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Six Flags Inc.

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Your Favorite Bands: How To Correctly Pronounce Their Names

    ​Back in December 1998, when Eminem was just hitting MTV and rap radio, we remember people pronouncing his name as "Eee-mine-im," and not the candy-inflected way it actually was. We even made the mistake during our first viewing of "My Name Is" late at night on the video channel and calling a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    My Five Favorite Amusement Park Foods

    sorrellsenterprises.comDippinDots.​This summer I'm heading back to the east coast. My "To Visit" list includes small-town diners, Civil War battlegrounds, and amusement parks. Knoebels Grove, Hershey Park, Six Flags: these were the beloved family vacation destinations of my youth. Even though ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Artist of the Week: Kaitlyn Knippers

    ​Three months ago, the precocious Mary Sarah became the first under 16 Artist of the Week in the history of the world. She sat alone in the teen division of our stables. Today, she gets a labelmate. Kaitlyn Knippers is another talented singer/song writer/multi instrumentalist/world beater wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    OPI's Texas Nail Colors: Some Ideas They Missed

    Texas hair and Texas nails​If you have ladyparts and have ever had a mani/pedi, odds are pretty good you've been adorned with OPI nail polish, and probably even bought some to take home. OPI's built a strong reputation on not only its high-end but affordable and durable products, but also its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    F**k You Very Much, Austin

    • Talk about buzzkill. During All Time Low's Bamboozle Roadshow performance at Six Flags in Arlington last week, amusement park security pepper-sprayed a handful of preteens who rushed the stage in a surge of prepubescent hormonal musical bliss. The band gave the security an earful of Fuck You! a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Dancing With the Stars: Hey, Mambo!

    ​Holy crap, you guys! It's week six of Dancing With the Stars! I thought I'd be dead by now. Tom Bergeron's trademark breathless intro made it sound like the celebrities on this show have been at war or something instead of just wearing sequined shirts and soaking up some free press, but he di ... More >>

  • Music

    September 3, 2009

    The Forgotten Festival

    The 1969 Texas International Pop Festival

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Why Rename Hillcroft Only Once? A Modest Proposal

    View Larger MapThe proposal to rename the stretch of Hillcroft  that courses through the heart of Little Bombay is ginning up a surprising amount of aggro in the blogosphere. (Or is it a surprising amount of blogs in the aggrosphere -- sometimes it's hard to tell.)Under the headline "We'll give ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Commercials That Are Workin' My Nerves Lately

    Photo by jon.punktLike any good pop-culture whore, I watch television too much. Well, maybe too much for you, but for me, just right. That doesn't mean there aren't some things on television I'd rather not see. For instance, commercials. I don't have Tivo (yes, I suffer, dear friends...I suffer), so ... More >>

  • Film

    January 22, 2009

    Reading Rainbow: Inkheart

    Nothing like a bad book adaptation to turn kids on to the written word

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2008

    Impluvium

    Suchu Dance’s newest production is, um, conceptual

  • News

    November 13, 2008
  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008
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    February 10, 2008
  • News

    October 11, 2007

    Fighting for Air: Drowning and the Heimlich Maneuver

    Most doctors say the Heimlich maneuver should not be used to save drowning victims. So why does UH professor John Hunsucker continue to teach it to lifeguards?

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2007

    The East End Trek

    Most doctors say the Heimlich maneuver should not be used to save drowning victims. So why does UH professor John Hunsucker continue to teach it to lifeguards?

  • News

    October 12, 2006

    Faking College

    A student impersonator "attends" Rice University for a year

  • Music

    June 29, 2006

    Chillin' with tha Eskimoz

    We have a Whatachat with the guys behind the fast-food rap video

  • News

    October 20, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    We have a Whatachat with the guys behind the fast-food rap video

  • Music

    September 15, 2005

    Answering the Musical Question

    Wesley Willis's ghost in the machine pays rock 'n' roll tribute to notorious Houstonians

  • News

    June 9, 2005

    On Their Backs

    Sugar Land spreads its legs

  • News

    December 30, 2004

    Buggin' Out

    That next smash hit from Hollywood may be the work of Houston's own roach wrangler

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    Dome of Doom

    Can the county's rehab plans save the Astrodome from demolition?

  • News

    June 24, 2004

    Mail Call

    Can the county's rehab plans save the Astrodome from demolition?

  • News

    June 3, 2004

    Making Waves

    Water parks present their own special dangers

  • News

    June 3, 2004

    Out of the Box

    Or, how to become airborne when there's no magic click

  • News

    June 3, 2004

    Rodeo Hat Trick

    As three people found out in one day, slide at your own risk

  • News

    June 3, 2004

    Thrilled to Death

    Riders may get more than they bargained for when they head to amusement parks this summer

  • Dining

    May 20, 2004

    Pacific Rim Shot

    Riders may get more than they bargained for when they head to amusement parks this summer

  • Music

    May 6, 2004

    Decent Folk

    Summer Hymns' summer hymns define the purdy South

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Kid's Thrill

    Downtown Aquarium

  • News

    December 14, 2000

    The Big Score

    A roving band of young men took to the streets of Montrose, committing more than 20 armed robberies in one week, police say. One guy was shot. No one was killed. A lot of people were terrified. Most times, the robbers' "loot" was a couple of bucks.

  • Music

    August 19, 1999

    Howard's End

    Dallas ran Howard Stern out of town. Could Houston be any more hospitable?

  • Calendar

    April 9, 1998

    Loop de Loop 610

    Dallas ran Howard Stern out of town. Could Houston be any more hospitable?

  • Calendar

    July 20, 1995

    Press Picks

    Dallas ran Howard Stern out of town. Could Houston be any more hospitable?

  • Music

    July 20, 1995

    Glory Be

    Yolanda Adams sings gospel to soothe the soul, and convert the heathen

  • Calendar

    December 8, 1994

    Press Picks

    Yolanda Adams sings gospel to soothe the soul, and convert the heathen

  • Calendar

    October 6, 1994

    Press Picks

    Yolanda Adams sings gospel to soothe the soul, and convert the heathen

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