Santa Monica

Goodbye, George?

Strait's "The Cowboy Rides Away" tour closes out this year's rodeo.

Last Night: George Strait at Reliant Stadium

George Strait Reliant Stadium March 17, 2013 Sunday night, George Strait wrangled 80,020 fans into Reliant Stadium for what is surely to be just one of his first "farewell" shows here in Houston. This glut of country fans -- only few thousand short of the total population of Santa Monica, Californi ... More >>

Houston Wins $1 Million Grant For "One Bin For All" Innovation, Captain Planet Pleased

Captain Planet and Mayor Annise Parker thanks you. Last month, the city of Houston was selected by the Bloomberg Philanthropies' Mayors Challenge for their "One Bin For All" innovation, which would allow citizens to put all of their trash in one bin, and from there, a sorting facility (which is to ... More >>

Illegal Americans and Urban Legends

Perry Farrell Is Doing Just Fine

Jane's Addiction and Lollapalooza mastermind on Bin Laden and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

The American Bandstand (Extended) Hot 100

Somehow it's hard to believe that Dick Clark was only 82 years old when he died after suffering a "massive heart attack" Wednesday morning in Santa Monica, Calif. (Since I managed to survive one myself, I've noticed that anytime someone dies of a heart attack, it's always "massive."). Despite his yo ... More >>

Blue-Eyed Butcher: Lifetime's Susan Wright Movie, Viciously Reviewed By One Of Her Attorneys

Susan Wright is the Houston woman who tied her husband to their bed and stabbed him 193 times. Kelly Siegler is the prosecutor who re-enacted that scene in court, bringing in a bed, tying a fellow prosecutor to it, and then fake-stabbing him 193 times for the jury's sake. Lifetime has made a movie ... More >>

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Pizza Places

No.​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 hefty competition from other Houston bars and restaurants. ... More >>

National Sandwich Day Is Thursday, November 3!

Photo via karlializa.com​Fact: We love sandwiches. PB&J, BLT, grilled cheese, po-boy, Cuban, Reuben, cheese steak in Philly or muffaletta in New Orleans, single or multi-tiered, we can't get enough. We love them simple and oh so complicated, hot and cold, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Some ... More >>

Pete Anderson: Ex-Yoakam Guitarist Evens Things Up

Courtesy of Michael HyattDwight Yoakam, J.D. Foster and Pete Anderson in Santa Monica, Calif., circa 1984​Pete Anderson hasn't worked with Dwight Yoakam since 2002, but his association with Yoakam was so successful and visible he may never shake free of that shadow. "We had such a great run," ... More >>

30 Seconds With David Choi

Rocks Off sat down with Youtube sensation David Choi to see what we could learn about the man who gave us "YouTube, A Love Song" in 30 seconds. davidchoi.com​Rocks Off: What is the worst song in the world? David Choi: It just came out on YouTube recently, and I dread even thinking about it. ... More >>

Lindsay Lohan & Demi Lovato: Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Pop Stars

You said it, Demi.​If you're a parent, one day you'll inevitably come to the sobering realization that your child's ultimate happiness is out of your hands. Naturally you're going to avoid feeding them Red Bull and Cheetos for lunch (that's a man's meal) or letting them juggle steak knives, bu ... More >>

I Wanna Be Your Dog (Or Cat): TV Pilot Edition

Hair Balls was excited to learn that one of its favorite old TV shows, Hawaii 5-0, is returning to the air this fall. That show's success was attributable not just to the swaggering awesomeness of Jack Lord and his haircut, but because the show included a certain timeless element that appeals to peo ... More >>

The Week In TV: Who Watched Mad Men?

We didn't watch it. But, hey, at least we're honest.​The best thing I watched last week was an airing of Ratatouille on ABC Family. This was the week in TV Land: • I'll tell you right now: I didn't watch Mad Men. "BUT DAN," I can hear you shouting even though you're reading this at work, " ... More >>

Bobby Heugel's Weekly Cocktail: The Swizzle

​I know what you're thinking. Yes, the swizzle does sound like some crazy drink Snoop would have verbally invented at the height of his popularity. And it wouldn't be the first of his concoctions - gin and juice, anyone? We can see Snoop riding down Santa Monica in a drop-top ' Impala with a b ... More >>

Brain Tacos or Cheesy Migas?

Two high-volume taquerias have a lot to say about Houston tacos.

Aftermath: Everclear's Perfect Soundtrack to Imperfection at House of Blues

Photos by Jody Perry​While heading out of the House of Blues for some air, Aftermath and Mrs. Aftermath shared an elevator with Saturday's opener, Clayton Senne. Previously, we sat through his electric organ driven pop/soul act with annoyance and irritation. At the time, we found his banter ... More >>

Surprise!

Pink's Pizza's Santa Monica has a hidden, delicious ingredient.

Tonight: Snoop Dogg at House of Blues

Roger Caldwell/ Dallas ObserverIf you're headed to see the Doggfather Wednesday evning at House of Blues, you might want to be careful. Though Snoop denies any wrongdoing, MTV reported last week that a fan who rushed the stage at a 2005 Seattle show is alleging the rapper clocked him with a brass-kn ... More >>

King Tut Is Back

Lawndale unveils the King Tut exhibit of the future.

Pink's Pizza

Missy Higgins

Opposites Attract in Chris & Don

Portrait of the artist as a young man (and his lover as an old one)

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired Argues the Case...

Was Polanski a pedophile or merely a patsy?

Toxic Town: Suffer the Children

Carcinogen samples from local schools are off the charts

Mailbag

Going Greyhound

Christian Bale

What won't the best actor of his generation do for a role? Not much.

The Sundance Kids

For alumni of America's most prestigious film festival, winning is less than half the battle.

She's Bringing the Battalion

Wize Guys

Here's your chance to get rich quick -- or lose your shirt, in which case, GlobalTec disavows all responsibility for, well, anything

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Hollywood Holiday

Judith Owen and Harry Shearer spread some Christmas cheer, L.A.-style

Letters

Wet Kisses

Riding Giants gushes over the legends of "big wave" surfing

Drat!

Racket proposes a rock radio revolution. Clear Channel beats him to the punch.

Shred-heads

Grind transforms formula into freestyle fun

Rockin' the Cradle

DMX and Jet Li get down 2 Grave business

Skate or Die

In the 1970s, the Z-Boys were hell on wheels. Today, they're shredding the big screen.

Grand Illusions

San Francisco's Soulstice shows that bringing the past into the future is no mirage

Napster's Spawn

File-sharing copycats keep free music alive on the Net. The Big Five labels still call it theft.

Shearer Delight

The voice of Flanders is the voice of reason, absatively posilutely

A Dying Race

Houston boasts some of the biggest track legends in the world. Who cares? They do.

News of the Weird

News of the Weird

Loud and Clear

Baby, It's Him

Burt Bacharach isn't making a comeback -- he never left

Rotation

Chucking Chuck E.

Forget memories. Rickie Lee Jones wants to be discovered.

Odd Man Out

Van Dyke Parks, the invisible legend of L.A. music, finally goes live

Clever Criminals

The Borrowers take from anyone they can in order to find themselves