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Issue: September 24, 1998
Page: 1
13 stories found - 1 through 13
  1. Columns

    News of the Weird

    By Chuck Shepherd
    Published: September 24, 1998

    Lead Stories *Sweden's Social Democrat party and England's Vegetarian Society released controversial erotic video ads in August. The Swedish commercial was shot by the...

  2. Music

    Static

    By Hobart Rowland
    Published: September 24, 1998

    Dumb as a whip... In its continuing effort to spice up the bland bouillon that is Buzz radio's "new alternative," Jacor Communications is eyeing other cities' leftovers. And it...

  3. Cafe

    Readers' Choice Winners

    Published: September 24, 1998

    Eats & Drinks Best appetizer: Cajun egg rolls, Houston Brewery, 6224 Richmond, 953-0101 Best beer: Houston Brewery, 6224 Richmond, 953-0101 Best bloody mary: ...

  4. Night & Day

    Night & Day

    September 24 - 30, 1998

    By Melanie Haupt
    Published: September 24, 1998

    Thursday September 24 You thought Lilith Fair had come and gone from our lovely city for the year, right? Well, you're right, but if you want to keep that all-female vibe...

  5. Theater

    A Winning War

    Alley production richly captures spirit of the strife

    By Lee Williams
    Published: September 24, 1998

    One of the true ironies of gorgeous theater is that it often blooms from a dark soil of deeply felt grief and great human tragedy. More than 620,000 Americans died in our civil...

  6. Music

    More Blues Than You Can Use

    By Roger Wood, Bob Ruggiero, Hobart Rowland and Paul J. MacArthur
    Published: September 24, 1998

    Longtime residents of the Third and Fifth wards can testify directly to a legacy now finally being appreciated by others: Houston is home to some of the best blues ever made....

  7. Cafe

    Dish

    By Margaret L. Briggs
    Published: September 24, 1998

    All Wet First fire, then flood -- what's next for restaurateur-slash-developer Tilman Fertitta: swarms of locusts? His troubles began in February with the two-alarm blaze...

  8. Night & Day

    Manafest Destiny

    By Melanie Haupt
    Published: September 24, 1998

    Salseros and Tejano acts dominate the Latin radio market here, but Rock en Espanol is making inroads. Led by a Guadalajara-based foursome called Mana, the international...

  9. Music

    Clubland

    By Hobart Rowland
    Published: September 24, 1998

    Get ready to duck. There's a disco-ball war brewing on the Richmond Strip. Polly Esther's, an upscale '70s- and '80s-themed dance club chain with nine other locations...

  10. Cafe

    Hot Plate

    By Eric Lawlor
    Published: September 24, 1998

    Don't go looking for Tikka in your world atlas. I did, and couldn't find it. There's a very good reason for that. Tikka is not a place. It's a fillet -- as in lamb tikka and...

  11. Night & Day

    Shake Your Goth Thang

    By Craig D. Lindsey
    Published: September 24, 1998

    By day, she's Cynthia Cupach: a mild-mannered wife, mother, dance teacher and respected member of the art community. But by night, she's Samuraa. She wears fangs. She dresses...

  12. Music

    The Boy Next Door

    By Bob Ruggiero
    Published: September 24, 1998

    It's not something that jumps out at you right away. But dig deeper, and the evidence is all there: Lenny Kravitz is one of the most conservative rockers out there. Who else...

  13. Music

    No Respect?

    In 1991, the Missiles were the coolest lame band in Houston. Seven years later, the irony still lingers.

    By Hobart Rowland
    Published: September 24, 1998

    Go straight to the source, and he'll say the reason for the upcoming Missiles reunion show is one of simple economics. "We'd just like to make a third of what the Road Kings...

Issue: September 24, 1998
Page: 1
13 stories found - 1 through 13