Remembering the Little-Known, but Totally Awesome, New Barbarians
Plus a new “psychobiography” of Bob Dylan.
Ten Things to Do in Houston for $10 or Less (Seven Free), January 19-25
It doesn’t take a hefty bankroll to have a good time in the Bayou City. This week we’ve got a theatrical jab at political unraveling, an alcohol-fueled art show with free pancakes, a couple of book signings and a celebration of National Hot Sauce Day. Keep reading for ten of our…
What Would Happen To Houston If Trump Deports Most Undocumented Immigrants?
Donald Trump won the election, riding high on a wave of voter anxiety and discontent, harnessing long-simmering resentments some Americans have toward Muslims and undocumented immigrants along the way. Now he’s about to be our President, and we’re left to wonder what will happen with his vow to ban many Muslims…
This Week in Houston Food Events: Celebrate Nine Years at Reserve 101
Here’s a look at this week’s hottest culinary happenings, from a whiskey-fueled anniversary celebration to truffle throwdown: Now through Tuesday, January 24 Citrus Fest at Central Market From sweet to sour and tangy to spicy, Central Market, 3815 Westheimer, will stock its shelves with more than 40 peak-of-season citrus varieties…
Time for Some Coffee in Houston
Well here’s our weekly roundup, this time on the best coffee to be had in the Houston area according to our posts in recent years. Go ahead and enjoy! The Other “Black Gold”: A Guide To Seven Of Houston’s Boutique Coffee Roasters Roasting coffee beans is a skill honed over…
Reviews For The Easily Distracted: Patriots Day
Title: Patriots Day Describe This Movie Using One Simpsons Quote: Kent Brockman: We’ll be back with a real-life Itchy and Scratchy: a rabid mouse in Boston who attacked and killed a small cat. Brief Plot Synopsis: Mark Wahlberg single-handedly solves the Boston Marathon bombing, mostly. Rating Using Random Objects Relevent To…
Houston’s 5 Best Weekend Food Bets: PJ and Apple Stoops Are Back
From a Thai-inspired pop-up to a fruit tree sale, here’s a look at this weekend’s best culinary happenings: Community Breakfast at Pondicheri Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon 2800 Kirby Pondicheri’s our first Community Breakfast of 2017 will benefit She Has Hope, an organization that rescues and rehabilitates human trafficking survivors…
Does College Football Really Need Another Playoff?
The Alabama-Clemson championship game was relatively exciting, if you just watched the fourth quarter. Sure, the TV ratings were down a bit, and sure those ratings continue to dip a bit year after year. But there’s a new champion of college football, and ESPN paid an awful lot of money…
Upcoming Houston Food Events: King Cake & Cook-Offs
Mark your calendars, because you don’t want to miss these deliciously fun culinary happenings, from Mardi Gras treats to a Basque weekend: With Mardi Gras season officially kicked off, Three Brothers Bakery will be offering its classic King Cake in a variety of flavors along with its popular decorative Mardi…
Reviews For The Easily Distracted: Live By Night
Title: Live by Night Describe This Movie In One Simpsons Quote: Krusty: Whaddya got in mind? Sexy broad? Gangster octopus? Brief Plot Synopsis: Man, it feels good to be a gangster. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: Two-and-a-half sets of curtains out of five. Tagline: “The American Dream has…
NFL Playoffs, Divisional Round: Texans-Patriots — Four Things to Watch For
So I get to write this reminder one last time this week before this divisional round playoff game between the Houston Texans and the New England Patriots becomes a reality — the Texans are a more than two touchdown underdog in this game, and saying this is an historic uphill…
Openings & Closings: A Texas-Sized Armadillo Palace and So Long J. Alexander’s
Goode Co. Armadillo Palace, 5015 Kirby, recently completed a huge remodeling effort that included the addition of a dance hall and backyard via a press release. The expansion nearly tripled the size of the existing property. The restaurant has been serving up barbecue, Tex-Mex and southern cooking since 2005, but…
Relive the Super Bowl’s Most Controversial Musical Moments
The Super Bowl is littered with controversial musical moments, and Houston is prominently featured.
Eight Producers Poised for a Big 2017
There are backbones in the process of creating music. You have songwriters, people tasked with the mastery of words and how they sound. You have executives who essentially operate as head coaches and general managers on projects that make certain that a certain player (in this case – artist) are…
Michelle Miears Strikes Out From BLSHS With New EP
A review of Michelle Miears new solo EP, Who Will Save You?
The Latest Underworld Reminds Us That the Series Was Once Capable of Great Moments
Near the end of Underworld, the 2003 film that launched the popular (and profitable) horror franchise, Viktor (Bill Nighy), king of the vampires, tries to kill the werewolf (a.k.a. Lycan) lover of his protégé, Selene (Kate Beckinsale), and she is not pleased. Grabbing a sword, Selene leaps straight up and…
Ogg Names Former Judge to New Professional Integrity Office
Starting in February, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office will have a former judge overseeing the ethics of more than 700 prosecutors and investigators, District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Wednesday. Ogg has named former Harris County State District Judge David Mendoza to her newly created Office of Professional Integrity, where…
Where to Cheer for the Houston Marathon (And Avoid a Traffic Headache)
Organizers of the 42nd annual Chevron Houston Marathon expect 250,000 fans to line the course this Sunday, but navigating Houston this weekend will be tricky owing to race-related road closures. The marathon course begins at Congress and San Jacinto, treks west through Memorial Park, south to Post Oak, east through…
Doomstress: A Normal Trans Life in Pictures and In Defiance of Dan Patrick
Gary Watson reminds the Texas government trans people are just people through photographs of Alexis Hollada.
Houston “SWAT” Team Will Tackle 22 Flooding Projects
Mayor Sylvester Turner unveiled Wednesday a new initiative intended to reduce Houston’s flooding woes, cleverly naming it SWAT: the Storm Water Action Team. The SWAT team will spearhead 22 projects across Houston — two in each of its 11 districts — that will improve roadside ditches, drainage infrastructure and collapsed…
Retribution and Magical Realism Headline Saturday Night at the Iranian Film Festival
The 24th Annual Houston Iranian Film Festival opens with Iranian star Leila Hatami’s double life in I (Me) and closes with Asghar Farhadi’s The Salesman, already shortlisted for an Oscar, but the MFAH’s film and video curator Marian Luntz recs Saturday night’s double feature: Lantouri, a brutal examination of Iranian women’s rights and eye-for-an-eye justice,…
With Trump in Power, Rep. Lamar Smith Is Pushing Bill to Cripple EPA
A lot Republicans hate the Environmental Protection Agency, but have left it to San Antonio Republican Rep. Lamar Smith to come up with a bill that, if passed, could actually stop the agency from doing just about anything. The chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee created the…
Houston Restaurant Weeks Raises More Than $2 Million for Houston Food Bank
All those weeks of eating pre-fixe meals at discounted prices have resulted in more than $2 million being donated to the Houston Food Bank from Houston Restaurant Weeks, it was announced Wednesday. The effort, started by radio and TV personality Cleverley Stone in 2003, is staffed by volunteers which means…
24 Chefs to Compete for Houston’s Truffle Masters Title
This coming Monday, January 16, the truffle competition that was launched three years ago comes back, and it’s bigger and better than ever. Think of it: beautiful, aromatic fresh black truffles from Spain. 24 of Houston’s best chefs vying for the grand prize. Don’t you want to be there? The event…
Best Bets for NFL Divisional Round Weekend Games
As of Wednesday night, the Houston Texans sat as 15.5 point underdogs to the New England Patriots, a slight decrease from the 16-point peak at which the spread seemed to settle on Monday morning, and as if we needed more ways to quantify the complete lack of respect for the…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy Gives Twice the Opportunity to Celebrate
Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy left an unmistakable mark on American history. Now, we honor his accomplishments with not just one but two parades in Houston.
As Seinfeld Proved, in the Visual Medium of TV, Music Is Key
“Seinfeld” changed television forever, and music played a key role in that transformation.
Troubled TSU Professor Charged With Punching Deputy
A white physics professor who sued Texas Southern University last year over alleged racial discrimination has been charged with assault after prosecutors say he punched an undercover deputy in the face during a prostitution sting. Christopher Tymczak, 53, was arrested Tuesday, according to court records, which showed Tymczak was being…
Ten Things to Do in Houston for $10 or Less (Eight Free) January 12-18
It’s not exactly Christmas in July, seeing as Christmas has passed, but it is summer-ish in January. Seeing as the weather is giving us a break from frostbite, allow us to take advantage of the nearly 80 degree weather to get out and view what Houston has to offer. Early…
My Man Brags on His Ex Too Much
What’s on your mind? What isn’t? Ask Willie D!
Houston Grand Opera’s 2017-18 Season Announcement
Houston Grand Opera announces its 2017-18 season today, one that no longer has one of Wagner’s Rings to call upon (the last part plays this spring) but still has some crowd pleasers of lasting appeal including the season opener, La traviata, with soprano Albina Shagimuratova. For the first time in…
Current and Former Backpage Execs Stonewall Senators at Hearing
Backpage executives, current and former, took the Fifth today at a hearing of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations into child sex trafficking. The Senators say they proved Backpage’s criminality, but that remains to be seen.
The 2017 Middlelands Lineup Is Here
The bigger the cannonball, the bigger the splash, and Insomniac and C3 Presents are lobbing some serious ammo into the Texas music festival scene with Middlelands. The lineup is here and it’s massive, including a top-notch mix of EDM and rap names. Big standouts include Bassnectar, Bonobo (Live), Danny Brown,…
NASA’s Asteroid Missions Put Venus Exploration on Hold
NASA has just announced two new missions to explore asteroids in our solar system, but these missions, set to launch in the 2020s, come with a cost. Choosing to move forward with this pair of asteroid missions means other big projects, like further exploring Venus, are now on the back…
Baylor College of Medicine Kills Pigs for Paramedic Training. Doctors Call Foul.
After being unable to identify any legitimate reason as to why Baylor College of Medicine is suturing live pigs during paramedics’ training and then killing them, a group of concerned doctors is filing a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, asking that the feds immediately halt Baylor’s use of…
5 Things I Learned Building Mattel’s Giant, Monster High Dollhouse
Building a giant plastic dollhouse teaches you some interesting things.
DEFCON Dining: No More Kids’ Menus + Weezing the Juice at Mia’s
Dining out with children is an exercise in situational awareness. Each experience is unique, with different variables leading to different possible outcomes, DEFCON-like in their escalating threat levels. Keen observation, forward planning and prior experience are critical in determining the proper strategy. Here at DEFCON Dining, we do the grunt…
Muslim Musicians of Houston Host Trump Inauguration Protest Concert
Turnaways, Revel, Ruiners and Giant Kitty stage a Muslim protest concert against Trump.
How Harris County Deputies Mistook a Sock Full of Cat Litter for a Half Pound of Meth
It wasn’t long before the Internet People christened Ross Lebeau as the “Kitty Litter Kingpin.” He had never even watched an episode of Breaking Bad before, he says—and yet on the afternoon of December 5, he found himself handcuffed, charged with possession of between 200 and 400 grams of methamphetamine…
Tribute Acts a Big Ticket Both Locally and Nationally
Tribute bands are a major draw unto themselves, both nationally and in Houston.
A Tax-Free Day for Buying Guns Could Become an Actual Thing in Texas
Just as it does for school kids and their parents, the Texas legislature should give gun owners a “Second Amendment sales tax holiday” the weekend before hunting season starts. Seriously. This idea is brought to us via Senate Bill 133, filed by state Sen. Brandon Creighton, a Conroe Republican. SB…
Charity Evaughn & Nate Coop Produce Between the Lines
In order to enter Charity Evaughn’s dojo of home production, first you need step through the garage. The garage is ordinary in some aspects and majestic in others. It is draped with numerous pieces of memorabilia in praise of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Evaughn’s father will remind you, as will she,…
How to Answer “Who Are Your Influences?” Correctly
A meditation on the process of incorporating the stuff you like into the stuff you make.
The Ardennes Offers a Familiar Crime Story, but You Can Still Get Lost in It
The Belgian crime drama The Ardennes is predictably tense and violent, but its aesthetic pleasures are also considerable. Director Robin Pront plays a lot of familiar notes, but with just enough verve and variation to keep things interesting. The film opens in the immediate aftermath of a botched robbery, as…
Ask a Stoner: If I Create a New Strain, Can I Name It Anything?
Dear Stoner: If I breed a new strain from a male and female plant, can I name it whatever I want? Is there any sort of convention to follow? Bob the Breeder Dear Bob: You are free to name it whatever you come up with — no matter how stupid…
Peli Peli Is Making Its Way Downtown
The Peli Peli Restaurant Group, known for its highly successful South African restaurants around Houston is “popping-up” downtown on the street level of the historical Esperson Building at 808 Travis starting in March of this year. Co-founder (and Houston Press freelance contributor) Thomas P. Nguyen talked to the Houston Press…
Backpage.com Shuts Down Adult Pages, Citing Censorship
In a bombshell development on the eve of a January 10 U.S. Senate hearing, the Dallas-based online classified site Backpage.com has shuttered its controversial adult listings section. “The government has unconstitutionally censored this content,” every “Adult” page on the site now reads, followed by a hyperlink to Backpage’s “Media Resources”…
Fight Over Aquarium’s White Tigers Heats Up
The legal wrangling over four white tigers at Houston’s Downtown Aquarium heated up Monday, when the Animal League Defense Fund filed a motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by restaurant giant Landry’s, which owns the Aquarium. The animal welfare group threatened to sue Landry’s late last year, claiming that…
Sheriff’s Deputy Fired After Allegations Tied to Bestiality
A Harris County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with obscenity, a state jail felony, and was immediately fired after his arrest, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday. Andrew C. Sustaita Jr., a six-year veteran with the sheriff’s office, was identified as a suspect involved with producing “obscene online material” coming…
Six Reasons the Rockets Are Dominating Opponents
At 30-9, the Rockets have the third best record in the conference and the best win-loss mark through 39 games in franchise history. Consider that they are two games from the midway point of the season and still in single digits in losses. They are second in the league in…
Texas Legislators Have Less Money for the State Budget This Time Around
Once the 85th biennial Texas legislative session convenes on Tuesday one of the primary tasks for state legislators will be putting together a workable budget. But this time around, there’s not going to be quite as much money to work with, based on Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s biennial revenue estimate…
Cruz and Abbott Met With Taiwan’s President: Is It the Trump Effect?
President-elect Donald Trump hasn’t been sworn in yet, but it seems the Trump effect has already trickled down into Texas politics. On Sunday, despite pointed objections from China, Sen Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in Houston, when Tsai made a brief stopover on…
Come in From the Cold and Check Out These Houston Theater Offerings
Winter has finally arrived on the bayou with an icy blast that probably won’t last too long, but if you’re in need of someplace to hunker down for the duration, look no farther than our own Winter Theater Season. During the next months, it’s cozy and warm inside. You’ll go…
Houston Texans Are Biggest NFL Playoff Underdogs Since 1998
The Houston Texans went to bed on Saturday night as winners over the Oakland Raiders, but not entirely sure who their opponent would be in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs next weekend. Their destination would depend on the outcome of Miami playing Pittsburgh in Heinz Field on Sunday…
Historic Freedmen’s Town Bricks Again Ripped up Despite City’s Instructions
For Dorris Ellis Robinson, president of the Freedmen’s Town Preservation Coalition, approaching the ripped-up historic bricks Saturday felt like approaching a burial. “It was like there was a death,” she said. “I said, Okay, Lord, I’ve got to get myself together so I will be able to discuss this.” It…
Upcoming: U2, Alicia Keys, Boy Harsher, Foreigner, NAS, Reba McEntire, Robb Banks, Suicidal Tendencies, Terry Allen, The Tontons, The XX, Wanda Jackson, ZZ Top
20Hertz: Jawwaad Taylor: Thu., February 23, 6:30 p.m., Free. Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 5216 Montrose, Houston, 713-284-8250. An Acoustic Evening with Randy Jackson of Zebra: Sat., February 18, 8 p.m., $15 to $100. Rockefellers, 3620 Washington, Houston, 713-869-3344. Al Staehely: Tue., January 24, 7:30 p.m., $20 to $22. McGonigel’s Mucky…
New George Harrison Bio Stretches Well Past the Beatle Years
The final recent biography on the four Beatles is not the most cheerful of books.
The 2017 Houston Music Forecast
It’s no secret that 2016 was a rough year for music. Although Houston’s scene was spared any of the truly cataclysmic events or catastrophic losses that were visited elsewhere, the weather-related evacuations of both Free Press Summer Fest and Houston Open Air, new venue White Oak Music Hall’s difficulties with…
Claire in Motion Plumbs and Plumbs the Mysteries of Grief
It’s a question the movies ask again and again: How should a person grieve? In Annie J. Howell and Lisa Robinson’s slow-burn pseudo-mystery Claire in Motion, a talented mathematics professor named Claire Hunger (Betsy Brandt) realizes her amateur survivalist husband Paul (Chris Beetem) might not be coming home from his…
Painful Survival Thriller The Snare Embraces the Worst of Its Genre
I want to make something clear: “Horror,” as a genre, does not necessitate joylessness. Directors who don’t discern this tend to produce movies that some critics have labeled “torture porn,” the type of films that mistake suffering for character development. Still, I admit to being intrigued when I first heard…
The Bad Kids Sequel Mashes Slasher Films with Veronica Mars but Somehow Isn’t Fun
The Bad Kids of Crestview Academy is a sequel, and if you’re asking yourself, “Of what?” you’re not alone. Just add to that the question of: “Why?” The original low-budget mega-gore film Bad Kids Go to Hell had a modestly kitschy, fun premise to match its title: The Breakfast Club…
Eight Underrated Plays in the Texans’ 27-14 Wild Card Win Over the Oakland Raiders
By and large, the Houston Texans dominated the Oakland Raiders on Saturday afternoon in their 27-14 wild card round victory. That’s not bragging, that’s not myopia, it’s just fact. The Texans more than handled business that the oddsmakers expected them to handle the moment that it was confirmed the No…
Even the Midnight Rodeo Lineup Announcement Is a Party
January 9, 2017 (Houston, Texas); BBQ competing, calf roping, bronc-busting, chuckwagon racing, fried oreo eating. No one can argue that the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo puts on one helluva good time. A few minutes after midnight on Monday at NRG Center, RodeoHouston released its lineup of star entertainment for their…
Out With the Pirouettes and in With the Headspins: the Flying Steps Hit H-Town
B is for Bach … and breakdancing? Not so surprising, says Uwe Donaubauer, aka B-Boy Real, one of the dancers with the German troupe Flying Steps. Houston marks the last stop of the United States tour for the crew’s high-energy show, Red Bull Flying Bach, which reinvents Johann Sebastian Bach’s…
Constitutional Carry Bill Is Texas GOP’s Top Priority. A Lawmaker Explains Why.
When the Texas Republican Party met for its statewide convention last year, passing constitutional carry was listed as the No. 1 priority for the 2017 session — or an “emergency item,” in the words of State Representative Jonathan Stickland. And so Stickland, a Republican from Bedford who has championed gun…
Dish of the Week: Tabbouleh
From classic comfort foods to regional standouts and desserts, we’ll be sharing a new recipe with you each week. Find other dishes of the week here. This week, we’re sharing a resolution-friendly recipe for light and refreshing tabbouleh. Derived from the Arabic word taabil, meaning “seasoning” or “dip,” tabbouleh is…
To ESPN, UH Basketball Seems Little More than a TV Schedule Filler
The Houston Cougars lost 67-58 to the No. 22 Cincinnati Bearcats Saturday night, after coughing up a lead with 19 seconds left. The Hofheinz Pavilion crowd of 4,875 was likely not only disappointed by the result, but also by the fact that this just wasn’t a very good game. Neither…
Red Hot Chili Peppers Take Victory Lap at Toyota Center
Even without a few prominent songs, the L.A. veterans played to a hyped Saturday night crowd of longtime Houston fans to support their 16th album.
Shows of the Week: Danish Dr. Dre Lovers, Now Grammy Contenders
The livest live music in the Bayou City for the second week of January 2017.
R.I.P. Boom 92 Houston: An Ode to Niche Radio
Houston lost classic hip-hop on the FM dial last Thursday. We reflect.
Chainsmokers, Chris Stapleton, Alicia Keys, blink-182 Top Rodeo’s 2017 Lineup
Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Saturday. Yee haw!
NFL Playoffs, Wild Card Round: Texans 27, Raiders 14 — 4 Winners, 4 Losers
If you dig one layer below the final score, the box score will never be pretty with this Houston Texans team. (And seven times this season, the “final score” part has been ugly, too.) It’s just the way it is. When you have a quarterback that you’re having to manage…
Much Ado About Nothing From a Bunker in WWII England Is Full of Charm
Third time’s the charm, it’s said. But who’s counting? In the space of six months, Houston’s been thrice blessed by Shakespeare’s beguiling comedy Much Ado About Nothing. In July, Houston Shakespeare Festival presented the “merry war” betwixt confirmed bachelor Benedick and acid-tongued Beatrice (earthy and spark-filled Demetria Thomas) and set…
Get to These Houston Restaurants in January and Hurry
It’s that time of month again. Time when we wrap up all of the best restaurant food we’ve found our way to in the last month. And yes, January is the diet month but you don’t want to starve yourself right? Here’s a few ways to give yourself a break…
Your January TV Watch List: The Six Shows We’re Counting On
New year, new us! JK, new year, same ol’ us: watching TV and hiding in a hole from the bitter January cold and impending doom. The only solution? Watching all the television! You can take the day of the inauguration off to protest, but I expect you back under the…
Molly Haskell Follows Spielberg From Boyhood to Responsibility
Almost all of the history of American movies flows into Steven Spielberg, and the movies that have come since can’t help but be in response. As a storyteller and as a cultural figure, his closest precedent isn’t John Ford or David Lean, but Dickens, another age’s popular titan, beloved more…
The State of Action Filmmaking, 2017
In the ’80s and ’90s, there were action movies. They starred muscly guys like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone, or martial artists from Jean-Claude Van Damme to Cynthia Rothrock, or actors who were dedicated to the physical demands of the genre, like Bruce Willis or Wesley Snipes. They mostly told…
It’s Time to See Designated Mourner for Sure
Of all contemporary American playwrights, Wallace Shawn does it his way. He will eschew dramatic action for the in-your-face monologue. Inherent theatrical conflict is rendered in fragrant, starkly apt images conveyed in aubergine prose. The characters tell their stories, always tell stories, directly to us until another character breaks in…
Food, Football and Kicking Hunger All in the Same Night
Are you ready for some football? How about football, food and an opportunity to support a great cause? On February 4, Taste of the NFL celebrates the 26th anniversary of Party with a Purpose to be held at the University of Houston. Through the Kick Hunger Challenge, which spans the…
Sheila Jackson Lee Is Still Questioning the Validity of Trump’s Win
After such a controversial and contentious presidential election that even caused the Electoral College to garner more public interest than that particular body has seen in a long while, of course the final step in the process, Congress signing off on the Electoral College votes, couldn’t take place without a…
The Countdown Begins: Hamilton Is Headed to Houston in 2018
If you wake up every morning telling yourself you’re not throwing away your shot, try to figure out how to use the word “inimitable” when talking about yourself and randomly shout out “Work!” as you walk down the street, there is good news to report on this chilly (but not…
“Bathroom Bill” Written, Announced As Though Transgender People Don’t Exist
And so it begins: As Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and State Senator Lois Kolkhorst announced yesterday, Texas’s version of the Bathroom Bill — the deeply divisive issue of who can pee where — has been filed as Senate Bill 6, or the “Texas Privacy Act.” The bill would require school…
The Dark Jazz of Ran Blake Inside of a James Turrell Skyspace
Considering Ran Blake’s fandom of film, especially the noir genre, a performance inside of a James Turrell natural light chamber could be one of the most apropos settings for the celebrated pianist. The Boston-based musician and educator, now 81 years old, is just as influenced by cinema as he is…
Texas Legislator Shot in Head by Celebratory Gunfire Wants Stricter Penalties
It was minutes into the new year when the bullet that almost killed him fell from the sky. State Representative Armando Martinez (D-Weslaco) was ringing in 2017 out in the country, just north of Weslaco in Hidalgo County, where several other families he was with were shooting off fireworks. The…
What We Know (So Far) About Music Festivals in 2017
Festival lineups for 2017 are coming out, allowing us to make some educated guesses about the ones closer to home.
The Texans Might Just Beat the Raiders, but They’re Still a Lousy Team
The Texans are favored by just 3.5 points over the Raiders (as of Thursday). That shows just how little Las Vegas thinks of the Houston Texans because this is essentially the Vegas bookies saying that, despite the Raiders starting a rookie QB who has played in just one game this…
The Houston Press Mixtape: Year of Reckoning Edition
The month of reckoning has arrived.
Music’s Obsession With Anniversaries Has Gotten a Little Out of Control
In the music business, anniversaries are like a-holes — everybody’s got one.
The Book of Mormon: Wicked, Juvenile and Hilarious
The set-up: By the time we witness the clitoridectomy kickline, or hear the repressed Ugandan villagers sing their peppy feel-good anthem, “Hasa Diga Eebowai,” which they happily translate as “Fuck You, God!,” or live through the tale of Mormon prophet Joseph Smith’s dysentery with appropriate brown banners flung through legs,…
