AltWeeklies Wire
Pink Pistols Take Militant Approach to Self-Defensenew
"Pick on someone your own caliber" is the motto of the Houston chapter of Pink Pistols, a group of concealed-pistol-toting, Second Amendment-defending sexual minorities. Their approach to self-defense hasn't won many supporters in Houston's gun-shy gay community.
Houston Press |
Mosi Secret |
01-10-2005 |
LGBT
Den of Iniquitynew
This delightful Spanish drama is worth seeing for its calm, apt depiction of its principal characters, a gay "bearish" uncle and the nephew he parents. An opening scene of sex between men has been bowdlerized from the American print.
Houston Press |
Melissa Levine |
01-03-2005 |
Reviews
New Angels in Rock Heavennew
A critic polishes off the Greil Marcus Rock Death Meter to rank tragic deaths of rock stars in 2004. The worst was the murder of metal guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott, shot and killed on stage by a deranged fan.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
01-03-2005 |
Music
Stuntman Turns to Roach Wranglingnew
Most people try to get rid of roaches, but stuntman Alan Hutton welcomes them. The actor, stuntman, fight choreographer, pyrotechnician, historical adviser and weapons master has to be a jack-of-all-trades, and he's even wrangled roaches and delivered them to filmmakers.
Houston Press |
Michael Serazio |
01-03-2005 |
Movies
Houston's Astrodome Becomes White Elephantnew
The Reliant Astrodome, famous all over the world, has fallen into disuse. Harris County, its owner, is studying seven proposals to convert it into everything from a diagnostics/research center to a hotel/shopping complex.
Houston Press |
Richard Connelly |
12-28-2004 |
Sports
Tutoring Program's Ties To Scientology Provoke Criticsnew
Promoters of study technology are trying to introduce it into public schools. Critics say the learning method, which grew out of the research of Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, violates the separation of church and state.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
12-21-2004 |
Education
Woman Protests NAACP's Involvement in Her Divorcenew
Elease Love, an African-American former forklift driver, doesn't think that the staff attorney of the Houston chapter of the NAACP should have represented her husband, a master carpenter named Fabio Avendano, in their bitter divorce.
Houston Press |
George Flynn |
12-13-2004 |
Race & Class
Gambling on Iraqnew
Hundreds of Houstonians have signed up for wartime jobs with Kellogg Brown & Root. The hefty paychecks come with a scary, bloody price.
Houston Press |
Michael Serazio |
12-06-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Boxing the Rocknew
A music reviewer names six of the year’s best multi-disc sets, and one of the worst.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
11-30-2004 |
Reviews
Song Lyrics Attest to Superman's Enduring Appealnew
Superman is mentioned in over 280 songs. The Man of Steel has become easy shorthand for the American dream or the Purveyor of Your Wildest Sexual Fantasies.
Houston Press |
Rob Harvilla |
11-16-2004 |
Music
Renaissance Festival Provides Respite for "Mundanes"new
"Rennies" who spend hundreds of dollars on historical garb may look weird to some, but if you're going to escape from what they call the Mundane World, why not transport yourself to a fantasy-based Renaissance that exists for only a month and a half in the middle of nowhere?
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
11-16-2004 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Holly's Hobbynew
The elusive Brit who's become a garage-rock cult figure says she went about becoming a musician haphazardly, with no particular strategy. It just happened. She could have been a truck driver.
Houston Press |
Michael Roberts |
11-08-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
No Virgins, No Velvet: Latin Art Is Being Redefinednew
This summer, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, opened "Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America." The exhibit has been called the most important event for Latin American art in the history of the United States.
Houston Press |
Josh Harkinson |
11-08-2004 |
Art
Rockin' in the Free World: Soundtracks for Election Night Shindigsnew
Just as you can't have a Red State Mix Tape without Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA," neither can you have a Blue State tape without Springsteen's "Born in the USA."
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
11-02-2004 |
Music
New 'Green' Cemetery Gets in Way of Electrical Co-opnew
George Russell has started a "green" cemetery, featuring biodegradable cardboard coffins, near Huntsville, Texas. That's where the Sam Houston Electrical Co-op had planned to put a new power line.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
11-01-2004 |
Business & Labor
