The drug dog stopped in front of the black minivan and wouldn't move. The German shepherd smelled alcohol, so Alex Golubitsky was pulled out of economics to unlock his van. ...
Between the Barenaked Ladies' "One Week" and Fastball's "The Way," there was barely any time left to have Semisonic's "Closing Time" driven into your skull by the radio this...
It must be a restaurateur's worst nightmare: Into the jangled, nervous flurry of a long-delayed opening weekend walks ... a reviewer. The kitchen's incomplete, the staff is...
You can't escape it. No matter where you run, no matter where you hide, you just can't escape the arsenal of teensploitation flicks that'll be coming out this year. ...
Wes Anderson spent months searching for the perfect private prep school for the filming of his second feature film, Rushmore. "Then my mother sent pictures of my own school,"...
If ever days were ripe for a good political satire, these are they. Wondrously, as if right on cue, Stages has pulled some timely magic from the theatrical closet. Artistic...
On December 8, Public Works Department director Jerry King met with senior secretary Plachette Williams, who had filed discrimination complaints against the department....
Most strangers to classical music don't realize it, but they really do know Richard Strauss. If nothing else, they're sure to recognize the pounding drums of the opening to...
Mmm-mmm, chili pie: It's a puzzlement to Yankees and a sentimental icon for Texans. When your inner child cries out for a little Southern comfort, feed it at the Fox Diner [905...
First things first. This ain't your father's Life of Jesus. In fact, it's no life of Jesus at all, not even an allegorical one. Which is just as well for the health of...
It's hard not to compare twisted tutu to Laurie Anderson. Like Anderson, tutu -- the duo of composer/vocalist Eve Beglarian and keyboardist Kathleen Supove -- uses...
A correction published in last Monday's Houston Chronicle failed to tell the entire story. It read: "A story in Sunday's Chronicle on the Tuesday inauguration of Gov....
There are reasons, upon first inspection, that Remy Zero's second record, Villa Elaine, should suck: Bio says they sound like Radiohead; first record not so good; long-standing...
Tortilla Twin? Strike one against fledgling restaurateur Gildardo Leon: He opened his new Tex-Mex restaurant, El Jarrito [870 S. Mason Road, (281)392-7277], in the same...
Thursday January 28 What will we be driving in the year 2000? According to the Houston Auto Show, we might be cruising around in an Audi TT, a Mercedes-Benz S-class, a...
Georgette Mosbacher always seemed a very Houston type: shamelessly materialistic, an entrepreneur, a trophy wife who clawed her way out of obscurity and had a great manicure to...
The shadow of Janis Joplin has been following Susan Tedeschi for almost as long as she can remember. "I have known who Janis was ever since I was little," Tedeschi says. "I...
Info:Correction Date: 02/04/1999 Letters Oh, Brother ... Reading "Business As Usual" [January 7], the first thing that struck me was the tone of the prepubescent squeal that...
Miles Davis The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions Columbia Legacy Over a quarter century after it shocked the music world, Miles Davis's watershed album, Bitches Brew,...
For the past year, freshman Councilman Bruce Tatro has been telling associates an anecdote to illustrate the ways his predecessor, the outspoken Helen Huey, has allegedly tried...
