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MUY CALIENTE SUMMER EDITION

Kony: Some Thoughts from a Local Expert (and General Crankiness from Us)

If you're a sentient creature, chances are you've seen, or heard tell of, Invisible Children's Kony 2012 campaign, and chances are you have an opinion about it. There's also a good chance that, regardless of which camp you're in, you're an insufferable, sanctimonious dillweed. (Sorry; we've just had ... More >>

The Aftershow Promises An Aphrodisiac For The Ears

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. ​This is entirely new and ... More >>

Finally...the 2011 Jim Rome Smack-Off Recap

Glory days, well they pass you by....​"It's good to be in something from the ground floor, but I came in too late for that. But lately I get the feeling that I came in at the end, that the best is over." -- Tony Soprano In the first three minutes of the greatest television show of all-time, ... More >>

Charlie Sheen's Astrology Chart: Five Disturbing Highlights That Explain It All

Charlie Sheen: Destined to be duplicitous, apparently​Charlie Sheen, high on a drug called him, has been analyzed every which way during his recent series of nuclear meltdowns. But the answer to his tiger-blood behavior may lie in the stars. It couldn't hurt to ask, at any rate. So we had ou ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Quick Hits

​We're going to mix it up a bit on Pop Rocks today. Usually, I stick with one subject for the entire piece because I'd rather not depend too heavily on snarky line-item entries. But let's face it; sometimes there's just too much going on in the world of pop culture for me to focus on just one top ... More >>

Valley Of Viagra And Vengeance: Did Septuagenarian Sex For Pay At Edinburg Adult Day-Care Lead To Two Deaths?

Note: Any resemblance to actual Pride and Joy nurses is coincidental. And highly unlikely.​Maybe there's a little too much Viagra coursing through the Rio Grande Valley these days. How else is there to explain this crime of passion at the Pride and Joy adult day care center last week in Edinburg? ... More >>

Dr. Strangelove

Tool and A Perfect Circle wouldn't work, so Maynard James Keenan channels his love of Hee Haw through Puscifer.

Game Time: Sex For World Series Tickets

​There are people who like to go to sporting events, there are people who would pay anything to go to sporting events, and then there are people who would pleasure a complete stranger for World Series tickets.Meet Susan Finkelstein. If you haven't heard her story, she is a diehard Phillies fan in ... More >>

The Speedy-Mart In Friendswood, Meeting All Your Viagra Needs

It's tough getting an edge in the convenience-store game. Exxon's coffee is as shitty as Shell's, the price for a pair of tallboys is about the same, gas is gas.So if you're Ashish Shrestha of Friendswood, and you're running a Speedy-Mart, you go the extra mile.Some over-the-counter, no-prescription ... More >>

Astros-Brewers: The ‘Stros Hold onto First Place (in Homers Surrendered)

It's tough getting an edge in the convenience-store game. Exxon's coffee is as shitty as Shell's, the price for a pair of tallboys is about the same, gas is gas.So if you're Ashish Shrestha of Friendswood, and you're running a Speedy-Mart, you go the extra mile.Some over-the-counter, no-prescription ... More >>

This Blows!

Houston has a national rep for taking down buildings. So why are these eyesores still standing?

Between Is and Was

A New Orleans boy in Houston ponders what nevermore may be

Exposed Nerve

Cyberonics has implanted its pacemaker in thousands of epileptics. It wants to expand to the depression market. Still needed: an accounting of those who died or were injured after receiving its implant.

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Mild Salsipuedes

Daniel Catán's new opera is listenable but strangely lacking in passion

Curses Again

God, Drayton and dogged Astros fans awake from another World Serious dream

The Blog Age

Matt Mullenweg helps usher in the real information revolution, one Web log at a time

Empty Sex

John Waters's latest farce strives for nothing more than NC-17

Gay Play

The nightlife scene is alive and well in the Montrose. Meet some of its stars.

Turkeys Fly

Houston actually pulls off one crazy week

Bacharach Meets Isley

Here I Am (DreamWorks)

Big John and Little Joe

Space City's tallest and shortest musicians rule the 2002 Houston Press Music Awards

Living in Harmony

Global Groove's Wednesday-night jam puts the hump back in hump day

Southern Living

Hills Snyder and Chris Sauter build the dream home for some warped parallel universe

The Olympic Bid

Dan Morse is world-ranked. Ruthless. And 62 years old.

Porn to Sell

Product placement comes to adult videos...hey, watch where you put that thing!

Houston Highwayman

Local Jimmy "T-99" Nelson sets the blues straight

Farm to Market

Kody Ellis shows pigs. What have pigs shown him?

Biological Disaster

Zonagen Inc. took its name from Bonnie Dunbar's groundbreaking research into contraceptive vaccines. Then, when she wasn't looking, the company took her research.

Naked Ambition

Peddling smut is this young man's version of the American Dream

Rotation

Peddling smut is this young man's version of the American Dream