AltWeeklies Wire
It's All In Herenew
Gene and Dean Ween take another stab at the music world's fat underbelly.
Houston Press |
Olivia Flores Alvarez |
08-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ween, Shinola, Volume 1
The Houston Slidenew
The Medicine Show rocks the ephemeral city with eternal music.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
08-22-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Medicine Show
Parish Predatorsnew
Despite the bishop's remarks to the contrary, the Galveston-Houston Roman Catholic Archdiocese had child molesters and let them go -- but don't blame just the Church.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
08-22-2006 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Pool Partynew
UK post-punkers Bloc Party are hot in more ways than one.
Houston Press |
Scott Faingold |
08-08-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bloc Party
Without a Tracenew
Professional death cleaners are hired to disinfect, deodorize and make it seem like it never happened.
Houston Press |
Keith Plocek |
08-08-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Bards of Baytownnew
Scattered Pages' urban art-country music is as pretty as its hometown is ugly,
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
08-01-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Scattered Pages
Changes in Attitudenew
When voters elected Martha Wong, they thought they were sending a moderate Republican to Austin -- critics say once there, she took a right turn.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
08-01-2006 |
Politics
Crab Mannew
Meet Doug Sartin, onetime heir apparent to a Texas barbecued crab dynasty.
Houston Press |
Robb Walsh |
07-18-2006 |
Food+Drink
Trae Coolnew
An underground legend teams up with Rap-A-Lot in a bid to break nationwide.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
06-27-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Trae
Rush to Judgmentnew
In World War II, Houston attorney Leon Jaworski prosecuted a group of black American soldiers -- in a hurried-up trial, they were court-martialed and sentenced to hard labor. The verdict was probably wrong, and Jaworski had a lot to do with that.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
06-27-2006 |
History
Tags: history
The Plane Truthnew
Minister Dr. K.A. Paul flies around the globe using Jesus to pull in worldwide donations -- spending more money on jet fuel than orphans.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
06-13-2006 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Feel My Painnew
A reporter goes after the online drug business and gets wasted.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
06-13-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Gator Aidnew
Thanks to the Endangered Species Act, alligators are everywhere in southeast Texas -- so now the state is going to make it easier for you to shoot one.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
05-30-2006 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Meandering Toward Outlawismnew
It doesn't take a Billboard bachelor's to figure this isn't going to get much play on country radio stations still slingin' ass-kickin' anthems about colors that don't run produced by assholes who can't sing.
Houston Press |
Robert Wilonsky |
05-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
It's a Gasnew
Pump pains constrain some musicians and inspire others.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
05-23-2006 |
Music
