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Last Night: Grizzly Bear at House of Blues

Grizzly Bear House of Blues April 9, 2013 The best move that Grizzly Bear made Tuesday night was possibly their only move. What I imagined to be electric-light squids danced high and low in time as lights flashed in bursts, the band frozen silhouettes in the foreground. The music was at moments po ... More >>

Judge Bitch-Slaps Mark Thuesen's Bizarre Motion in Swamplot Lawsuit

The malicious prosecution lawsuit filed against former West University condo owner association head Mark Thuesen keeps yielding precious fruit, with the latest being a Harris County District Judge's order expressing his befuddlement over a rambling motion filed by Thuesen. For the uninitiated, the ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 1: Sylvia Casares of Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen, On Her Home Economics Degree, and Going into the Restaurant Business as a Woman in Her 40's

Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen 6401 Woodway Drive Tel: 713-334-7295 www.sylviasenchiladakitchen.com Earlier this year, Sylvia Casares, owner of Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen, was shot in the stomach and air-lifted to the hospital. It's not an experience that anyone would be expected to recover from ea ... More >>

When Car Commercials And Rock And Roll Collide

This weekend is the big Houston Art Car Parade, where children and adults of all ages can gander at their fellow Houstonians' labors of car love. Each car is a marvel to the ingenuity and the insanity of this race known as the modern Texan. The Art Car festivities have cars on our brains. Rock a ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 1: Chef Junnajet "Jett" Hurapan of Blu Loves Race Car Driving

Executive Chef Junnajet "Jett" Hurapan of the new Blu Restaurant and Lounge (2248 Texas Dr; www.blusugarland.com) in Sugar Land's Town Square, couldn't stop smiling when I was taking pictures of him in the kitchen. "In New York, the photographers didn't want me to smile," he says, but for me he smil ... More >>

MFAH Film Premieres: 2011 British Arrows

Magic Bus: Ford Discontinuing Econoline, the Van of Choice for Bands

Stryper and their custom Econoline... we call it the "God-mobile"​We learned today about this unfortunate development: This week Ford Motor Co. said it is ramping up development and production of its Transit commercial van to make it into a truly global vehicle. The plan includes building the ... More >>

11 Horrible Wham-O Toy TV Ads From The `60s You Won't Believe

Wham-O has long been a purveyor of the kinds of toys that look great on TV, or even not so great on TV, but end up even worse when you try them at home. They've had their successes, of course -- the Hula-Hoop, the Frisbee -- but TV back in the day used to be jammed with Wham-O ads for some unlikely ... More >>

HPD's Most Wanted Hit-And-Run Driver Of The Year

Kevin Will: HPD is looking for the driver who started a tragic chain of events​If you're a hit-and-run driver, it's a given the police are looking for you. But when you're the hit-and-run driver whose crash ended with a Houston cop being killed while he was investigating it, then the cops are ... More >>

Super Bowl XLV Commercials: The 5 Best And 5 Worst

Baby Darth Vader is soooooo cutesy-wootsey​From Audi to Groupon, yesterday's Super Bowl Commercials ran the gamut. There was less blatant sexism than previous years, and a lot more CGI, and a few commercials sure to have people talking either due to their shock value or outright offensiveness. ... More >>

Agent Orange Continues Carpet-Bombing Surf-Punk

David EnsmingerAgent Orange's Mike Palm at Rocbar earlier this year.​Rocks Off recently had the opportunity to speak with Agent Orange's Mike Palm, who founded the Southern California surf-punks in the late '70s and has remained in the trenches ever since. Agent Orange plays Fitzgerald's Sunda ... More >>

The 2010 British Television Advertising Awards

This Week in Deliciousness

This Christmas, every little German child wants a Volkswagen stuffed with these.​ Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where our special brand of Christmas party punch can double as deck sealant and paint stripper. Greenway Barista started off the week with some deep-di ... More >>

Get All Dressed Up

There's plenty of places to go this Halloween.

Get All Dressed Up

There's plenty of places to go this Halloween. Check out our updated listings.

Get All Dressed Up

There's plenty of places to go this Halloween.

Get All Dressed Up

There's plenty of places to go this Halloween.

Get All Dressed Up

There's plenty of places to go this Halloween.

HPMA: We Have Some Winners: Geoffrey Muller, D.R.U.M., Speakerboxx, Wild Moccasins, Los Pistoleros

Chris Gray​Groovy, groovy acoustic reggae from Ryan Scroggins & the Trenchtown Texans, featuring Sideshow Tramps' Geoffrey Muller, plus Pat Kelly banging on a couple of 4X4s. Singing about people watching "that old devil box." We guess if they're watching on Channel 39, it's OK. For tonight.So ... More >>

Friday Night: Wilco at Verizon Wireless Theater

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Brave One, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Imitation of Life: Special Edition

The TSU Toronadoes

The twisted history of "Tighten Up"

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Call of Duty 4 hits maybe a little too close to home

Who Killed Brad Will?

Get Lit: Au Paris, by Rachel Spencer

Unknown Legend

Roots renegade Joe Ely never achieved pop stardom, but that's all right by him...sorta

Dark Star Rising

Jenny Lewis primps for her big push

Going to the West Side

Houston Ballet kicks it with Moby

Letters to the Editor

Meet the Beatle

John Lennon's other art takes center stage in "When I'm Sixty Four"

Art-Hungry?

ArtHouston is a gallery of galleries

Car Trouble

Herbie the Love Bug is back, and he bites

Downtown Cubs

Tilman's tigers are on the prowl

Playbill

Wild or Mild

Houston's most elusive taco truck serves up hot goat grease

Home Is Where the Art Is

Together, architects and artists design dwellings

Mexico City Tex-Mex

What is Las Llardas's little secret?

Whatcha Gonna Do?

Houston's Neutral Sisters look white, sing black and move to a reggae rhythm

Best Exterminator

Bugs & Burglars

Caveat Vendor

A converted cigarette machine peddles a new addiction: Miniature art

Plugged In

Like little Energizer bunnies, electric-car proponents keep going and going and going

One Nation Under a Groove

Director Greg Harrison depicts a rave generation looking for love and truth in a warehouse

Rotation

Spirit of Texas

Luis Jimenez approaches the intangible by depicting the flesh

Gassed

A tankful of trouble lingers for some Houston motorists

Hippie Chic

Jewel is a one-name folkie with a multifaceted spirit

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Cult restaurateur

Mickey Kapoor brings "Nouvelle Indian" inside the Loop