Subject: Texas State University

• A Grassroots Effort

  February 13, 2007

• Stars and Bars

  January 19, 2007

• A Grassroots Effort

  February 13, 2007

• $13 at Pesquera’s Ocean Grill & Oyster Bar

  February 3, 2008

• Weekend Music: Sublime Lives (Sort Of)

  February 8, 2008

• Big Bad John Cornyn Is One Tough Cowboy, Apparently

  June 20, 2008

• College Football Preview, Scarlett Johansson Edition

  September 5, 2008

• Sunday: Gospel Brunch at House of Blues; Pete Mayes Tribute at Big Easy

  Rocks Off isn't sure what sort of currency a slogan like "Praise the Lord and pass the biscuits" would muster beyond the Pearly Gates - maybe, if he's really lucky, he'll get a chance to find out one day - but it works well enough for House of Blues' weekly gospel brunch, which debuts Sunday with 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. seatings in the upstairs Music Hall. Whether or not you take the "gospel" part with a grain of salt - the first line of HOB's press release is "Break out the mimosas and Bloody Marys

  January 9, 2009

• Press Picks

  May 1, 1997

• Cozy Ties

  July 10, 1997

• All in a Day's Work

  April 2, 1998

• Letters

  April 30, 1998

• Legal Moves

  July 30, 1998

• Do Not Go Gentle

  September 10, 1998

• A Practical Angel

  December 17, 1998

• His and Hers

  February 25, 1999

• A Politician's Blog Actually Worth Reading

  Every politician these days is doing The Twitter, or having some unpaid intern blog for them. It's great if you're looking for the latest in boilerplate rhetoric.And then there's Texas State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, a Democrat from San Antonio.Check out his blog, Poli-Tex.Here's a note to former secretary of state Phil Wilson, now a lobbyist who Fischer claims improperly threatened and intimidated a Lege colleague: Hey guy, I am sure you already know this...you're not the Secretary of State a

  March 18, 2009

• Classic Rock Corner: Ian Gillan's Deeper Shade of Purple

  www.gillan.comThough best known as the talented tonsils behind British hard-rock legends Deep Purple, Ian Gillan has also found the chance to log in some serious studio and road time both fronting his own bands and as a solo artist. Gillan's new CD, One Eye to Morocco (Eagle Records) finds the belter singing not at the pace of a Speed King, but with a much more laid-back groove on a dozen tracks that mix rock, blues, reggae, soul and the Middle Eastern flavor hinted at by the title track.

  March 31, 2009

• Best Adventure Race Series

  September 21, 2000

• “Quest for High Bear: A Boy’s Odyssey through Indian Country 1925-1939”

  Web exclusive!

  November 13, 2008

• Texas Woman Fights Abuse at the State's Schools for the Mentally Retarded

  Her son was beaten up by an angry caregiver at Denton State School

  July 31, 2008

• Texas Albums

  2007's best Texas albums, from Houston, Austin and beyond

  January 3, 2008

• Sayonara , Matt Sonzala

  Talking SXSW and rap's current malaise with a soon-to-be ex-Houstonian

  December 6, 2007

• Mexican-American Culture

  April 12, 2007

• Talk to Mee

  A dialogue with a local indie punker about the cultural cringe

  February 15, 2007

• Bishop Is Back

  The former kingmaker is back, sort of

  July 27, 2006

• We Know What You Should Do This Summer

  Your guide to beaches, water parks, day trips, festivals and more

  May 26, 2005

• The Cow Says "Oink"

  Which Houston restaurants are swapping pork for veal?

  January 22, 2004

• The Spirit of the Scabs

  Houstonians the Handsomes get the booties shaking Austin-style

  December 18, 2003

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  November 20, 2003

• If He Could Turn Back Time...

  Sylvester Turner's second coming

  July 17, 2003

• Texas Decks

  Baytown native D:Fuse helps put Austin's dance scene on the map

  July 10, 2003

• Letters

  June 26, 2003

• Bull Session

  A state clerk goes bonkers over legislative bills

  June 12, 2003

• A Really Bad Apple

  April 24, 2003

• Best Place to Play Racquetball

  Northwest Fitness and Sports Club

  September 26, 2002

• Unmasked At Last

  After a half-century of effort, local African-American artists are emerging to the forefront of the arts, both in Houston and nationally

  May 9, 2002

• Trials and Tribu-lations

  Austin-based salsa orchestra marries ghetto funk with barrio spice

  May 24, 2001

• The Badge Means You Owe

  A nursing home turns into another target for questionable cop telemarketers

  March 8, 2001

• Sam Houston's Retreat?

  SHSU stirred the higher-ed circles. Now the excitement has turned to exodus.

  June 29, 2000

• Rice Hosts NCAA Baseball Regional, Doesn't Get Top Seed

  Photo by Daniel KramerYesterday saw the announcement of the NCAA's 64-team bracket for the College World Series, and it was a mixed bag for local fans.Good news: Seven Texas teams are in it.Bad news: Rice didn't get a top regional seeding, for the first time in three years, kind of a slap to the newly storied program.Good news despite that: Rice will still be hosting a regional, so you can get the chance to see some good-quality college baseball for relatively cheap prices.Bad news for non-tea-s

  May 26, 2009

• Texas Traveler: Huntsville

  Most Houstonians probably know Huntsville for the colossal Sam Houston statue, designed by Texas artist David Adickes, himself a graduate of Sam Houston State University and a Huntsville native. At 67 feet tall, "Big Sam" is dubbed The World's Tallest Statue of an American Hero. Or maybe they know about Huntsville thanks to the news. The town is, after all, home to the Texas State Penitentiary, the oldest state prison in Texas, which provides our state with the dubious honor of performing the m

  June 22, 2009

• A Lottery Winner And A County Judge Candidate Equals A Reprimand

  Oopsie, Peggy Sue, you've got some 'splaining to do. Brazoria County judge wannabe Peggy Sue Bittick, a family court attorney in Pearland, violated a Texas State Bar rule when she failed to return more than $7,000 to a client who had paid her in advance to represent him in a child custody case. That's according to the June issue of the Texas Bar Journal. But that sounds so boring. Bittick's version is much more interesting. It's a saga involving a lottery winner, an alleged cash gift and the

  July 23, 2009

• Complain About BARC, Find Yourself Charged With A Crime

  Photo by bf_photos The Harris County District Attorney's Office has charged a BARC volunteer for filing a false police report regarding animal abuse he said he heard while at the city's animal control facility. Shelby Kibodeaux was charged July 1 with the class B misdemeanor, which carries a penalty of 180 days in jail and/or a fine up to $2,000. After speaking with Kibodeaux this week, and being blown off by just about everyone else, Hair Balls's articulate, cogent and measu

  July 23, 2009

• A Bronx Tale: Black soldier can fight in Iraq, can't get into village club

  July 30, 2009

• Texas Traveler: Waterin' Holes

  Photo by David A G WilsonHamilton Pool, Austin​School starts soon and Labor Day will eventually herald the unofficial end of summer. But as Houstonians know, the sweaty season lasts well into fall around here. There's still time to dip your toe in a stream or two, so Texas Traveler presents to you five unusual waterin' holes. Don't forget to pack your goggles. Twin Lakes About 20 miles south of Houston off 288, Twin Lakes boasts more than 30 acres of clear, aquifer-fed water. It's a pop

  August 17, 2009

• Community Gardens Can't Stop A Crime Wave, Study Finds

  ​The "broken-window" theory of fighting crime states that if a neighborhood is allowed to deteriorate to the point where broken windows are left unfixed, crime will increase because residents don't give a shit.An offshoot of this says that doing beautification stuff such as planting small, public gardens builds pride and therefore creates a neighborhood spirit that fights back against criminals.Does it work? Not so much in Houston, according to a new study.Researchers from A&M and Texas St

  September 8, 2009

• TUTS' Sound of Music: The Nuns Will Be Singing But Thank God They Don't Have to Tap Dance

  Photo by Joan MarcusShe can climb ev'ry mountain, but she can't tap-dance​It's been years since Roy Hamlin, associate artistic director at Theatre Under the Stars, has had anything to do with The Sound of Music -- not since his high school days when he was playing Uncle Max.Now he gets to direct it professionally, to do the one-more-time thing at Hobby Center this December. And, he insists, that people who think there's nothing there for them but chestnuts with hair growing on them, should thi

  November 17, 2009

• Is Lightnin' Hopkins Finally About to Get His Own Official Historical Marker?

  ​Both Rocks Off and our predecessor in the music editor's chair have written about what a travesty it is that there is no official marker honoring perhaps the most famous and influential musician to ever call Houston home, country-blues icon Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins. Along the way, we've both mentioned that we're hardly the only ones that feel that way either. Now Houstonian R. Eric Davis has taken the next step and filed the necessary paperwork with the Harris County Historical Commission to e

  November 18, 2009

• Is Lightnin' Hopkins Finally About to Get His Own Official Historical Marker?

  ​Both Rocks Off and our predecessor in the music editor's chair have written about what a travesty it is that there is no official marker honoring perhaps the most famous and influential musician to ever call Houston home, country-blues icon Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins. Along the way, we've both mentioned that we're hardly the only ones that feel that way either. Now Houstonian R. Eric Davis has taken the next step and filed the necessary paperwork with the Harris County Historical Commission to

  November 18, 2009