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Jamie Lee Curtis Speaks at Drug Council Fundraiser, Michael Myers Nowhere to Be Seen

It was nice to hear Jamie Lee Curtis talk about something other than yogurt that helps you poop, for a change. The Curtis who gave a speech Thursday at a fundraising luncheon for the Council on Alcohol and Drugs Houstonwasn't the smiley Activia-fairy who magically appears whenever a woman somewhere ... More >>

Thieves' Bazaar: Medicare Fraud

Hospitals, doctors and dealers have made Medicare the nation's sweetest crime. The feds are now trying to shutter the door.

Sharon Russell: Mom Sues HPD (Again) For Auctioning off Evidence Related to Daughter's Suspicious Death

Approximately three years ago, the Houston Police Department auctioned off evidence that prosecutors planned to use in a tricky case against a disgraced lawyer named Shawn Roberts. Roberts's girlfriend, Tara Sganga, was found dead in her apartment in March 2007, and prosecutors planned to use Sganga ... More >>

Breaking It Down: The Hard Stuff

Painkiller addiction is one of the largest and fastest-growing problems among today's younger veterans.

Breaking It Down

It may not be PTSDs or brain injuries that pose the most long-term danger to our surviving vets from their Middle East tours.

Christmas Catfight Lands Mom and (Alleged) Meth-Peddling Daughter Behind Bars (w/VIDEO)

Trinity County Constables OfficeBrandy Liles: Now facing another felony, on top of two from her earlier case.​A woman charged with meth possession earlier this month is behind bars again after she and her mother were filmed beating a woman they suspected had been working with the police. Acc ... More >>

Turkeys of the Year 2011

We combed through an abundance of riches this year to bring you the best of the worst

Collins and Gorathy Uwake: Feds Seize Over $1M and Five Fancy Cars in Drug Raid

Wikipedia CommonsOf the five rides cops seized in their raid, police say that Collins Uwake loved his Titan the best.​With a Missouri City drug raid late last month, agents from the DEA and multiple other local and state agencies closed an investigation into the activities of husband-and-wife ... More >>

Clarence Leroy Teel: Cops Raid Hospital Room, Find Well-Stocked Illicit Pharmacy

Some people get happy in different ways​According to court records, it all started on August 14 when a nurse at Methodist Willowbrook hospital noticed that the patient in room 6412 was leaving a few syringes around. That struck her as odd, as the patient in that room, 52-year-old Clarence Lero ... More >>

The Wrong Ones Are Just Right On Deceiver

​The end of the world has been on people's minds lately, what with the Mayans apparently penciling in the apocalypse next year and the Rapture rain-checked for October of this 'un. That preoccupation with the end of the world is why we skipped straight to 'Doomsday Transmission" on the Wrongs ... More >>

Porter Man Texts Cops To Set Up Drug Deal; Mom (aka "Butterbean") Talks Self Into Felony Bust

Travis Huffman is not happy​Texting dong shots is not the only way to get in trouble with your cellphone. Just ask Porter mother and son Travis Edwin Huffman and Kimberly "Butterbean" Meadows. Police in Montgomery County say Huffman, 25, was trying to set up a hydrocodone deal with one of his ... More >>

Ex-Con Jason Wayne Crockett Lives Up to Middle Name and Nickname

Brazos County JailJason Wayne "Crash 'Em Up" Crockett​We've said it before and we are duty-bound to say it again: Please, parents, get off the Wayne train when your baby needs a name. And as if having that apparently-crime-causing middle name wasn't bad enough, 28-year-old Jason Wayne Crocket ... More >>

Dead Center

Bad things keep happening to people in Shawn Roberts's orbit.

One Last Hit of K-2

Fake weed's final freewheeling days

Last Night: Jonsi At Verizon Wireless Theater

Photos by Austin Miller​Jonsi Verizon Wireless Theater October 27, 2010 This is not an article about Jonsi. There are no articles about Jonsi, because there are no words for Jonsi. He is pre-linguistic. Go try and write an article about what it feels like to smell colors, why don't you? Desc ... More >>

Open Up And Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgery Playlist

​If you're reading this around the time it's published, Rocks Off will once again be in the dentist's chair. This has been something of a recurring theme for us this summer, as we have been trying to reverse years of neglecting our poor gums by undergoing several surgical procedures that do no ... More >>

Where Are We Peeing (And Buying Possibly Stolen Merchandise)?

Craig Hlavaty ​Haggard Gentleman: "You ever saw that movie Righteous Kill with Robert De Niro?" Where Are We Peeing: "Yeah, I guess so. Why?"  HG: "You wanna buy it?" WAWP: "Nah, I'm cool. Thanks though." HG: "You wanna get fucked up? I have Vicodin and some sherm. You wanna smoke? ... More >>

Get Lit: I Am Ozzy by John Michael Osbourne

​In the long line of rock and roller autobiographies, there is a tried and true formula. You must always recall your humble troubled beginnings, like Anthony Kiedis did with 2004's heroin-addled tome Scar Tissue. Or you single-handedly re-write your own already decadent folklore like Motley Crue d ... More >>

Man, That Was Going To Be One Laid-Back Jail Stint

​If you're going to be stuck in jail for a while because of a hit-and-run charge, you ought to enjoy the experience, right? That's certainly the philosophy Anna Sporleder of Friendswood follows. The 30-year-old woman was arrested on the old "failure to stop and give information" charge and wa ... More >>

The Great Green Room In the Sky: The Grim Reaper's 2009 Musical Roll Call

​Thankfully, 2009 was a sorry year for the Greil Marcus Rock Death Meter. Aside from the not terribly unexpected (but still weird) demise of the King of Pop, few bona fide legends went on to the Great Green Room Beyond the Sky. The Rock Death Meter rates rock deaths on a ten-point scale in three c ... More >>

Maniac Cop

New Orleans as breeding ground for one Bad Lieutenant.

Pop Rocks: Tips For Strip-Mining Our Childhoods

​Spike Jonze's live-action version of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are led the box office this weekend, grossing over $32 million. Last month, another children's book adaptation, Sony Pictures' version of Judi and Ron Barrett's Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, scored similar numbers f ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: Grant Langston's Plastic Honky-Tonk

 California, we have a problem. It is much the same problem we encounter with the whole Texas music phenomenon championed endlessly by Best In Texas music magazine: calculated, paint-by-the-numbers music and writing. This was one of LOM's chief criticisms of L.A. tonker David Serby's latest eff ... More >>

Cover Me

Kathern Cathey thought she had an insurance policy that would save her life. Not exactly.

Come Help a Brother Out This Friday

Roburt Reynolds Rocks Off knows we make it look pretty easy down here, but it's really not. Case in point: On his way to cover Balaclavas' SXSW showcase in March - that's right, bands were there from all over the world and we're checking out the locals; that's how much we love you - Rocks Off first ... More >>

Now We Know Why Wal-Mart Has That Smiley Face

The U.S. Attorney's office has just announced the break-up of a major drug operation. It was run by Wal-Mart and Sam's Club, so you know it was convenient and cheap.Wal-Mart Stores paid the Southern District of Texas a $637,000 fine in order to close cases involving Wal-Mart Pharmacy and Sam's Club ... More >>

The Deal sisters bring back the Breeders

Role Playing

Totally Commercial: Super Bowl Color Commentary with Miss Pop Rocks

Rotation: Trailer Tapes

Feel My Pain

A reporter goes after the online drug business and gets wasted

Feel My Pain

A reporter goes after the online drug business and gets wasted

Mogwai

Mr. Beast

Carlin the Shots

Fresh outta rehab, grouchy George is here to spread his vitriol

Addicted to Fluff

Racket and company's American Idol symposium

Page Turning

Helmet is back, with only its head intact

Opie Hendrix & The Texas Tallboys

San Jacinto (Def-Texan Records)

Natural Disaster

Was Terry Gilliam the man who killed Don Quixote?

The Devil You Know

This comic book adaptation may be gritty, but Ben Affleck isn't

Bloody Hell

Daredevil is a grown-up adaptation, but still too two-dimensional

The Good Doctor

Michael Brown made it big in the hand clinic business. But as his wife discovered, there was a much darker side to this dynamic surgeon.

Curiouser and Curiouser

Ex-congressman Stockman is labeled a co-conspirator in prescription fraud

In Arms' Way

Phil Arms once saved Ron Garner from a life of sin. Garner tried to return the favor when confronted with evidence of the preacher's drug use. But Arms viewed it as just a Judas kiss.

Drug Rehab: The Comedy

Alcoholism undergoes the Sandra Bullock treatment in 28 Days

Heal Thyself

Rapid detox leaves a nurse suffering unforeseen side effects