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The Born Liars Set Sailnew
Some of the stories circulating about the glammy garage-rockers make even noted wild men like the Who's Keith Moon or anyone in Motley Crue almost seem like amateurs.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
02-24-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Oyster Lovers Unite: Oyster Species Guidenew
We run down the five species of oysters eaten in the Western world.
Houston Press |
Robb Walsh |
02-17-2009 |
Food+Drink
The Snake Charmers' 'Been Gone Too Long' Opts Out of Anything Flashynew
The muted Allman Brothers boogie of "No Mercy" and "Hoochie Mama" suggests the band is more than capable of cutting loose. Choosing not to, though, gives Been Gone Too Long a touch of class, and elevates it a step above run-of-the-mill barroom blues.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
02-17-2009 |
Reviews
Musicians are Hardly Immune to the Twitter Bugnew
Is the "microblog" Internet phenomenon the next leap forward for musicians or just a tweeting waste of time?
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
02-17-2009 |
Music
Why Right Now May be Your Best Chance to Eat Oysters for Years to Comenew
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike have limited the Gulf oyster harvest and damaged oyster reefs. And failures in West Coast hatcheries may be the result of an even more disturbing problem.
Houston Press |
Robb Walsh |
02-17-2009 |
Food+Drink
What Makes Cornbreadd Runnew
If Cornbreadd didn't already exist, some MTV programming executive would have had to make him up. On record, he can be as grimy and ghetto as they come, but he delivers even his harshest rhymes with the kind of charisma that elicits a chuckle instead of a gasp.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
02-10-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Disgruntled Prosecutors Scribble Complaints About the New Boss on a Blognew
The reformation of the Harris County district attorney's office remains incomplete. Murray Newman's blog has lately become a sort of bathroom wall for disgruntled prosecutors, the place to go to write something mean about the boss.
Houston Press |
Randall Patterson |
02-03-2009 |
Tech
Houston's Animal Shelter Just Can't Get Its Act Togethernew
Houston's Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care doesn't seem to be anyone's problem, except for the animals who live the last weeks, days and hours of their lives there. Right now, the best we can do is hope for change.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
02-03-2009 |
Animal Issues
Cancer Doctor Sees Himself as a Crusading Research, Not a Quacknew
Stanislaw Burzynski has treated thousands of people from all over the world, so why can't he get FDA approval?
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
01-06-2009 |
Science
Drive-Thru Prayer Proves Jesus is a Convenient Guynew
Houston's Succeed in Life Center has been offering drive-through prayer service to members and nonmembers alike a couple of Saturdays a month since October, and pastor Damien Jackson tells Hair Balls the event has garnered praise from participants.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
12-23-2008 |
Religion
Hispanics Delivered by Border Midwives Are Having Trouble Getting U.S. Passportsnew
David Hernandez just wants his passport, but the State Department won't give it to him. There is a history of midwife deception along the border, so the U.S. government has to be sure applicants are not using fraudulently filed birth certificates. Thus far, Hernandez has not convinced them that his is the real McCoy.
Houston Press |
Chris Vogel |
12-23-2008 |
Sex
The Best Christmas Album of 2008 is ... Metal?new
With the ever-optimistic attitude of a kid setting out milk and cookies for Santa, we set out to find a few 2008 holiday albums that don't suck, and -- praise the Lord -- we actually found a few.
Houston Press |
Chris Gray |
12-23-2008 |
Music
Tags: holiday music, christmas albums
In Texas, Restitution for Victims is Nothing but a State-Sanctioned Scamnew
More than 90 percent of Texas parolees walk away without paying off what the state ordered them to.
Houston Press |
Chris Vogel |
12-09-2008 |
Crime & Justice
'Paper Trail' Shows T.I.'s Troubles with the Law Have Benefitted His Artnew
While other top MCs have had to create their own bogeymen to battle -- Kanye has his ego, Eminem had ex-wife Kim, Lil Wayne has those cough-syrup Martians -- T.I.'s got real problems.
Houston Press |
Ben Westhoff |
12-02-2008 |
Reviews
Bad Faith and Texas Mutual Insurancenew
Houston attorney Mike Doyle and TMI are locked in a battle over truth, lies and an employee's right to workers' comp benefits.
Houston Press |
Margaret Downing |
11-18-2008 |
Business & Labor
