There comes a time in everyone's life when only a shot will get the job done. Pigged out on Italian food? A shot of grappa will burn on the way down, but it's a digestivo that will help settle down your chicken picatta. Called off your wedding? 17 shots of tequila will make the that pain go away and may net you a Latino name. Worry about the hangover in the morning. Houstonist thought it...
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Need to know just a little bit about something? Ask a dilettante. I'm a 32 year-old man, and I've never been in a fight. A real fist fight, with bloody noses and all that. Have I missed out on something, some necessary, primal step in my adolescent development that would have turned me into a he-man? Should I go pick a fight (preferably with a teenage girl or an elderly person)? Would it do any...
Free Movie Monday @ Domy Books It's no mystery that we love us some Domy Books. And not in the "we love anything that is next door to Cafe Brasil" kinda way, more like in the way we love perusing the shelves of this quirky book store and entering a world of the weird and unique. And in the fashion of the weird and unique, each Monday night Domy screens off-beat thrillers, cult classics,...
Good morning, Houston. Does all this rain make you feel like crap? There may be a medical reason: It's called non-allergic rhinitis, and it can be triggered by changes in air pressure — you know, the kind that accompany bad weather. Rhinitis symptoms are a lot like those that come with allergies: congestion, sinus pressure and post-nasal drip. Decongestants, saline washes and nasal sprays can help, but the only thing that'll really make you...
Tonight, rock fans will enjoy the Godsmack show at Verizon Wireless, but if you want something different, check out the eclectic Moodafaruka at the Mucky Duck. Tomorrow night, we highly recommend indie-pop/rock band The Format at The Meridian. The Proletariat is hosting a happy hour show with Get Him Eat Him. Saturday night gives you many Texas country/folk choices – Roger Creager after the horse races, Ray Wylie Hubbard at the Mucky Duck, and...
Need to know just a little bit about something? Ask a dilettante. I’m thinking of buying my first new car, and I’m terrified of the whole process. I just know I’m going to get screwed. Do you have any tips for me? I don’t know what undercoating is! You need two basic items when traveling the murky waters of car buying: education and the ability to walk away. The first one is easy; the second...
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...
Just because there are no multi-million selling artists coming into town this week doesn't mean you should sit home. Actually, it's a great week to check out some quality local and regional artists. The Continental Club is hosting a killer Texas country/rock line-up Saturday night -- it includes Hayes Carll, Jesse Dayton and The Weary Boys. Also, Houston's Arthur Yoria is celebrating the release of his new CD at Rudyard's the same night. Other...
KHOU's Jeff McShan had a much-publicized interview with Quanell X last night — and despite the indication that it would show us who Quanell X really is, we don't know all that much more now than we did before. The only thing that seems clear about Quanell X is that he's full of contradictions. In the interview with McShan, he recalled what he called a turning point in his life: a conversation he had with...
Good morning, Houston. We're sure thieves will think twice before trying to rob 85-year-old Lena Williamson: On Tuesday Williamson's crime-fighting friends had a man arrested after he stole her wallet. It happened after Williamson's car broke down as she was leaving a Woodforest Bank branch at Woodforest and Uvalde; she asked a man for help in fixing the car, but instead of giving her help, he took her wallet and ran off. Fortunately, Williamson...
Some good acts are in town this week. We have free tickets for one in particular -- Charlie Robison. You must send us an e-mail with your name, e-mail address and phone number to contest (at) gmail (dot) com by noon tomorrow to win. There's so many good shows Saturday night, it's hard to decide which one to hit. Kings of Leon will probably win out. The Tennessee indie rock band plays Warehouse Live...
Here's a joke waiting to be told: What would soldiers and Marines want with silly string, bubble gum and pantyhose? Go ahead, take your best shot. We'll give you a second to think it over. (In the meantime, have you heard the one about the duck that walks into a drugstore ... ?) Seriously, though — the silly string, bubble gum and pantyhose were part of military supply kits that kids at Memorial Drive Elementary...
Good morning, Houston. Have a roach problem? How about turning it into a windfall? The Houston Museum of Natural Science is offering 25 cents per roach for the first 1,000 live, healthy American cockroaches people bring in. No kidding: a whole quarter for trapping and transporting a roach! The roaches will be used for a museum display on insect sanitary engineers — seems the critters, which are often associated with filth, are actually known...
More on the story of the 21 guns that turned up missing from HPD's property room: The Chronicle reports today that independent police department investigator Michael Bromwich had warned city officials two years ago that conditions in the property room could lead to lost evidence. "The property room currently uses a number of forms to track chain of custody," Bromwich wrote in a June 2005 report. "The forms are cumbersome and archaic and increase the...
Two HPD civilian employees have been removed from their jobs in the department's property room pending an investigation into 21 weapons that have been found missing from the facility since October — 19 of which are still unaccounted for. There are more than 18,000 guns in the property room that are either being held as evidence or are waiting to be destroyed, and HPD keeps track of them using a bar code system put in...
Need to know just a little bit about something? Ask a dilettante. This was a rough week for the gun lobby. Federal “safeguards” didn't stop a very disturbed young man in Virginia from being able to purchase guns that he later used to kill lots of people. Though there has been no official statement from the NRA, many pundits, talk radio callers and a guy sitting at a bar in Houston who was overheard by...
There was a tense situation in southwest Houston last night when a father held his wife and their newborn son hostage for several hours. Details are still relatively scarce, but here are the basics: According to police, the man was drinking at the Scottwood Aparemtnts near Edgemoor and Alder at about 9:30 p.m. when he picked up a knife and threatened to kill his wife and 3-week-old son. KTRK reports the man was beating his...
Sometimes, we wish we had a little extra room to spread out at home — and in terms of extra room, we think this custom-built River Oaks home would fit the bill. At just over 13,000 square feet, it's roughly the size of Rhode Island, though it's distinctly more Mediterranean. As you'd expect, the house has a lot of room for entertaining, including big formal living and dining rooms opening off a dramatic two-story...
Another development in the story of The Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation's attempts to stay on its West Dallas Avenue land: The Chronicle reports that high-powered law firm Baker Botts has agreed to represent The Center pro bono in its dealings with the city of Houston. As we said yesterday, The Center isn't going quietly. With regard to the city's claim that a 99-year lease The Center negotiated with former Mayor Lewis Cutrer in...
Forget pepper spray and guns: In one homeowner's case, all that was required to send home invaders running early this morning was a broomstick. (And no, it wasn't one of those weird Disney broomsticks that came to life and carried buckets of water around — though we admit, that would come in handy sometimes.)
Considering how much some Texans love their guns, it's surprising that we don't hear about accidental self-shootings more often than we do. But really, you can go for months without a single incident, and then bam — or, we suppose, bang — you get a really good one. The incident in question happened yesterday afternoon at Gay Pontiac on the Gulf Freeway in Dickinson. The victim: an off-duty Harris County Sheriff's Office reserve major and...
Thousands of Hannah Montana and Cheetah Girls fans left the two acts' Rodeo show Sunday disappointed: After the fourth song, a breaker blew in Reliant Stadium, leaving about 35 percent of the 73,000 people in attendance hearing distorted music. Officials got the system back up and running for most of the stadium by the time Montana was finished singing, but around 7 percent of the crowd — just over 5,000 people — still couldn't hear....
Talk about criminals who make unfortunate decisions: On Friday, two HPD officers shot a burglary suspect on their lunch break when they found him trying to steal their car. It happened at the Asian City restaurant near Deerbrook Mall; when undercover investigators T.D. Butler and M.W. Hamby (or, as KHOU reports, Handy) finished lunch and walked outside, they found a man sitting in their car. And things went downhill from there: "They ordered the suspect...
Remember last week, when rocker Ted Nugent made headlines by performing at Gov. Rick Perry's inaugural ball wearing a Confederate flag T-shirt and brandishing fake machine guns? Yeah, it still puts a smile on our faces, too. Anyway, we halfway expected some half-apologetic statement from Austin about the performance, but no — Perry loved the show, and so did the Nuge. The Chronicle caught up with Nugent by phone yesterday and asked him about the...
Good morning, Houston. It's hard to be a politician these days, isn't it? Things go well, things go badly — you just never know. Fortunately, we'll always have one political constant in Texas: Rick Perry's hair. Well, that and the Capitol — but sometimes, y'know, it's hard to tell one dome from another. >> Just what the governor ordered: Gov. Rick Perry is drawing some fire for an inaugural performance by rocker Ted Nugent on...
As 2006 ends and 2007 begins, the -ists look back not at the past week, but at the past year. So here it is, your Best of 2006 Spectacular. And from all of us at the -ists, happy New Year! Austinist was all about controversy as new construction to increase urban density ran rampant in 2006, as did threats to the city's image from gigantic corporations looking to set up shop in town, leading...
Set Tasers to stun, Officer! The move by Houston Police Cheif Harold Hurtt to avoid a moratorium on the use of these stunning weapons is really none to shocking. Even in light of recent, and highly controversial events at Walter's on Washington. Mayor Bill White has asked for a statistical analyis of how officers use Taser stun guns along with a "cease fire", if you will, until the results are in. On the heels of...
More on Shiraz Qazi, the third local man arrested for allegedly conspiring to help the Taliban: Yesterday, he was ordered to be held without bail because prosecutors said he heard conversations about possible terrorist acts and didn't tell authorities. Qazi, remember, was the guy who prosecutors were so vague about last week — they said his arrest was related to the arrests of two other local men and another in Dallas, but they didn't say...
If you're hiking, consider charging up your iPod, as Seattlest finds out that a man lost during a hike was found by the glow of his iPod. That cleverness seems to be devoid in cops who were using police cruiser instant messaging clients - although we imagine IMs "so are you nakie" to be included in cop shows, just for realism. If only the cops were busting the Hummer-driving jerk who made a poor...