Good morning, Houston. If you're like Houstonist, you've watched those TV specials about the University of Tennessee's body farm with morbid interest — and you were morbidly interested when you heard that a similar facility was being planned for Texas State in San Marcos. But the plan keeps running into roadblocks, the latest of which is a concern that the buzzards the body farm would attract could affect airplanes on their way to the...
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Sometimes, bands just evolve into a band – that’s how it seems to be for The Hudsons. We spoke to ¾ of the Austin-based band this week (Hudson Mueller, Phoebe Hunt, and Jason Vopni, who'll most likely sit this show out as he recovers at home from an accident), as they prepare for tonight's show in Houston at Anderson Fair. You can check out their music and live videos on their MySpace page. We're pretty...
There's some good news with regard to the price of gas this week: It has leveled off and looks like it'll stay relatively constant for a while, according to AAA Texas. Of course, it has leveled off at more than $2, which means you might have to take out a loan to fill up your car, but still — we take good news where we can get it. This week's AAA Texas gas survey showed...
Just when you thought you should move to Dallas Austin because all of your single friends keep telling you how kickass it is, Worldwide ERC and Primacy Relocation name Houston a top destination for relocating singles in their annual report. In fact, Texas fared well as a whole in the survey (must be our 800+ miles of I-10) with seven metropolitan areas represented. Three cities were in the Top 10: Austin (#2), Houston (#5) and...

Missed Connections: Gefilte Fish...and "Chain Connections"