The Real World (TV Show)

Q&A with Alex, Your Real World Home Boy

The Houston 100: The Master List

His Truth Is Marching On

Southern Cross

Hard Times at the Ballet

When the dancers of the Houston Ballet learned their artistic director, Ben Stevenson, had been forced into a medical leave, they had to wonder: were there problems ahead?

Press Picks

When the dancers of the Houston Ballet learned their artistic director, Ben Stevenson, had been forced into a medical leave, they had to wonder: were there problems ahead?

The Future of Rock and Roll

We've seen it in a crystal ball and the pictures aren't pretty

Woman Trouble

We've seen it in a crystal ball and the pictures aren't pretty

The Politics of Cool

We've seen it in a crystal ball and the pictures aren't pretty

Sparking Interest

David Rice finally throws the switch on greenelectric

The Romance of the One-Night Stand

Semisonic makes love songs out of booze and cheap hotel rooms

Local Music News

Semisonic makes love songs out of booze and cheap hotel rooms

Invasion of the Giant Cheeseburgers

A Washington Avenue mainstay (and Billy Gibbons) migrate into Midtown

Meet & Greet The Real (Art) World Residents

Artists Maria Guzman, Tina Kotrla, Kia Neill and Eric Zapata do the grip-and-grin at DiverseWorks

Should Bruce Springsteen Be Forgiven?

Arguments for reconsidering the missteps on the Boss's otherwise impeccable track record

Houston's Very Best Songs Ever

...otherwise known as the H-Town 20

Here Comes tha Boom!

DiverseWorks keeps it Real

Comeback Clips

A music-video renaissance is afoot -- but it's strictly on the download

Gettin' Jiggy Again

The Jigsaw Killer returns in Saw's even sharper sequel

Real Crazy Party

Watch the drama unfold when MTV's Danny, Melinda and Johanna hit Pink Monkey

Christmas in July

Six dozen of Houston's finest bands for a mere $7

Gimme Cinco

May 5 fun for drunkards and sober folks alike

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

May 5 fun for drunkards and sober folks alike

I Love Me

Joseph Arthur says narcissism is the only way to make real art

Playbill

Joseph Arthur says narcissism is the only way to make real art

Laugh Trap

Comedy gets violent with Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood

Playbill

Comedy gets violent with Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood

Dutch Treat

Armin van Buuren is an international sensation

Look Back in Anger

A short-film series plumbs a dark cultural data bank

Higher Ground

The Blind Boys of Alabama can bring church to the people if not the people to church

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The Blind Boys of Alabama can bring church to the people if not the people to church

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The Blind Boys of Alabama can bring church to the people if not the people to church

Right at Home

Local artists show off their work at Lawndale's annual Big Show

Poetry / You Know It’s Me

Local artists show off their work at Lawndale's annual Big Show

Foreign Affairs

L'Auberge Espagnole observes the exotica of Barcelona through the eyes of a nitwit

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

L'Auberge Espagnole observes the exotica of Barcelona through the eyes of a nitwit

Queen of Queens

The Mistress of the Dark reveals her gay beginnings

Reality Bites

Is it a new MTV show or is it Edward Burns's Sidewalks of New York?

Strangers in the Night

Is that evil lurking in the Blind Date lovefest auditions?

School's Out

When Fox-TV canceled American High, the network hit a new low

Global Domination

As in the past, sleepers will steal this year's International Festival

Reel Time

EDtv tries to upstage Truman on TV's impact

Drink for Aurora!

Support your favorite movie house by starting a tab

Staggering Something

Have screenplay, will travel: Dave Eggers makes his film writing debut with Away We Go.

Pop Rocks: John & Nadya Plus 22

​Ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease: The gossip apocalypse has arrived: Jon Gosselin and Nadya Suleman will be going on a date.The Jon & Kate Plus 8 star has reportedly agreed to appear in a cheesy new reality show in which he'll date Octomom Nadya Suleman, former Cheaters producer Bobby Goldst ... More >>

This Week In TV: Horrible, Horrible People

I'm recovered from the snow, I'm trying to convince people that "Dick in a Box" qualifies as Christmas music, and I've got a hole in my heart from eating batteries. This was the week in TV Land: • 30 Rock was cute this week, though the bit about Frank turning into Liz was a little lifeless. But ... More >>

Jersey Shore: Exile In Guidoville

​MTV has a great deal to answer for -- reducing our attention span to half-second jump cuts and paving the way for American Idol for starters -- but the network still erroneously referred to as Music Television might have finally trumped itself in sheer loathsomeness with their latest foray into ... More >>

The Week In TV: Charlie Sheen's Career Not Hurt By Punching Women

Back, for some reason​The dog days are here, people keep dying, and there's plenty of static on the dial. This was the week in TV Land:• When I was very young, my heart and soul were ruled by Thundercats. I even at one point made the regrettable decision to wear a watch featuring Lion-O to schoo ... More >>

The 25 Most Influential Music Videos Of All Time

​It's hard to fathom a time before music videos, and it's even sadder to remember when channels like MTV and VH1 were wall-to-wall music videos. In between there was a golden age, when with every clip that you watched could spark a revolution in you, or at least change your fashion sense. It's ... More >>

Finnegan and Friends

This loud, folky six-piece likes to have fun.