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Bayou Blownew
Coke is the new weed.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
07-10-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
The Ten Best Coke Anthemsnew
To make this list, the song must be about doing cocaine or sound like what cocaine feels like, not peddling it down on the corner. Plus: a shortlist for the Cocaine Hall of Fame.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
07-10-2007 |
Music
Merle the Pearlnew
Is Haggard the greatest three-tool talent in country music history?
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
07-03-2007 |
Music
Jock Radio: No-Call Listnew
What Houston sports talk can do without.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
07-03-2007 |
Media
Tags: radio
Sports Talk Radio Stations Fight for Listeners in Houstonnew
Every city has one of these stations doing sports 24/7; some have two -- Houston is about to have four.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
07-03-2007 |
Media
Tags: radio
25 Lovable Chicken-Fried Steaksnew
Who invented the CFS? There are a lot of competing theories. Whose do you love? Better try them all to be sure.
Houston Press |
Robb Walsh |
06-26-2007 |
Food+Drink
I Love Chicken-Fried Steaknew
Thank goodness it's still popular in the small Texas towns of the Chicken-Fried Steak Belt.
Houston Press |
Robb Walsh |
06-26-2007 |
Food+Drink
Medicine Show No Monew
Breaking the seventh seal at the Sideshow Tramps' CD release party.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
06-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sideshow Tramps
Oh, Baby Babynew
There's a lot of money to be made in adoptions -- Jennalee Ryan moved to Texas to continue doing that.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
06-11-2007 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Border Fence May Destroy Wildlife Habitatnew
U.S. Fish and Wildlife services spent $80 million to reclaim wildlife habitat in South Texas -- now Homeland Security is ready to wipe that out.
Houston Press |
Margaret Downing |
06-05-2007 |
Environment
SoundExchange Wants to Kill Internet Radionew
On "lost" artists, found money and the murder of free enterprise.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
05-21-2007 |
Music
Dan Hunter and the MySpace Racenew
Dan Hunter is a huge hit on the internet, but will he be able to translate that into record and ticket sales?
Houston Press |
Olivia Flores Alvarez |
05-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: PlayRadioPlay!
In the Sub-Prime of Lifenew
Homeowners complain that Litton Loan is quicker to foreclose than it needs to be.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
05-21-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Houston's Hyatt Says 'Get a Room!' to Gay Romancenew
Laura Baumbach is an author of hot, sweaty, man-on-man "romance" novels, among other works -- and she learned recently that we don't take too kindly to such things here in Houston.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
05-14-2007 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Former Country Superstar, Now Starring in a Courtroom Near Younew
Beginning in 1998 and intensifying after 2002, Doug Supernaw's arrests and trials have grown more numerous while his concerts, save for drunken karaoke performances, have dwindled and his albums have ceased.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
05-14-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
