Unidentified Man Found in His Front Yard, Bayou Body Count No. 136
The body of a man dead from blunt-force trauma to the head was discovered Saturday afternoon on the east side, police say. The man, whose identity has not been released, was lying in the front yard of his home in the 100 block of Georgia about 2:50 p.m. Saturday, HPD…
Spindletop Lawyer Issues Statement That Would Make Oscar Mayer Proud
Zandra Anderson, attorney for the woman whose dog refuge was raided and shut down after nearly 300 dogs were found to be neglected, has issued a statement defending her client (and friend) and accusing the Houston Press and others of error-plagued reporting. Published on the No Kill Houston Facebook page,…
Capital-Murder Charges Filed Regarding Previously Unidentified Victim Gustavo Cardenas, 26; Alleged Drug Deal Gone Bad
Houston police have identified the victim of an August 17 murder and announced that four suspects have been arrested in connection with it. Gustavo Cardenas, 26, was shot and killed in the 7200 block of Bellerive on the southwest side about 6 p.m. August 17. “Mr. Cardenas was visiting an…
100 Favorite Dishes 2012: No. 28, Egusi at Finger Licking Bukateria
This year leading up to our annual Best of Houston® issue, we’re counting down our 100 favorite dishes in Houston. This list comprises our favorite dishes from the last year, dishes that are essential to Houston’s cultural landscape and/or dishes that any visitor (or resident) should try at least once…
The Best Post-Clash Joe Strummer Songs
Today would have been Joe Strummer’s 60th birthday, but he passed away in December 2002 of a heart attack, days before Christmas. He left behind a wife and three daughters, plus thousands of years of music and memories. The loss was like a punch to the gut, made even more…
A “Silent” Voice-Mail Message from a Debt Collector Is Not Harassment, Judge Rules
Debt collectors will never stop being ingenious when it comes to new ways to be annoying — it’s just part of their DNA, part of what makes a towheaded, strapping young lad say to his proud pop, “Someday I’m going to be a debt collector, Dad!” Surreptitiously wiping a proud…
Great Deals Downtown, Around Town: House of Blues, Tapas, and More
In honor of Downtown Week, today’s Houston Press Voice Daily Deal is good for 50 percent off ($45 for $90) one ticket to the August 23 Old 97’s concert at the House of Blues and a three-course dinner at the House of Blues Foundation Room before the show. The three-course,…
Upcoming: Converge, Heartless Bastards, Valient Thorr, Matisyahu, Kreayshawn, Etc.
Abandon All Ships: Wed., Oct. 24, 6 p.m., $13/$15. Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, Houston. Antibalas: Wed., Oct. 10, 8 p.m., $15. Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, Houston. Better Than Ezra: Thu., Dec. 20, 8 p.m., $23/$40. House of Blues, 1204 Caroline, Houston. Buxton: Fri., Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m., $15…
DVDs & Blu-rays: Bernie, Freelancers and One in the Chamber
Bernie stars Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, and Matthew McConaughey: Richard Linklater directs. We aren’t always as enthusiastic about Jack Black as some other people, but his performance in Bernie is comic perfection. The black comedy is based on the true story of Bernie Tiede, an assistant funeral director in a…
11-Month-Old Baby Girl Caught in Spray of Gunfire, Bayou Body Count No. 135
An 11-month-old girl’s brief life was snuffed out when she was struck by a spray of bullets fired in a walk-by shooting, Houston police say. The infant’s identity has not been released pending verification, but she was pronounced dead at Texas Children’s Hospital after the incident in front of her…
Where Are We Drinking? Clue: Tiki ‘Tails
Although this bar is currently known as a place to get both your caffeine fix and your Tiki-inspired cocktails in one fell swoop, it’s also about to be known throughout September as the place to come and grab a drink from your favorite Houston chefs on Monday nights — thanks…
Cody Canada’s Departed Preview True Debut, Adventus, In Idaho
Cross Canadian Ragweed’s Red Dirt vibe officially flatlined on October, 24, 2010 when the band played their last gig at Joe’s Sports Bar in Chicago. And even though that was a well-publicized fact, a lot of diehard CCR fans were still going to Cody Canada and the Departed concerts screaming…
Houston Family Arts Center Tackles the Difficult, Magnificent Our Town
The set-up: Our Town, Thornton Wilder’s great masterpiece about life in Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, at the beginning of the 20th century, glorifies the mundane: the scent of heliotropes in the moonlight, strawberry phosphates at the drug store, shelling green beans with a neighbor, a young couple just out of…
Congratulations, Galveston, You Are Only 96 Percent Honest
A few weeks back I told you about Honest Tea’s “honesty experiment,” where they planned to set up a few unmanned kiosks across the country offering their bottles of iced tea with a jar asking for $1, with payment based on the honor system. Many of you were rightfully confused,…
What’s Cooking on Pinterest? Roasted Chickpeas
I usually stick to eating plain chickpeas, or garbanzo beans, and don’t do much with them once I take them out of the can. But Pinterest has opened my eyes to a brand-new way of enjoying chickpeas: roasting them until they are crispy. It’s great for snacking on, serving as…
Christopher Walken and Richard Belzer Appear On The Alex Jones Show For Some Reason
Who knew that actors Christopher Walken and Richard Belzer were fans of Austin radio screamer Alex Jones, and that Walken is a noted Luddite who is scared of Google? Or better, how funny is it that they agreed to be on Jones’ show, without doing research into what he does…
Inside The Niceguys’ Dark, Earth-Shattering James Kelley Listening Party
Rewind: The 2012 Houston Press Music Award Winners Meet the Niceguys Monday night in front of a small gathering of hand-picked compatriots and friends, The Niceguys allowed their recording home of Wire Road Studios to turn into an open house. The multi-million dollar recording palace rolled out its carpet complete…
Brunch at Zelko Bistro: A Salty Experience
I have dreams of quitting my corporate job and opening a restaurant of my own. If that dream were to ever become a reality, I’d want my concept to be like the one for Zelko Bistro. I love everything from the theory behind the food — sustainable, organic and local…
Last Night: Lindsey Buckingham at Fitzgerald’s
An Evening with Lindsey Buckingham Fitzgerald’s August 20, 2012 It was a packed house Monday night at Fitzgerald’s when Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham took the stage, albeit this time with a very “small machine:” Himself. No bells or whistles, just him and mostly his guitar. Buckingham began the evening with…
Fairy Tales Get a Scrumptious Musical Makeover in Happily Ever at the Box from Music Box Theater
The set-up: Fairy tale archetypes get a scrumptious musical makeover from our favorite cabaret troupe, The Music Box Theater. The execution: The best news about MBT’s latest show is the arrival of the delectable Kristina Sullivan, who joins the ultra-talented quartet already in place (Rebekah Dahl, Brad Scarborough, Cay Taylor,…
Crystal Martinez, Alicia Martinez and Tina Marie Trevino: Brownsville Women Accused in Beatdown, Sexual Assault of Love Rival (UPDATED)
UPDATED AFTER THE JUMP….Two Rio Grande Valley women were jailed and a third is on the run after police accused the trio of beating and sexually assaulting a woman who “stole” one of their boyfriends. According to Valleycentral.com, the trouble started Thursday night at a nightclub in Brownsville’s Southmost neighborhood…
Pop Rocks: A Tony Scott Retrospective
As you’ve no doubt heard at some point in the last 36 hours, film director Tony Scott apparently committed suicide Sunday night by jumping off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, CA. I was never what you’d call a huge fan of the man’s movies, but I can’t deny…
Jeffrey Guzman: The Very NSFW Sexts Cops Say He Sent a Student
An Alief economics teacher (Really? Economics?) faces a felony charge of improper relationship with a student after authorities learned about lewd texts and illegal physical contact between him and a 17-year-old female student. Jeffrey Nicholas Guzman, 32, got into the improper relationship last year when the student was a senior,…
The Perils of Beer and Waxing: Ranger Creek Small Batch No. 1
The first thing I noticed about this beer was the smell. It was in the backseat of my car, packed in a box alongside a bunch of other bottles I’d picked up at the Whip-In in Austin. I started noticing it about the time I hit Elgin. It smelled a…
Handicapping Houston Restaurant Week: Your Guide to the Best Deals and Meals
UPDATE: In grand Houston Restaurant Weeks tradition (which used to be just “Houston Restaurant Week,” no plural at the end), HRW has been extended once again this year. The month-long dining-for-charity eatstravaganza will run through Labor Day weekend. The last day to get your $20 lunches and $35 dinners will…
Tropics Heating Up As We Reach the Stretch Run of Hurricane Season
Despite June and July’s tropical bluster, as predicted, it’s been a fairly quiet hurricane season. With eight named storms, three of which were hurricanes — none of them stronger than a category two and only one making landfall (in Mexico) — the pace has been just about what forecasters thought…
10 Lobster Dishes to Try in Houston: #3 Lobster Anniversary Special at Fung’s Kitchen
One of the many things that intrigues me about the Victorian era was how the general overabundance of shellfish meant foods like lobster were more fare for the hoi polloi than the aristocratic minority. This year, a bumper crop in the Northeast has once again made lobster cheaper for the…
Who Are the Greatest Metal Bands In Texas Music History?
When I asked our friends on the Rocks Off Facebook wall who they thought were the greatest heavy metal bands in Texas music history, the response was larger than I thought it would be. I assumed five of you would say Pantera, deadhorse and King’s X and go back to…
Your Guide to Real Life Superhero Equipment
Let’s be honest… if you could gain amazing powers by stumbling clumsily into an industrial accident then someone in Florida would already have done it. Not a man among us is going to get anything from an irradiated spider bite but a bitch kitty of an infection and maybe cancer…
Know Your Local Media: Adam Wexler of Sportstalk 790’s The Big Show Dishes on Bad Callers, On-Air Chemistry
It’s been a long time coming for Adam Wexler, co-host of The Big Show mornings on 790 AM. Always one of the smartest guys in Houston sports talk, he bounced around to various stations and time slots, from morning to evening and back again. But the magical on-air chemistry he…
A Bloody Good — and Bloody Hard to Find — Dessert Hits Revival Market
In its savory form, sanguinaccio tastes like oddly greaseless pan sausage. Revival Market even serves the stuff in a tall, sausage-shaped round along with a fried yard egg, the crumbly texture of the sanguinaccio thirstily soaking up the golden yolk once you pierce the egg’s delicate white cloak. In its…
Which Texas Musicians Would Get Page 1 New York Times Obits?
Like it or not, death is an inevitable part of the news cycle. A big part of the news cycle, most of the time. Look at Tony Scott, Phyllis Diller and… wait, what time is it now? Rocks Off is not trying to be flippant at all here, because we…
8 Brat Packers We Want To Be
If the Brat Pack movies have taught us anything it’s that life as a 1980s teenager was more or less miserable. Your parents sucked. Most of your friends sucked. If you were too smart you were a nerd and if you were dumb you had to play sports. You were…
1560 The Game Goes Local With Clanton, Wessling in the Afternoons
Since 1560 The Game’s parent company Gow Communications purchased Sporting News Radio and eventually partnered with Yahoo to form Yahoo Sporting News Radio, which was, incidentally, not long after our cover story on the rebel independent, a lot of changes were made at the station and we will fully admit…
6 Famous Female Artists’ Bizarre Early Album Covers
Marketing can be a funny thing in the music business. Look at Garth Brooks, who tried a dozen different gimmicks before becoming the world’s most famous country singer. Even the Beatles were shaped and forged into the lads we know after an early career dressing like hooligans and nailing condoms…
