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Are You There, Senate? It's Me, the National Rifle Association's Legislative Dude

Figuring that the pen is mightier than the, uh, firearm, the National Rifle Association's legislative director has sent an open letter to the U.S. Senate, stating the association's stance against a Senate bill that would regulate private gun transfers and expand background checks. Senate Bill 649, ... More >>

What to Wear

Spring HIGH fights dude with prom dress.

Roadside Breakdown On Sam Houston Parkway Reveals 16 Undocumented Aliens In Truck

When using a U-Haul sized truck, most of the time you're transporting big and heavy things, like luggage, furniture, plants or people. Wait, people? For one dude, yes, people. On Thursday night, a truck was found on the Sam Houston Parkway in southwest Houston. Naturally, Harris County Toll Road A ... More >>

Dynamo Proud of 2012 Season, Looking Ahead to 2013

When the Houston Dynamo look back at the 2012 calendar year, they look back with their heads held high. Yes, head coach Dominic Kinnear and company are still reeling from the disappointment of falling short a second straight year at MLS Cup. But, as a franchise, they make the argument that it was ... More >>

Voncil Felder & Netfa Lowe: Their Debit-Card Fraud Scheme Was All in the Timing

The modus operandi of Voncil Felder, 23, and Netfa Lowe, 34, in their scheme to use debit cards to defraud Chase banks was simple enough, but it required some good timing. The two -- along with other defendants -- would recruit and pay people to apply for debit cards. They then, prosecutors say: i ... More >>

Duff McKagan Remembers Guns N' Roses' First Tour

Former Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan is now, among other things, a columnist for Rocks Off's sister music blog in Seattle, Reverb. This month Touchstone Books will publish Duff's memoir, It's So Easy: And Other Lies, and he agreed to publish an excerpt on Reverb. In turn, Reverb agreed to share ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 1: Jeramie Robison of Restaurant Cinq at La Colombe d'Or

Jeramie Robison, Executive Chef of Restaurant Cinq at La Colombe d'Or, Photo Courtesy of Restaurant Cinq​Last year, Chef Jeramie Robison had his bags packed. He was leaving the Houston area, and along with it, a bumpy road during his stint at Tesar's in the Woodlands, when he received a call f ... More >>

Our HAUS

Houston gets its first co-op — decades after other cities took the plunge.

Rocks Off Invites You To The HPMA Showcase

Monica Fuentes​Rocks Off and the Houston Press are having a little party on Washington Avenue tomorrow afternoon called the Houston Press Music Awards showcase. We may have mentioned it before. If you'd like to come, we'd love to have you. Click here to vote in this year's awards and showcase ... More >>

Free BBQ For Life If You Can Help Toni Rouse Find His Barbecue Pit

Toni Rouse and his crew on the missing pit, all of which he's had to lay off since the theft.​Toni Rouse is a soft-spoken man, a barbecue connoisseur with a heart of gold. Rouse, who runs Toni's Cafe at 5270 Griggs Road, was -- up until June 26 -- the proud owner of a 16-foot, bright red and g ... More >>

Special Arizona Buycott Edition

Everyone's Packing Up Their U-Haul And Moving To Houston

​Houston is the top U.S. city for people relocating with U-Hauls, the company announced today.Last year we were second to Atlanta, but that city has dropped off the face of the earth, probably because it has too many Braves fans, coming in only seventh this year.More than 1 million U-Haul transact ... More >>

O Pioneers!!! Roll Bus While On Tour in California

​We got word early this afternoon through Punknews.org and our Twitter page that local indie-punkers O Pioneers!!! got into a van accident yesterday. The van rolled a few times on Interstate 80, which runs through the northern half of the US. No life-threatening or serious injuries were repo ... More >>

Exterminated

Houston's grindcore provocateurs (and HPMA nemises) Insect Warfare reunite for a brief U.K. tour.

Leaving L.A.

West Coast honky-tonker Mike Stinson shocks his peers by moving to Houston.

Public Storage Inc. -- Protecting You From Your Belongings

The Downtown Open/Closed List

2007 Houston Press Music Awards Showcase

Buggin' for Bling

Michael Stadther's Treasure's Trove is a real gem

Hudson, Texas

The Social gets an NYC spin

Angie Stone

Stone Love (J Records)

Moving Target

The city is rolling out the welcome mat for CITGO. But many workers want the company to get lost.

Getting Off

Houston-based Sex Addicts Anonymous knows the lesson well: For those caught in the Bubble, lust has no limits

¡Viva Compadre!

Texas's greatest living songwriter signs with a Houston indie label

Hot Tunes, Summer in the City

Houston Press Music Awards Showcase 2002

The Privilege Pilgrimage

A mobile after-hours nightclub alights on the Lotus after twice thriving elsewhere

Shanty Irish

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

Guardian Angel - Or Grinch?

Dear tenants: If you must stay, better hold your breath!

RV Xmas

In which our intrepid reporter goes searching for the heart of America on a trailer pad. And finds disappointment, isolation, kindness and a great way to cook himself a turkey.

Everyday Art

Mundane objects make for "Out of the Ordinary" works

Loose Cannon?

David Mullane wanted to express sympathy for a rape victim. But the police wanted an arrest.

Transferring assets

Two teens are shuttled back and forth across the country as their mother and father (belatedly) fight over who gets to keep them

Breakin' Up the Bands

Bullets After Brunch

Marc Kajs repeatedly asked the police for protection. They said theycouldn't do anything until his stalker physically harmed him. Eight bulletslater it was too late.

Stadia Watch

Hoopla. Will the Rockets relocate? Don't bet on it.

Coming Out

Gay domestic violence is a dirty little secret that traps victims with nowhere to turn

Conspiracy Theory

Arms dealer-turned-gadfly Al Johnson thinks everyone's out to get him. He's right

The Art of Raising Hell

How Rick Lowe fought the power, led the people and came to despair of the younger generation

Preparing for the Millennium

Go to the Austin Hill Country and meet some folks who are taking Y2K very seriously

Dream So Real

Folk-rock space boy Todd Snider awakes to find a career on the upswing

Sparking Interest

David Rice finally throws the switch on greenelectric

Into the Folds

Dumb and Dinky

New micro-galleries may go for the small and the stupid, but hey, they're still a breath of fresh air

Pop Moment

On the road to Lafayette with Planet Shock!