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  • News

    May 17, 2012

    Houston's Babies Play Vintage Baseball

    There's no gloves or batting helmets when Larry Joe Miggins and the rest of the Houston Babies regularly travel back in time to play the game by its 1860 rules.

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    The Best LP Side Ones Ever

    Spurred on by the realization that both David Bowie's commercial breakthrough Let's Dance and Queen's News of the World had solid, sturdy side ones on their vinyl releases, I then began the hunt for other great vinyl slabs with amazing side ones. Of course, the idea is that this could only include ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 26, 2012

    MasterMinds 2012

    This year's winners have art, passion and history on their side. And now they'll also each have a check for $2,000.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    One Year After Woman Gets Masters In The Beatles, We Hunt Down Most Bizarre College Music Courses

    A year ago today, Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy of Ontario became the first person in the world to earn a master's degree in The Beatles. I'm not quite sure what she's doing now, but I do know she could probably kick anyone's ass in Beatles trivia. This little anniversary of her graduation got me think ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 15, 2011

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Anna Bella Eema, A Christmas Carol, Cinderella, Fruitcakes, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, The Nutcracker

    A year ago today, Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy of Ontario became the first person in the world to earn a master's degree in The Beatles. I'm not quite sure what she's doing now, but I do know she could probably kick anyone's ass in Beatles trivia. This little anniversary of her graduation got me think ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    "Eat More Kale" Guy Pisses Off Chick-fil-A; Unlike Cows, He Can Spell

    Vermont folk artist and small businessman Bo Muller-Moore has gone and done pissed off the folks over at Chick-fil-A with his "Eat More Kale" T-shirts. Muller-Moore began printing the slogan when his kale-farmer friend asked him to make T-shirts for friends and family. "Eat More Kale" seemed to ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Mitch Burman: Rock-Star Club Owner Totes Up His Dues

    Photos courtesy of Mitch Burman​Mitch Burman, owner of Jet Lounge and all-around rock star, has worked and played hard for the better part of two decades in Houston's music scene. It's all paying off now, but success didn't come easy. Besides being a successful business owner, Burman is also ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Texas AG Greg Abbott Grabs The Spotlight In Fight Against EPA's Tailpipe-Emissions Rule

    Greg Abbott leads a mostly southern uprising​Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott wants everyone to know that he is doing everything he can to stop the federal Environmental Protection Agency from trying to implement greenhouse-gas limits on cars and trucks. In the latest of a series of lawsuit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Gun Control: Texas Is A Namby-Pamby Liberal State, New Study Shows

    Don't mess with Texas, Brady Center​If there's one piece of pride Texans can hang their hat on, it's that our legislators can be counted on to bring the crazy when it comes to (lack of) gun control. So it is with a heavy heart we bring you the state-by-state rankings of the Brady Campaign to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    What Are Houston Chefs Cooking This Thanksgiving?

    Photo by Carbon NYC​Thanksgiving: A day to gather with your loved ones and give thanks? Or a day to display your culinary prowess to friends and family? Increasingly, the emphasis has been on the latter in the past few years, as people try to dress up the traditional Thanksgiving spread and im ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Dancing With The Stars: Ready... Aim... Fire!

    getreligion.orgElvis' shot-up TV wound up in a museum. Steven Cowan's probably won't.​As someone who is both left-handed and left-footed, and has carried a bizarre taffeta-related phobia with us since childhood, Rocks Off generally goes out of our way to avoid Dancing With the Stars at all cos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Friday Night: Tim & Eric At Fitzgerald's

    Photos by Jim Bricker​ Tim & Eric, Neil Hamburger FItzgerald's November 12, 2010 It took Aftermath a while to "get" Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim's Awesome Show (Great Job). We were a fan of their original Adult Swim offering, Tom Goes to the Mayor, but at first unfairly lumped in their m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Liz Thorpe on Maligned Cheeses, Haven and the Houston Dairymaids

    Photos by Katharine ShilcuttI want to be Liz Thorpe when I grow up.​Yesterday, we took a look at the new Murray's Cheese kiosks that are springing up in Kroger stores across Houston (well, in three stores...so far). Liz Thorpe is the vice president of Murray's Cheese Shop and a noted expert in ... More >>

  • News

    April 22, 2010

    Cry for Yelp

    The popular Web site has buckled to pressure, but it isn't enough.

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    StubHub: Houston Is More "Rockin'" Than Vegas, Less So Than Hartford and Milwaukee

    Craig HlavatyThe Phish of the Southwest and king of Houston's summer concert hill: George Strait​Online ticket broker StubHub.com released its annual list of America's Top 20 "Most Rockin' Cities" Friday, with Houston holding steady at No. 17 for the second year in a row. We probably would have be ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2009

    For Their Own Good

    Harris County juveniles certified as adults are jailed in isolation 23 hours a day — without being convicted of a crime.

  • Dining

    March 19, 2009

    Downtown Attraction The Grove

    A destination restaurant that only sometimes gets it right.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2008

    A Short History of Shrimp Grits

    Shrimp grits started out as a seasonal fisherman’s dish of shrimp cooked in bacon grease served over creamy grits in the Low Country where they were also known as “breakfast shrimp.” The simple seafood breakfast became an iconic Southern dish after Craig Claiborne wrote about it in the New Yor ... More >>

  • Music

    September 18, 2008

    In Need: Signal to Noise

    Houston experimental-music journal needs a hand

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2008

    Re-Scattering Willie Nelson's Stardust, 30 Years Later

    Houston experimental-music journal needs a hand

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2008

    Healthy For a Day (or Two): Marathon Dining at Ziggy’s and Field of Greens

    Houston experimental-music journal needs a hand

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2007

    Playbill: Johnny Falstaff

    Houston experimental-music journal needs a hand

  • Music

    November 30, 2006

    Some Kind of Wonderful

    Cheyenne James and her "big girl" voice

  • Music

    March 2, 2006

    Van Gogh with a Resonator

    Remembering Chris Whitley, the universal bluesman

  • Culture

    April 7, 2005

    Paper Trail

    A fascinating show at the Menil lets us in on one man's artistic process

  • News

    February 17, 2005

    News to Use

    A Pearland guy causes a Beltway firestorm

  • Culture

    April 29, 2004

    Digital Manual

    The MFAH puts on a watershed exhibition of works by Ed Hill and Suzanne Bloom

  • News

    December 11, 2003

    Letters

    The MFAH puts on a watershed exhibition of works by Ed Hill and Suzanne Bloom

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    Pied Piper of the Pissed Off

    Doctor Dean's specialty: political anger management

  • Dining

    October 2, 2003

    Frankincense and Popcorn

    Coffee and conversation at Blue Nile

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    Caught Between Iraq and a Hard Place

    Democrats' dilemma: the difference between antiwar and anti-U.S.

  • Music

    October 10, 2002

    Tipsy Gypsies

    Gogol Bordello combines Balkan folk traditions with a theater of anarchy

  • Music

    June 20, 2002

    I Will Always Be the World Trade Center

    The electro-pop duo's name was cute. Then came September 11.

  • News

    June 6, 2002

    Elephants Versus RINOs

    Party veterans sound alarms at the proposed GOP political-purity rules

  • Music

    May 2, 2002

    Chris Whitley

    Friday, May 3

  • Culture

    November 29, 2001

    What A Girl Wants, What A Girl Needs

    Women's gifts

  • News

    April 19, 2001

    Immodest Proposals

    The solution to Houston's image problems? Spin them away.

  • News

    February 22, 2001

    Hands On

    When the sickest of Harris County's mentally ill break down, an ACT team is there to pick up the pieces and put them back together again

  • News

    September 14, 2000

    Pigskin Parade

    A nonevent gets blanket coverage

  • Film

    July 20, 2000

    Giving Up the Ghost

    The only thing deader than the haunted spirit in What Lies Beneath is the movie itself

  • Calendar

    May 18, 2000

    Symphony for Orchestra and Bullhorn

    Composer Eve Beglarian

  • Dining

    January 13, 2000

    A Meaty Issue

    Kahn's purports to build the best Reuben, but we have a beef with that claim

  • Film

    October 14, 1999

    Back to the Beat

    Source pays homage to Kerouac and company

  • News

    March 18, 1999

    Chucking It All

    Bryn Tustin was an electrician from New Jersey who became a punk-music DJ in Houston, opened a record store and remade himself into Chuck Roast.

  • News

    January 14, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Bryn Tustin was an electrician from New Jersey who became a punk-music DJ in Houston, opened a record store and remade himself into Chuck Roast.

  • News

    December 24, 1998

    News of the Weird

    Bryn Tustin was an electrician from New Jersey who became a punk-music DJ in Houston, opened a record store and remade himself into Chuck Roast.

  • Music

    December 19, 1996

    Static

    Bryn Tustin was an electrician from New Jersey who became a punk-music DJ in Houston, opened a record store and remade himself into Chuck Roast.

  • Calendar

    June 20, 1996

    Press Picks

    Bryn Tustin was an electrician from New Jersey who became a punk-music DJ in Houston, opened a record store and remade himself into Chuck Roast.

  • Dining

    March 16, 1995

    Manna from Sugar Land

    Magnus Hansson's new bakery-cafe is worth an expedition

  • Music

    April 7, 1994

    Critic's Choice

    Magnus Hansson's new bakery-cafe is worth an expedition

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