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May 10, 2012
Friends Like These
Woman sexes hospitalized pal's teen.
Blogs
May 9, 2012
Annise Parker Tweets Her Joy on Obama's Gay-Marriage Announcement
Mayor Annise Parker has tweeted her joy -- if not astonishment -- at President Obama's announcement today that he endorses same-sex marriage. "Wow! I was wrong. Call from White House. The President has stepped up and stated his support for recognizing relationships...like mine!-a" Parker got a cal ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2012
LBJ & the Houston Chronicle: Paper's Support Signed, Sealed & Delivered
The latest volume of Robert Caro's epic Lyndon Johnson biography is out -- The Passage to Power covers 1958 through 1964 -- and Amazon has happily delivered our copy. A quick check of the index shows there's not much Houston-related content except for one episode describing how LBJ got the Houston ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2012
UK Papers Explain Strange Concept of "Basketball" & "March Madness" to Their Readers
President Obama took UK Prime Minister David Cameron to a play-in game for March Madness last night. As a result, newspapers in the UK had to explain just what the hell was going on. Basketball isn't big there -- it was the first time Cameron had ever seen a game -- so results were, well, scattered ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2012
Seven Highlights from the "Rick Perry for President 2012" Facebook Page, Where Hope Never Dies
As we proved conclusively yesterday in chart form, Rick Perry is riding a rocket of momentum (Note: The chart included an actual rocket) towards the White House, with his Super Tuesday vote total a vast increase over his Michigan/Arizona primaries total. The fever is building, if the mainstream med ... More >>
Blogs
February 27, 2012
Lance Berkman, Cavorting with the Obamas: He's a RINO!!!
There's a new batch of official photos up on the White House Flickr page, and it includes this damning piece of evidence that Lance Berkman -- former Rice Owl, former Houston Astro, current proud church dude and proud Republican -- is pals with the Obamas. You know who else pals around with the Ob ... More >>
Culture
February 23, 2012
Power Players
The feminist artwork on view at the CAMH isn't as dated as it should be.
Blogs
February 22, 2012
Obama's Best Campaign Strategy: Keep Singing The Blues
After President Obama crooning Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" at a Harlem fundraiser became an unlikely iTunes sensation, even topping the ringtone chart, history is now repeating itself with his version of "Sweet Home Chicago" caught on an episode of PBS' In Performance at the White House Tuesd ... More >>
Blogs
February 20, 2012
7 Little-Known (And Completely Unverified) Facts About U.S. Presidents
Today, the nation celebrates Presidents' Day, the most important holiday of all time. No other national holiday has such a clear purpose or overall popularity. Therefore, why not recognize this momentous occasion with a look back at some of our greatest presidents, and learn some facets of their bio ... More >>
Music
February 2, 2012
Los Lobos
Today, the nation celebrates Presidents' Day, the most important holiday of all time. No other national holiday has such a clear purpose or overall popularity. Therefore, why not recognize this momentous occasion with a look back at some of our greatest presidents, and learn some facets of their bio ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2012
Executive Entertainers: America's Most Musical Presidents
Big-money supporters were treated to the first indelible moment in Barack Obama's reelection campaign last Thursday when the President crooned the opening lyric from Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" from the stage of the Apollo Theater in Harlem. It was just the sort of off-the-cuff instance that c ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2012
10 Rock Stars the GOP Should Nominate for President
As the 2012 presidential race begins to heat up in earnest, Rocks Off can't help but feel that the front-runners for the Republican nomination are lacking a certain je ne sais quoi. Call it star power. Call it sex appeal. Whatever it is, these guys ain't got it. If the GOP is serious about wresti ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2011
LBJ Museum's Big Renovation About to Start
The LBJ Museum will still resemble a bunker, even after renovations.The LBJ Presidential Library & Museum in Austin is not one of the best of its kind -- it was built before the era when presidential libraries went big-time and devoted more resources to attracting and wowing tourists rather t ... More >>
Music
November 10, 2011
Blind Boys of Alabama
The LBJ Museum will still resemble a bunker, even after renovations.The LBJ Presidential Library & Museum in Austin is not one of the best of its kind -- it was built before the era when presidential libraries went big-time and devoted more resources to attracting and wowing tourists rather t ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2011
ERRRRRR: Get Ready to Get Emergency Broadcasted On, Y'All
A nationwide test of Emergency Alert System is set for today at 1 p.m. Houston time, when a half-minute message will air on all television and radio stations. The purpose is to test out the preparedness of the system to break into radio and TV channels to give instructions and news in the eve ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2011
Ledisi Finds Success and Confidence in Pieces of Me
Grammy-nominated singer Ledisi is currently on her first nationwide tour in support of her sixth album Pieces of Me. The tour has already sold out venues in New York, Philadelphia and Washington, DC.; and she pulls into Houston Thursday. "I feel great about this tour we have been selling out ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2011
If The U.S. Defaults: 5 Alternatives to Government Checks
We still don't know whether a deal will make it through Congress or whether instead the Tea Party will drive the nation off the economic cliff. If the U.S. defaults and all of a sudden can't write checks, things could get....interesting. Fortunately, there are back-up plams. 5. Social Security ch ... More >>
Blogs
May 16, 2011
Musicians The Sedition Act Of 1918 Would Have Screwed
Freedom of speech is one of the most cherished rights that Americans have, and the fight for that right has drawn some of the greatest legal battles in our history. We like to believe that, after 200-plus years of defense of that right, that we can take it as a given. However, this week mark ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2011
5 Things Sarah Palin Should Know About Common
gowherehiphop.comDear Sarah Palin, we smelled the stench of desperation and traced it down the Twitter hallway. It led us to some foul words about rapper Common. It started when Michelle Obama scheduled a poetry event at the White House and invited several poets, including Common. Conservativ ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2011
Top 10 Musician Tweets About Bin Laden's Death
Last night, this member of Rocks Off was sitting at a pizza parlor off Ella when he found out that our military killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan. It was a monumental moment in time, as we sat back and looked at the past decade and half of our lives, since we learned his name in 1998 with th ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2011
Five Presidents Who Could Kick Chuck Norris's Ass
Abe Lincoln: Let's get rrrrready to rrrrumbleIn our continuing series of scholarly meditations on the United States Presidency, we now bring you a list of five presidents who could kick the crap out of Chuck Norris. Of note: only one of the top five served after 1908, although two honorable m ... More >>
Blogs
March 4, 2011
No Mexico? No Problem! Five (Very Lame) Spring Break Alternatives
The Texas Department of Public Safety has strongly warned Spring Breakers from going to Mexico. whether it's one of the famous tourist cities or the border towns that for years have attracted college students. What's a person to do with their free time if they can't cross over to a magical land whe ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2011
Idol Beat: Schlemiel. Schlimazel.
So it seems the only difference between the two-hour Wednesday Idols and their one hour counterparts on Thursdays is twice as many "wacky" interludes (über Green Bay Packer fan Megan Frazier is going to make one lucky man...really miserable someday) and a third more shots of Steven Tyler wal ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2011
State of the Union Preview: Five Things You're Guaranteed to See
No Nancy Pelosi on the screen tonightPresident Obama addresses the Congress and the nation tonight in the annual State of the Union, which has become a rite as ossified and rigid as any. You've got the humble heroes sitting with the First Lady, the various standing o's, the predictable post-s ... More >>
Blogs
November 24, 2010
Preserving the Sanctity of Marriage Through Ted Bundy and NAMBLA
Even South Park supports NAMBLAWith a closet Muslim in the White House and gay teachers recruiting our innocent children, it's no wonder that American values have crumbled to the point where four out of ten people say marriage is obselete. We can thank Time and the Pew Research Center for th ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2010
Houston's Hottest Chefs: Monica Pope
Tam VoEvery day this week we'll be highlighting the female winners from our poll on Houston's Hottest Chefs. On Friday we'll reveal the hottest chef of all. EOW: How does it feel to one of the hottest chefs in Houston? Monica Pope: *humbly chuckles* It's nice to be one of the hottest chefs ... More >>
Blogs
June 10, 2009
Moody Gardens, A Bigger Tourist Attraction Than The White House
If you had your choice to stand anywhere as a tourist in the United States, where would you choose?The Las Vegas Strip? Mount Rushmore? The White House?No way, dude -- you prefer to be standing in Moody Gardens in Galveston.At least you do if you're one of the respondents to what has to be described ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2009
Aftermath: No Doubt, Paramore, and The Sounds at Cynthia Woods
Photos by Mark C. Austin Any returning mega-band thinking of mounting a huge reunion tour to drain poor folk of their cash (cough Blink-182 cough) need look no further than No Doubt's current tour and sold-out set last night at Cynthia Woods to see how it should be done. For the bands that we ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2009
Where To Indulge Your Obama-Mania In Houston
No one's going to be getting much work done around 11 a.m. Houston time tomorrow.That, of course, is when John McCain will be sworn in as the nation's first old-white-guy President; assuming you're down from the amazing high of Sunday's Lee Greenwood/Hank Williams Jr. concert at the Mall, you'll wan ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2008
Your Election Night Soundtrack
No one's going to be getting much work done around 11 a.m. Houston time tomorrow.That, of course, is when John McCain will be sworn in as the nation's first old-white-guy President; assuming you're down from the amazing high of Sunday's Lee Greenwood/Hank Williams Jr. concert at the Mall, you'll wan ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2008
Fanfare For The Area Man
No one's going to be getting much work done around 11 a.m. Houston time tomorrow.That, of course, is when John McCain will be sworn in as the nation's first old-white-guy President; assuming you're down from the amazing high of Sunday's Lee Greenwood/Hank Williams Jr. concert at the Mall, you'll wan ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2008
Book Review: The EELS Guy Speaks Out
No one's going to be getting much work done around 11 a.m. Houston time tomorrow.That, of course, is when John McCain will be sworn in as the nation's first old-white-guy President; assuming you're down from the amazing high of Sunday's Lee Greenwood/Hank Williams Jr. concert at the Mall, you'll wan ... More >>
Culture
March 20, 2008
Man to Man, Trying to Become Legal
No one's going to be getting much work done around 11 a.m. Houston time tomorrow.That, of course, is when John McCain will be sworn in as the nation's first old-white-guy President; assuming you're down from the amazing high of Sunday's Lee Greenwood/Hank Williams Jr. concert at the Mall, you'll wan ... More >>
Blogs
July 17, 2007
Get Lit: The First Commandment, by Brad Thor
No one's going to be getting much work done around 11 a.m. Houston time tomorrow.That, of course, is when John McCain will be sworn in as the nation's first old-white-guy President; assuming you're down from the amazing high of Sunday's Lee Greenwood/Hank Williams Jr. concert at the Mall, you'll wan ... More >>
Calendar
July 27, 2006
Home Front
No one's going to be getting much work done around 11 a.m. Houston time tomorrow.That, of course, is when John McCain will be sworn in as the nation's first old-white-guy President; assuming you're down from the amazing high of Sunday's Lee Greenwood/Hank Williams Jr. concert at the Mall, you'll wan ... More >>
Music
January 5, 2006
It's In The Cards
The Nick-and-Jessica split, tarot-style
News
December 8, 2005
Letters to the Editor
The Nick-and-Jessica split, tarot-style
Calendar
March 10, 2005
This Week's Day-by-Day Picks
The Nick-and-Jessica split, tarot-style
News
February 17, 2005
News to Use
A Pearland guy causes a Beltway firestorm
Calendar
September 16, 2004
Artsy Ambling
Stomp Around to five gallery openings in one night
News
March 18, 2004
Island Survivor
Galveston politics may get even more out of hand soon
News
December 25, 2003
The Sex Life of Cynthia Hunt
Between the sheets with KPRC's ace reporter
Music
September 25, 2003
Mark Ronson
Here Comes the Fuzz (Elektra)
News
September 18, 2003
Doing Time
With JC in the TDCJ
News
May 8, 2003
Reality Bytes
The White House-cracking cybergang is gone. Now Houston�s most notorious hacker hopes to reboot his life and return to his love: computers.
News
February 7, 2002
Up In Smoke
Enron used political ties to rid itself of regulators. But in the end, its supposed free-market trailblazing only burned investors.
News
January 17, 2002
It's Still News
What's the statute of limitations for rip-n-read violations?
Best of Houston
September 20, 2001
Best Public Information Officer
Fred King, Harris County district clerk's office
News
February 20, 1997
What's Driving Miss Shelia?
With her frenetic grandstanding, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has irritated her staff, her colleagues, and even the president. she says she speaks for her constituents. But will anyone listen?
News
December 29, 1994
The Year of Living Anxiously
Are We Having Fun Yet? Or is it just the jangly buzz of advanced urban stress syndrome?
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