Subject: Staten Island

• Harlem Renaissance

  The Harlem Globetrotters

  January 27, 2000

• Knowing Right from Wrong

  Did Johnny Penry's abusive childhood prevent him from developing a moral compass that might have stopped him from murdering Pam Carpenter? Or is he just another cold, calculating killer?

  March 8, 2001

• Dumb Waiters

  Ignorance, thy name is waitstaff

  April 19, 2001

• Hot Sauciness

  May 19, 1994

• The Insider

  June 8, 1995

• The Last Good-bye

  September 14, 2000

• Letters

  Full-time Friendly, In the Hood, Humanitiy's Teacher

  January 18, 2001

• Bacliff Wiggers

  September 11, 2008

• Notable tour sponsorships in U.S. history

  May 22, 2008

• My Darlin' New Orleans

  What hath God wrought?

  September 8, 2005

• Righteous Party

  Get some Easter Salvation at the Jungle 13 weekend

  March 24, 2005

• Applause Time

  Houston Press writers are finalists in two journalism contests

  March 17, 2005

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  March 10, 2005

• Basket Cases

  The Harlem Globetrotters bounce into town for some hoops high jinks

  February 10, 2005

• Puke Fest '04!

  Houston revelers spill their guts to The Nightfly

  November 25, 2004

• Best Atkins Chic

  September 23, 2004

• Best Dance Club

  September 23, 2004

• Midtown Getdown

  Rich's goes straight, and the wait for a first-class, midsize Houston venue could be over

  August 12, 2004

• Take This Love and Shove It

  The best X-rated breakup songs

  July 1, 2004

• What Was That?

  Horton hears a Who in Seussical

  June 24, 2004

• Want Fries with That?

  It's not ice cream that's getting whipped into a froth at "Milkshake"

  December 25, 2003

• Best Place to Water-Ski

  Lake McQueeney

  September 25, 2003

• Hushing Up

  What's all the fuss about Hush?

  August 14, 2003

• Killah Priest

  Thursday, July 3

  July 3, 2003

• Cheating the Reaper

  Vic Chesnutt died 20 years ago. Catch him live this week.

  June 19, 2003

• Club Directory

  April 10, 2003

• Livingston's Trade Days

  Friday, February 14 through Sunday, February 16

  February 13, 2003

• Ground Zero Hour

  A man's last day of freedom becomes Spike's moving meditation on 9/11

  January 9, 2003

• Culture

  Live in Africa (RAS Records)

  November 21, 2002

• Ballads Nuevo

  Corridos get updated with drugs and guns

  November 1, 2001

• Not Dead Yet

  A tarted-up Holy Grail lives to fight (rabbits) another day

  September 6, 2001

• War Dance

  Alabama-Coushatta Indians are shedding their passive ways in big bets on land claims and casinos. But some fear they could be gambling away their great tribal heritage.

  August 23, 2001

• Wet Nighthawks Cry Foul

  They're deluge-ional, say accused Fitz's and South Beach proprietors

  July 5, 2001

• World Jazz

  Highlights from the Houston International Jazz Festival

  August 3, 2000

• Empire's End

  High drama and spirited romance spice up The Last September

  April 27, 2000

• Oh, Brother!

  Oh, Kay! may not be okay by 21st-century standards

  October 28, 1999

• Wunderkind

  Flutist Christina Jennings poised to shine

  September 9, 1999

• Listening Room: What's Been Tickling Our Earholes Lately

  As Rocks Off has noted in our periodic Mail Call entries, even though the tide of promo CDs has been greatly reduced by the digital revolution - Rocks Off can count on one finger (the middle one) the times he's actually used the streaming/download email link publicists are ever more fond of these days - he still gets more new CDs via snail mail than any one person can rightfully be expected to audition. Most of these are eliminated either through gut instinct or a quick glance at the accompanyi

  April 27, 2009

• Texas Traveler: Livingston Trade Days

  Photos by Brittanie SheyGood eats: armadillo eggs and homemade banana pudding If the span of time between the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo in spring and the State Fair of Texas in fall is just too long for you, you can satisfy your lust for the unnecessary consumption of crap at least once a month at Livingston Trade Days, a giant fair midway without the fair in the Piney Woods of East Texas. Livingston Trade Days, a year-round event on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday before the third Monday

  May 11, 2009

• Things to Do This Weekend If You're (Almost) Broke: "Thriller" at Midnight at Numbers, Free Tickets and More

  What's the best thing about going to see live music? Frickin' air conditioning, because even the dingiest dive will be pumping out some sort cooled air to calm down all you crybabies who forgot sometime after Ms. Pelz's tenth-grade IPC class that we live in a humid-as-shit subtropical climate next to a huge heated body of water. That being said, we came up with a few things you can do starting tonight that don't cost more than ten bucks. Why did we come up with this list? Because the economy

  June 26, 2009

• Soul Power

  June 25, 2009

• Big, Loud & Live! 6

  August 6, 2009

• Health Department Roundup: Hyperlink Edition

  This week's hall of health-code-violating shame includes restaurants previously reviewed, mentioned, discussed or otherwise examined in the Houston Press. Back in September 2004, Press food critic Robb Walsh said to forget about the then-ubiquitous South Beach bitch of a diet and eat up at The Sacred Heart Society's (816 E. Whitney Street) Thursday spaghetti lunch. The good people of the Society were served with citations for having an ice making machine in a place in which it may be prone to

  August 7, 2009

• Kemah Still Being Pretty Damn Casual About Its Future

  Photo by Daniel Kramer​Kemah is at a crossroads where some residents want to keep the city an eclectic, fishing-village-type place, and others want to turn the town into a mini South Beach, with high-rise condos lined up along the shore. That's what Robin Collins, a city councilwoman, told us at the city's second strategic planning meeting this weekend. Collins has lived in Kemah most of her life -- her husband used to be mayor -- and she favors keeping the city the same. She added, "How many

  August 17, 2009

• No Reservations: Montana

  Photo by gaby53mt​Usually Anthony Bourdain is a hedonist. He indulges in food, alcohol and not a few off-color sex jokes, no matter what city or what audience. But this week while visiting Montana, he exits out of the fast lane. Maybe it's the mountains, but in the first 20 minutes of the episode he eats only once and spends most of his time discussing art, fishing and life with painter Russell Chatham and author Jim Harrison, who wrote Legends of the Fall. First, Tony visits cattle-ran

  August 25, 2009

• Upcoming Events

  Jenny Wang and a bag of miracle berries ​The Berry Fairy is back in town! After taking her popular Miracle Berry Parties on the road, Jenny Wang is back in Houston for another series of the popular "flavor tripping" events. The term "flavor tripping" refers to the manner in which your tastebuds are altered for up to an hour after ingesting the small, cranberry-shaped Synsepalum dulcificum, or miracle berry fruit. Foods taste entirely different under the influence of the miracle berry (wh

  August 27, 2009

• Houston Music Fight Club: Chris Wise vs. Cody Swann, Chris Ryan vs. Frank Beard, Washington Avenue vs. Westheimer

  ​So this past week, Houston Music Fight Club began getting solicitations from various local musicians to be matched against other strummers and pickers around town in their cage matches. Rocks Off looks around. We see a lot of new faces. This means a lot of you have (happily for us) been breaking the first two rules of Houston Music Fight Club. Forwarding the blogs to your friends and actually reading them! This week and the next are the last two weeks before the HMFC goes into its next round

  September 2, 2009

• No Reservations: Outer Boroughs

  Photo by duluoz_cats​Regretting having spent almost his entire life in Manhattan with nary a trip to the four outer boroughs, Anthony Bourdain took on the robust culinary scenes of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island in this week's episode of No Reservations. It seemed like a familiar problem, reminding me of what goes on in our town. Certain Houstonians unjustly malign everything outside the 610 Loop. If Bourdain found something to eat in Staten Island, we can certainly find som

  September 8, 2009

• Dancing With the Stars: Things Ain't The Same Without Delay

  Someone needs to find this guy a hobby...​I'll be honest: I didn't know if I'd be able to find the strength to soldier on now that Tom "Dazzle Me Dreamy" DeLay had left Dancing With the Stars. What light be light if Tommy be not seen? Now I finally knew what Jesse and Slater meant when they sang "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You." Tom Bergeron tried to make me forget my pain when he breathlessly informed viewers last night that four new dances were being introduced in a first for t

  October 13, 2009

• As If Getting Stomped By Kansas State Wasn't Bad Enough

  Oh, Aggies. You lost to Kansas State 62-14. What could be more embarrassing?Maybe the Internet blowing up with this video of four yell leaders on their way to the game, doing -- with no observable irony -- what seems to be their best impression of frolicking as the drugs kick in on the dance floor at South Beach at 2 a.m.See what happens when you let Obama on campus?

  October 19, 2009