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Carolyn Farb, Jesse Dayton Go Undercover with Kinky Friedman

Over the weekend we learned of at least one high profile 2012 recording project that involves Houston at least peripherally: local arts patron and charity fundraiser Carolyn Farb will be the executive producer of a Jesse Dayton album of Kinky Friedman covers tentatively titled Sold American. Farb w ... More >>

The Owls Prepare To Slay The Knights

The Owls are led by their Ray Guy Award nominee punter Kyle Martens​The Rice Owls (2-5) aren't going to out-physical most football teams. They usually don't have the talent of other teams. So for the Rice Owls to win football games, they need outstanding game plans, solid execution, and they ... More >>

Book Learning

Houston's Literary Greats sail onto the college-radio charts with Ocean, Meet the Valley.

The 2010 Census Launches the Latino Underground Into the Mainstream; Other Bold Predictions for the Coming Decade

Will Lil Young be one of this decade's breakout Latino rap stars?​ Can Latino hip-hop in Houston continue to thrive as a black-market force, of sorts, whose sales are invisible to the IRS, and evolve into a powerful underground economy without the acknowledgement or praise of mainstream music medi ... More >>

U.S. Military Deserters Once Again Flock to Canada to Avoid War

Looks like this time they picked the wrong country.

A Native American Family Fights Against Hair Length Rules

When five-year-old Adriel Arocha ran afoul of the Needville school district, getting cut off wasn't an option for his parents

Into the Wild

Sean Penn delivers a soulful road movie and refuses to define his subject

Changes in Attitude

When voters elected Martha Wong, they thought they were sending a moderate Republican to Austin. Critics say once there, she took a right turn. Now her district is rethinking its representation.

Hustle Time

Damon Jones has traveled from UH to all around the NBA chasing stardom and a sound bite

Road Trip

How a mid-list band spent six weeks in an RV, fueled by chili

Ultra Man

Champa is the champ of our DJ competition at South Beach

Cowboy Noir

Riding horses, sucking dust and planning for the big time

The Killer Next Door

He left clues all over, but it still took investigators years to unmask the serial murderer in their midst

Feel This

Enema of the Mental State: Notes from the Battle on Irritable Blink-182 Syndrome

Crazy Tony Is Back

Broken Note Records returns from the graveyard of labels

Catching Elevators

Dr. Hitoshi Nikaidoh stepped on a St. Joseph Hospital elevator and died. His death was gruesome and horrifying. But it wasn't unique.

Hail to the Chiefs

Houston artist David Adickes finds new homes for his massive presidential busts

A Hanging Offense

Did the Devereux Treatment Center provide the care Cecilia Garrett needed or did it drive the young teenager to her death?

Big John and Little Joe

Space City's tallest and shortest musicians rule the 2002 Houston Press Music Awards

Laying Siege

The tycoon's gift shop sparks a turf war in Montrose

Power House

What do Lakewood Church and its pastor Joel Osteen have that most mainline Protestant denominations don't? People. Lots of them. And in an assortment of colors.

Agent of Doom

Former enemies unite against the continuing fallout from deadly defoliants of the Vietnam War

Power Lunch?

A farewell feed and juror-felon add to the already unusual case of George Bishop

Bishop's Endgame

An early GOP force could be savoring party triumphs -- from prison

Native Talent

Indigenous Americans blow blues-rock smoke

The Dinosaur Hunters

Trench Warfare

There's a hole carved out of the earth 32 feet deep, 210 feet wide, and 400 feet long near the Texas-Mexico border.

The Insider

Rotation

Fixed Up

Shawn Colvin's made A Few Small Repairs, and she's ready to show them off

No Escape

The fight to save the Katy Prairie

How many winters more will Arctic waterfowl make their 10,000-year-old journey to the western edge of Houston?