Results tagged “breakdown”

The tryptophan has worn off, we all trudge back to work, and sit down to surf the web. Between another crushing Texans loss, the Aggies poaching one of the Texans' coaches, and the Rockets finally getting their act together, it was a busy holiday season for Houston sports. Let Houstonist do the surfing for you and bring you up to speed on what the web is saying about our teams: - Ok, this is just...

It's time to dredge through the muck and mire of the blogosphere to come out with a few gems of commentary, sass, and sarcasm about our Houston sports teams. And awaaaaaay we go: - If you're a Mario Williams apologist, Sunday was Redemption Day. The good folks at Brahsome are shouting it from the rooftops today. - As noted last week, the miscreants over at Orange Whoopass are all over the Astros search for a...

So you're tired of the same-ole-same-ole in this town, so you're looking for something different to experience this weekend? Here's one for you: Future Clouds & Radar. The Austin-based band is coming to Walter's on Washington Saturday night for their first performance in Houston. The band is fronted by Robert Harrison, who used to front the indie band Cotton Mather. A lot has changed since those days. We spoke to Robert about his new band...

Tonight the River Oaks Theatre will feature Pink Floyd The Wall as this week's midnight movie. This trippy rock opera is one of our favorites (coming in as a close second only to Tommy). Billed as "visually and sonically overwhelming"--as the cover might suggest--the movie documents the isolation and mental breakdown of a troubled rock star. As every Houstonian with a computer knows, the River Oaks Theatre is in danger of being shut down. As...

We love the "The Bachelor: Rome" so much that tonight, in honor of Prince Hottie Lorenzo, we'll be live blogging during the show. What that means is that you'll get our snide comments regarding Ms. Thang (aka Erica the socialite) in real time! The show starts at 8 p.m. on ABC 13. You can check out a preview of tonight's drama filled episode before you tune in to see what kind of reality show...

Here we are, with the best in free/cheap fun. Got an idea? Email Friday, September 22 For $7, ($3.50 if you're a student and free if you're an MFAH member), go get a little history with your culture by listening to Dr. Emily Ballew Neff, curator of American Painting and Sculptur speak on Building Heritage in the Lone Star State: The Hoggs of Houston, 1900-1957. This Houston family founded lots of the arts institutions around...

23-year-old Juan Solis was sentenced to 80 years in prison today for raping a Galleria employee in a parking garage in 2003 Tom Nixon, the HPD officer who criticized the department's chase policy earlier this year, has been fired; he said he plans to appeal the decision The bicyclist struck by a Metro bus yesterday morning is in fair condition at Ben Taub with head injuries and a fractured pelvic bone and rib Guardian Angels...

After Wired ran a story documenting the GoogleCenter of the United States a bunch of ists jumped on the opportunity to figure out their own middle. Gothamist, Chicagoist, Bostonist and Seattlest all zoomed in on their creamy GoogleCenters. A crack cartography team is hard at work determining the GoogleCenter of the Ist-a-verse as you read this... Austinist read a book about Olympian Bode Miller and liked it. They also took a few pictures of the...

Things keep looking worse for the embattled Houston Police Department crime lab. A new report Wednesday from an independent investigator said analysts in two divisions of the lay didn't report evidence that might have helped criminal suspects and made errors in nearly one-third of cases reviewed in a test sample. According to the report, the problems led to a "near-total breakdown" in the lab's DNA and serology divisions between 1987 and 2002. Among the findings...