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April 30, 2012
Friday Night: Rev. Al Green At Arena Theatre
Rev. Al Green Arena Theatre April 27th, 2012 Mark my words. If you check the local hospitals exactly nine months from now, you will surely see a spike in activity in the maternity wards. Al Green gets everyone and anyone into the baby-making mood. Even the comedian who opened the show alluded to th ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2011
Save Yourself: The 10 Worst Online Retailers
Ads like this are the only reason to visit AmericanApparel.com...if you like that sort of thingIt's frustrating enough to shop for friends and family members during the holidays. Do I get my 80-year-old aunt a gift card to Kroger or H-E-B? Decisions, decisions. Unfortunately, some online mer ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Corpus Man Steals Beer Twice, Gets Beaten Up, All in One Evening
Beer: the cause of and solution to 99 percent of life's problems since 5000 BC.For most people, a single day in which you were beaten badly enough by a group of men at a bus station to require a hospital visit and were caught (allegedly) swiping beer not once but twice would qualify as rock b ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
The Great Escape: 8 Ways to Ditch Your Family This Thanksgiving
The holiday of plenty is finally here. The house smells of cranberries and fried delights. Your home is a bustle of relatives, cousins, aunts... neighbors? All of a sudden a severe panic envelops your body: it's only 8 a.m. You have an entire day to spend with these people - and they just keep comin ... More >>
Music
September 8, 2011
Freeway View
The scenery ain't much, but Azul Lounge is a bubbling little Southside R&B cauldron.
Blogs
July 26, 2011
Feds Bring Down Hammer on Lufkin Meth Trade
In two distinct actions, federal authorities have indicted 17 East Texans on over 200 counts of crimes related to the crystal methamphetamine trade in and around Lufkin. You just might be hearing this song all over town this week: In the first action, the Lufkin Daily News has reported that a fed ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2011
Walgreen's Electric-Car Charging Stations: The Rest Of the U.S. Is Catching Up To Houston
Charge it upWe can't say we've exactly seen the electric-car charging stations at various Walgreen's around the town, but we'll take the company's word that they exist. And now the rest of the nation will be following in Houston's footsteps, as the drug giant expands the concept to more than ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2011
Prog-Rock Bassist Enters Stupid Criminal Hall Of Fame
GroovehouseCoheed's Claudio Sanchez: Now auditioning bassists.Sometimes when Rocks Off interviews this musician or that one, we'll ask them what they do to kill time on the road. Some of them read, others take in the local sights if they have time, obviously a lot of them listen to music. The ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Free HIV Testing at Walgreens: Five Reasons To Get Tested
Drop and give us twenty...minutes to test youWalgreens is all kinds of sexy lately. In March, it became the first pharmacy to carry the female condom, a plastic pouch that gives females the power of putting up their own STI-barrier. Now for the first time ever, Walgreens is offering free HIV ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2011
Five Texas Sluts Worth Admiring
SlutWalk Houston is right around the corner, and we've decided to celebrate, (Hair) Balls out. In case you're not familiar with the march, SlutWalk was born of a Toronto police officer's comment that women should avoid "dressing like sluts" in order not to be raped. It's a chance to stop the cycle o ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Food Fight: Vanilla Malt
The Burger Guys.Way back in 2009, Katharine Shilcutt wrote in considerable detail about exactly what sort of drink could properly be called a milkshake. I have no intention of fighting that battle again, primarily because there's nothing to debate. A milkshake means milk and ice cream, and it sho ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2011
Which Houston Rappers Deserve Their Own Streets?
The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place - lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good - so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them to explain things. Have something you always wanted to ask a rapper? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com. ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
Odd Pair: Pizzeria Combos and Chianti
When my blood sugar dips low, I will literally reach for the closest food at hand, whatever that may be. I was so hungry the other day, I contemplated the various pros and cons of eating kibble. I consider snacking on Pizzeria Pretzel Flavor Combos to be at least half a step up from dog foo ... More >>
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March 22, 2011
Brew Blog: Rogue Morimoto Soba Ale
I needed a break after last week's Brew Blog. It's not that I don't love darker, heavier beer, it's just that I drank quite a bit of the stuff last week. So I went in search of the lightest, most easy-drinking beer I thought I could swing without earning eternal derision from you fine folk. J ... More >>
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March 11, 2011
This Week in (Unrestrained) Deliciousness
Here at Eating Our Words, we all like the green ones. In true Mardi Gras fashion, this week Eating Our Words was a celebration of excess. After all, we kicked it off with a gallon of butter and a call to judge our Burger Brackets. Your enthusiasm for beef is overwhelming (and I want one of t ... More >>
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February 16, 2011
Ten Charmingly Strange Old Postcards from Galveston, Beaumont and Baytown
Last month we shared with you ten charmingly strange old postcards from Houston. Now it's time to give equal love to the places that surround Houston. As always, Card Cow is the place to go for your vintage-postcard needs. 10. Beaumont: Plenty of Parking! The Beaumont Village Shopping Center featu ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
Wrap It Up: Houstonian a Finalist in Wrapping Contest
When in doubt, slap a giant bow on itWhen we at Hairballs were just wee tots, we had relatives who liked to do everything early for the holidays. They would have all their Christmas cards mailed before Thanksgiving and their gifts wrapped the day after Black Friday. We were less efficient pre ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
First Look at Piola
Photos courtesy of Piola because I also managed to forget my camera last night on top of everything else.Between a dead car battery and an inhaler emergency (thanks for nothing, Walgreen's) last night, I didn't make it to Piola (3201 Louisiana, 713-524-8222) either on time or in my typical ca ... More >>
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November 15, 2010
Darrell Craig Vogel: Beaumont Prosecutor Picked Up Twice In 24 Hours For DWI
The prosecution rests, excessivelyDarrell Craig Vogel, 50, is an assistant prosecutor for the city of Beaumont, meaning he deals with municipal court stuff. The pressures of holding in your hands the Sophie's Choice of whether or not to prosecute that 41-in-a-35 mph-zone case may have been t ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
CVS: No Longer Available For All Your Meth-Making Needs
CVS: No longer a convenient stop for meth dealersCVS, the drugstore chain that seems to have an outlet on every Houston intersection that doesn't have a Walgreen's on it, has agreed to pay a whopping $75 million fine to make up for selling a key ingredient used in cooking meth.The chain failed to ... More >>
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September 7, 2010
10 Places I Liked as a Photographer, Want to Try as an Eater
Photo by Jeff BalkeSteak and cheesy grits at Plonk Beer and Wine BistroLast week, I wrote about my experiences photographing 100 restaurants for the Houston Press online restaurant guide. During the month I was shooting, I shot eateries both familiar and not so much. Given my time constraints ... More >>
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August 17, 2010
DQ Blizzard Creme Oreos
Given the long-standing partnership between Nabisco and Dairy Queen, I wasn't terribly surprised to see that the two brands had joined forces to create DQ Blizzard Creme Oreos. The Blizzard of the Month at Dairy Queen right now is, in fact, the "Brownie Earthquake" (funny how we're now linki ... More >>
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August 4, 2010
Houston Slammed By European Travel Blog: We're Boooorrring
But...but...there's the Kemah Boardwalk!!Among world cities, in which category does Houston rank second only to Brussels, the capital of the European Union? Tedium, at least according to the European Union-funded wiki blog OpenTravel. According to "Chili," an English-language challenged scr ... More >>
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July 26, 2010
$2.99 Southern Point Wine from...Walgreens
It's called Southern Point, retails for $2.99, and you can only get it at Walgreens. Oh, and it's as good as any $10 to $12 wine in recent memory. Yes, Walgreens. America's largest retail drugstore brought wine and beer back to its shelves earlier this year, ending a nearly 15-year sales b ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Come See My Dead Person Gives Rocks Off A Spelling Lesson
Come See My Dead PersonEach 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. ... More >>
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January 6, 2010
Stuck On You: Farmville Fanatic Arrested In String Of Bizarre Summertime Adhesive Attacks
One of the more bizarre Houston-area crimes of the past year has apparently been solved.Back in July, Pasadena police were seeking a man described as an "older teenager" who they believed attacked random women in retail outlets. His assaults took a peculiar form: he would squirt a tube of what w ... More >>
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November 26, 2009
He Said She Said: Songs We Are Least Thankful For
She Said heard her first holiday song Monday, at around 9 p.m. in the Montrose Walgreens, and suddenly she was transported to her own personal hell - one filled solely with late-night pharmacy shoppers and Mariah Carey's
Blogs
October 20, 2009
If Halloween Is Coming, So Are Offensive Costumes
The "Illegal Alien" costume causing uproar amongst immigrant rights activists, anti-immigrant supporters and free speech advocates is the first major faux pas of this Halloween season. While anti-immigrant supporters are scrambling to find the costume, immigrant rights activists are calling for ... More >>
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October 16, 2009
Inept Pregnant Woman Spoils Motorcylist's Getaway From The Cops
You know what you just hate when you're on a motorcycle trying to get away from a DPS trooper because you're wanted on a burglary charge?Pregnant women who slam their cars into drug stores.The sad tale of 18-year-old Daniel Nuno of League City proves the point. Nuno was on his motorcycle in F ... More >>
News
April 16, 2009
Cyberchondriacs
Generation DIY turns to self-diagnosing to save money.
Blogs
April 9, 2009
I Have a Problem With The Hills. Like a Drug Problem.
Photo courtesy of VlastulaSeriously. Why do I torture myself? Why do I find myself creating an appointment television relationship with MTV's reality show, The Hills? And by reality I mean as real as Heidi Montag's tits. Frankly, I think it's pretty much basically sick to ... More >>
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January 13, 2009
Sole Of Houston: Airline Drive, Part 1
The longest walk in the history of the Sole of Houston requires the longest piece. This being a blog and all, we have decided to break it up into three installments. Coming today, tomorrow and Thursday in this tale of 22-plus miles of concrete, mud, and fairly cold weather: The fending off a pote ... More >>
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January 5, 2009
Turning the Screw: Dustin Prestige, Lupe Fiasco, Katy Perry/Travis McCoy, Dr. Dre, DJ AM, Lil' Kim, Damon Dash/Jay-Z, Talib Kweli and More
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "Funny Valentine," Dustin Prestige Wire To Wire Lupe Fiasco, whom you'll remember recently announ ... More >>
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September 15, 2008
Places That Are Open -- Constantly Updated
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "Funny Valentine," Dustin Prestige Wire To Wire Lupe Fiasco, whom you'll remember recently announ ... More >>
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July 21, 2008
It's Debt Collection, Not Extortion
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "Funny Valentine," Dustin Prestige Wire To Wire Lupe Fiasco, whom you'll remember recently announ ... More >>
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July 15, 2008
Shoplifting -- A Gateway Crime to Extortion?
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "Funny Valentine," Dustin Prestige Wire To Wire Lupe Fiasco, whom you'll remember recently announ ... More >>
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April 4, 2008
Emo Poems About Adult Every Day Life
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "Funny Valentine," Dustin Prestige Wire To Wire Lupe Fiasco, whom you'll remember recently announ ... More >>
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March 25, 2008
David Wildbur's Sage Decision
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "Funny Valentine," Dustin Prestige Wire To Wire Lupe Fiasco, whom you'll remember recently announ ... More >>
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December 4, 2007
Sole of Houston: Bissonnet, from Synott Road to Montrose
Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "Funny Valentine," Dustin Prestige Wire To Wire Lupe Fiasco, whom you'll remember recently announ ... More >>
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September 28, 2006
PRINCE'S DRIVE IN
This hamburger joint -- and its chocolate malted -- make a comeback
Music
May 11, 2006
Patriot Game
What's a real American to do on Cinco de Mayo?
Music
March 9, 2006
Stapp Infection
Sanctimonious hypocrites need love, too
Culture
March 10, 2005
Pictures of Someone
The ordinary is extraordinary in Amy Blakemore's work
Resolutions
January 20, 2005
I Resolve to Get Laid
Houston is crawling with opportunities to get off
Music
June 17, 2004
Fringe Characters
This summer the PC Cowboys trade KILT for kilts
Music
November 16, 2000
Rave Rules
No one over 25 should be in attendance, but if you are, here's the game plan
Music
March 30, 2000
Listen In
30footFALL, ragtag, secretsunday and Paul English
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December 7, 1995
Pure Puerto Rico
Tex Chick goes from fast food to home food of the island
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March 9, 1995
Pop Moment
Tex Chick goes from fast food to home food of the island
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