Evening Commute Should Be Drier as High Pressure Moves In
For those concerned about a soggy evening commute, you are in luck. The rain we’ve been getting throughout the day will continue in spurts for a few more hours, but should begin to clear out by the early evening as high pressure in the Mississippi Valley moves westward into southeast…
Reality Bites: Celebrity Wife Swap
It’s either a sign of how far we’ve advanced as a civilization or yet another harbinger of society’s inevitable collapse that the expression “wife swapping” now has a humorous context. Far from the brazen sleazery of Raising Arizona’s Glen and Dot or the key parties of the swinging ’70s, the…
On the Eve of the Busy Season for Hurricanes, Now Is the Time to Prepare
For about four months along the Texas coastline, people with relatively no interest in weather other than casual conversations in grocery store waiting lines (“Sure is hot outside.” “Yup.”) suddenly become experts in sea surface temperatures, El Niño and vertical wind shear. Welcome to hurricane season. The season begins in…
Royal Baby Food for Your Royal Baby
While we anxiously await the birth of the British royal baby (I almost feel like Royal Baby should be capitalized ’cause it’s that big of a deal), I wanted to take a second to let all of the other new babies out there know that we’re thinking about you, too…
This Week’s Cafe Review: Sweet Wine at CINQ
I had something of an epiphany while sipping from my wife’s glass of 2005 Meulenhof Erdener Treppchen Riesling Beerenauslese. She’d asked for something to go with dessert, and this is what our waiter, Sebastien, had brought her. At once clean and bright, concentrated and intense, it was eye-opening. Most of…
When Civil Rights and Sloppy Policing Clash, an Innocent Man Can Lose Everything
Roderick O’Bryant is holding his mother’s hand. He’s 31 years old, and his tie is loose around his neck, and his scratchy beard looks the same as the day he was accused of murdering 19-year-old Dequarusis Turner on Dec. 21, 2010. He’s recounting everything he’s been through over the past…
The Five Weirdest, Worst Production Choices Famous Musicians Have Made
When it comes to production, the general heuristic would be that the more money you have, the better production you can buy. That, oddly enough, is not necessarily true. While a lot of the richest and most famous musicians do buy some pretty stellar production from the hottest names in…
Lawndale Art Center’s “The Big Show” Drips With Figurative Art, Sculpture
A gong clangs approximately every 10 seconds in the Grace R. Cavnar gallery, Lawndale Art Center’s largest room. The large bay windows that surround the source of the clanging — Mari Omari’s Fieldwork: 2001-2007, a moody multimedia piece — support the image, framing fat rainclouds that produce low growls of…
Here, Eat This: A Beginner’s Guide to 7-Eleven© Cuisine
While the return of 7-Eleven© to Houston may have the gourmands among us raising their champagne glasses, the rest of us plain folk are perhaps sheepishly wondering, “Golly, that food looks good. But I wouldn’t even know where to begin!” To the hoi polloi of Houston (and, please know, I…
Weekly Weather: Wetter and Cooler (Relatively Speaking) This Week
The return to normal Houston summer weather continues with rain over the past few days thanks to an onshore flow and a mild tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico. This is a welcome change from the past two years’ worth of drought conditions. Since Sunday, the entire area has…
Anne of Avonlea: A Comforting Look at a Long Ago Time (That May Have Never Existed)
The set-up: Anne of Green Gables, by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, was published in 1901. It is a children’s book that has sold more than 50 million copies, and has been translated into 20 languages. Anne of Green Gables – the Musical, has been performed annually on Canada’s Prince…
A Proclamation and a Playlist: I Hate Grocery Shopping
The list of things I’d prefer to do instead of grocery shopping is long and ends with stuff like “moonwalk naked over hot coals” and “chew pink fiberglass-flavored Bubblicious.” My son, the social conscience of our family, never fails to remind how lucky I am to be beleaguered by “first-world…
Chef Chat, Part 1: Jean-Philippe Gaston of Cove Cold Bar, on Traveling Around the World, Speaking Several Languages and Starting at the Very Bottom of the Restaurant Food Chain
This is the first part of a three-part Chef Chat series. Parts two and three will run Thursday and Friday. There is nothing in town at the moment quite like Cove Cold Bar. The tiny little restaurant within a restaurant (it is literally located inside of Haven Restaurant) is not…
Summer of Johnny: Mark May Is the Worst
Let me preface this post by saying that I don’t know Johnny Manziel personally, but from what I know of him, I like Johnny Manziel. I know the same things about Johnny Manziel that most of you know. I know everything that he tweets, Vines and puts up on Instagram…
This Week in Food Blogs: Cool Off With Gazpacho & Lemon Souffle
CultureMap Houston: Houston will soon be graced with the presence of one of Dessert Professional’s top 10 pastry chefs in America. Roy Shvartzapel, a Houston native, is opening a bakery, Common Bond, where Houstonians will be able to feast on his delicious pastries, sandwiches and even gelato. Blue Jean Gourmet:…
Stones Guitarist’s Ex-Spouse Was the Wife of the Party
It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll: 30 Years Married to a Rolling Stone By Jo Wood It Books, 333 pp., $26. There are enough tomes by the ex-wives, ex-girlfriends, and ex-lovers of rock stars form their own subgenre of music books. And it’s with good reason you rarely ever see one…
Bunnicula (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) is Blithe and Spunky
Many people of my generation grew up reading Deborah & James Howe’s Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery. We raptly watched and rewatched the 1982 animated ABC Weekend Special titled Bunnicula: The Vampire Rabbit and ignored all the deviations from the novel’s plot. Needless to say, many were excited earlier in…
Houston Bucket List — 100 Things to Do in Houston Before You Die: Saddle Up, Cowboy
The Houston Press is presenting a series of posts leading up to a feature story in the print edition of the 100 Things to Do in Houston Before You Die. Each blog post contains one of our top 10 bucket list items along with nine others in the top 100…
Investigating Food in Film: Crabby Snacks and Homemades
It’s little surprise many famous movie scenes involve food; there’s a certain pleasure in watching characters eat the foods we enjoy in real life or grapple with familiar challenges of cooking, say, lobsters. But have you ever been watching a film and someone mentions a food you’ve never hear of?…
Perry Mason: Five Songs for a Legal Legend
Today is the birthday of one Erle Stanley Gardner, with whose name you may or may not be all that familiar. Undoubtedly you know his most famous creation, defense attorney Perry Mason, star of prose, radio, and screen. Gardner was suspended from law school because he spent all his time…
The 10 Most Cinematic Moments on NES
This week is the 30th birthday of the Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as the reason fun exists. I’m pretty sure not buying your kid an NES in the ’80s actually constituted a form of child abuse. It was the magic box from which whimsy and happiness flowed out in…
Sodexo’s Feeding Our Future Program Helps Hungry Kids
A company called Sodexo is partnering with Houston hospitals, Sysco, and others this summer to help feed some of the 415,000 “food-insecure” children — that is, kids who depend largely on free- and reduced-price school meals for sustenance. Sodexo’s Feeding Our Future program “is a collaborative volunteer effort with local…
Boston Baked Beans in a Crock and Hot
You would be surprised how appetizing a giant crock of hot beans can be in the middle of the summer. I was, at least, when my husband pressed me to try a spoonful of the beans he had been slow cooking for eight hours in our oven at a temperature…
10 Bands Who Have No Original Members
Just about every famous band has featured a lineup switch at some point. Even Rush, whose lineup has been static for 39 years, had a different drummer for their first album. But every now and then we see a band whose lineup gradually erodes. The switches pile-up until, one day,…
100 Creatives 2013: Shelby Carter, Playboy Model Turned Photographer
What She Does: All her life Shelby Carter was interested in photography and picture taking, but she started out on the other side of the camera as a model. She posed for Playboy.com in 2011 and for the print issue in Playboy South Africa as well as Maxim. Sigh… yes,…
Yes, Even the ESPYs Has Wagering Odds, and Here They Are!
Nobody does “self-congratulatory disguised as congratulating others” better than ESPN, and if that’s the soapbox that I have climbed atop today, then you know it must be time for the ESPYs! For years, the Wednesday after the Major League Baseball All-Star Game was known for one thing: It was the…
“Hick-Hop” Is Garbage. Jesus. It’s Utter Garbage.
I’m blaming you for this blog, Kid Rock. You and that damned “Cowboy” song. It’s all your fault. Let’s talk about “hick-hop,” shall we? So I was under the foolish impression that hick-hop was shit like Limp Bizkit and Bubba Sparxxx. You know, that mashed-up, metal-ish/hip-hop-ish/country garbage that constitutes, at…
Twinkies Are Back; Here’s Where to Find Them in Houston
They’re baaaaaaaaaaaack! That’s right, ladies and gentlemen. Twinkies are back! Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past several months, you know that there was a time when it looked like Twinkies were gone for good. Once Hostess, the maker of Twinkies, announced it was going out of…
J.K. Rowling Has a Pseudonym and 5 Other Famous Fakers
The jig is up for Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. This week it was revealed that the author who is most famous for her creation of the Gryffindor colors penned a recent mystery novel titled The Cuckoo’s Calling. Rowling wrote the book under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The news was…
Waiting for Beyoncé: From Afterparty to Eternity
Houston loves Beyoncé. Monday, July 15th, 2013 will forever be remembered as the night she owned H-Town, performing a monster 24-song set at a sold-out Toyota Center show. Fans lined up from early in the morning for a show that began far after sunset, all in hopes of basking in…
Texas Attorney General: Online Dating Service Targeted Seniors, Veterans
The Texas Attorney General’s Office is seeking to shut down a sham online dating service targeting seniors and veterans, accusing the owners of cold-calling prospective subscribers and forcing them to pay steep “termination fees, ” even if they didn’t sign up. The AG’s Office’s temporary restraining order names Javier Luna,…
Dishcrawl Restaurant Tour Group Coming to Houston
The national restaurant crawl organization Dishcrawl is making its Houston debut next week with a foodie tour of Montrose. The organization started in San Jose, California, with the idea of getting people out and about in the cities where they live to experience local food and culture. Dishcrawl already operates…
Upcoming: 30footFALL, India.Arie, Jessie Ware, The Polyphonic Spree, etc.
30FootFALL: With Bickley, The Smiffs, Skeleton Dick., Sat., July 20, 8 p.m., $15. Fitzgerald’s, 2706 White Oak, Houston, 713-862-3838. The Acacia Strain: With Within the Ruins, Xibabla, Fit For An Autopsy, American Me., Thu., August 22, 6 p.m., $15 to $17. Fitzgerald’s, 2706 White Oak, Houston, 713-862-3838. Aimee Mann: Sun.,…
Today’s DVDs & Blu-rays: Starbuck, Ginger & Rosa, Teenaged Zombies and More
We start off today’s review with the French-Canadian comedy Starbuck. Patrick Huard stars David, a middle-aged well-meaning oaf who just found out he’s about to be a father. What he doesn’t know is that it won’t be for the first time, it’ll be the 534th. As a young man, David…
The 2013 Gold Cup: Wait, No Mexico This Time?
The 2013 edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup made its stop at BBVA Compass Stadium Monday night — where it was wet and very un-wild. It was a double-header that featured the final round of group matches for all four teams in Group B — El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras and…
Here’s Our 2013 HPMA Showcase Schedule For You
After much consideration and more maneuvering than the average Air Force test pilot — or at least as much, anyway — it gives Rocks Off great pleasure to announce the lineup of this year’s Houston Press Music Awards showcase, featuring fortysomething 2013 HPMA nominees performing within blocks of one another…
Who Likes Short Shorts? Check Out This Year’s 10×10 at Country Playhouse
The set-up: The short-play mania has swept America, perhaps an indication of our dwindling attention-span, but more likely a realization of how rich a story, and how many insights, can be provided in ten minutes by skilled craftsmen – or craftswomen. Scriptwriters/Houston holds a monthly meeting to hear successful writers…
Cake Decorating 101: Fondant Dogwood Flowers
Now that we know how to cover a cake with fondant, it is time to apply fondant decorations to that cake. A classic decoration for cakes is a cluster of beautifully colored and shaped flowers. Of course, you usually see these pretty decorative fondant pieces on top of cakes made…
Skeeters Land 2014 Atlantic League All-Star Game
The hits just keep on coming for Houston’s Minor League franchise. While the Astros struggle with attendance, ratings and wins, the Sugar Land Skeeters win, fill the building and now find out they will host the 2014 Atlantic League All-Star Game at their home park, Constellation Field. As Sean Pendergast…
Did Charles Bukowski Really Say, “Find What You Love and Let it Kill You?”
UPDATE: When this article originally ran we failed to credit the creator of the above image, Richard Tito. See more of his art here. If you’ve been on Facebook in the last several months then you’ve probably seen the quote, “Find what you love and let it kill you.” It’s…
Top 5 Food & Drink Products Created By Bravo’s “Real Housewives”
I hope the modifier “Bravo’s” as well as the scare quotes around “real housewives” have sufficiently alerted you to the fact that this post is not about admirable culinary innovations made by normal Jane Schmo women who happen to work in the home. Nope. I’m referring to those mass-marketed food…
The Rocks Off 100: Kevin Choate, Drum Like You’re Screaming
Welcome to the Rocks Off 100, our portrait gallery of the most compelling profiles and personalities in the far-flung Houston music community — a lot more than just musicians, but of course they’re in there too. See the entire Rocks Off 100 at this link. Who? Kevin Choate partners with…
Fail Bandit: Woman Tries to Rob Banks, Gets Away with Zilch, Leaves in Cab
It isn’t often women try to rob banks. Women bandits are generally rare. On Monday afternoon, one woman joined the criminal ranks when she attempted to rob two Bank of America locations…and failed. According to the FBI, the woman pictured went into the Bank of America branch at 2302 Fannin…
The 5 Best Old-School NES Themes Acoustically Covered on YouTube
Recently, the Nintendo Entertainment System turned 30 years old. I can hardly be alone in remembering the old grey box with incredible fondness. I poured more of my energy and dreams into that machine than the people plugged into the Matrix. It was responsible for more empty triumphs than a…
Kir Cocktail & Variations
The silver lining to good friends moving out of town is that they bring all their leftover liquor to your house. This gesture not only leads to the farewell cookout you host for them involving a dangerous “create your own cocktail” station but also facilitates further experimentation in the weeks…
Houston Family Arts Center Does Well By Fiddler on the Roof
The set-up: Fiddler on the Roof opened on Broadway in 1964 to acclaim, running for 3,242 performances and holding for a decade the title of longest-running B’way show. It won nine Tony awards, including best actor in a musical for Zero Mostel, playing Tevye, the lead. Based on the stories…
Three M&Ms and a Photo of Bacon? Odd Joke Requests Present Little Problem for Woodlands Resort Hotel
When a Reddit user was presented with a “special request box” at the time of booking a room at the Woodlands Resort, he decided to have some fun with the hotel staff. He left the following request in the online form box: “Three red M&Ms on the counter. Not packages,…
Astros Post Worst TV Ratings of Any MLB Team Since 2008
The third straight awful season for the Astros coupled with the lack of a deal with cable providers to carry CSN Houston has made for abysmal television ratings for the team. How bad? Well, you would have to go back to the 2008 Washington Nationals to find a worse local…
Top 5 Coffee-Shop Etiquette Tips in the Age of Laptop Hobos
I don’t know about you, but I can easily hole up in a coffee shop, start writing (and by that I mean scouring Facebook and watching cat videos on YouTube) and not realize until three hours later that I haven’t moved or refilled my cup. But coffee-shop owners, it seems,…
Corset Maker Crafts Perry Anti-Abortion Voodoo Dolls to Benefit Planned Parenthood
Michelle Sinched of Mr. Sinched is well-known in Houston for her corsets that bind women tightly with great restriction, but that’s just good clean fetishy fun. When it comes to the Texas Legislature and Governor Rick Perry’s plans to shut down Texas abortion clinics she’s the exact opposite of amused…
Good, Better, Best: Grab the Faster, Sleeker Houston Press Best Of App Today
Want to know where to go and what to do in Houston? Your essential mobile guide — also known as our Best Of app — just got better. You already know you can count on the Best Of app to offer restaurant, shopping and nightlife recommendations from Houston Press’ expert…
The “Drought-ocalypse” Continues, Hitting Cattle Ranchers and Rice Farmers (and Us)
There’s been a lot of that wet stuff falling from the sky of late, but don’t let all the rain fool you: Texas is still in the grips of one hell of a drought, along with most of the Southwest. In the city, it’s easy to look at the rain…
Sidecars and Summer Fare at Lucille’s
Fall was the last time I visited Lucille’s, where I enjoyed some terrific oyster sliders and a warm plate of shrimp and grits. In the months that followed, Houston grew much colder, then warmer, then, oddly, a bit cooler, then searingly hot. Lucille’s likewise has experienced its own ups and…
The Best Gets Better: Check Out Faster, Sleeker Houston Press Best Of App
Want to know where to go and what to do in Houston? Your essential mobile guide — also known as our Best Of app — just got better. You already know you can count on the Best Of app to offer restaurant, shopping and nightlife recommendations from Houston Press’ expert…
Houston Bows Down to Conquering Beyonce
Beyonce Toyota Center July 15, 2013 Last night, amid the glitter cannons, wobbling, half-naked backup dancers, and umpteen costume changes, Beyonce did the unthinkable: she willingly wobbled her underarm. That’s right; sporting a wicked little grin, Queen Bey reached up — while belting out lyrics about all of her imperfections,…
SEC Media Day Preview: Johnny, Jadeveon and 6 People Who Would Draw a Crowd
In recent years, SEC Media Days in July have been the breeding ground for some of college football’s more memorable quotes and soundbites. In 2009, there was Clay Travis’s (founder of outkickthecoverage.com and recently named pregame and postgame analyst for Fox’s college football coverage) asking Tim Tebow if he was…
UPDATED: Houston’s Top 25 Closed Music Venues
UPDATED (Tuesday, 5 p.m.) to correct an error in the Club Hey Hey item. Before we go any further, this isn’t over. Houston fancies itself as forever moving forward, a “city of the future,” but in a relatively short time span — the past 40, maybe 50 years — it’s…
Finding the Best in Houston Is Easier Than Ever: Check Out the Improved Houston Press Best Of App
Want to know where to go and what to do in Houston? Your essential mobile guide — also known as our Best Of app — just got better. You already know you can count on the Best Of app to offer restaurant, shopping and nightlife recommendations from Houston Press’s expert…
How My Daughter Made Me a Better RPG Gamer
At my heart I am an RPG gamer. As far back as I can remember my favorite time in front of a console was plugging into the most immersive and literary titles I could find. Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior, Chrono Trigger… Give me 40+ hours of turn-based combat and Tolkien…
Beyoncé at Toyota Center, 7/15/2013
Beyoncé Toyota Center July 15, 2013 Beyoncé is on another level, and this is something we take for granted. It’s easy to forget with this current crop of pop divas just how long she’s been around: “Crazy In Love” hit No. 1 in 2003 back when Lady Gaga was only…
John Mayer at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, 7/12/2013
John Mayer Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion July 12, 2013 “I’m a good man, with a good heart. Had a tough time, got a rough start. But I finally learned to let it go…” — John Mayer, “Shadow Days” John Mayer has been in recovery for a few years now. Physically,…
Chief Keef at Warehouse Live, 7/14/2013
Chief Keef Warehouse Live July 14, 2013 Controversial rapper and Chiraq (aka Chicago) native, Chief Keef performed a nearly sold-out concert in Warehouse Live’s Ballroom of alongside a few of his fellow GBE labelmates. Fans screamed and chanted in their shoulder-to-shoulder standing space, until a violent eruption changed the tempo…
Falling Skies: “Life As You Know It On This Planet Will Cease To Exist.”
As the third season of Falling Skies winds down, we’re starting to get a pretty good idea of what events are going to figure heavily in the season finale. With last night’s latest distraction for Tom and sons, a final episode confrontation with Karen over Anne and Alexis seems likely…
Growing Pains: Heights Residents Concerned About Second Proposed Apartment Complex
For several years, complaints raged around the development of a Walmart near the corner of Yale and I-10. Certainly there was some degree of “Walmart sucks and we don’t want it in our neighborhood” frustration, but chief among the legitimate concerns was what would happen to traffic at that intersection…
Yikes! Anna Benson Was Once Charged With Murder? (w/ America’s Most Wanted VIDEO)
Anna Benson, I’m sorry. I take it all back. All the insensitive remarks about your mental stability, my repeatedly calling you not just “bat shit crazy,” but the “bat shit craziest” ex-wife/girlfriend in the free world (well, actually, with you I’m including the incarcerated portion of the free world, which…
Crave’s Gone Healthy: Gluten-Free, Vegan & Sugar-Free Cupcakes
If there’s any dessert in the world that can bring a smile to someone’s face, it is a cupcake. Unfortunately a lot of people can’t eat certain sweet treats for various reasons, whether they are watching their sugar intake, are on a vegan diet or are gluten intolerant. Crave has…
July Kickstarter Round-Up: A Houston Heroes and Zombies on a Boat
Once a month we’ll be bringing you a look at some of the best local Kickstarter campaigns in order to let you know what’s getting ready to be unleashed through the help of small investors. SOS: Ship of Sacrifice – Online Co-op Adventure Game: Yet another innovative idea from the…
Summerland: Everclear, Live, Filter & Sponge at Proof Bar + Patio, 7/14/2013
Summerland Tour Feat. Everclear, Live, Filter & Sponge Proof Bar + Patio July 14, 2013 So Sunday afternoon, a bunch of the better bands on this whole ’90s nostalgia bandwagon — Everclear, Live, Filter, and Sponge — played a free(ish) show on a parking lot at Proof Bar. And in…
Advocacy Group: Will Abbott Be Just Another Perry, Just With Worse Hair?
Now that state Attorney General Greg Abbott has thrown his hat in the gubernatorial ring, the Texas Organizing Project, an advocacy group for low- and middle-income families, is worried that many families will still lack access to affordable health care. Abbott has “led the charge against the Affordable Care Act…and…
Top 5 Cooks/Food Personalities on YouTube You Should Be Watching
In an effort to endure unexpected flight delays, I’ve started watching random food and cooking shows on YouTube. So many are ten times more entertaining than Top Chef and offer better instructions than some of the schlock shows on the food network. 5. Clara Cannucciari. In “Great Cooking,” 97-year-old Clara…
The Appleseed Cast at Fitzgerald’s, 7/12/2013
The Appleseed Cast Fitzgerald’s July 12, 2013 Friday night in Houston was a lover of the blues’ wet dream, with several roadshow options from that genre to choose from. John Mayer was doing his thing at the Woodlands Pavilion, while Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks were tearing down the joint…
The Path to Being Pro-Life: What It Really Means
I’ve decided to become pro-life. It was actually a really easy decision that I thought long and hard about, and I realize that me becoming pro-life will probably alienate many of readers. Let me explain my reasons… Access to safe and cost effective abortions actually prevents more abortions than restrictions…
Why Google Search Changes Are Not Eyed With Suspicion, But Facebook’s Are
Facebook unveiled its long-discussed “graph search” functionality this past week. It has been in beta mode for a while and finally has been rolled out for general use. The new search bar looks like the old one — if a little larger — but it adds a bunch of new…
A Dull Script Defeats The Hollow But Josie de Guzman is Stellar
The set-up: The Alley Theatre is a great fan of Dame Agatha Christie, mystery novelist and the best-selling author of all time. Many of her novels have been turned into plays, and the Alley in its 66-year history has had 21 prior productions of her plays, with The Hollow its…
Got Leftovers? No Problem: 10 Ways to Use Leftover Guacamole
Had a party and have too much leftover guacamole? Have no fear! From breakfast and lunch to snacks and dinner, we’ve got 10 Uses for That Leftover Guac:…
Tedeschi Trucks Band at House of Blues, 7/12/2013
Tedeschi Trucks Band House of Blues July 12, 2013 At its best, live music can be a life-affirming, soul-nourishing, and joy-inducing experience. Those may sound like empty platitudes, the kind of catch-all catchphrases that might be printed on a plaque at the Hallmark store of spew from the mouth of…
Summer of Johnny: Manziel Sent Home from Manning Camp for Hangover Dehydration
Every year around this time, former Saints quarterback Archie Manning oversees the Manning Passing Academy. For those not familiar with the Academy, it is a four-day annual camp conducted in Thibodeaux, LA on the campus of Nicholls State University where the Manning patriarch, along with his Super Bowl MVP sons,…
6 Life Lessons Learned From Sharknado
Imagine you are an up and coming screenwriter named Thunder Levin (you are already awesome by name alone) with a few stellar titles under your belt such as Mutant Vampire Zombies From the Hood and AE: Apocalypse Earth, and you are approached by the Syfy channel to pen the script…
True Blood: Peaches, Plot Twists, and a Whole Lot of Pain
Alan Ball was known for his masterful use of music in Six Feet Under. He’s lost none of his touch when it comes to his current HBO series, True Blood — which happens to be set in the Louisiana swamps, not terribly far from Houston. Much thanks to True-Blood.net, who…
The Great Yelp Debate Continues
To love, hate or use: Yelp is stirring the pot yet again
Checking In On The Astros At The All Star Break
So it’s the All Star break, and the question at this point of the season, as it’s been at this point of the season for the past several years is a simple one: will the Astros ever again be a good baseball team? The Astros once again have the worst…
Wicked Shines When Glinda the Good Witch is on Stage
The set-up: With all the aerial modes of transportation on display in Stephen Schwartz’s (and book writer Winnie Holtzman’s) megahit musical Wicked – winged monkeys, broomstick, tornado, fairground balloon, and bubble – you’d think this theatrical juggernaut from 2003, the fourth incarnation to visit Houston via Gexa on Broadway, would…
What’s Cooking This Week? Mahi-Mahi Tacos & More
I love cooking for my fiancé and me, but most of the time, cooking for two proves to be difficult. If I don’t make a plan, I end up running around in circles at the grocery store and wasting half the ingredient’s I’ve bought (and I hate wasting food). Enter…
Five Joy Division Covers That Don’t Suck
Today would have marked the 57th birthday of Ian Curtis, who was born on July 15, 1956. Though the Joy Division front man tragically took his own life 33 years ago, it’s telling of the legacy he left behind that even now we hear bands hopelessly indebted to his unique…
Get Your Week Started Off Right! Dwight Howard Rally POV Instagram Video!
It’s official, Rocket fans! You can now rejoice (as if you haven’t been rejoicing all weekend)! Dwight Howard is a Houston Rocket! Rocket ticket agents can finally say his name without fear of reprisal, Daryl Morey can openly speak about him without sustaining a $150,000 parking ticket, and Jason Friedman…
The Best Concerts In Houston This Week: Beyonce, Brandon Rhyder, Mando Saenz, etc.
Beyonce Toyota Center, July 15 How close to the center of pop culture is Beyonce these days? Here’s a sample MTV.com headline, which took us all of about ten seconds to find one recent morning: “Beyonce Wore a Balloon Hat While Eating an Ice Cream Cone, and Our Summer Is…
Ten Bands We Wish Had Their Own Beer
Sigh no more, my friends. You, too, can drink like a rock star. Or a banjo player. Mumford and Sons announced Sunday that they’re creating their own ale to be served when they stop over in Lewes, England, on their Gentlemen of the Road tour later this year. The bandmates…
Doctor Who: The Top 5 Doctor Who Stories Never Made
Over the course of 50 years Doctor Who has had 239 different stories, encompassing almost 800 individual episodes. We’ve got two more this year to look forward to, the 50th Anniversary special in November and the Christmas special where Matt Smith will step out of the Tardis for the last…
No Cars Go: There’s a Hole in I-10 East Westbound at I-45 North
If your Friday evening plans include heading west toward I-45 north on I-10, you’ll want to seriously rethink them. An early-afternoon traffic accident involving a big rig resulted in a large hole in the middle of the freeway, according to chron.com. There’s no word yet on how long it will…
Top Five Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Wicked, Tamarie Cooper’s Summer Musical, Lawndale Art Center’s “Big Show,” Eric Red and More
You have plenty of time to see Wicked, (the show’s in town for a month) but sooner’s better than later; we suggest Friday. Kathy Fitzgerald, with several Broadway shows to her credit, says she has made a career of playing funny women. When she was offered the role of Madame…
Kyle Hubbard Is Officially High and, Dudes, Officially Pay Attention Already
That’s Kyle Hubbard. He’s a rapper. We’ve written about several times in the past. Still, every time for all of history of the earth of all time every blog post about him will start with “That’s Kyle Hubbard. He’s a rapper.” because you foolishly foolish fools simply will not afford…
Houston Lightning Strike Detector Gets Overhaul
It’s summertime in Houston and with very few exceptions, this is the time of year for thunderstorms nearly every day. Some are very small and isolated while at other times, whole lines of storms rumble through the area. When they are larger, they can produce incredible thunder. I’ve had thunder…
DJ Jason Puffer, Psychedelic Sex Panther, Moves On After Devastating Fire
If you’re a popular local DJ with thousands of records at your disposal, many of them difficult or near-impossible to find with just a mouse click or two, you might think losing them all would be about the worst thing that could ever happen. For Jason Puffer, known as Psychedelic…
Galveston’s $140,000 Seaweed Project Could Protect Against Storm Damage
Galveston beachgoers are familiar with the smelly, unsightly seaweed plaguing many of the coast’s shorelines and interrupting a pleasant day at the beach. We’ve all seen kids shriek and throw it at each other, and have walked around the uncomfortable stuff as it dried on the shore. Rather than get…
A Rising Star, A Confused Cat, A Ghost City: The Top 10 Photos of the Week
We here at the Houston Press have long believed that some of the best photographers in the world live right here in Houston. Between the slideshows and blogs we publish and the images you share with us in our Flickr Pool, we see tons of amazing photos every week, and…
Celebrate Bastille Day Like a Frenchman with These Easy Recipes
The first time I ate true French food was when my parents took me to France for three months during the summer of 1995. I was seven, which is perhaps not the best age to be introduced to a cuisine that considers snails a delicacy and doesn’t really do peanut…
Everclear’s Art Alexakis on Living In Montrose, Fatherhood and Summerland
It’s 10 o’clock in the morning, and I’m still wiping the sleep from my eyes when a chipper Art Alexakis answers the phone with a warm, “Good morning.” Only a few minutes later, he’s laughing and regaling me with stories of his time spent in Houston, becoming a father and…
Greg Abbott Set for “Major Announcement” Sunday
Members of Greg Abbott’s campaign have confirmed that the attorney general, widely considered to be a favorite as Texas’s next governor, is set for a “major announcement regarding his political future” on Sunday. The announcement will take place on Plaza Juarez in San Antonio at 1 p.m. — one week…
Lynyrd Skynyrd & Bad Company at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, 7/11/2013
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We Made Lemon Berry Beer Ice Pops; You Heard Us Right
Want to make sure your beer stays nice and cold by the pool this summer? Freeze it! That’s right, folks. Today we’re showing you how to make ice pops…out of beer. BEER POPS! Sorry. Just the thought of it gets us a little excited. The combinations are endless, but we…
Bikinis, Boobs, BBQ, Carmen Electra and, Hey, Did We Mention Boobs?!
Fans of music, food and boobs — i.e., every living human being — are in for a real treat with the Saturday grand opening of the town of Bikinis, Texas. The little piece of paradise outside Fredericksburg was named by ATX Brands founder Doug Guller, the visionary behind the “breastaurant”…
Maniac Director Franck Khalfoun on Updating the Slasher Classic for Modern Audiences
The original Maniac hit theaters in 1980, and quickly became a slasher classic by heralding a new era in on-screen depravity. The grimy, gritty film about a serial killer who scalps women and collects mannequins famously depicted a close-up of a shotgun blast to the head, multiple scalpings and other…
The 5 Best Things to Eat or Drink This Weekend: Sipping Your Way Around The World, Feasting With The Pope & More
Around the World in 80 Sips @ Minute Maid Park Friday, 6:30-9:30 p.m. 501 Crawford Street For the second year, Bottlenotes presents Around the World in 80 Sips where you will have the opportunity to sample more than 80 different wines from a variety of countries, like New Zealand, South…
Chef Hugo Ortega Crashes Bike, Undergoes Surgery Today
Chef Hugo Ortega of Hugo’s and Backstreet Cafe was injured in a bicycle accident the morning of Thursday, July 11, in which he broke two ribs and his clavicle. Paula Murphy announced in a press release this morning that the popular chef is having surgery on his shoulder today. We…
The Southern End of the Keystone to Start Up Any Day Now
The Keystone XL pipeline project is still up in the air, but the southern leg of the pipeline is almost complete and may be up and running in the very near future, TransCanada Corp. spokespeople say, according to United Press International. If the U.S State Department signs off on it,…
Summer TV Club: Red Dwarf : “Thanks For The Memory”
Summer TV Club takes you back to the 80s again, only this week we’re going “across the Pond” (as the tiresome saying goes) to check out the sci-fi cult comedy, Red Dwarf. It’s the story of Dave Lister, a technician on a mining ship who’s recently woken up from 3,000,000…
Make Happy Hour Your Dinner at Benjy’s on Washington
Happy hours are great for several reasons. You get good, cheap food and discounted drinks and have the chance to socialize with friends. While some happy hours tend to last just a couple of hours and offer a small selection of dishes to enjoy with your drinks, Benjy’s on Washington…
Fitz and the Tantrums at Fitzgerald’s, 7/11/13
Fitz and the Tantrums, Saints of Valory, Ivy Levan Fitzgerald’s July 11, 2013 Tough to say if the temperature was hotter inside or outside Fitzgerald’s on Thursday night. While it was a typically steamy July evening out on White Oak Boulevard, it was just as humid indoors, where a sellout…
Reviews For The Easily Distracted: Pacific Rim
Title: Pacific Rim Is It Better Than Ten Super Bowls? Given how excruciating the Super Bowl usually is, yes. Given early indicators, however, I’m afraid not many will share my enthusiasm. Rating Using Random Objects Relevant To The Film: Four Jet Jaguars out of five. Brief Plot Synopsis: Giant robots…
The Coogs Stuff Michael Young
The University of Houston has been quiet since the Michael Young divorce from the basketball program at the end of May. Young accused the school of NCAA violations. His son Joseph, the basketball team’s leading scorer, quit and has transferred to Oregon. Allegations of physical threats against Joseph have been…
It’s National Pecan Day! Check Out These Five Takes on the Classic Pecan Pie
In honor of National Pecan Day, we’ve compiled a list of top-notch recipes for the most well-known pecan dessert around: The Pecan Pie. From the tried-and-true classic to a boozed-out pie you can drink, check out these Top 5 Pecan Pie Recipes:…
Shine a Light On Me: 40 Years of The Midnight Special
Recently, I was swallowed under a wave of memories while channel surfing. Thanks to some infomercial hustlers who were selling a DVD collection, I was spending the first moments of a new Saturday watching scenes from The Midnight Special for the first time in more than 30 years. My eyes…
Now Read This: Ten Houston Fashion Bloggers to Bookmark
Five days a week I wake up and start my day with The Three Bs: Breakfast, Beauty, and Blogs. I pour myself a cup of coffee, make myself gorgeous in front of the mirror (okay, I moisturize), and then sit down to review my favorite blogs. These consist largely of…
Shell to Pay Up for “Alleged” Air Pollution from Deer Park Refinery
Houston is a city known for many good things, but one of the bad things this town is known for is the air — there’s a lot of air pollution around here, and we’ve got the ozone watch days to prove it. So you wouldn’t think a little extra air…
Upcoming Events: Beer Dinners, Pairings, Tastings & More
You have two opportunities to celebrate Americas’s 25th anniversary. On Monday, July 15, from 4 to 9 p.m., the River Oaks location offers the Chef Pairing Menu for $88 per person starting with salt cod and potato fritter paired with a 2011 Blanco Joven, followed by ginger BBQ pork shank…
100 Creatives 2013: David Matranga, Actor
One of the most versatile actors in Houston, David Matranga has just finished a run as the heroic, noble Macduff in the dramatic tragedy Macbeth at Stark Naked Theatre. He’s currently appearing as the young, innocent Detective Sergeant Penny in the comedic whodunit The Hollow at the Alley Theatre. Local…
The 10 Lamest Bands of the ’90s
Talk to some people (we guess) and they’ll tell you that ’90s nostalgia is the only kind of nostalgia that matters. Sunday, the decade of Reality Bites, Doc Martens and frosted tips — which, seriously, is the name of a San Francisco-based ’90s cover band — will definitely be back…
Let’s Go Shopping at the Texans Clearance Sale!
A few years ago, my kids were visiting from Chicago in the summertime, and we decided to head up to Dallas, for two reasons: 1. Eat lunch at the new-to-Dallas-but-an-old-friend-to-my-digestive-tract In-N-Out Burger 2. Take a tour of the still-fairly-new Cowboys Stadium, a.k.a. “Jerry World” After a delicious double-double and neopolitan…
Houston’s Best Weekend Concerts: Dirty Bourbon River Show, Chief Keef, etc.
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A Celebration of Color at G Gallery
A rush of visitors filed into G Gallery Saturday afternoon for the opening of “Variations in Color,” a seven-artist show that gallery director Diane Barber calls “an exhibit of abstraction,” and for good reason: Splayed all over G Gallery’s white walls are seven different interpretations of color. How many colors…
Openings & Closings: 1252 Tapas Bar In Vintage Park Shutters, Camerata at Paulie’s Opens & More
The Fourth of July weekend was filled with exciting openings and a surprising closing. Let’s start with the closing of one of the 1252 Tapas Bar locations. The Vintage Park location of 1252 Tapas Bar closed on July 6, but don’t worry, the other locations in Uptown and The Woodlands…
How Awesome Is This 1982 Picture of Gary Kubiak? Let Me Count the Ways!
We are a few weeks away from Texans training camp, which means Gary Kubiak will once again be part of our lives very soon. It’s hard to believe that we’re heading into the eighth season of the Kubiak regime, and even harder to believe that only three coaches in the…
10 Essential Early Randy Travis Songs
Even as Randy Travis clings to life in a North Texas hospital, his spartan brand of country music feels like a thing of the past. At the very least, it’s hard to imagine songs like “Forever and Ever, Amen” or “Deeper Than the Holler” ever crying out for a “Cruise”-style…
Former West Columbia Police Chief, Charged with Swiping Pills, Now Investigated for Child Porn and Sexual Assault
Five months after former West Columbia Police Chief Michael Palmer was charged with a third-degree felony for both drug possession and tampering with evidence, investigators are looking into additional allegations of child sexual assault and child pornography. As first reported on The Facts, Brazoria County issued a search warrant for…
The Ten Worst People in Houston Traffic
Over at Gawker, they did a piece on the ten worst people on the subway. I’ve been to New York enough to recognize at least some of the things they mentioned. I can’t imagine the hell it must be using that to get to work every day, but then again,…
Who the Heck Is This Guy Jimbo Mathus Anyway?
Jimbo Mathus was born in the land of the Mississippi Delta blues, where a singer has one of two choices when catapulting the hill-folk sound into mainstream Americana: Elvis Presley’s blues or Huckleberry Finn’s country. Though he looks the part of Finn, with his overalls and swanky countrypolitan shirts in…
Dwight Watch 2013: It’s Almost Over…Don’t Panic
One thing that happens to fans quite often right at the end of a big trade or signing is they begin to worry. This is particularly true in Houston, where trades getting rescinded by the NBA is an actual possibility. In this case, it’s the massive free-agent signing of center…
So Bad They’re Good: Most Monster Movies Are Awful, And That’s Why We Love Them
There is no form of entertainment that lends itself to the phrase “so bad it’s good” as well as movies do. People may claim they’re listening to a song because it’s “so bad it’s good,” but that’s just an excuse to listen to a song they don’t want to admit…
The Rocks Off 100: DJ Rockwell, Booth Pimp and Party-Rocker
DJ Rockwell is one Houston’s most versatile and talented DJs, and one of the many assets of the Booth Pimps DJ collective. His ability to rock any party to the fullest with Top 40 to hip-hop to anything in between, this DJ certainly lives up to his name. Who? A…
Lots of People Bring Their Guns to Houston Airports (Surprising No One)
Traveling can be stressful. You have to get there in time to get your bag checked and get through security before you even get the chance to hustle through the terminal to your gate (and it seems like your gate is always guaranteed to be farthest away when you’ve only…
Eric Clapton’s Life Under a Musical Microscope
Eric Clapton Day by Day — The Early Years: 1963-1982 By Marc Roberty Backbeat Books, 352 pp., $39.99 Make no mistake: Any rock bio with the subtitle “Day by Day” is not going to appeal to the casual fan. Nope, these series are for the obsessives who want full and…
Agatha Christie’s The Hollow: Stay Alert, Solve the Mystery, Figure Out the Characters
After the murder, a woman sitting toward the back of the Alley Theatre pulled out her binoculars, carefully scanning each surviving actor’s face for some telltale clue. That, and the overheard talk in the lobby during intermission at the preview performances of Agatha Christie’s The Hollow, in which who-do-you-think-did-it trumped…
Houston Bucket List — 100 Things to Do in Houston Before You Die: Fly Away Home
The Houston Press is presenting a series of posts leading up to a feature story in the print edition of the 100 Things to Do in Houston Before You Die. Each blog post contains one of our top 10 bucket list items along with nine others in the top 100…
I Accidentally Had a One-Night Stand. Help!
Welcome to Ask Willie D, Rocks Off’s advice column where the Geto Boys MC answers reader questions about matters, in his own words, “funny, serious or unpredictable.” Something on your mind? Ask Willie D! YOUR FOOD HAS PROBABLY BEEN SPIT IN Dear Willie D: I would like to advise your…
Pop Rocks: Boston Bombing Movie, Sadly Unsurprising
My husband and I have been traveling over the past week on a road trip through the South up through Denver, a wannabe On the Road in the digital age. We prided ourselves on not bringing any maps or agenda and just going with it; “going with it” involves only…
Sunday Brunch at Batanga: It’s More Than Just Tapas
Once upon a time, there was a magical land that sold $3 sangrias and half-price bottles of wine during Sunday brunch. That magical land was called Batanga. And they had me at sangria… So, I went there last Sunday to try this Latin brunch out. “But wait,” you say, “isn’t…
Weather Weekend: Hot, Steamy Summertime in Houston
We’re really into the thick of it now. Two weeks into July and still a good solid 10-11 weeks of stifling summer heat ahead of us, this is summer in the Bayou City. Of course, our heat comes with a side order of stifling humidity, but I would put three…
Levi Kreis’ Imagine Paradise is Gloriously Rambunctious and Captivating
Levi Kreis, a boy from East Tennessee, got his start in Nashville as a Christian artist, but he quickly become disenchanted. He was groomed for a major record label signing in New York City, but found an unlikely outlet for his music when his song “Just This Good” was featured…
30footFALL Celebrates 20 Years of Christmases and Converse
With due respect to the Hates, Really Red, Spunk and all the bands that have come before and since, for a certain generation of fans, 30footFALL is where Houston punk begins and ends. Thanks to years of nonstop touring, a string of uptempo albums, and high-profile compilation contributions, perhaps no…
Top 5 Creative Uses for Liverwurst
In the past, I’ve expounded on my intense love of liverwurst, a meat product that I feel has been unjustifiably spurned by modern foodies. I will admit the uses for liverwurst appear to be limited; aside from serving as a spread or sandwich filling, it doesn’t readily lend itself to…
Metta World Peace Responds To Amnesty Rumors In Classic Metta Fashion
Because of the one on one battle the Houston Rockets were engaged in to secure the services of Dwight Howard, most astute Rocket fans are keenly aware of just how bad things are in Los Angeles for the Lakers going forward. Their best player, Kobe Bryant, is coming off of…
Music’s Top 12 “Boner-Killers”
The writers at Rocks Off are huge fans of boners, and we look for every excuse we can to write about them. We love terms like trouser snake and meat thermometer, and we’re not afraid to say so, because boners are awesome. Even with half of the writers of this…
Top 5 Goat Dishes to Try in Houston
Many, many years ago, when I was an adventurous young thang, I worked one summer in Rajgarh, a small town in the Indian Himalayas. I spent a lot of time helping a social services organization conduct field research in woman’s health practices. I also ate a lot of goat. In…
Rest of the Best: Top 10 Things You Can Do in Houston for $5
I’m not a rich man because believe it or not it’s really hard to find someone to pay you large amounts of money for talking about Doctor Who and steampunk sex toys. Because of that I am usually on the lookout for a deal when it comes to entertainment. Turns…
Grown Ups 2 Has No Real Plot to Speak of
Adam Sandler pats his own back for being loyal in Grown Ups 2, an excuse for the star to hang out with his friends while he plays a Hollywood bigwig who’s celebrated for moving back home so he can hang out with his friends. Like its 2010 predecessor, Dennis Dugan’s…
Adam Sandler’s Laziness: Why Nothing Changes in Movie After Movie
Not lazy in the sense that he has no ambition, or doesn’t want to work hard to maintain his status as America’s big-screen comedy king. But in the sense that Sandler has built an empire by doing the same things with the same people, over and over again. That sameness,…
Nothing’s Shocking: What does it Mean for a Film to Be Transgressive Today?
In 1997, the programmers of the Making Scenes queer film and video festival in Ottawa, Ontario, received an unmarked package in the mail. It contained a videotape of an original film and no return address or contact information of any kind. The film, a five-minute short shot on video in…
Crystal Fairy Is All About Michael Cera’s High
With an offhand precision that suggests he might prove one of his generation’s major actors, Michael Cera lays bare two specific human weaknesses in writer-director Sebastián Silva’s altered-states/group dynamics road drama Crystal Fairy — weaknesses you’ll likely recognize from life rather than from other movies. The first is the pushy,…
Another Skate of Mind
1-2-3-4! Downtown Houston’s Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark, like a plethora of other such sites across the globe, is a gripping locale that merges edge-culture sports and underground music. It reflects an earlier era of Thrasher videos from the 1980s, when skateparks brimmed with punk rock and early hip-hop. Endlessly…
Tony Vallone’s Regional Italian Cuisine Dinner Series
Edible Events ‘You don’t even need a knife,” the woman seated next to me, the wife of a prominent local judge, advised. I’d just picked up my knife and fork, ready to take a bite of a delicious-looking piece of gaddina a ‘muddicata, Sicilian for our second course of breaded…
Palms, Word Choices and Haggling
Dear Mexican, I live in La Habra, and I’ve noticed that the local Mexicans have a real affinity for palm trees — the more, the better. Some houses have over 50 planted in a 10×20 front yard, so many you can’t see the house. What’s up with this? Is this…
Capsule Stage Reviews: From My Hometown, Nunsense
From My Hometown Three male performers, known by their hometowns, meet on the way to callback auditions at Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater. Act One introduces them, and Act Two does more of the same, before skyrocketing them to success as a trio. Their story is told in dialogue and music,…
A Fixer-Upper
Highlights from Hair Balls Environment It’s been more than two months since the explosion at the West, Texas, fertilizer factory left the little town looking like a nuclear bomb had been dropped on it. Since then, the hits have kept on coming. The townspeople have gone about trying to rebuild…
Capsule Art Reviews: “Call It Street Art, Call It Fine Art, Call It What You Know,” “CTRL + P,” “Ideas Are Free,” “The Ornamental Plumb Bob,” “Playback,” “PRINTTX,” “Some Tree Rings, a Vision, and the Third of May”
“Call It Street Art, Call It Fine Art, Call It What You Know” In our time, there may be no art form more divisive than street art. For decades, the public has debated the merits of the genre — from the criminality of the act to the skill and creativity…
The New Hornographers: The Fight Over the Future of Texas Deer
A procession of Texas Parks and Wildlife trucks pulled slowly past Sharon Anderton’s home in southern Hunt County not long after daybreak. They carried ATVs and pulled short trailers that, for now at least, were empty. As Anderton caught the scene on video, a child could be heard in the…
Family Fare and Hidden Gems at Cavatore
Go behind the scenes of Cavatore by checking out our slideshow. I’ll admit it; the tortellini con panna took me by surprise. I’d ordered it as a lark, a sore thumb on an appetizer menu full of the usual red-sauce favorites, all suspicious stalwarts on a Sysco order list. I…
Sweeney Todd: The Many Local Faces of That Bloody Barber
The original 1979 production of Stephen Sondheim’s musical masterpiece, Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, ran in Broadway’s largest theater, seating almost 2,000, for 576 performances, and garnered eight Tony awards. It had two national tours, and is sometimes performed by opera companies — Houston’s own Grand Opera…
Pacific Rim Is the Summer Blockbuster You Always Wanted from Guillermo del Toro
If the great god of movies, whatever slippery Mount Olympus of money he resides on, decrees that summer is the time for larger-than-life 3D blockbusters, Guillermo del Toro may as well make one. His Pacific Rim is summer entertainment with a pulse. The effects are so overscaled and lavish as…
