Results tagged “starwars”

Star Wars Holiday Special (also featuring the MST3K guys)

Good morning, Houston. If you've ever been driving around in the 'burbs and wondered who names the streets, well, it just might be someone like Susan Vreeland-Wendt, who the Chronicle's Nancy Sarnoff interviewed yesterday. Vreeland-Wendt, marketing director for The Woodlands Operating Co., has come up with more than 1,600 names for roads, parks and neighborhoods in The Woodlands in the last 20 years. Turns out she gets inspiration from all kinds of places: paint charts, wine bottles, songs, poetry — even . "Whenever I travel I bring a note pad," she told the Chron. "It's become an obsession. After a while, you never go anywhere without noticing names of things and writing them down." Ms. Vreeland-Wendt, if you're reading, may we humbly suggest a new neighborhood called Houstonist Hills? It does have a certain ring to it ...

Local tech news in a compact, digital format. Houston, A Top 10 High Tech City According to Popular Science, Houston is ranked #10 in high tech cities. Popular Science ranked cities based on 36 technology indicators as well as expert and staff opinions. The best part of this survey is that Houston outranked Dallas, Austin and San Antonio. Richard Yoo and Hush Labs Richard Yoo and Hush Labs were recently featured in The Houston...

Local bands don’t usually have the funs to make their own video. That’s where aspiring film makers come in. Local band Paris Falls now has a (partial) video for their song “Walk Away,” thanks to a not-so-local aspiring film maker WarriorSouthpaw. The Australian created an action packed video for the song, using Lego's. It’s kind of a strange mix between a western and Star Wars. Speaking of Paris Falls, they are one of the...

Lots of variety in Missed Connections this week. Yerrow feevuh? Check. Swingers? Check. Dudes taking a direct approach? Check. Pathetic marriage proposal? Check. Nerd love? Check.

Good morning, Houston. If there's one robot we've always been crazy about, it's the lovable R2-D2, veteran of all six Star Wars movies. And we're not the only people who like the little guy: This month, about 400 public mailboxes will be covered to look like R2-D2 to coincide with the release of a stamp marking the 30th anniversary of the original Star Wars. The USPS has even rolled out a flashy website as...

With the sun out, the temperatures high, one can only think of one thing-- what's going on in the World of the -ists? Bostonist dug deep to uncover Barack Obama's unpaid parking tickets, their Governor's latest ethical lapse, and a plagarizing sports writer. Chicagoist had everything in twos: two views on having the Olympics, losing two members of their Super Bowl team, and two music festivals. DCist put their noses in legal books as...

With the Austin City Limits music festival on the horizon, we’ll start seeing some of those acts wander into our city, some for the first time: Tuesday As time goes on, Hank III continues to meddle even more into the punk/rock/metal that he enjoys, but you’ll still his grandfather-inspired country originals, too. Bob Wayne & the Outlaw Carnies open. 7 p.m. at the Meridian | tickets and info Wednesday Ben Kweller has been confused...

The folks over at the Houston Symphony are always good for a laugh and some great music. (The music you can hear for yourself — on the laugh part, you'll just have to trust Houstonist, as journalistic integrity forces us to disclose that we practically grew up backstage at Jones Hall. And the late, great concertmaster Ray Fliegel did a spot-on Donald Duck impression. Seriously, y'all.) Maybe the musicians won't be impersonating cartoon characters, but...