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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.

Rush Wrote a Novel, and It's Not Embarassingly Awful

At a time when nearly all of its early-'70s hard-rock contemporaries are comfortably coasting on past glories, Rush continues to be propelled by a restless creativity. More than 40 years into the band's career, it seems that Canada's ultimate power trio still can't stop thinking big. This summer, ... More >>

The Tontons: "We Are Really Into ELO"

One of the best things about living in Houston is the music. The city is very diverse and unique, as are its bands. Not to mention some of the greatest artists have come from here from various genres: Scarface, ZZ Top, Clay Walker, and plenty more. Right at the cusp of the indie scene is none other ... More >>

Pop Rocks: 10 Actors Whose Former Creepiness We Can't Get Over

Eww.​So I'm being forced to watch The Good Wife last Sunday, and I see that Colin Sweeney, a semi-recurring character Alicia once defended for murdering his wife, was apparently involved in testifying for Alicia's firm for one reason or other (give me a break, the entire hour was me wrestling ... More >>

Saturday: BuzzFest XXVII At The Woodlands

Photos by Jack Wehmanthelastplaceyoulook​Check out more pics of the bands and crowds at Buzzfest XXVII in our slideshow. BuzzFest XXVII Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion October 22, 2011 By the end of BuzzFest 27, Aftermath had seen countless couples arguing, stepped in a few puddles of puke a ... More >>

The Best Summer Movie Soundtracks Of The '90s

This movie is old enough to drive.​Summer is officially here, even though it's been ball-dripping sweaty since at least early May. This is also about the time that we are already steeped in big-budget Hollywood summer would-be blockbusters, the kind of movies that have fast-food promotions and ... More >>

Pop Rocks: You Really Should Be Watching Supernatural

​The CW is, by all generally accepted standards of measure, a horrible network. Just about every show is aimed at that unfortunate segment of the pre-adolescent population whose parents can't afford basic cable, so instead of several hundred channels of garbage programming, these poor kids are fo ... More >>

A Preview Of The 2010 WorldFest, And A Chance To Win Big And See Stuff For Free

The 43rd annual WorldFest kicks off this Friday. The "fiercely independent" film festival is one of the oldest international fests in the country, and the oldest independent festival in the world. Many directors you may have heard of received their first awards here, including Steven Spielberg, Joh ... More >>

The Shameless Chef: Three Layer Pumpkin Overload

Have you noticed I'm getting more and more Tetris-y with my ingredient layouts?​Jane Catherine Collins recently posted how to make the "perfect" pumpkin pie. Well, that's fine, if you're into meticulously tracking down those rare jungle spices that you have to mix into your pie crust at the stroke ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Finally Understanding, For Better Or Worse, Criminal Minds

​I think I finally get Criminal Minds.At first I assumed the people who watched it with any regularity were just sick freaks. Because while at first glance it isn't a lot different from the other seven hundred crime procedurals on TV any given week, what sets the show apart from the likes of Cold ... More >>

Season of the Witch

U2's awe-inspiring Reliant Stadium show prompts a search for the unknown — and unknowable — in music.

Crypticon Countdown: Michael Berryman On Star Trek, Motley Crue And Brandon Lee

Photo courtesy Crypticon​There's no mistaking horror-movie stalwart Michael Berryman. The actor suffers from a rare condition called hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, which is characterized by few or no sweat glands and lack of hair or fingernails. However, Berryman's distinctive appearance has ... More >>

Steve Hockensmith: The Crack in the Lens

This novel gives us the Sherlock Holmes of the Wild West

Indiana Jones and the Fortress of Sad Decline

Its very own temple of doom, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull digs Indy into a deep hole

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

The Smoke Has Cleared...

Dead Funny

Final Destination 3 stares death in the face -- and laughs

Hope Floats

Get out to the Pride Parade

Violent Femmes

Tenderhearted mutants kick significant keister in X-2: X-Men United

Dead Again

There's fresh meat for the reaper in Final Destination 2

Christmas in Hell

The Slump XXXmas Show takes irreverence to a new (lower) level

Tapeheads

Gore Verbinski and Naomi Watts throw their hats into The Ring

What a Tangled Web

Feardotcom's thrills are cheap and confusing, but they look good

Moth-Eaten

In this tricked-up ghost story, the truth is way out there

Shanty Irish

The Flying Fish Sailors hoist anchor on a sea of Irish ballads and salty songs

Two Hearts Beat as One

A boy and his mysterious surrogate father search for security in Atlantis

In Highest Praise

Anime films have become so successful that fans like Bobby Beaver now make parodies of them

Chin Up

Bruce Campbell knows why bad movies happen to great actors

De-Evolution

Ivan Reitman travels back in time for this Ghostbusters in alien's clothing

Shoot Straight

Chris Carter considers the futures of X-Files and Lone Gunmen

Drag King

Actor-comic Eddie Izzard just wants to be loved

The Mark

A reporter gets branded for cash (again)

Clone Wars

In the rousing 6th Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger is not the only one who has been copied

The Final Frontier

Sci-fi conventions are where movie stars go to burn brightly one more time

Geek love

The men behind this season's best shows -- and biggest failures -- blame it all on Regis

That Wascally Fate

Final Destination looks at irreversible destiny through the eyes of Wile E. Coyote

News of the Weird

Great Expectations

Sometimes the hype hurts

The Poetry Winners

Smart Pop

Eight for '98

Rotation

X-Filer Fun

Plot holes aside, Scully and Mulder once again manage to entertain

Can't Get Up

If only Fallen were as tightly and shrewdly constructed as its ad

Slaying Mantis

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Bumpy Ride

David Lynch barrels down the Lost Highway and crashes into twisted brilliance

Soul Men

Okay, the name is stupid. But Soul Coughing is still a great band.

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