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TDCJ Death Sparks A Lawsuit

The John Royal College Football Top 25, Week Six

The Art of Getting Broken

Mary Cutrufello wanted to be a rock star. For a moment she was.

Starry, Starry Night

The Chronicle gets honored at a downtown bash

If Six Were Nine

The Chron cooks the books for a circulation boast

Press Picks

The Chron cooks the books for a circulation boast

Adios Otilia's? Not So Fast.

Strict dress code at Otilia's. Word hit the streets this week that Otilia's, the venerable restaurant on Long Point which has served old-fashioned interior Mexican cuisine for almost twenty years, was on the auction block.  Restaurant, employees and recipes -- all reportedly for sale.&n ... More >>

News of the Weird

Strict dress code at Otilia's. Word hit the streets this week that Otilia's, the venerable restaurant on Long Point which has served old-fashioned interior Mexican cuisine for almost twenty years, was on the auction block.  Restaurant, employees and recipes -- all reportedly for sale.&n ... More >>

News of the Weird

Strict dress code at Otilia's. Word hit the streets this week that Otilia's, the venerable restaurant on Long Point which has served old-fashioned interior Mexican cuisine for almost twenty years, was on the auction block.  Restaurant, employees and recipes -- all reportedly for sale.&n ... More >>

Conventional Wisdom

Houston media hit the GOP convention

Same As the Old Boss

A lack of Bush means a lack of news in Houston

Kate Voegele

A lack of Bush means a lack of news in Houston

Kate Voegele

A lack of Bush means a lack of news in Houston

McGonigel’s Mucky Duck St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

You won’t find any green beer at this St. Paddy’s party

Irie Time at Club Riddims

Who or what the hell is Irie, anyway?

The Night Diamond Dave Rejoined Van Halen

Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

Monarch Restaurant

Fit for a King (Almost)

Gloria in Excelsis

Gloria Jones lights up southeast Houston

St. Patrick's Day Guide

Gloria Jones lights up southeast Houston

Toll-Free Hassle

When good EZ TAGs go bad

Serious Cinema

Set in 1948, Kedma explores a present-day problem

War Is Not Hell

The Chron's embedded reporter is far from the action

Best Rocket

Moochie Norris

Salman Fury

Salman Rushdie lashes out at his favorite targets in Fury

Playbill

Mem Shannon

Executing the Truth in Ads

Just who is behind the McVeigh ads is called into question

Too Close to Call

The Chron doesn't deliver, and brags about it

Reel Time

EDtv tries to upstage Truman on TV's impact

Health Department Roundup: Bizarre Names Edition

There are restaurants that simply sound unappealing based on their name alone; the presence of health department violations certainly doesn't help bolster that appeal. This week, we're featuring places that just sound like they had it coming. Finger Licking Bukateria (9811 Bissonnet) sounds too un ... More >>

Inquiring Minds: AC Pianist Jim Brickman, More Than Just "Jingle Bells"

​Rocks Off spoke with songwriter/pianist Jim Brickman recently. True, the AC piano king isn't the type of musician we usually focus on, but talent is talent and oh, yeah, a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Age Album for his CD Faith doesn't hurt.   Rocks Off: First, congratulations o ... More >>

Down on the Farm

The Humane Society and big agriculture slug it out over animal rights.

Mucky Duck Marks 20th Anniversary Tonight

​McGonigel's Mucky Duck, called by USA Today one of the top listening rooms in America, celebrates its 20th anniversary this evening. Originally leased but now owned by proprietors Theresa and Rusty Andrews, the operation has grown from a shoestring-budgeted enterprise to become one of Houston's m ... More >>

Obama & Bill White: Five Reasons The Former Mayor Can't Meet The Prez

Photo via White House Flickr group"Anyone seen Bill?"​President Barack Obama is visiting Texas -- including Houston -- next month to raise money for Democrats, but Bill White won't be appearing with him.White, in fact, has gone out of his way to be snippy about it, telling USA Today "I was in the ... More >>

Young Man, Older Woman: Top Ten Cougar Anthems

​Congratulations to Houston folksinger Glenna Bell. Her "The Cougar Anthem," from this year's Perfectly Legal: Songs of Sex, Love and Murder, was singled out Tuesday alongside Aaron Neville, Keith Richards, Norah Jones and Paul McCartney & Wings in USA Today's weekly "The Playlist" feature. I ... More >>

We Hold Britney Spears Against Us For Four Minutes

Bellamy Bros. may hold new single against her a good deal longer... Jive Records​Britney Spears' new single, "Hold It Against Me," leaked yesterday and was officially released earlier today. As of this moment, it's blowing up the charts at iTunes and radio. The song sounds as if she walked ou ... More >>

Tommy Lee Jones for Senate: Crucial Updates

Since our item on Houston attorney Geoff Berg's campaign to draft Tommy Lee Jones for the Senate seat being vacated by Kay Bailey Hutchison, things have been moving fast. 1. Tommy Lee Jones still has had nothing to say on this. 2. But the story has been picked up by CNN, the Dallas Morning News, ... More >>

Wall of Shame

CNN, USA Today, and other media organizations got fooled.

Women's Funding Network sex trafficking study is junk science

Schapiro Group data wasn't questioned by mainstream media.

Houston First In Race to Gaily Cruise the Amazon

Photo from www.conciergetravel.ccA gay cruise to the Amazon awaits.​Nobody's celebrating Pride month quite like Concierge Travel, the Houston-based GLBT cruise agency. They just announced the first gay cruise on the Amazon is scheduled to set sail, reported USA Today. So grab your breathable c ... More >>

Your Top 5 Summer Destinations List Includes.....Houston?

We're a cheap date.​USA Today's travel section has a column by a SmarterTravel.com writer listing the top five bargain destinations for the summer traveler. Among them: us. Probably because Houston has to offer a hell of a lot of discounts to get anyone to come here during the summer. It's a ... More >>

Weather Porn: 5 Examples of When Meteorologists Go Bad

Feels good​When the graphic to the right appeared recently in USA Today, it led to talk about how a good editor needs a dirty mind to spot things like, we guess, a huffing sun giving a hand job to a thermometer. But really, the weather always seems to attract the unfortunate sexual reference ... More >>

Aggie Orgasm: A&M a Top 10 Team, UT Barely in Top 25

Will UT end up the season the fourth-highest-ranked team in Texas?​We kid the Aggies a lot, but we guess every once in a while they deserve a big day. Such as today, when the USA Today Coaches Poll came out and found them to have a far, far better football team than those orange-loving dudes ... More >>

8 Memories from Congressional Page Land: Sandwiches with the Speaker, Shaking Bill Clinton's Hand and Stealing KFC Decals

Qui-Gon in your room?​Today, it was announced that the House of Representatives Page Program, a program both steeped in history and marred by scandal, is coming to an end. According to USA Today, House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi cited the $5 million annual expenditu ... More >>

Glen Campbell's 15 Greatest Hits - As A Guitarist

Yet another reason to love Pet Sounds.​In a few hours, Rocks Off will be down at the Stafford Centre, watching the sold-out first Houston-area stop on Glen Campbell's extended "Farewell Tour." It might be the only one, but the tour is booked well into 2012, so we figure there's got to be a Dos ... More >>

Buxton: "Not Everyone Is Going To Love You"

Photos by Marc BrubakerBuxton at Rudz in August​Lonesome Onry and Mean has been spinning local sensation Buxton's upcoming release Nothing Here Seems Strange for almost two weeks now. And we're sorry, but we still don't get it. Maybe we are old and jaded and out of it, but to us it sounds l ... More >>

Turn Out the Lights, the Party's Over, the Coogs' BCS Dreams Are No More

Dandy Don was singing in the third quarter.​It's easy to blame the dual distractions of the BCS and Kevin Sumlin's future when trying to explain the Houston Cougars' (12-1) 49-28 loss to the Southern Miss Golden Eagles (11-2) in the C-USA Title Game on Saturday. It's easy, but it's wrong. It ... More >>

Artist of the Week: Payton Rae Quietly Eyes Fame

Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to sheaserrano@gmail.com. ​Sometimes you think and ... More >>

Sampler Plate: This Week in Food Blogs

J. C. Reid, Texas: Chicken fried steak is one of Chris's areas of expertise, which he puts to good use in this Food Fight-style battle between two of the great CFS joints in town: Barbecue Inn and Triple A. I was just happy to see that my favorite won. Chili Bob's Houston Eats: P.J. Stoops's Total ... More >>

We Tell You Who Will Win Grammys So You Don't Have To Watch Them

SPOILER ALERT​The best thing about the annual Grammy nominations and awards shows is the clamor of anger that rises up when the mere mention of the event even comes up. Immediately people begin calling it a travesty, trotting out all the people who have been snubbed -- Jethro Tull beats Metall ... More >>