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A little bit of old school, a little bit of new school on the charts this week.

Here are a few books Houstonist thinks your friends and family won't use for doorstops (that's the fruitcake, right?). Everyone likes a good read, or at least a smart-looking book to sit on the nightstand. Give these a try. And shop at your local independent bookstore -- they can give you even more recommendations, and probably a good cup of coffee as well.

So Colbie Caillat is scheduled to sing on the Ellen DeGeneres Show this week. We mention this mainly because the lyrics to her hit song, "Bubbly," make us chuckle.

One of Houstonist favorites (which really means very little, because we are hard pressed to find a cookie we DON'T like) is the simple, honest, and slightly gussied-up sugar cookie - the Snickerdoodle! In a very lame homage to that "Stewart" lady, we get festive this time of year, rolling our holiday version of the cookies in red and green sanding sugars. It's all in the presentation, you know. Snickerdoodles 1 1/2 cups sugar...

Before you get all "wait, I was told there wouldn't be any math", there is some significance to the number above. It's Vince Young's QB Rating, largely the result of a 5/13 touchdown/interception ratio. By way of comparison, Matt Schaub has a decent 87.3 rating, and former Steelers phenom Kordell Stewart finished his career with a 70.7 rating. Perhaps the Madden cover jinx doesn't mean that you blow out your knee or get arrested for...

::Movie Monday - Double Feature:: Two series we love return tonight: Monday Night Movies at Domy Books, and Movies Houstonians Love at the MFA. Liquid Sky, 1983, 112 min Domy Books | 1709 Westheimer 8:30 - 10:30pm FREE Drugs, 80s Art Punks, and Aliens translated through director Slava Tsukerman would be the easy way to describe Liquid Sky. The hard way would include the endless amount of unlikable characters (including the two leads played by...

Good morning, Houston. Suppose you're trying to keep up with piles and piles of government reports. How can you tell when there are too many? Simple: You ask for a report, of course. That's what the Texas State Library and Archives Commission did — and in a 668-page report, the commission has declared that the state is over-reported. The commission looked at more than 170 state agencies and universities and found more than 1,600...

Good morning, Houston. Next time you happen to be walking along Northwood Drive in Baytown — and really, we can't imagine why you would be — be sure to use the sidewalk. If you don't, you could end up being slapped with a $150 citation. It happened to Clifton Stewart, a minister who said he moved to the neighborhood to save money; on Aug. 21, Stewart was cited for violating a state law that...

Need to know just a little bit about something? Ask a dilettante. Did you see The Police reunion tour at Toyota Center Friday night? I know you like all that old crap. You’re only as old as you feel, sir. And yes, Dilettante saw the show. Sigh. Here’s the deal. The Police broke up before I was old enough to go to concerts. So for the past twenty-something years, I’ve regretted never having seen them...

Treasure Island Preview Party

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...

Ah ... Spring is in the air. With spring comes festival season! The International Festival begins its two-weekend stint on Saturday, bringing a wide range of musicians. This weekend, George Clinton headlines, but you can also catch Ruthie Foster, Grupo Fantasma, and more. Another annual tradition (well, a 14 year tradition) is Buzzfest sponsored by 94.5 KTBZ. This year's line-up for the rock station (notice that we didn't say "alternative?" -- there's a reason...

Good morning, Houston. If anyone out there's looking for a show idea to pitch to MTV, may we suggest The Real World: Monsatery? Based on the statements of Hugh Brian Fallon, a monk from Blanco, The Christ of the Hills monastery would fit right in with the Real World drama: Fallon told authorities that fellow monk Samuel Greene encouraged sex among the monks, offered people marijuana when they were having problems and faked tears...

Concerts are abundant this week, so you have no excuse for not getting out and seeing a show. If you're a fan of Texas country, you may want to take the drive out to Bolivar Peninsula this weekend for their first Stingaree Music Festival, featuring Hayes Carll, Todd Snider, Adam Carroll, and much more. One sometimes Texas alt.country band will not be there, but will be playing at the Meridian Thursday night -- the...

This morning, the Chronicle has more details from the Tynesha Stewart murder case — and if you thought the story couldn't have been more gruesome, think again. According to witness statements used in a search warrant request for confessed killer Timothy Wayne Shepherd's apartment, Shepherd once said that he "would boil someone and eat them." That hits pretty close to home, considering that police say Shepherd destroyed Stewart's dismembered body parts on barbecue grills. So...

A group of activists held a press conference yesterday demanding a search for murdered A&M student Tynesha Stewart's remains — despite Stewart's family's request that a search not be conducted. "We respect the wishes of the family, but we too are a family and we too have been traumatized by the rollercoaster that we, the community and the greater public have been put upon — not only by the heinousness of the crime that has...

Some developments in the murder of Tynesha Stewart, the 19-year-old Texas A&M student whose ex-boyfriend says he strangled her, dismembered her body and then incinerated the body parts on two barbecue grills outside his apartment: Harris County sheriff's investigators returned to confessed killer Timothy Wayne Shepherd's apartment to look for forensic evidence yesterday. According to KHOU, police removed some items from the apartment, including what seemed to be a roll of carpet, and they used...

A series of developments and twists over the weekend brought the case of murdered Texas A&M student Tynesha Stewart to a grisly point: Investigators said there would definitely be no search for her remains because there aren't any remains to be found. "There are no remaining body parts," Harris County Sheriff Tommy Thomas said in a news conference Saturday night. "We have determined through this investigation that the defendant dismembered the victim and burned her...

The latest development in the murder of Texas A&M student Tynesha Stewart: Yesterday, Harris County sheriff's officials announced that they will not search area landfills for her body, saying that finding the body would be "virtually impossible." Meanwhile, sheriff's investigators did finally get a confession from Stewart's ex boyfriend, Timothy Wayne Shepherd, who on Wednesday had led police to a Dumpster where he told activist Quanell X he disposed of Stewart's body after killing her....

The ex-boyfriend of missing Texas A&M student Tynesha Stewart was charged with murder this morning after he led police investigators to a dumpster where he said he put Stewart's body. The ex, 27-year-old Timothy Wayne Shepherd, hasn't made a formal confession and reportedly isn't cooperating with police now, but activist Quanell X said he did confess to him. Stewart disappeared a week ago while she was spending Spring Break at her mother's apartment. She left...

Good morning, Houston. If you loved the DeLorean DMC-12 — and who didn't? — you might be interested to know that what's left of the DeLorean Motor Co. (basically, the name and the logo) is now headquartered in Humble. And the company's vice president, James Espey, is hoping to collect former De Lorean employees' into a book, I Lived the Dream: Stories From Those Who Built the DeLorean Sports Car. This summer, the DeLorean...

Via HouStoned, we see that everyone's favorite corporate scandal may be coming to the big screen soon: Leonardo DiCaprio is planning to produce and star in a film adaptation of Conspiracy of Fools, Kurt Eichenwald's book about EnronEnron's collapse. Entertainment Tonight reports that DiCaprio will play a newcomer to Enron "who discovers the corruption that leads to its bankruptcy implosion in 2001." So that would make him, what, maybe a male version of Sherron Watkins?...

On Sundays, Houstonist runs opinion pieces relevant to life in Houston. The opinions expressed below are entirely those of the author. So it’s Christmas Eve, and you aren’t done with your shopping. Sure, you’ve carefully wrapped a present for your mother that is so amazing it will remove the memory of every bad gift she’s ever received, and your kids each have their own Play Station XVIII. But you still have to buy for your...

If you have always wanted to live like Martha Stewart (pre- and post-prosecution, of course), here’s your chance. Groundbreaking begins in Katy today at a new community built by KB Homes and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. Sounding more like a wine than a neighborhood, WoodCreek Reserve will feature 244 homes inspired by the personal residences (yes, that’s plural) of Martha Stewart. Most of the homes have a New England-ish exterior and range from 2,600...

Police say a grenade was found in HPD's accident division at 61 Reisner this afernoon; an investigation is under way (KPRC says the grenade was live, but KTRK is reporting it wasn't) A shipping truck wrecked and caught fire early this afternoon in the Katy Freeway HOV lane near Gessner, closing all outbound lanes; the freeway is not expected to fully reopen until 9 p.m. Dexter Johnson, accused of being the ringleader of the group...

Summer is here: it’s time to dig out your old sleeveless rock tour t-shirts from the 80’s. In the same way that retired folks flock to Florida for the summer, aging rockers tend to come out of hiding and head south, too. Rock If you need your Van Hagar fix, Sammy Hagar visits the Woodlands this weekend, with Michael Anthony. (6/10 @ Cynthia Mitchell Woods Pavilion) Def Leppard just released a covers album of...

We attended the Houston/Galveston Hurricane Workshop yesterday at the George R. Brown Convention Center and learned a lot. Most importantly, the evacuation planning is light years ahead. Also, remember that period over the last 50 years where we only had a handful of hurricanes? Yeah, those were the good old days. According to National Hurricane Center forecaster Stacy Stewart, we're at the start of a 15 to 20 year cycle of more frequent and...