The First Way-Too-Early Houston Texans 53-Man Roster Prediction
I usually like to do these way-too-early types of projections for the Texans, well, WAY too early (hence, the creative title of this post!). This year, through a combination of vacation and an intense desire to be more correct than I’ve been in previous seasons (hint: it’s a good thing…
The 5 Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Give/Take, Gueros
UniverSoul Circus 2015, now in a two-week Houston run, is one of our picks for Friday. Daniel “Lucky” Malatsi, the ringmaster will be in the middle of all the spectacle. He’s had lots of jobs during his 14 years with the circus. “I’ve been a contortionist. I’ve done trampoline, DJ, a…
100 Favorite Houston Dishes 2015, No. 74: Jalisco Wings at El Big Bad
Phaedra Cook is eating her way through Houston and counting down her 100 favorite dishes of 2015. It’s a collection of personal favorites that is also indicative of Houston dining. It’s a scene where a vast range of dishes coexist: highbrow and lowbrow; local and international; cheap and expensive; modern…
Baytown’s Saturate Gets Dickensian In “Unyielding”
Local director Dominic Orozco decided to hold a contest to offer his own professional services for one lucky Houston band, and Saturate ended up with a unique and compelling video free of charge for their song “Unyielding.” “We had a lot of great acts submit songs,” says Orozco. “In fact,…
Texas’s Exotic Wildlife Imports: Hot Commodities to Hunters Everywhere
While the world’s jaws dropped at the news of Cecil the lion’s death last week, hundreds of less famous exotic wild animals died a little closer to home: in Texas. Texas is home to about 5,000 big-game hunting ranches that import exotic wildlife from across the sea, according to an…
Feast on Unlimited Gnocchi at Piola Every 29th of the Month
On the 29th of every month, carb lovers unite to hail all-you-can-eat gnocchi (an Italian potato dumpling) at Piola in Midtown. For $14.95, you can partake in a gluttonous form of heaven where runners with silver tureens of steaming dumplings rotate the trendy restaurant’s floor, delivering unlimited spoonfuls of plush,…
Eat This: Brussels Toss and Mob Boss Sliders From Urban Eats
While on a weekday night the cute first-floor grocery that makes up the “market” part of Urban Eats was calm and quiet, the upstairs was a completely different. You know a restaurant is doing something right when it is absolutely packed with patrons whose laughter and gleeful conversations suggest they’re…
Conceptual Artist Recreates Family History With Aluminum Prints
New York-based conceptual artist Raphael Zollinger has returned to Gray Contemporary, this time with his first solo show, “Evanescent Tales.” While previous works have touched on sculpture, photography, video and installation, one of his connecting threads seems to be the deconstruction and reconstruction of photographs; he has continued that theme…
3 Things the Killing of Cecil the Lion Brought to Our Attention
Recently, the killing of a Zimbabwean lion named Cecil grabbed national attention, sweeping through Facebook and news media. Peoples’ responses ranged from grief over the death of a beloved animal to anger that people would make such a big deal over hunting a lion, to outrage that others were outraged…
Blaze Pizza Opens the First of Ten Outposts in Sugar Land
Last week, the social media bandwagon in Sugar Land was buzzing about the Blaze Pizza opening. To get people talking about their new shop, Blaze was offering an incredible deal: Free pizza all day on July 31. We arrived a day late, not for the free pizza, but to experience…
Steve Earle’s Blues Go Over Big In a Blue State
Steve Earle and the Dukes Criterion Theatre Bar Harbor, ME July 31, 2015 I’ve seen Steve Earle perform several times, even reviewing one of his shows for this very site back in 2012. One would rarely refer to the man’s sets as “boisterous,” especially in recent years, but perhaps there’s something…
Texas Politicos Rattle Their Sabers Over Obama’s Clean Power Plan
President Barack Obama unveiled his new Clean Power Plan aimed at curbing climate change on Monday. “No challenge poses a greater threat to our future and future generations, than a changing climate,” Obama said in a White House address. The plan requires power plants to cut carbon emissions by 32…
Ken Paxton Isn’t Alone: Five Other Texas Politicians Indicted While in Office
Ken Paxton is the first sitting attorney general to face criminal indictment in more than 30 years, but he’s by no means alone in holding the dubious honor of being a Texas politician indicted while in office. In fact Paxton, who is currently facing a three-count indictment (two counts of securities…
Top 5 Houston Restaurant Weeks 2015 Dinner Menus
What originally started as Houston Restaurant Week (HRW) has, over the years, become something of a month-long phenomenon. Back in the day, you’d have maybe 20 HRW menus to peruse. It used to only be offered during dinner, and you used to have just one week to go on an…
Timing is Everything at Jackson Street BBQ
I want Jackson Street BBQ brunch. An eggs Benedict riff with collard greens and a smoky hollandaise, perhaps? Maybe an omelette station, fluffy eggs folded around burnt ends or shreddy, smoky chicken? A partnership between homegrown heroes (both graduates of St. Thomas High School) Bryan Caswell (one of Houston’s most recognizable…
“Just Trying to Figure Out How to Draw a Circle” – Joseph Havel
Artists and poets often look to each other for inspiration; there is an energy to the abstract concepts found in each discipline that allows creativity to flourish. In the case of Joseph Havel, it was a chance encounter with Dean Young, 2014 Poet Laureate of Texas, that led to the…
James Harden Offered $200 Million by Adidas in New Shoe Deal
“He is pure gold and you’re giving him “Waterbed Warehouse” when he deserves the big four — shoe, car, clothing-line, soft-drink. The four jewels of the celebrity endorsement dollar.” — Rod Tidwell’s wife in “Jerry Maguire” On the court, James Harden is under contract to the Houston Rockets for at…
Houstonian Tourist Brought Loaded Guns to 911 Memorial
Most New Yorkers think tourists are the worst. They saunter into the big city, squeezing like sardines into landmarks like Times Square and the Empire State Building and the 9-11 Memorial, wearing fanny packs and packing heat. Well, only a tourist from Texas would actually walk into the 9-11 Memorial…
This Week in Houston Food Blogs: Whole Brews News
Want to see what the foodies are talking about? You’ve come to the right place— we’ve got surprising brewery news, a few seasonally appropriate recipes, and, of course, restaurant reviews. We’ve got some weird news for you: Whole Foods is beginning to distribute its own craft beer, according to Bryan…
Twenty Years of Live Miles Davis Jazzes Up Box Set
This summer, those two big musical festivals in Rhode Island are celebrating some important anniversaries. The Newport Folk Festival recently commemorated 50 years since the epochal moment Bob Dylan “went electric.” And the Newport Jazz Festival is celebrating 60 years since trumpeter and Festival favorite Miles Davis first took the…
Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath, Many HPMA Nominees Lined Up For Next Yes, Indeed! Fest
Brown Sabbath, the offshoot of Austin Latin-funk ensemble Brownout dedicated to exploring the music of (you guessed it) Black Sabbath, has been tapped as headliner of next month’s fourth installment of Yes, Indeed!, the one-day gathering of local and regional performers that is quickly becoming one of Houston’s top sleeper…
All 32 NFL Quarterback Situations Ranked in Order of “Hope Instilled in Fan Base”
“Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” No, that quote is not from a Marvin Lewis pep talk to Andy Dalton. That’s the money quote from Andy Dufresne’s note to his dude Red in The Shawshank Redemption. (And honestly,…
The 5 Best Welcome to Night Vale Items on Etsy
I am a recent convert to the cult that is the Welcome to Night Vale podcast. If you haven’t checked it out yet it’s basically Tales from Lake Woebegone if it took place somewhere between Twin Peaks, Sunnydale, and your conspiracy-crazed uncle’s tool shed. It’s bizarre, unsettling, and utterly hilarious…
Now Open: Voting For The 2015 Houston Culinary Awards
In July, a diverse group of food writers, vendors and other industry professionals gathered in the community room at Central Market to submit nominations for one of the longest-running competitions for Houston’s restaurant industry. The Houston Culinary Awards is now in its 18th year and was was founded by My…
Upcoming: Blue October, Chris Young, The Cult, Ferry Corsten, Maddie & Tae, Octopus Project, Rise Against, etc.
2 the Hard Way Album Release: Thu., September 10, 9 p.m., $15. Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, Houston, 713-225-5483. The 2015 Houston AFRIFEST: Sat., August 29, 11 a.m., Free to $5. Houston Baptist University Gallery, 7502 Fondren, Houston, 281-649-3678. 500 Megatons of Boogie: With Jealous Creatures, Silver Blueberry. Fri., August…
Use of Force: How the Courts Judge Police Violence Doesn’t Always Lead to Justice
Pam Hobart called her husband, Steve, at the office and asked him to come home as soon as he could. Aaron, their 19-year-old son, was pacing the floor, saying he was done taking his medicine and wouldn’t be going to his psychiatrist appointment the morning of February 18, 2009. Doctors…
All of the Feels: Houston Gets Its Very Own Emo Night
Sad songs. Bad haircuts. Makeoutclub. Those are but a few things that come to mind the minute the word “emo” is uttered, for better or worse. For a long while emo was rock music’s baby brother to be picked on, to make jokes about all the crying and the sadness…
Jerry Irby’s Great Honky-Tonk Disappearing Act
With the current dearth of honky-tonk dance bands in a town that once probably had as many full-time, tear-ass dance bands as any city in the nation, it’s hard to imagine that not long ago giants roamed the streets and, more importantly, the stages, of the Bayou City. One artist…
Triple Threat of Local Rockers Is No Blue-Moon Fluke
thelastplaceyoulook, American Fangs, From Guts to Glory Fitzgerald’s July 31, 2015 Crowds pushed in and spilled over onto the outdoor smoking porch Friday night at Fitz, all for a taste of live local music under the weekend’s much-anticipated Blue Moon. Within their own repertoire, each band is made up of…
An Easy Cure to Mayhem Fest’s Woes: More Bands Like Slayer
Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival Feat. Slayer, Hellyeah, King Diamond, etc. Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion August 1, 2015 Mayhem fest’s struggle to sell tickets is not news. Woes over ticket sales have been reportedly blamed on Metal being, “grey, bald and fat” by promoter, Kevin Lyman, who has since apologized…
Ken Paxton Booked, Felony Indictments Unsealed
Earlier Monday morning, state Attorney General Ken Paxton was booked in Collin County on three felony counts, making him the first sitting attorney general in more than 30 years to face criminal indictment in Texas. Facing two charges of securities fraud, a first-degree felony, and one third-degree felony charge of…
Disbarred Attorney Sues Guy Who Posted Articles About Him on Facebook
If you get into an argument on Facebook with disbarred Houston attorney Bill Satterwhite, you better not post any news stories about Bill Satterwhite, disbarred attorney, or else he’ll sue your ass for libel. A guy named Steve Akin found that out in April, when he and Satterwhite got into a…
Hakeem Olajuwon Shows Off Dream Shake In NBA Africa Game (w/ VIDEO)
You’d like to think that there are signature moves that certain athletes will always be able to pull off from now until the end of time, no matter how old they get. Father time can steal their pure speed and pure strength, but their dexterity and muscle memory will allow…
Anti-HERO Organizers Sue Mayor Annise Parker
Organizers of the anti-Houston Equal Rights Ordinance petition have filed suit against Mayor Annise Parker, saying she and unnamed “conspirators” unconstitutionally rejected valid petition signatures and “smothered the Citizen Referendum Petition in the crib.” (Gotta love a lawsuit whose opening salvo includes infanticide imagery!). Filed by four pastors, the suit…
The World Has Moved On; 311, Not So Much [Updated]
311 Bayou Music Center July 31, 2015 There comes a point in every band’s life when it’s time to bow out gracefully. And while they don’t appear to be aware of it, that time for 311 is now. Plenty of you may disagree with that assessment, but it’s true. Here’s…
100 Favorite Houston Dishes 2015, No. 75: Mussels At Café Brussels
Phaedra Cook is eating her way through Houston and counting down her 100 favorite dishes of 2015. It’s a collection of personal favorites that is also indicative of Houston dining. It’s a scene where a vast range of dishes coexist: highbrow and lowbrow; local and international; cheap and expensive; modern…
There’s Risk but Not Enough Reward in Not Mad
The set up: Allowing an audience a small glimpse inside his head is often a director’s creative intention. When Matt Hune directs a show for his newly formed Hune Company, the audience is let into more than his imagination; we also gain entrée into his living room. Called the Living…
The NCAA Enforcement Cops Always Catch Up to You
I first interviewed Larry Brown about three years ago. It was an October day at the DFW Airport Marriott. The reason was the Conference USA Basketball media day. Brown was making his return to college basketball, having been coaching in the NBA since the late-1980s. Brown’s one of those legendary…
Nine Houstonians to Compete in Texsom Best Sommelier Competition
It’s been called “the little sommelier conference that could.” When newly minted Master Sommeliers James Tidwell and Drew Hendricks founded Texsom (August 8-10), the Texas Sommelier Conference, eleven years ago, neither of them imagined that the event would become a major stop on the international fine wine circuit. It started…
Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice Have Their Problems, but Jack Young is Magnificent as Shylock
Well the University of Houston’s Shakespeare Festival is slogging through another broiling Houston August on the stage of Miller Outdoor Theatre. I wish I could report that the oppressive heat went unnoticed because Macbeth and The Merchant of Venice, played in rotating rep for this season’s free offerings, held one…
Dish of the Week: Larb (Thai Minced Pork Salad)
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 covering a specialty from Southeast Asia: larb. Larb (also written as laab, laap, larp or lahb) is a traditional minced meat…
Deciding the Texans QB Battle Via the Non-Football Decathlon
Brian Hoyer, Ryan Mallett …… Ryan Mallett, Brian Hoyer. To call the discussion among fans over who will be chosen the Texans’ next starting quarterback a “debate” is a bit of misnomer. The word “debate” would inherently imply that fans are arguing about this, that they’re split virtually down the…
This Week in Houston Food Events: French Wines and Beertails
All Month Long Houston Restaurant Weeks Don’t forget that this fundraiser is in full-swing all month and into September! Not sure where to go to celebrate? Check out our list of new Houston restaurants that are participating in this year’s Houston Restaurant Weeks. French Wine Summer-Cleaning Sale Do you have…
Never Alone and Gaming Educationally With Your Kids
My daughter turns six soon, and she’s finally reached an age where she and I can game together. She’s had her own gaming tablet, a LeapPad, for years, but these are really the first times we’re playing a proper, competitive game together. If you were one of those gamers who…
Idina Menzel Could Do No Wrong at The Pavilion Friday
Idina Menzel Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion July 31, 2015 The first song ends with her arms raised high. Idina Menzel has just belted out “Defying Gravity” and there is a spark in her eyes, a spark that says, “This is what I can do. This is how I will blow…
Now Seeking a New Nightlife Columnist
The Houston Press has an immediate opening for a columnist who can translate the multitude of experiences to be had within Houston’s nightclub, bar and music-scenes into an informative and entertaining semimonthly column. Trust us, that’s harder than it sounds. The pay is good, but anyone who thinks the job…
The Five Best Concerts In Houston This Week: Fifth Harmony, R5, Bruce & Kelly, Moji, INZI, Outcry Tour 2015, etc.
Fifth Harmony/R5 Bayou Music Center, August 3/4 As the back-to-school countdown enters the home stretch, this week provides Houston-area teens two opportunities to see two of their recent pop crushes in person before the first bell rings. First up is Fifth Harmony, the five-piece all-girl group (including San Antonio native…
Just Seven Months on the Job, Texas AG Ken Paxton Indicted on Three Felony Counts
Ken Paxton will be Texas’s first sitting attorney general in more than 30 years to face criminal indictment, multiple news outlets reported Saturday. The three-count indictment – two counts of securities fraud, a first-degree felony, and a third-degree felony count of failure to register as a securities agent – was…
Maybe We Should All Just Stay Home: The Many Road Closures of Houston This Weekend
If you drive on or within the Loop this weekend, traffic is going to be varying degrees of hell with no less than six major closures set to go into effect between tonight and Monday morning. Starting at 9 p.m. Friday, there will only be one open lane on the…
Six Accidental Child Shootings in Five Months
The sixth child in five months died yesterday in an unintentional shooting. He was 8 years old, and his friend, who authorities say was with him at the time, was 11. The two boys were tossing the gun back and forth, thinking it was unloaded, before it discharged and struck the…
Andrew Karnavas Goes Dark to Bring “Film Noir” to the Stage
Imagine stepping into an old film noir picture, one of those gritty, black-and-white movies from the 1940s and 1950s where life is cheap, the detectives are hard-boiled, the men all wear fedoras, the women are often referred to as “dames,” everybody smokes, and redemption is just a word listed in…
Houston’s 5 Best Weekend Food Bets: Houston Restaurant Weeks Is Finally Here
Houston Restaurant Weeks Starting Saturday Houston Restaurant Weeks is back! Beginning this Saturday and running through Monday, September 7, enjoy multi-course meals at over 40 of Houston’s hottest restaurants for a good cause. A portion of every meal price will be donated to the Houston Food Bank, which in turn…
An SJW Video Game Manifesto: The 10 Essential Social Justice Gaming Works
A brief note: Despite the use of the word “manifesto” this was not compiled by a secret liberal cabal and cultural Marxism is still not a thing. That’s Social Justice Warrior if you’ve been out of the loop on game culture over the last couple of years. It’s meant as…
How Texas Jails Have Become De Facto Mental Health Facilities — And Why They’re Failing
The 139 who came before Sandra Bland did not become household names. Collectively, though, they’ve prompted a swarm of questions about what more jails could have done to prevent the 140 suicides that have occurred in Texas jails since 2009. Among those 140 was Danarian Hawkins, whose mother, Jacqueline Smith, filed…
Upcoming Houston Food Events: Burgers Meet Karaoke
In preparation for fall deliveries, August is cleaning out time at French Country Wines, 2433 Bartlett. Every Saturday this month, the winery will be sampling one-of-a-kind wines from small, family-run vineyards in France from noon to 6 p.m. As with most wines French Country Wines sells, these last-in-stock bottles are…
The College Football Attendance Problem
On Monday, I wrote about declining student attendance at college football games, and the apparently misguided efforts of colleges to reverse that trend. I received a few emails and tweets in response, so I thought I would address some of the issues and concerns raised. The main one that I heard…
Openings and Closings in Houston: A New Coffee Bar and Changes to Woodrows
The old Gulf Coast Oil gas station on West Alabama at La Branch is getting a makeover into the aptly-named Retrospect Coffee Bar, which should open this fall, according to Emily Bond at Eater Houston. Plans for open-mic nights and drag queen bingo (yes, drag queen bingo) are in the…
The 5 Best Things to Do in Houston This Weekend: Not Mad, Pancakes & Booze Art Show and More
Our first suggestion for Friday is the first of four productions for the Hune Company Living Room Series Not Mad. “It’s a brand-new show that we’ve created. It’s all Shakespeare’s text, but we’ve pieced together pieces [from King Lear] to create our own piece,” said Matt Hune, artistic director of Hune…
Astros Stay Aggressive, Trade for Brewers CF Gomez
If someone told you before the season that the Astros would be a potential buyer at the MLB trade deadline, most of you Astros fans probably would have signed up for that. Who knew that they would not only be a buyer, but that they would be among the most…
Houston’s 10 Best Icehouses
The historical ice houses in Houston lived up to their name; these were places that sold primarily ice in the days before every household got its own “icebox,” as refrigerators were known as back then. Today most of the ice houses in our city still sell ice, though beer sales…
The 10 Best Concerts in Houston This Weekend: Roxy Roca, Idina Menzel, Social Distortion, Razormaid DJs, etc.
Roxy Roca Continental Club, July 31 Touring in support of new album Ain’t Nothin’ Fancy, Austin eight-piece Roxy Roca has earned a reputation for hot live shows based on booty-shaker funk anthems guaranteed to fill a dance floor. Singer Taye Cannon fronts three horns and a jivin’ keyboard that lay…
House Committee Probes Sandra Bland Death, Interrogates DPS Director
The House County Affairs Committee held a hearing Thursday in the wake of Sandra Bland’s death, discussing mental health services in jails, procedures and protocols within the Texas Department of Safety, and the relationship between law enforcement and the community. The committee grilled Texas Department of Safety Director Steve McGraw,…
College Football Coaches Poll Is Out and Longhorns Are Still a Second-Class Citizen
We live in some strange days here for the sport of football in the state of Texas. If you had a friend who was a college football fan in 2010, and he or she was captured and put into Han Solo-style carbon freeze for five years and melted on the…
Rick Perry’s Scrapping With Donald Trump Has Backfired
We admit it, we feel bad for former-Gov. Rick Perry. The August 4 cutoff for the August 6 debates is fast approaching and it looks like the longest serving governor in Texas won’t be on the debate stage. Even though Perry seemed to win every public battle with fellow presidential…
Slayer’s Kerry King Doesn’t Mind the Heat at This Summer’s Mayhem Fest
This Saturday, the Woodlands Pavilion figures to climb fairly high in rankings for hottest place on planet Earth. Not only will it be the first, sweltering day of August — every Houstonian’s most dreaded month of summer — but none other than the mighty Slayer will have the full run…
Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Past Mandatory Retirement Age
Here’s a Zen koan for you: if a sitting judge doesn’t meet the requirements of office laid out in the state constitution, do those judge’s orders count? At least one Houston family law attorney says they don’t, and is making that argument in a child custody matter that was heard…
HRW: Dinner at Laurenzo’s
A discounted three-course meal should hardly be the only reason to go to Laurenzo’s, arguably one of the best places in town for a meal of prime rib and margaritas and one of the few establishments in Houston to offer terrific old-school veal parmesan. If, however, consumption for charity is your…
When It Comes to STDs, Houston is Apparently Not That Bad
The best way to deter people from moving to Austin, or any city, might just be to release that city’s STD rate. Better yet, move to Houston! It has the lowest percentage of people with STDs of all four major Texas cities—although we’re not quite sure that’s something to brag…
Hello! Is Anybody Out There?
A billionaire Russian investor is offering a million dollars in prize money in an international competition to determine the content of messages sent from humans to alien civilizations. While the competition is open to everybody, we as Americans—and more specifically as citizens of Space City—deserve that prize money. After all,…
Senate Panel “Investigates” Allegations That Planned Parenthood Sold Fetal Tissue
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee’s inquiry into whether Planned Parenthood has participated in the illegal sale of fetal tissue got off to an unsurprisingly vitriolic start on Wednesday. The committee’s hearing was prompted by the release of videos this month produced by the anti-abortion group Center for Medical…
100 Favorite Houston Dishes, No. 76: Cresta di Gallo at Provisions
Phaedra Cook is eating her way through Houston and counting down her 100 favorite dishes of 2015. It’s a collection of personal favorites that is also indicative of Houston dining. It’s a scene where a vast range of dishes coexist: highbrow and lowbrow; local and international; cheap and expensive; modern…
Sink Your Teeth Into American Fangs’ New LP, “Dirty Legs”
Self-described as “fast, damaging and energetic,” Houston rockers American Fangs’ have just released their most aggressive music yet on the new Dirty Legs EP. Ironically, most of the songs were written in their beginning years, but the EP (their fourth overall recording) was only released earlier this month. Front man Gabe Cavazos…
Hey, Guess What! There’s A New Plan For The Astrodome!
When last we heard from Harris County Ed Emmett on the topic of the Astrodome, he was in Germany touring a former zeppelin hanger for renovation ideas. Emmett was touting a $243 million park/convention center-type plan that would depend on public and private funding. Though no other real funding ideas…
I’m Stuck In the Friend Zone. Help!
MY MOM WANTS ME TO TELL MY GIRL TO GET AN ABORTION Dear Willie D: My mom hates that I’m about to become a father at 23, and I’m not accomplished. She blames my live-in girlfriend for me dropping out of college, and losing my license for a DWI. All…
Meet the 2015 HPMA Reader’s Choice Nominees
Let’s get one thing out of the way – being named a Houston Press Reader’s Choice nominee is not some sort of bad-news proposition. Certain types always see a half-empty glass, no matter what good stuff may be in it. To them, the notion that the six acts listed here escaped…
Wrongful Death Suit Alleges Harris County Jailers Killed Detainee
About a year and a half after Kenneth Lucas’ demise in Harris County Jail, his family is filing a wrongful death lawsuit. The lawsuit claims that in February 2014 Harris County jailers “forcibly restrained Mr. Lucas in a hogtie position, employed a powerful sedative to restrain him, and suffocated and…
Faith No More Returns to Houston At Last
Faith No More, Napalm Death Bayou Music Center July 28, 2015 They held out as long as they could, but at some point, Faith No More must have known they’d have to come back to Texas. After an 18-year hiatus, the band is finally back in the midst of a…
Texas A&M Wants the Public to Know How It Treats Its Dog Mascot, But Not Its Lab Dogs
We’re glad to see that Texas A&M’s collie mascot, Reveille VIII, will be living in luxurious campus digs in retirement. And we’re certainly glad for the university’s PR machine that it was able to get the Houston Chronicle on its knees.” What we’re less thrilled about is the distasteful timing: the…
HPD Wants $5 Million to House Cops in High-Crime Neighborhoods
The Houston Police Department shopped a plan to council members Tuesday that would give officers up to $25,000 to live in certain high-crime police districts. Executive Assistant Police Chief Michael Dirden told council’s public safety committee that putting officers in those neighborhoods could improve community-police relations and maybe even lower…
New Report Highlights How Much Climate Change Is Going to Suck for Texans
Sure, the Risky Business Project’s latest report on the looming effects of climate change might also be a scare tactic to get policymakers into gear—but, really, that’s more of a perk than a purpose. Henry Cisneros, formerly the mayor of San Antonio and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development…
Get the Full HPMA VIP Experience For Only $25
Everybody wants to be a VIP these days, or at least feel like one, and we’d like to help you out. Starting right now, the Houston Press is offering a very limited number of VIP tickets to our upcoming Houston Press Music Awards ceremony on Thursday, August 20 at Warehouse…
Tom Brady’s Deflate-Gate Suspension Upheld by the NFL
Well, it took long enough. 35 days, to be exact, and all of that to arrive right back where we started — on Tuesday afternoon, the NFL announced that the league would be upholding New England quarterback Tom Brady’s four game suspension for his role in the willful use of…
The 5 Best Spots to Get Breakfast for Dinner in Houston
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. So why not have it for dinner? Whether you skipped it and want to make up for your loss or are just in the mood to have two breakfasts in one day (no judgement), we’ve put together a list…
Chevron Announces 1,500 Layoffs, and They Won’t Be the Last
More job cuts are on the way from one of the largest oil companies in the United States, and the bulk of the layoffs will be right here in Houston. On Tuesday, Chevron announced that it will cut about 1,500 positions over the course of 2015. The bulk of those…
Explaining Grownup Music to Kids: Classic Country
Adam P. Newton recently became a father for the first time, so he has decided to explain the entirety of post-WWII Western pop music to his new daughter, “Fig”… one genre at a time. Hello there, Fig! I hope you’re enjoying this historical jaunt as much as I am. Country…
Video: Adam & Eve Host a Naughty Pillow Fight
“What we strive to do is to give our customers something different,” says Bob Strauber, owner of Adam & Eve Stores, and he’s not talking about the three adult-novelty stores he runs in the area. If you’ve ever peeked through our slideshow section, you know that for years now the…
Officials Hope to Debunk Sandra Bland Conspiracy Theories With New Video
Recently released surveillance footage from inside Waller County Jail shows Sandra Bland was alive when she was brought into the jail. The first portion of the video released at a press conference this afternoon shows Bland entering the jail in the back of Prairie View police officer Penny Goodie’s squad…
Texas Civil Rights Project Celebrates 25th Anniversary of ADA — With 32 Lawsuits
In five years, Oralia Diaz has never missed a Houston Rockets home game. She’s a season ticket holder, and, in the winter at least, she finds herself loading up to head to the Toyota Center more often than the grocery store or a restaurant. After a win last season, Diaz…
Thanks (But No Thanks) for the Memories, KMFDM
KMFDM Scout Bar July 27, 2015 There is a thin line between nostalgia and embarrassment for legacy acts. Watching Gang of Four perform a near-perfect cover-band version of its former self earlier this year at Warehouse Live failed to meet the same enduring spirit of the band’s original lineup. Ministry…
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation: Cruise Continues His Stretch of Too-Eager-to-Please Blockbusters
At 53, Tom Cruise is past the retirement age of every James Bond except Roger Moore. Yet his 19-year-old Mission: Impossible series ticks on, counting down the seconds till its next explosion — and Cruise’s Ethan Hunt is determined to unman his cross-Atlantic competition. Forget high-tech gadgets. The older Cruise…
Vacation Is Back, but It’s No Pleasure Trip
It’s been 32 years since the release of National Lampoon’s Vacation, in which Chevy Chase, as dad Clark Griswold, packed his Griswold clan into what looked like a Country Squire from Hell and sought the family-bonding experienceTM by driving cross-country to a mythical mega–amusement park known as Walley World. If…
