Libby Rose trusted Tommy Granger. She'd always looked up to him. When she was a little girl, her older brothers played football, and Granger was a coach. When she got older,...
Robert Mercurio, cofounder and bassist of Galactic, has heard it before: "How did five white guys get so cool?" "Yeah, people ask us that sometimes," he says, "but it's never...
The Conway Cup oysters we sampled at the newly opened Oceanaire Seafood Room in the Galleria were so big and dense and meaty, I suspect they were actually Belons from Maine...
It's official: Hollywood has run out of original ideas. If you thought 2006 was bad, just wait. In 2007 the studios will give up on birthing blockbusters and instead...
Gregory Michael Carter likes to procrastinate. “I love deadlines,” says Carter, the artist behind the exhibition “Proper Listening.” “It gives you...
O, sweet living nativity scene, it has arrived -- all 36 shapely gams, two sheep, one very bored camel, three wise men, 32,765 spangles, a phalanx of dancing Santas, 27 pounds...
Jackass Number Two: Unrated (Paramount) The sequel to the dumb-ass jamboree makes its predecessor look plain and inoffensive. In short: more puke, more blood, more semen...
We know 2007 will be a good year because of one lucky number -- seven. The number represents the Seven Lucky Gods of Japan, how many days it took God to create the earth in...
"Are you kiddin' me?" says the burly man in disgust as he stands with his wife outside Warehouse Live on a drizzly Friday night. "Dilana? Sold out? I used to see that girl...
Looking around at the plenitude of punk in and around the city today, it's hard to believe that a mere 25 years ago, the music and the lifestyle were deep underground and...
In a town like Houston where the class lines are so clearly and boldly drawn, it's fun to check in on the upper-upper class from time to time. Although I'm not loaded enough to...
Scott Foundas�s Top Ten Movies of 2006 1. Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville, France) 2. United 93 (Paul Greengrass, U.K.-USA) 3. Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood,...
A Fertle Holiday One of the best ways to spend an evening this holiday is with the Fertles, the oddball family that resides at the Radio Music Theatre. Yes, it's time yet again...
Imagine two game producers rushing down the hall. One wants to pitch a WW2 game, the other a sci-fi shooter. They round a corner, crash into each other, and their papers go...
Funny: I reread "Chipinque Cuisine" [by Robb Walsh, November 30] because of all the bitchy letters. Nothing changed, it was funny and 95 percent complimentary. Those West...
You promise to quit smoking. Or to get your beer gut off the couch and onto the treadmill. You swear to stop downloading "Kidz Bop" tracks from iTunes. And to cut back on your...
Rob Nelson�s Top Ten Movies of 2006 1. Army of Shadows (Jean-Pierre Melville, France) 2. Iraq in Fragments (James Longley, USA) 3. A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, USA) 4....
There are cat people, and there are dog people. Rarely, it seems, do the twain meet. Being equally enamored with both cats and dogs is probably about as common as being...
Airwolf: Season Two (Universal) Be With Me (Film Movement) Dane Cook's Tourgasm (HBO) Danica (First Look) Factotum (IFC) The Family Values Tour 2006 (Firm Music)...
