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March 2, 2012
The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 5 Enchiladas
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.
Blogs
February 14, 2012
Taylor Burnham's Nude Ride: Allegedly Drunk Corpus Cowgirl Leads Cops On Chase Wearing Nothing But Cowboy Boots
Police say a Corpus Christi woman was drunk when they arrested her early Saturday morning after a low-speed chase. At the time of her arrest, 18-year-old Taylor Burnham was wearing nothing but a pair of cowboy boots. Acting on a complaint about a suspicious person, police found Burnham in a back al ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2011
The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Coffeehouses
Photo by Kevin O'MaraA reminder of what our No. 3 pick used to look like.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 ... More >>
Music
October 13, 2011
Bayou Country
Mike Stinson has a thing for his adopted hometown.
Blogs
September 27, 2011
She-Male Porn Pics Come to Fore in Valley Cop Election
No comment.A South Texas county constable election turned smutty last week when one candidate texted his opponent several graphic images of "she-male porn." Cameron County Precinct 4 Constable Robert Lopez was on the receiving end of the chicks with dicks images sent by electoral foe Joe Rod ... More >>
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July 27, 2011
Best Riffs Only: Krayolas Going For Tex-Mex Rock & Roll Master's
Krayolas drummer David Saldana is not your average power pop rock and roller. While his resuscitated band continues to draw gobs of press and is grabbing some high profile gigs, Saldana's life is taking him in another direction. "I'm actually getting my Masters in education so I can be a pri ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
Alleged McAllen Starbucks Masturbator Immortalized in Song
Jose Maravilla, celebrated in songIn the borderlands of South Texas, there has long been a tradition of immortalizing revolutionaries in song. Corridos, as these tunes are known, date back to the decades before the Mexican Revolution, and have been written in honor of people like Emiliano Zap ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
Deer Sausage and Eggs at Goode Co. Taqueria
Photos by Katharine ShilcuttPatio weather demands a bloody mary and a Goode Co. breakfast.The recent news that Goode Co. Taqueria will start serving its breakfast menu seven days a week starting on May 1 got me very excited. Perhaps too excited, as I dragged my boyfriend over there first thin ... More >>
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February 5, 2011
Cold Turtles: Rescued & Headed Back to the Gulf
TPWDIt shrinks like a cold, frightened turtleMore than 800 sea turtles who had been stunned by the state's cold snap are getting their release back into the wild starting today, the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department says. In the past the animals were kept for weeks, but TPWD says a new philo ... More >>
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December 21, 2010
Just What America Needs: Four More Texas Votes In The U.S. House Of Representatives
Texas is a big winnerRepublicans in the Texas Legislature have already been salivating over the opportunity to redraw Congressional districts with little to no interference from those annoying Democrats. The U.S. Census just handed them another gift: Four more seats to mess with. A 20 perce ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
Larry Garza: Corpus Man Busted With Beer In Car-Seat And Kids Roaming Free
Larry Garza likes his beerSouth Texas is hell-bent on showing the rest of us exciting new ways of involving the whole family in drunk driving shenanigans.Last week, Hair Balls brought you the Padre Island-based story of the (allegedly) shit-faced Rosales ladies -- one of whom allegedly attempted ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
Bruce Machart: The Wake of Forgiveness
The Texas landscape reflects the harsh tone of this debut novel
Blogs
June 3, 2010
Stefani Vara's Operation Musical Rewrite
Wednesday, just a few minutes shy of 4 p.m., Stefani Vara was driving from Corpus Christi back to her home in Houston after a quick day trip. It had been a while since she heard Tejano music. It's what she grew up with and she realized she missed it. She realized it was part of her roots...part ... More >>
Blogs
February 12, 2010
Sorry, Houston Lawyers: The New U.S. Attorney Is From Laredo
Photo courtesy DOJThe new U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas has just been announced, and it's not a Houstonian.Jose Angel Moreno, a 53-year-old ex-Marine from Laredo, has been nominated to fill the important post."There can be no greater honor nor privilege for a career prosecutor ... More >>
Music
December 24, 2009
Somewhere Trouble Don't Go
The best Texas albums of 2009...or what we could squeeze in.
Blogs
November 11, 2009
Artist of the Week: Country Store Buffalo on Breast Implants, Beer-Drinking Bison and That Old Devil Cocaine
Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com. You are in the enviable ... More >>
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October 1, 2009
The Feds Stage A Blitz On Illegal Gun Sales In Houston, And Rack Up Numbers
For most of the spring and summer, a souped-up squad of 100 ATF agents was running all over Houston and South Texas doing everything possible to slow the raging river of guns illegally flowing into Mexico.Agents followed up old leads, tracked down new ones, made scores of arrests, confiscated hun ... More >>
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August 18, 2009
A Musical Guide to Post-Secession Texas: Houston and "Brazoria"
The final installment of our Five States of Texas project brings it all back home, to the new state of Brazoria, encompassing all of Southeast Texas from the Brazos Valley to Sabine Pass. Patron Saint: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. A master of rock and roll, country, Cajun/Creole, blues and jazz, n ... More >>
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June 22, 2009
Aftermath: The Krayolas at Cactus Music
Photos by Chris Gray The coolest band in Houston this weekend couldn't find a club or venue to play. Not at night, anyway - San Antonio's the Krayolas did manage to play Dan Electro's during Saturday afternoon's live broadcast of KPFT's Joe's Roadhouse, and Cactus Music an hour or two thereafter. If ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2009
Rocks Off Checks Out Corpus Christi
Photos by Craig Hlavaty This past weekend, Rocks Off took a respite from sweltering H-Town to visit family in our equallly sweltering, ball-sweat-inducing neighbor to the south. Corpus Christi is rather small compared the teeming ant farm we have here, topping just over a quarter of a million beachi ... More >>
Blogs
May 22, 2009
Aftermath: Brave Combo at Discovery Green
Photos by Allen Hill It would be interesting to find out how many weddings have taken place at Discovery Green since it opened last year, but it's hard to imagine that any of them could have been any livelier than Brave Combo's free concert there Thursday evening. In its second season, DG's free con ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2009
Texas Traveler: Eating in the Alamo City
photos by Robb Walsh Chef Scott Cohen was trying out some new sandwiches for the summer menu when I stopped by San Antonio's hottest new restaurant, Brasserie Pavil on Loop 1604 at Huebner. When I first walked in the door and took in the high ceilings and dark wood, I was immediately reminded of t ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2009
Texas Traveler: Eating in the Alamo City
photos by Robb Walsh Chef Scott Cohen was trying out some new sandwiches for the summer menu when I stopped by San Antonio's hottest new restaurant, Brasserie Pavil on Loop 1604 at Huebner. When I first walked in the door and took in the high ceilings and dark wood, I was immediately reminded of t ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2009
Amateur Sports Groups Are Watching The Flu Hype Warily
High schools in Texas aren't the only places where competitions are being canceled or delayed because of swine-flu fears. (Although the UIL has reversed itself a bit; regional track meets are back on.)All basketball games and practices in the South Texas AAU, which includes the Houston area, are off ... More >>
Blogs
January 5, 2009
Texans Throw Parties for Michael Chertoff and He's Not Invited
Local South Texas officials didn't like Homeland Secretary Michael Chertoff too much to begin with and then when he pushed forward with the border wall despite every political and ecological plea they could make, the dislike morphed into something very akin to hatred. That hasn't passed, apparen ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2008
How Mexican Is Mexican Enough?
Local South Texas officials didn't like Homeland Secretary Michael Chertoff too much to begin with and then when he pushed forward with the border wall despite every political and ecological plea they could make, the dislike morphed into something very akin to hatred. That hasn't passed, apparen ... More >>
Music
May 22, 2008
Americans Recording Mexican Songs
The Bueno, the Bad and the Muy Ugly
Music
October 11, 2007
Lyle Lovett, It's Not Big It's Large
www.lylelovett.com
Blogs
April 3, 2007
Move Along. Nothing to See Here. Oh, Wait...
www.lylelovett.com
Music
September 28, 2006
Buttercup
Buttercup appears at Friday, September 29, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh. Moonlight Towers also appears. 713-521-0521.
News
August 24, 2006
Hog Wild
Feral pigs are ugly, destructive and mean. Some people in Texas just love to trap, stab or shoot them. Or put them in rodeos. With dogs.
Music
January 19, 2006
Eric Taylor
Saturday, January 21, at Anderson Fair, 2007 Grant, 713-528-8576.
Culture
March 17, 2005
St. Patrick's Day Guide 2005
Saturday, January 21, at Anderson Fair, 2007 Grant, 713-528-8576.
Calendar
March 3, 2005
Sole Sister
The Alley Theatre's Bad Dates is a shoe-in
Calendar
February 19, 2004
Get Stupid
Sometimes art is meant simply to amuse
Dining
August 1, 2002
Roll Your Own
Saigon Pagolac's DIY Vietnamese fajitas may be a lot of work, but they're worth it
Music
October 4, 2001
Libbi Bosworth
Libbiville (Ramble Records)
News
October 26, 2000
Arena Love
The establishment's attack dog is muzzled, so far
Music
August 3, 2000
Rodney Hayden
True to Texas
Culture
October 21, 1999
Rewriting the Good Book
Corpus Christi casts Jesus as a South Texas gay guy
News
October 29, 1998
Easygoing George W. Bush
With help from Democrats Pete Laney and Bob Bullock, Bush has been a Republican governor Texans love. But who'll be his pals if he sets his sights on the presidency?
News
June 25, 1998
The Insider
With help from Democrats Pete Laney and Bob Bullock, Bush has been a Republican governor Texans love. But who'll be his pals if he sets his sights on the presidency?
News
June 4, 1998
Letters
With help from Democrats Pete Laney and Bob Bullock, Bush has been a Republican governor Texans love. But who'll be his pals if he sets his sights on the presidency?
Calendar
June 4, 1998
Night & Day
June 4- 10, 1998
News
March 19, 1998
Letters
June 4- 10, 1998
News
May 22, 1997
Brothers of the Road
'The I-69 "NAFTA Highway" is supposed to create thousands of jobs. Thanks to your tax dollars, it's already provided a very good one for the underemployed brother of Tom DeLay.
Calendar
January 30, 1997
Press Picks
'The I-69 "NAFTA Highway" is supposed to create thousands of jobs. Thanks to your tax dollars, it's already provided a very good one for the underemployed brother of Tom DeLay.
Film
July 20, 1995
Tex-Mex Tunes
'The I-69 "NAFTA Highway" is supposed to create thousands of jobs. Thanks to your tax dollars, it's already provided a very good one for the underemployed brother of Tom DeLay.
Music
November 17, 1994
Rotations
'The I-69 "NAFTA Highway" is supposed to create thousands of jobs. Thanks to your tax dollars, it's already provided a very good one for the underemployed brother of Tom DeLay.
News
August 18, 1994
Romancing the Stones
HL&P leaves no Italian marble unturned
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