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Your Guide to Video Game Cocktails

I tend toward role-playing games, and as a result I often end up in long, Zen-like bouts of level grinding that involve hours of defeating monsters over and over again in order to overpower my team to the point they steamroll over the bosses. It's honestly the happiest I am as a gamer, and it lends ... More >>

The 30 Best Texas Albums

Ranking the 30 best Texas albums of the past 30 years seemed like an impossible task. We did it anyway.

Greek Week: 300

Greek Week at Niko Niko's Market Square: You Don't Have to Rush

Where I went to college, Greek Week meant something very different. At Niko Niko's in Market Square Park, Greek Week is a week-long event that culminates in a celebration of 180 years of Greek independence on Sunday, March 25. In partnership with Market Square Park, the restaurant will be hosting a ... More >>

5 Bizarre, But Awesome, Christian Children's Products

When you grow up in a house devoid of religion you turn out...well, click the author's link and you'll see how you turn out. Some people think you are free of delusions and dogma, others consider you devoid of an important moral core. We couldn't tell you which is true, or both, or neither. In an Am ... More >>

Noise For The Ages: Top Post-Hardcore Guitarists Through the Years

While it may not often be recognized by "mainstream listening audiences," post-hardcore is not a dead genre. Though its popularity has often waxed and waned throughout the years since its inception in the mid '80s, there are always great upstart bands keeping it alive. As of late, the genre has seen ... More >>

This Station Is Now Operational: At The Drive-In Is Reuniting. Finally.

With the beginning of a Twitter account and an official website, heavily influential El Paso-based rock act At The Drive-In has announced their reformation today. What the future will hold for the group, which splintered into the Mars Volta and Sparta after their 2001 split, is anyone's guess. SXSW? ... More >>

Stevie Victoria Brown-Crever: Pot Bust Stems From Michigan Plates?

Stevie Brown-Crever: Tough luck on 59​The Montgomery County Police Reporter is a just-the-facts publication; here's one of their latest stories: Sunday evening approximately 7:00P.M. Deputy Juan Chapa and his partner Porter [a dog, by the way] were on routine patrol along US 59 near Creekwood ... More >>

Cowboy Tales From The Rodeo: From The Hockey Rink To Steer Wrestling

Steer wrestler Nick Guy. ​Rodeo cowboys basically live on the road, traveling with men and women crazy enough to ride, rope and wrestle live animals for a paycheck. Each day, Hair Balls is asking a different cowboy to tell us a little bit about himself and his wildest story from a life of rodeo. N ... More >>

Tonight: Sleepercar at the Mink

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

In Bloom

The family-friendly Secret Garden is a magical treat

(Man) Love and War

Between the Cracks

Profiling local bands

Stiff Penalties

Playbill

Playbill

The Fall

The Real New Fall LP (Narnack)

Dammit, Mamet!

Based on Spartan, it would seem the master of macho dialogue has lost his touch

The Last Picture Show

Now playing At the Drive-In: The Rise of Sparta

For a Good Time, Call…

Diners at Garson can now feast on Persian food without being hit on