Your Hankies For TUTS' Miss Saigon
Photo courtesy Seattle's 5th Avenue TheatreDirector Bruce Lumpkin is a Houston native bringing Miss Saigon back here for a five-week run with Theatre Under the Stars, after his first successful tour here in 1991. He says some people consider it an anti-war show, but it is that and more. "It's an ... More >>
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February 17, 2010
#98 "You Buy We Fry" Trout Basket at Hank's Fish Market 4319 Lockwood Fifth Ward
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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February 18, 2010
Dream Girls
Miss Saigon is still stunning in this TUTS production.
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September 10, 2010
Openings and Closings
The Queen, Barbara Windsor and her wig encourage you to try Houston's version of the Queen Vic pub.Richard Di Virgilio, a man who already knows how to serve small, finely crafted plates of food at Oporto, has finally opened his second project just off Kirby: The Queen Vic Pub & Kitchen (2712 ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
Whole Hogg
Hoggs n' Chicks serves creative pork and chicken dishes in Missouri City.
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January 14, 2011
Top Five Hip-Hop Foes Turned Friends
Marco TorresSome rivalries are beyond repair. You'll never catch Kobe and Shaq trading smiles at a joint family picnic. 50 Cent and The Game will still be mugging at each other at the 2021 VH1 Hip-Hop Honors. Batman will always despise that sonamabitch The Joker. Truth be told, hip-hop is a ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
Food Fight: Vietnamese Egg Rolls
Hollywood.Fatty FatBastard wanted a Vietnamese egg roll battle. And what Fatty wants, that no-bean-loving bastard gets. He suggested I head to Hollywood Vietnamese and Chinese. I chose Pho Saigon Noodle House as the opponent. Let the battle begin. Hollywood For the sake of full disclosure ... More >>
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March 16, 2011
Nate Dogg's Seven Best Hooks Besides "Regulate"
Hip-hop lost a genius late Tuesday, when Nate Dogg passed away from causes unknown in Long Beach, Calif. Maybe the man upstairs needed this OG, who was 41 and had suffered strokes in 2007 and '08, to sing hooks in the choir. Meanwhile, Nate's work here on Earth will live on in hip-hop histor ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
The Seven Most Memorable Rap Beatdowns
Wreckx-n-Effect went New Jack Swing on A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip in 1993.When pop stars and Hollywood types need to settle a score, they take it to the courtroom. Hip-hop, however, operates by a different code: If you act up, you will get smacked up. Rocks Off was reminded of this when a m ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
Metro Etiquette
Five rules that should be added to light rail.
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April 1, 2011
Lesbian Video!! Get In on the Action!!
Get in on the action.Are you a lesbian? Are you single? Do you live in Texas? Are you not freaked out by the idea of living your life online? No, we're not here to offer you a gig on our fledgling "erotica" Web site, but to tip you off to a casting call for thw web reality series Lezbeproud. ... More >>
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May 18, 2011
Health Department Roundup
Operating a restaurant without the proper permits? Forget it, it's Chinatown.The inspections of the past few days have resulted in just a few more closures/citations than we've seen in recent weeks. Not sure what led to the benevolence, but it might be at an end. This is potentially bad news ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
Openings & Closings: Shepherd on Draft
Anyone who may have mourned the passing of Octane -- the coffee shop-cum-cafe in Garden Oaks -- will be pleased as punch to hear what's taking its place: Shepherd Park Draft House, a "pub/restaurant" which fills as much of a niche as Octane attempted to do. The bar will be located at 3402 N. ... More >>
Dining
October 13, 2011
Dare We Say It?
The venerated Mai's has been rebuilt after burning down, and it looks pretty. But the food still mostly disappoints.
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November 25, 2011
The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 5 Pho
Photo by Troy FieldsChicken pho ready to go at our No. 3 pick.For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston® winners. In many categories, picking each year's winner is no easy task. We'll be spotlighting 20 of those categories, in which the winner had ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Burgers
Does that burger have Fritos and refried beans on top? Yes. Welcome to Texas.For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston® winners. In many categories, picking each year's winner is no easy task. We'll be spotlighting 20 of those categories, in which ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
We Love Food
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