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December 19, 2011
12 Music Business Predictions for 2012
Photo by Robert BejilWhere were we? Oh yeah, crystal ball and prophesies. You ready for this? OK. What follows is a list of events we expect to befall the music industry in 2012. Yes, these are etched in stone and should be regarded as gospel. Full prophetic titillation ahead.
Blogs
September 29, 2011
Eight Businesses We Expect Will Be Getting Custom Texas License Plates Soon
We recently wrote about a new crop of Texas license plates with a variety of themes, most of them sports related. One of the designs, however, was for the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain that isn't even based in the Lone Star State. We certainly understand the passion of a sports fan, but ... More >>
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May 11, 2011
The Heights-Montrose-Museum District Council Seat: A Checklist for Potential Candidates
Must love Jon Stewart.The proposed new map of city council districts includes one carved out of the Heights, Montrose and the Museum District, uniting the richest, hippest, proud to be Inner Looper bunch of white people possible. If you're planning to run for the seat, here are some things y ... More >>
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April 7, 2011
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly: Lady Gaga Covers On YouTube
Tomorrow night Lady Gaga returns to the Toyota Center for her third packed show at the venue in less than a year. Last July, she held all the Little Monsters and pop fans hostage at TC for two blood-smeared, fiery, glittered, and hit-filled shows. Rocks Off was there for the first night, th ... More >>
Blogs
March 3, 2011
App of the Week: GasBuddy
Find cheap gas with GasBuddy.App: GasBuddy Platforms: iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile Web site: GasBuddy.com Cost: Free People love their cars in Houston. More specifically, people love their enormous, gas-guzzling, monster-mobiles. With the turmoil in the Middle East driving gas prices ... More >>
Blogs
February 23, 2011
The Houston Rodeo: Ten Classic Pictures
Photos courtesy HLS&RLook closerRodeo excitement is here, as our version of the State Fair ramps up with the trail riders nearing the city and Go Texan Day Friday. The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo people were nice enough to let us rifle through their archive of pictures, and we've presente ... More >>
Film
November 18, 2010
Next to Nothing
Paul Haggis shows no improvement.
News
October 7, 2010
Intelligent Life
When NASA employee April Evans questioned animal experiments, her career fell apart.
Film
September 16, 2010
Townie Made Good
Ben Affleck as a conflicted bank robber
Film
September 9, 2010
Cop Out
Will Ferrell and Adam McKay re-team, with decreasing returns.
News
August 12, 2010
Passionate Prius Drivers
A Facebook page for the victims
Film
August 5, 2010
Cop Out
Will Ferrell and Adam McKay re-team, with decreasing returns.
Blogs
August 5, 2010
Prius Is Looking For Passionate Fans On Facebook; We Deliver
Toyota launches its Prius Facebook competition; we launch our Prius Facebook page.To celebrate the Tenth Anniversary of the Prius, Toyota is launching a Facebook competition to find "the most passionate Prius fan in the United States." From Toyota's press release:As a result, this car with the si ... More >>
News
July 29, 2010
Basketball Diaries
Readers respond to "Trash Talk"
Blogs
April 19, 2010
"Safety Deaf" Toyota to Pay Record Fine
Toyota announced today that it would pay the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration $16 million to settle allegations that it kept quiet about safety defects on its cars. The penalty is the largest that the federal government has collected from a car company."Toyota could have contested t ... More >>
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April 8, 2010
Baseball on the Brain
Readers are gearing up for the Astros' 2010 season.
News
February 18, 2010
You Heard It Here First
The Press reported on the Prius long ago.
News
February 11, 2010
More Fallout for Toyota
Plus: Why are Mormons annoyed with Houston?
Blogs
February 11, 2010
Aftermath: Flogging Molly's Celtic-Punk Puppet Show at House of Blues
Photos by Marco Torres / Click here for a slideshowAftermath tuned up for Flogging Molly Wednesday night with a Jameson on the rocks and Steve Earle's "The Galway Girl" on our iPod. One of those should be obvious. As for the other, we needed the whiskey because it was kind of a long day at ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2010
Toyota And Unintended Acceleration: A Lawsuit And A Car Show
Toyota has announced during the last several months a series of recalls to fix the problem of its cars accelerating out of control. Last week, in perhaps the most dramatic move, the company said it would stop selling eight models of cars and trucks. Each of those fixes involved floor mats or gas ... More >>
Blogs
November 12, 2009
Game Time: Bad Boys, What'cha Gonna Do
That noise you hear is Florida coach Urban Meyer laughing his ass off. In case you missed it, news broke this morning that three University of Tennessee Volunteer football players -- freshman defensive backs Janzen Jackson and Mike Edwards, as well as freshman running back Nu'Keese Richardson -- ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2009
Los Angeles Times Takes On Toyota's Acceleration Problems
The Los Angeles Times published a lengthy story this weekend about unintended acceleration in Toyotas, something the Houston Press and Hair Balls have written about from time to time, starting with a cover story in April.The Times wrote the story in response to a highly publicized crash this summ ... More >>
Blogs
November 5, 2009
Feds Not So Sure About Toyota's Claims That Floor Mats Are The Problem With Priuses
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a statement yesterday indicating that problems of unintended acceleration in Toyotas might be caused by something more than faulty floor mats. The statement from the federal agency was a response to Toyota's claims, released on Tuesday, ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2009
Make It Stop: Now DPS Is Messing With Our Inspection Stickers
First they came for the driver's licenses. Then they came for the license plates.Now, the DPS's March to Mediocrity continues with...inspection stickers.Texas inspection stickers have been pretty low-key since they've been invented, but no more. Now they will feature a cowboy on a bucking bronco, ... More >>
News
May 7, 2009
Car Trouble
Readers respond to "Wild Ride"
Blogs
April 27, 2009
The Joys Of Forwarded E-Mail
Ah, the joys of replying to forwarded e-mail.You get an e-mail forwarded to you from someone, you think you're replying to the guy who forwarded it but instead you're replying to the original sender. So your e-mail that says something like "This is the single most idiotic pitch from a PR person ever ... More >>
News
April 23, 2009
Wild Rides
Between serious safety and environmental concerns, the Toyota Prius isn't the angel that everyone thinks it is.
Blogs
August 26, 2008
Zipcar Comes To Houston (To Rice, At Any Rate)
Between serious safety and environmental concerns, the Toyota Prius isn't the angel that everyone thinks it is.
Blogs
April 4, 2008
Emo Poems About Adult Every Day Life
Between serious safety and environmental concerns, the Toyota Prius isn't the angel that everyone thinks it is.
Music
August 16, 2007
For What It's Worth
Anniversaries
Music
May 18, 2006
It's a Gas
Pump pains constrain some musicians and inspire others
News
December 29, 2005
Dragon Slayer
A new Republican challenger steps forth to take on Tom DeLay
Film
December 8, 2005
Blood for Oil
The brilliant, confounding Syriana digs for a necessary truth
News
June 23, 2005
Got Your Health
How much more can you cut?
News
November 13, 2003
Lineup Change
The pressure is on the Chron's sports columnists
News
January 4, 2001
Plugged In
Like little Energizer bunnies, electric-car proponents keep going and going and going

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