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West Virginia

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Keith Judd: Texas Prisoner/Presidential Candidate Does Shockingly Well in West Virginia Primary

    Majestically mulleted Texas prisoner-cum-presidential candidate Keith Judd has picked up 41 percent of the vote in West Virginia's Democratic primary. (We examined the Keith Judd phenomenon back before he was just a gleam in West Virginia's eye.) The Associated Press reports that Judd, serving time ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 12, 2012

    Hispanic vs. Mexican

    Majestically mulleted Texas prisoner-cum-presidential candidate Keith Judd has picked up 41 percent of the vote in West Virginia's Democratic primary. (We examined the Keith Judd phenomenon back before he was just a gleam in West Virginia's eye.) The Associated Press reports that Judd, serving time ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    The 10 Funniest Lines In Recent Extreme-Music Press Releases

    Most days, Rocks Off's email inbox is swamped with dozens of messages from industrious publicists eager for us to write something about their artists. That's their job. Hitting the "save" or "delete" button is ours. We certainly have our own lapses sometimes, but we have also been writing (and readi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Keith Judd: Totally Qualified Texas Prisoner on Presidential Ballot (Democrat, of Course)

    Just when we threw up our hands in despair over the dearth of worthwhile presidential candidates, a federal prisoner in Texas has made it onto the ballot in West Virginia. Keith Russell Judd, who's serving 210 months in a decidedly un-oval office in Texarkana for making threats while on the Univer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2012

    The Most Hideous "Cinnamon Challenge" Video Ever -- A Zapruder Breakdown

    Invention begins with a conversation. I've often said I'd love to have a DVD of the conversations that took place in creating some of the items or concepts that are woven into the daily fabric of our lives. Deep dish pizza, strip clubs, YouTube, pretty much everything started with someone saying, "H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Football! This Weekend's Best Bets

    The Flacco Factor: Always keep it in mind​It's the first weekend of football in November. In college football, this means we get into nut-cutting time, weekends that completely weed out the real championship contenders. This weekend includes a quasi-final four in the SEC with the huge LSU- Ala ... More >>

  • Film

    August 11, 2011

    Invasion of Piracy

    Illegal downloading costs the film industry billions of dollars per year. But does the legal strategy designed to recoup this lost bounty amount to extortion?

  • Music

    June 23, 2011

    Sheet Rocker

    Rod Picott's Welding Burns is bursting with hard-bitten blue-collar songs.

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Sanctus Bellum: Nothing Certain But Metal And Taxes

    Photos courtesy of Sanctus BellumSanctus Bellum at Denton's 35 Conferette in March​What fuels heavy metal music? Some might say the Armageddon that is flirting with our world; others, watching the machinations of craven political and religious leaders. We, however, can testify that some of the ... More >>

  • News

    May 12, 2011

    Houston's Bachelors a Prize?

    Rankings tell different tales

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Comment of the Day: A Hillbilly Responds

    ​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Lingerie-Clad Man High On "Bath Salts" Kills Pygmy Goat (w/ Fantastic Mugshot)

    "Almost heaven, West Virginia...."​I understand my responsibility on Hair Balls is to provide sports-related content. But frankly, sometimes a story comes across my desk that is so transcendent in its dysfunction and so detrimental to my faith in mankind that it must be covered in this space, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    The United States of Beer

    Illustration by Monica FuentesFull-size image below.​You asked for it, we delivered. Last week, while many of you were enjoying our map of the United States of Soft Drinks, just as many of you alcoholics were demanding a United States of Beer map instead. And so we hunkered down all weekend, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    The United States of Soft Drinks

    Full-size image below.​In 1998, Nebraska set a precedent for all other U.S. states when it formally declared Kool-Aid to be the state soft drink. Sure, plenty of other states have state foods or state dishes, but a state soft drink? The popular children's beverage was developed in Hastings, N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Electronic Frontier Foundation, Others Seek To Protect Texas Masturbators

    Karl Hungus wouldn't want German-porn viewers' names revealed​The anonymous masturbators being sued in a Dallas federal court for allegedly illegally downloading porn won't have to reveal their identities if the consumer advocacy groups representing them have their way: the Electric Frontier ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    H.A. McArdle: Long-Lost Battle Of San Jacinto Painting Found In A West Virginia Attic

    Found in an attic​Anyone who's visited the Texas capitol in Austin has seen the epic painting depicting the Battle of San Jacinto, where Sam Houston whipped up on the Mexican Army.There was a smaller, slightly different version of it by the artist, H.A. McArdle, but he kept it after a commission p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Campaign 2010: 7 Great Moments In Political History

    The governor of Texas talks about seceding from the United States of America. Remember when we all thought that was a goofy moment?It turned out to be only a tease for the rest of the political year. When it comes to politics in 2010, things got a whole lot weirder.And we're not even talking about c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Sell Your Drum Kit. You Will Never Be This Cool.

    ​Sure, there are great theatrical drummers in the world. The late, great Keith Moon for one. Budgie from Siouxsie and the Banshees or Adrian Young from No Doubt are certainly up there in terms of stage presence and watchability. But THE man, the king of all that is awesome in percussion, is a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    "Debt-Relief" Companies Get Hit By Lawsuit

    Robert Lock, slapped with an injunction​The West Virginia Attorney General has sued an alleged debt settlement company we investigated in December. However, one of the company's founders had told us the company -- predicated on the belief that when you get a credit card, the bank owes yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    A Cooler Coke: Guaraná Antarctica

    ​Each Tuesday and Thursday for the next five weeks, we'll be taking a look at alternatives to cokes for the sticky Houston summer that lays ahead. The first beverage we're examining in this series isn't exactly a hidden treasure. Guaraná Antarctica, produced in Brazil since 1921, is not only ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Sampler Plate: This Week In Food Blogs

    Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. I'm Never Full: Although she uses Twitter as her main communication tool these d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    New EPA List Of Polluted Cities Leaves Off Houston, To Some Folks' Dismay

    The good news is that the Environmental Protection Agency has issued its list of counties that don't meet the agency's standards for fine-particle air pollution, and Harris County is not on that list.The bad news is that the American Lung Association thinks it damn well should be on the list.The EPA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    The John Royal College Football Top 25, Week Four

    The good news is that the Environmental Protection Agency has issued its list of counties that don't meet the agency's standards for fine-particle air pollution, and Harris County is not on that list.The bad news is that the American Lung Association thinks it damn well should be on the list.The EPA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2008

    College Football Review: Zero Tolerance Helps BYU Win

    The good news is that the Environmental Protection Agency has issued its list of counties that don't meet the agency's standards for fine-particle air pollution, and Harris County is not on that list.The bad news is that the American Lung Association thinks it damn well should be on the list.The EPA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2008

    John Royal’s NCAA Basketball Picks, Take Two

    The good news is that the Environmental Protection Agency has issued its list of counties that don't meet the agency's standards for fine-particle air pollution, and Harris County is not on that list.The bad news is that the American Lung Association thinks it damn well should be on the list.The EPA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2008

    Weekend Music: Carry On, Wayward Sons

    The good news is that the Environmental Protection Agency has issued its list of counties that don't meet the agency's standards for fine-particle air pollution, and Harris County is not on that list.The bad news is that the American Lung Association thinks it damn well should be on the list.The EPA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2007

    The College Football Preview, Week 14: All These Bowls Are Making Us Groggy

    The good news is that the Environmental Protection Agency has issued its list of counties that don't meet the agency's standards for fine-particle air pollution, and Harris County is not on that list.The bad news is that the American Lung Association thinks it damn well should be on the list.The EPA ... More >>

  • News

    September 6, 2007

    Greyhound Racing

    Tracks and breeders struggle as attendance declines

  • Film

    June 28, 2007

    Live Free or Die Hard

    Even with the Mac kid at his side, John McClane is just...old

  • Music

    June 7, 2007

    Medicine Show No Mo

    Breaking the seventh seal at the Sideshow Tramps' CD release party

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2007

    Get Your Motor Running

    Breaking the seventh seal at the Sideshow Tramps' CD release party

  • Home Entertainment

    March 8, 2007

    DVDs

    Breaking the seventh seal at the Sideshow Tramps' CD release party

  • News

    February 8, 2007

    Too Late, Baby

    The zoo waited too long to feed at the trough

  • Music

    August 31, 2006

    Various Artists

    Rockin' Bones: 1950s Punk & Rockabilly

  • Music

    August 24, 2006

    Starry Lullabye

    Ailing Houston-area native David Schnaufer has taken the Appalachian dulcimer to the mountaintop

  • Music

    September 1, 2005

    Brad Paisley

    Time Well Wasted

  • Music

    May 12, 2005

    Moot Davis, with Pete Anderson

    Sunday, May 15, at McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, 713-528-5999.

  • News

    May 27, 2004

    Letters

    Sunday, May 15, at McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, 713-528-5999.

  • Film

    January 22, 2004

    Legally Bland

    Tired of boring dates? Don't go out with Tad Hamilton

  • Calendar

    January 1, 2004

    Get Your Kicks

    A Texas filmmaker looks at small-town life through a windshield

  • Culture

    December 11, 2003

    Pointy Ears and Predictability

    Bat Boy should've stayed in his cave

  • Music

    February 13, 2003

    West Virginia Wild Man

    Though he loves to salute them in songs, chickens aren't all that's on the Hasil Adkins diet

  • News

    January 10, 2002

    Top Ten of 2001

    The top-ranked -- and stanked -- Chronicle stories of the year!

  • Music

    July 5, 2001

    Scott Miller & The Commonwealth

    Thus Always to Tyrants (Sugar Hill)

  • Film

    December 9, 1999

    The Road Less Traveled

    Mother and daughter explore new emotional terrain in the familiar highway saga Tumbleweeds

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Mother and daughter explore new emotional terrain in the familiar highway saga Tumbleweeds

  • Film

    February 18, 1999

    Retro Rocket

    Sputnik-inspired October Sky runs hot and coal

  • News

    January 28, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Sputnik-inspired October Sky runs hot and coal

  • News

    December 31, 1998

    News of the Weird

    Sputnik-inspired October Sky runs hot and coal

  • Music

    July 2, 1998

    Wild Man Blues

    Hasil Adkins drinks too much, screws too much and rocks too much

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