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  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    Kevin Corley's Murder-For-Hire/Drug Complaint Reads Like Quentin Tarantino Movie

    Kevin Corley was one of a group of men whose arrests were announced today by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Houston, and let's just say the man makes for a good criminal complaint. It reads like a Quentin Tarantino rip-off and has guns, drugs and a murder for hire in which the killer promised to car ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Decoding Newt Gingrich Based on His Known Musical Tastes

    The digital revolution is slowly killing our favorite form of amateur psychoanalysis. We've all gone through someone's CD collection at some point when they weren't in the room, and from the albums we found we were able to deduce something about their personality. Now, we don't even have a CD shelf, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    The 10 Dumbest Meat-Related Crimes

    Last week, we brought you a short compendium of the dumbest fast food-related crimes, eventually reaching the conclusion that McDonald's Chicken Nuggets make people do crazy, crazy things. (Don't tell me that correlation doesn't imply causation!) This week, we take a look at the dumb things that me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Rick Perry Quits: Five Months Of Comic Greatness Down The Drain

    He'll always have Iowa​When Rick Perry first announced his intention to be the leader of the free world back in August, we were gleeful at the comic possibilities his race would begin. Alas, the free world, or at least that part of it that isn't rabid Tea Party frothers, didn't want Perry. H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Declassified KBR Contract Shows How It Gets a Free Pass for Willful Misconduct

    These dudes know how to write a sweet contract.​A KBR government contract protected the company from liability for injuries or deaths caused by willful misconduct, according to recently declassified Army documents. Although the existence of the clause was revealed as a part of a lawsuit file ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Marcus Manchild Reporting via Text from Magic City

    Houston rapper Marcus Manchild and his label partners at AMG (Authentik Music Group), George, Chad and Nate, are currently traveling the country as part of the Smoker's Club Tour, headlined by Method Man, Curren$y and Big K.R.I.T. The Smoker's Club tour was at Warehouse Live November 11 (read the re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    The Taste of Nostalgia at C&D Burger Shoppe

    Photos by Troy FieldsPrepping for a busy lunch at C&D.​Everything about C&D Burger Shoppe has that pleasant glow of a hazy, nostalgic time somewhere in between the late 1970s and early 1980s. Even the slideshow accompanying this week's cafe review of the little burger joint in South Houston lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Houston Web Awards: The Best Tweets From Last Night's Ceremony

    Marco TorresJenny Kelley of I Love Flavor accepts the award for Best Food Video.​Check out all our pics from last night's inaugural Houston Web Awards. Bun B was a busy man last night. If you check the Houston Twitterverse's timelime from about 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., you'll probably see dozens of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Perry For Prez Speculation Heats Up With His Key Aides Quitting Gingrich Campaign

    New signs point to yes​The political world is buzzing with word today that key aides to the hilarious Newt Gingrich presidential campaign have resigned. Why? Because some of those aides are longtime Rick Perry people, and their presence on the Gingrich team was often cited as evidence Perry wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Texas AG Greg Abbott Grabs The Spotlight In Fight Against EPA's Tailpipe-Emissions Rule

    Greg Abbott leads a mostly southern uprising​Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott wants everyone to know that he is doing everything he can to stop the federal Environmental Protection Agency from trying to implement greenhouse-gas limits on cars and trucks. In the latest of a series of lawsuit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Marshall Tucker Band Singer: "This Ain't A Jerk-Off Contest"

    The Marshall Tucker Band today​While they were often tagged strictly as "Southern Rockers" after starting out in the early '70s, the Marshall Tucker Band also freely incorporated blues, jazz, country, and other sounds into their music. They had a flute player, for chrissakes! Led by guitarist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    The Nation's BBQ Capital According to Google, and It Ain't Texas

    Last week, we showed you how Google has been actively tracking food and drink trends since at least 2004 and how 2010 was the year of pizza (at least according to your search patterns and the number of times people have Googled "Pizza Hut"). But that's not the only thing that Google Insight lets you ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 16, 2010

    Third World

    Problems n a First World country

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    Last Night: Iron & Wine At Fitzgerald's

    Photos by Jim Bricker​Iron & Wine Fitzgerald's November 21, 2010 When Hill Country transplant Sam Beam, who played a sold-out pre-Thanksgiving show at Fitzgerald's Sunday night, was still signed with Sub Pop, the Seattle label's founder Jonathan Poneman wanted to see the South Carolina native ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Five Best Sexy-Time Moments Of Campaign 2010 (And "Best" Can Just Mean "Weird")

    Nikki Haley: Hey, I did her too!!!​Dear Gawd, there are only four more days left in this hellspawn of an election year. Although we're sure the recounts and voter-fraud investigations will go on forever, most of the activity will be over.There's been a lot to hate about Campaign 2010; there's been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Exile In Margaritaville: Marshall Chapman Blooms After Jimmy Buffett

    tallgirl.comL-R: Kenny Vaughan, Tim Krekel, Carl Perkins and Marshall Chapman at New York's Bottom Line, November 1996​A year ago, Lonesome Onry and Mean wrote in these pages about the passing of a rather unsung musical giant, Tim Krekel. So it was quite a pleasant surprise to recently open a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Rice Faces Northwestern In Battle Of The Brainiacs

    The Rice of the north meets the Northwestern of the south​The Rice Owls (1-1) open the Rice Stadium portion of their home schedule on Saturday night when they host the Big 10's Northwestern Wildcats (2-0). But despite last week's 32-31 come from behind win over North Texas, the Owls know that they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Bugs: There Are Two States Actually Buggier Than Texas

    It's a bug's life in Texas​Houston, as you slap your arms, face and neck while trying to enjoy a sunset, reassure yourself that things could be worse: You could be in Florida or Louisiana.Those two states are officially and somewhat scientifically more bug-infested than Texas, according to an indu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Rice University Residential College Guarantee: Not All Students Get What They Pay For

    Photo by SkinnyOrangeCatRice: Getting crowded in here​Note to incoming Rice University undergrads (and their parents) expecting the full "residential college" experience: Be sure to read everything that you get on Rice letterhead.One of the universities' primary selling points is its residential c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    HISD Set To Pick Old White Guy For Next Superintendent?

    ​The Houston Chronicle is reporting that HISD seems to have settled on Terry Grier, of the San Diego school district, to be its next superintendent. They have the sources over there, so we're inclined to believe it.Earlier this afternoon HISD spokesman Norm Uhl sent out word that the supe pick wou ... More >>

  • Music

    January 15, 2009

    Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. in Song

    In the Name of Love

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    New EPA List Of Polluted Cities Leaves Off Houston, To Some Folks' Dismay

    The good news is that the Environmental Protection Agency has issued its list of counties that don't meet the agency's standards for fine-particle air pollution, and Harris County is not on that list.The bad news is that the American Lung Association thinks it damn well should be on the list.The EPA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Santa Round-Up Part Five: The Crying Game

    This and every Christmas season the most important person is the baby Jesus, with a bearded, white-haired toy factory owner coming in a close second. Every year we flock to the malls to sit in our kids down on Santa's lap. Sometimes they run off screaming, while others take to the old guy just like ... More >>

  • News

    November 27, 2008

    Fighting Cancer

    Who says Texas isn't battling cigs?

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    How Could Anyone Criticize Texas' Anti-Smoking Campaign?

    Here’s yet another list that Texas finds itself at the bottom of: the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids’ report of how states have been spending (or not spending) the money they’ve been receiving from the landmark 1998 multi-billion dollar settlement with Big Tobacco. Texas comes in at 46, s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2008

    Going Big in the Bay Area with Cullen's Upscale American Grill

    Here’s yet another list that Texas finds itself at the bottom of: the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids’ report of how states have been spending (or not spending) the money they’ve been receiving from the landmark 1998 multi-billion dollar settlement with Big Tobacco. Texas comes in at 46, s ... More >>

  • Music

    March 13, 2008

    Nile

    Here’s yet another list that Texas finds itself at the bottom of: the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids’ report of how states have been spending (or not spending) the money they’ve been receiving from the landmark 1998 multi-billion dollar settlement with Big Tobacco. Texas comes in at 46, s ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 1, 2007

    Stage Capsule Reviews: Arsenic and Old Lace, Black Pearl Sings, The Daughter of the Regiment, Fools and Rumors

    Here’s yet another list that Texas finds itself at the bottom of: the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids’ report of how states have been spending (or not spending) the money they’ve been receiving from the landmark 1998 multi-billion dollar settlement with Big Tobacco. Texas comes in at 46, s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 4, 2007

    Blue

    Nona Hendryx’s music makes this production a must-see

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2007

    The College Football Preview, Week Four: Longhorns in Jail and Cougars with Excuses

    Nona Hendryx’s music makes this production a must-see

  • Culture

    September 6, 2007

    "Nexus Texas"

    Texas inspires exceptional artists at the CAMH

  • Music

    March 1, 2007

    Houston Rock Scene Woes, Continued

    A tri-ologue with three scene vets about selling out, not being true to yourself and rocking too hard

  • Music

    January 25, 2007

    Texas Tenors Times Two

    The Trinity Jazz Festival

  • News

    August 17, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    The Trinity Jazz Festival

  • Music

    December 8, 2005

    Do You Hear What I Hear?

    Wack's Very Special Holiday Music Guide

  • Film

    June 2, 2005

    One for the Girls

    Traveling Pants is an ill fit for the screen, but teens and tweens will love it

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    Penned In

    Almost nobody -- not even the trial judge or the victim -- thinks John Michael Harvey molested a child. So why's he still serving 40 years in prison?

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    The Dogs of War

    Foster programs try to save departing soldiers' critters from becoming casualties

  • News

    August 22, 2002

    At QB: God

    Christ sneaks the Second Coming in by posing as David Carr

  • News

    January 17, 2002

    It's Still News

    What's the statute of limitations for rip-n-read violations?

  • News

    December 27, 2001

    Dire Forecast

    Plus: Ailing Isle, Enron Angles, Rules and Drools

  • Dining

    July 19, 2001

    The State of Things

    Chef Scott Atlas

  • Dining

    June 14, 2001

    The Highs and Low Country

    Fox Diner is fabulous when it sticks to what it does best

  • News

    January 14, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Fox Diner is fabulous when it sticks to what it does best

  • News

    October 22, 1998

    News of the Weird

    Fox Diner is fabulous when it sticks to what it does best

  • Music

    September 5, 1996

    Hold the Tonic

    Fox Diner is fabulous when it sticks to what it does best

  • Music

    May 23, 1996

    Static

    Fox Diner is fabulous when it sticks to what it does best

  • News

    February 1, 1996

    Tell Them the Dog Did It!

    Brace yourself --the FBI says the Tracker is a fraud

  • Film

    April 20, 1995

    The Why of WorldFest

    Houston's film festival returns a "lean, mean movie machine"

  • Film

    April 14, 1994

    WorldFest's World View

    Hunter Todd returns with a slimmed-down film festival

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