When it comes to selecting a weed-centric song of particular brilliance, few people are as qualified as Mike “Muleboy” Makela to offer a primo selection. Makela is the frontman for Bongzilla, the legendary Wisconsin stoner metal band. Their albums, with titles like Gateway and Amerijuanican, have exalted on high the...

Here's a look at this week's hottest culinary happenings: Tuesday, April 20 420 Specials at Mellow Mushroom Mellow Mushroom is celebrating 4/20 with select $4.20 Munchies, available for online orders all day at order.mellowmushroom.com. The pizza joint will also be giving away 420 of the newly introduced Merry Prankster pie...

From a very young age, Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton can remember writing poetry, drawn not only to words on a page but to speaking them aloud. It was something that stayed with her as she went on to become poet laureate emeritus of Houston, published a lauded book of poetry with...

For the first time in over a month, I think we can look back at the previous week and all of the legal happenings surrounding Deshaun Watson, and say "OK, things seem to be settling down a little bit." Don't get me wrong, there is still a long way to...

In one of the more absurd news alerts the Houston Press has received in recent history, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that its security officers at Hobby Airport discovered a breakfast taco full of eggs, cheese, what appears to be brisket and a bag of crystal meth earlier...

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced Friday that the county has launched a coronavirus vaccine sign-up website. Starting Friday, county residents can sign up for one of 55,000 vaccine appointments available from Harris County for the week of April 19th on ReadyHarris.org or by calling 832-927-8787. “You will pick a...

State residents with expired driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations need to get those renewed ASAP, as the pandemic-inspired grace period that had Texas law enforcement looking the other way is officially over. In some of his first coronavirus executive orders back in March 2020, Abbott ordered the Department of Public...

Tres Amigos Cafe y Cantina, 3402 N. Shepherd, will open April 22 in the space which formerly housed Shepherd Park Draught House. The new restaurant comes from Delicious Concepts Restaurant Group. It's the vision of CEO Ken Bridge who got the idea years ago when he approached his friends Stewart...

COVID has been hard on the local film industry, with a lot of filmmakers unable to operate safe sets to continue their craft. However, at least one has managed to release something so rampagingly puerile and obscene that it can’t help but be admired. That man is Jeremy Sumrall (Pickaxe),...

On the floor, the Houston Rockets might not be very good right now. In fact, they are possibly the worst team in the NBA. But off the floor, in the bowels of the Toyota Center inside what we imagine are windowless concrete rooms filled with nerds drinking orange soda surrounded...