We’ve got a busy week on the concert front. Our favorite duo from New York arrives at The Meridian tomorrow night. They Might Be Giants have been making quirky alt/pop songs for grown-ups over 20 years now, and a few albums for the kids that us grown-ups enjoy, too. Wilco’s Friday night show at Verizon Wireless Theater is sold out, but if you’re willing to pay a little, you can still get your hands......

The Houston Rockets are seemingly transitioning into the New York Giants of the National Basketball Association. No, they haven't just won a championship. No, they haven't defeated arguably the best team in league history. No, they haven't snapped an opponent's 18-game winning streak. OK, so maybe they're nothing like the NFL's Super Bowl winner. Save for the fact that the Rockets have turned into road warriors (as the Giants have been characterized this season), after......

The Red Sox has permeated nearly every facet of Bostonist's lives. When they're not live-blogging the games, waxing poetic about the games, thanking Curt Schilling for his splendid work, or telling Dane Cook to watch his hair, they're watching certain presidential candidates hop on the Red Sox bandwagon (sorry, Gothamist). The Sox are so branded on the local brain that people are using the Series to spice up their sex lives. Speaking of spice, Bostonist......

Many bands had to change their names to avoid legal problems with existing bands with the same name. Most find new names or add a modifier, like “U.K.” to distinguish themselves from the other similar named band from another country. Chicago’s The Academy Is… (formerly, The Academy) decided to add a verb and ellipsis. After all, they consider themselves an indie/punk/rock band, they must keep you guessing. The Academy Is…, who first received recognition when......

Back in January, B.B. King had to cancel two shows at the Grand 1894 Opera House in Galveston at the last minute while he was rushed to UTMB for flu symptoms. We're glad to have him back: his make-up shows are this Thursday and Friday night in Galveston. John Mayer and Ben Folds play a double bill in The Woodlands on Saturday. Australian rock band Wolfmother hits Warehouse Live on Sunday. The best bet......

Holy smokes! Giant fish on the MTA, Paris Hilton in jail, then out, then in again, Al Gore, goatses, blumpkins, Matt Damon, and baby art critics! It's been a busy week across the Ist-A-Verse, and here's a smattering of what's been going on. In Gothamist's neck of the woods, they found out that many things are possible: A man caught a 40+ pound fish off the Rockaways and took it home on the subway. Graffiti......

The 2007 season for Hunter Pence couldn't be going any better. The Arlington, Texas native was named National League Co-Player of the week on Monday along with Arizona Diamondbacks closer Jose Valverde. For the week of May 14-20, Pence sported a .591 (13-22) batting average with two home runs, five RBI and five runs scored. His 1.901 slugging percentage to boast with his .625 on base percentage were tops in the National League. In......

LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big -- really freaking big -- so they ask if they should cover XXX since the heart of it lays in the city's San Fernando Valley. A writer grapples with her food porn photography obsession, another gets censored on Flickr, one gets scooped by the LA......

Native Texans Chris Sampson and Hunter Pence guided the Houston Astros to a 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. With the game tied at one a piece in the fourth inning, rookie of the year candidate Hunter Pence demolished a Noah Lowry change up for a 400-foot home run onto the railroad tracks above left field to give the Houston team the lead for good. Chris Sampson, who 24 hours ago......

Carlos Lee belted a walk-off home run in the 10th inning off Giants pitcher Jonathan Sanchez to give the Astros an amazing 6-5 come from behind victory Tuesday night. The comeback trail began in the eight inning as the Houston team was down 5-3 with two outs. With Carlos Lee on first, rookie sensation Hunter Pence stroked a high fly ball toward the left field Crawford Boxes just punching the foul pole to give......

Houston Astros vs. San Francisco Giants The Astros are starting to get hot - they've won 8 of their last 12 - and they hope to continue that into a three-game series against the Giants that begins tonight at Minute Maid Park. It'll be tough for the 'Stros, who haven't won a home series against the Giants since 1999. Last year, San Francisco swept our beloved home team and showed no mercy - 10-1, 14-3,......

This week we'd like to congratulate the -ist network's Mother Hen, Gothamist's Jen Chung, who found herself a recipient of Wired Magazine's Wired Rave Award. If that doesn't sound terribly exciting, keep in mind another recipient was J.K. Rowling. Yep, that's right, the -ist network and Harry Potter now have something in common. Go us. Austinist has a chat with the ever-fashionable Golden Girl Rue McClanahan, and managed to catch some local fashionistas making......

Barry Bonds will get his first chance to tie Babe Ruth for 2nd on the all-time home run list tonight in the familiar confines of AT&T Park. Bonds sat out Monday’s contest against the Astros (Giants won 7-5), but will be back in the lineup tonight and swinging for home run No. 714. Houstonist isn’t thrilled with the idea of Bonds moving up any records list, but we’ll be watching, or assuredly swapping back and......