Top Five: Turkey-Day TV
Nothing says Thanksgiving like peanuts. Charles M. Schulz-roasted Peanuts, that is. Since 1973, the sounds of Vince Guaradi’s ivory-tickling and the lessons of friendship and togetherness displayed among Charlie and co. have made A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving a delightful tradition. The feast of popcorn, toast and pretzels prepared by a…
Unidentified Male, Bayou Body Count No. 276
Houston Police are investigating a fatal shooting by three unknown suspects who kicked in the door of a residence Sunday morning. The unknown victim, a man in his 30’s, was shot in the chest as the suspect fled the scene. He was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital where he…
What Are Houston Chefs Cooking This Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving: A day to gather with your loved ones and give thanks? Or a day to display your culinary prowess to friends and family? Increasingly, the emphasis has been on the latter in the past few years, as people try to dress up the traditional Thanksgiving spread and impress their…
Five Reasons Not to Shop on Black Friday
Every year around this time in the United States, we celebrate a day so important, so American that it brings people together like no other day can. Around 3 a.m. this Friday, bleary-eyed shopaholics will power into retail outlets all over the country in an adrenaline-filled stupor to grab the…
Weekly Time Waster: Turkey Coloring Book
We spent some time trying to find a Thanksgiving-appropriate time-waster for you this week, and we couldn’t even imagine what that would end up being. There’s turkey shooting games, of course, but shooting games have never been our cup of bouillon. Thanksgiving is the holiday of laziness and respite: No…
Houston Texans – Jobber To The Stars
“You just keep playin’, you work hard in this business…keep workin’, believe in what you’re doin’, keep your chin up, and keep pluggin’, somethin’ good will go our way.” — Gary Kubiak, 11/21/10 (but truth be told, he’s said some variation of this each of the last four weeks) Back…
Last Night: Iron & Wine At Fitzgerald’s
Iron & Wine Fitzgerald’s November 21, 2010 When Hill Country transplant Sam Beam, who played a sold-out pre-Thanksgiving show at Fitzgerald’s Sunday night, was still signed with Sub Pop, the Seattle label’s founder Jonathan Poneman wanted to see the South Carolina native cut an epic gatefold-type album – and that’s…
Redneck Thanksgiving: Baked Ham and Apple Dumplings
For those pressed for time, looking to do some ironic cooking or just plain angry at their arteries, we present the third in a series of recipes to help you enjoy a Redneck Thanksgiving. For previous posts in this series — mined mainly from my family’s eastern Ohio church cookbook…
A&M Cadets Get Four Years Probation in Assault
The long and strange saga of Zach Corcoran and the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets came to a close today when Edward Helle and Steven Ramirez, the two cadets who beat up Corcoran, pled guilty to assault charges in a Brazos County court. Helle was given four years probation on…
Peter Neal Ennis: Cops Ask For K-2, He Tries To Sell Real Weed
The redneck-a-licious northern Galveston County town of Santa Fe is one of a growing number of Texas municipalities to have banned so-called “K-2,” the synthetic marijuana convenience stores peddle under brand names such as Kush, Midnight Chill, Serenity and Herbal Mysteries. According to this report, it was while enforcing that…
What a Crock: Slow-Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
I’m always on the lookout for sure-fire crock pot recipes that are guaranteed good. The Run Down Can you believe that some crock pot recipes can often involve several steps and be somewhat complicated? To me, that defeats the purpose. The recipes I like are “dump and run.” Essentially, you…
Friday Night: Social Distortion At House Of Blues
Social Distortion House of Blues November 19, 2010 In its 30-year lifespan, the impact Social Distortion has had on its audience is easy to tell. Friday night at a packed House of Blues (more on that later), it was all right there on the crowd’s faces during “Ball and Chain.”…
Wine(s) of the Week: Thanksgiving Edition
Thanksgiving is a time for family, food, tradition, drunken relatives. Within every family, there are varying degrees of tastes in wine, so it’s usually a safe bet to grab one red and one white to hit all the palates that will be surrounding the dinner table as you gather together…
Slideshow: Art Crawl 2010
Last weekend, warehouse district artists opened their studios to the public for the annual Art Crawl, where artists get to engage in one-on-one dialogue with visitors, free from the bonds and restrictions of formal gallery exhibitions. Go to the slideshow…
Rice Basketball: Owls Slay Cavaliers
The Rice Owls shouldn’t have to struggle against a team like the St. Gregory’s Cavaliers. St. Gregory’s is one of those NAIA teams brought in to boost records and help with the confidence. And a final score of 75-58 makes it appear that Rice didn’t have that many problems on…
H-Town Is Now Hamburger Town
Houston is Bayou City, Clutch City, Space City, and now….Hamburger City. Travel and Leisure magazine recently released its 2010 Best Of list, naming Houston the no. 1 metropolis in America for hamburgers. The poll was administered to visitors and residents alike, and in both categories, we came out on top…
Saturday Night: Say Anything And Motion City Soundtrack At Warehouse
Say Anything, Motion City Soundtrack Warehouse Live November 20, 2010 It’s not easy task fighting the pains of growing up, and it’s even harder to fight Nazis, but Say Anything managed to do both Saturday night at Warehouse Live. For those of you unfamiliar with the band, we’ll clarify: Lead…
Fa La La La La Impeach Obama Has a Nice Ring to It
Friday night at Rice Village, as shoppers strolled the area of shops and restaurants, they were greeted by a group of people assembling at the corner of University and Kelvin for what most onlookers thought would be the usual holiday offerings of “Oh Come All Ye Faithful” or “Angels We…
Recap: Final Episode of The Next Iron Chef
We enter the final chapter of this season of The Next Iron Chef, and I am torn. On one hand the finalists, Marco Canora and Marc Forgione, are the two that should be here. They have consistently been the best from start to finish and won a majority of the…
Lori Darling David: Can a Good-Looking Woman Hitting on a Teen Boy Be Sexually Offensive?
The salacious details of a great tabloid story are widely known, and always worth repeating: Lori Darling David, a 37-year-old mother from Katy, was arrested November 10 for sending nude pictures of herself to a 16-year-old boy — a high-school classmate of her son’s. She was charged with two counts…
What Time Is Thanksgiving Dinner?
That’s the question for you, readers. Are you the family who eats your meal at 11 a.m., leaving plenty of time for napping and football game watching afterward? Or are you the family who has a traditional dinner at 6 p.m., after a day spent watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day…
Jimi Hendrix, Before He Was Experienced
Becoming Jimi Hendrix By Steven Roby and Brad Schreiber Da Capo Press, 274 pp., $17.95. While the bulk of most Jimi Hendrix bios detail the post-Are You Experienced? album and Monterey Pop performance era, this is the first to concentrate solely on his pre-fame years. As a result, the authors…
Blow Hard: Burzynski Gets Favorable Media Coverage
We were glad to see that Austin’s FOX affiliate gave Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski — you know, the doctor who cured cancer — his second big Texas media blowjob of the month. Houston’s KHOU was first with a segment on Great Day Houston back in May. FOX Austin referred to him…
10 Pumpkin Dishes to Try in Houston: #2: Pumpkin Risotto at Prego
I adore pumpkin. It’s orange (my favorite color), healthful (fiber! Vitamin A!), and associated with two lovely, food-centric holidays (Halloween and Thanksgiving). Starting around October, I always find myself on the hunt for pumpkin-flavored foods, and this autumn is no exception. So, between now and Turkey Day, I will be…
What Is Houston Rap’s Best Diss Song Ever?
Some rappers happen to be thoughtful, intelligent people. Every Monday that isn’t a national holiday, Rocks Off will have some of them hear discussing issues relevant to their culture. This Week’s Panel: Bun B, Fat Tony, Renzo, Kyle Hubbard, Brad Gilmore Not Invited: Lil Troy This Week’s Prompt: Last week,…
Turkeys Of The Year: A History, In Chart Form
The Houston Press Turkey of the Year awards have been around since 2003, when a loaf of bread cost ___, when theatergoers thrilled to ________ and when a spunky young athlete named _______ first stepped out as a rookie. (You can Google and fill in the blanks yourself on this…
Bartender Chat: Buck Baker of Jackson’s Watering Hole
Buck Baker has been bartending around Houston for 15 years. After graduating from the University of Mississippi, he came back to Houston to work at McElroy’s Irish Pub. McElroy became his mentor, and he quickly went from bar back to bartender to now bar owner of Jackson’s Watering Hole (1205…
The Week In TV
I have already watched Elf on cable. The holiday season starts earlier every year, I guess. This was the week in TV Land: • I’ll lead with the best news of the week: NBC has finally announced a date for the return of Parks and Recreation. The comedy will return…
Staffing The Ultimate Evil Record Label
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.” – Attributed to Hunter S. Thompson The evil record label is a staple of the public’s perception of the…
Rice Owls Plunder The Pirates
The Rice Owls have shown glimpses of what the offense can do when everything comes together. The running game has worked at spots. The passing game to the tight ends has been mostly effective. Teams have had trouble with the Owls when running the wildcat.But the Owls have always found…
Boardwalk Empire: The Emerald City
Ep. 10 – Preview Last night’s Boardwalk Empire found its central characters dealing with change in drastically different ways as they wrestled with who they wanted to be. The series has always been about the tension between desire and responsibility, and how more power always comes with a higher cost…
Runner-Up Turkey of the Year: Debbie Riddle
We’re just days away from the 2010 Turkeys of the Year issue, where we honor what is best in Turkeydom for the past year. This will be our eighth edition of the awards, and as always competition is stiff. Building up to the grand announcement of the winners, we’ll take…
Saturday Night: Roger Waters’ The Wall, Part 2
Note: A review of Waters’ May 2012 show at Toyota Center is here. Roger Waters Toyota Center November 20, 2010 Ed. note: The sold-out Roger Waters show was so highly anticipated, we sent two reviewers. Click here to see our write-up from Sunday morning. What would make an aging rocker…
Where Are We Eating?
This photographer called her portrait of this familiar meal “Southern Standards,” and we have to agree. Does this plate of fried okra with macaroni and cheese ring a dinner bell? Think you know where we’re eating this week? Leave your best guess in the comments section below…
Houston Cougars: It’s Almost All Over Now
One could sense things were going to go wrong for the Houston Cougars from the very first. On their second offense play, David Piland hit a streaking Justin Johnson down the middle of the field.Normally, when a Cougar receiver gets the ball in the middle of the field and he’s…
Jets 30, Texans 27: Kubiak’s Crew Finds An Even More Spectacular Way To Collapse
The beauty and curse of football is how much can be determined and learned through one single play. For Texans fans, never has that been more visible than Sunday. Leading by four with the Jets at midfield with 24 seconds and no timeouts, two priorities should have been abundantly clear…
