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Feature
Professional death cleaners are hired to disinfect, deodorize and make it seem like it never happened
By Keith Plocek
The old man died slumped over the arm of his couch while watching television. Two weeks later the cops kicked in the door and the coroner removed his body.
He was a man of...
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Music
UK post-punkers Bloc Party are hot in more ways than one
By Scott Faingold
"I think that between the four of us there's a kind of unspoken guilt, really, that we're lucky enough to be able to do this for a living where many of our friends have to...
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Cafe
The "grand slam" at this eastside diner will easily feed a family of three
By Robb Walsh
There were half a dozen cop cars and at least a dozen motorcycles, most of them Harley-Davidsons, in the parking lot of Kelley's Country Cooking on the Saturday morning of my...
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Film
The loudest, boldest comic actor around takes an endless victory lap
By Robert Wilonsky
There is no modern-day antecedent to the movies Will Ferrell makes with writer-director Adam McKay, with whom Ferrell collaborated during their tenure at Saturday Night Live...
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Night & Day
By Amy Petersen
We're skeptical of white linen. It wrinkles easily and stains even more easily. But the Heights' White Linen Night makes us want to reconsider. Tonight, Heights art galleries,...
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Night & Day
A rock carnival for a righteous cause
By Travis Ritter
"There are hundreds of thousands of immigrants each year that are trafficked and end up being held against their will as captive slaves," says Staci Davis, co-host of KPFT's...
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Night & Day
By Julia Ramey
The costumes of the Indian musical troupe Rudrakshya may feature vibrant oranges, reds, purples and golds, but their movement is more colorful still. You know those famed...
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Night & Day
By Julia Ramey
Summertime in Houston is the prime season for a little-known condition called "Opera withdrawal syndrome." Sweltering heat, bad pop songs and Houston Grand Opera's off-season...
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Night & Day
By Mary Templeton
The comedy sketch troupe Übertoast knows that its humor can be über-offensive. "Oh, yeah, we've had people walk out," say troupe member Joseph Milillo. "In...
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Night & Day
By Mary Templeton
Mention the words "teen talent" and most people will groan as they imagine would-be Britneys and H-Duffs lined up to embarrass themselves on national television à la American...
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Night & Day
By Mary Templeton
So you think you can paint? What if your canvas were merely a teeny, tiny human fingernail? Yeah, that's what we thought, punk. Popularized by Olympic gold medal-winning...
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Night & Day
By Mary Templeton
It's easy to see why the ill-fated King Oedipus was a favorite plaything of the gods. Though most people would jump off a bridge once the whole...
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Night & Day
It's metal's turn to shine
By Travis Ritter
We're proud that Houston rap is enjoying its place in the national mainstream. But the Gulf Coast heavy metal scene is unfortunately still seeded deep within the local...
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Night & Day
By Bob Ruggiero
If you've got a bit of residual World Cup fever, pick up a bottle of Moretti beer to wash down a double dose of soccer action with a special double-header of the world's most...
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Night & Day
By Nick Keppler
For two years, www.houstonitsworthit.com has invited us to give reasons why, despite the heat, humidity and hurricane risk, Houston is worth calling home. Some are shout-outs...
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Night & Day
By Sarah Gajkowski-Hill
You probably heard Duncan Sheik every time you shopped for groceries in 1997. The Peter Gabriel-ish singer-songwriter's unavoidable lite-pop single "Barely Breathing" became...
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Night & Day
The Aurora Picture Show says come into the cold
By Mary Templeton
If the logic behind the "Dag! That's Cold!" film show is correct, How to Drive on Snow and Ice could be the instructional video that saves your life despite -- or perhaps...
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Night & Day
By Travis Ritter
"Rock Is Dead" is a trademark song from the Houston-based gloom-glam-punk band Dead Roses. Are they implying rock music no longer has a pulse (as exemplified by that My...
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Night & Day
From abductee to indie rocker
By Nick Keppler
There should be a good explanation why a band warrants a full sentence for its name, and Eric Elbogen of Say Hi to Your Mom has a doozy. "I was abducted by aliens," Elbogen...
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Night & Day
By Nick Keppler
Ted Nugent is one of those celebrities who's famous because he's famous. More than for any of the bestial rocker's songs, he's known for claiming that there would be less gun...
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