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LAist was comped front row seats by the Dodgers due to Malingering being struck by a foul ball last week, and she came back with some great photos, and earlier made fun of 4th of July on Venice Beach. But the biggest stories of the week was that the Mayor's Hot Tamale was revealed, and that a Kwik-E-Mart was erected in Burbank. Phillyist was busy doing the Fourth of July up right, exercising their... more ›

From the tallest skyscraper in the City of Brotherly Love to Canadian tourism copywriting brilliance, here's what you should know from our -ist cities: This week, Phillyist took a gleeful listen to the White Stripes' exciting new release, watched in awe as their new tallest skyscraper was finally completed, found a cheaper way to get to Gothamist, invented a tasty new dessert, and brought back their Craigslist Round-Up feature with a bang. Bostonist watches... more ›

Seattlest has a talk with the photographer from last week's "Segway Mom" and then experiences some dissension in the ranks over the question of wine vs. beer. It's not West Side Story, but about as close as they'll get. They're also still waiting on some inbox relief after a spammer is arrested. As Chicagoist counts down the days to its third anniversary party, they found all-organic pizza to be underwhelming amidst the hoopla, tried... more ›

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... more ›

Wednesday Keeping his father’s tradition of outlaw country music, Shooter Jennings brings his Put the O Back in Country (think about it) tour to Houston. 7 p.m. at the Meridian | tickets and info Thursday It’s like a Reese's commercial – two musicians (Deb Talan and Steve Tannen) meet each other while performing and realize they can make beautiful folk/pop music together as The Weepies. Music: “The World Spins Madly Around” 8 p.m. at... more ›

Houstonist loves its music almost as much as a 42.8 degree Guinness Draught on St. Patty’s Day. When we hear something that makes us want to drink more, we get super excited. The Subways’ debut album “Young for Eternity” got us almost too excited. We first heard the young’ns while visiting our Austinist friends for SXSW. As one of several opening acts for Snow Patrol on March 17, the Subways provided an electrifying warm-up. And... more ›

A north Houston restaurateur was killed with a machete last night when he tried to break up a fight between a man and his ex-girlfriend. Police said William Huang, owner of the Lucky Seafood Market on Crosstimbers near Fulton, jumped in to try to stop an argument between Leon Andrade and his pregnant estranged wife, who works at the restaurant. Andrade pulled out a machete and chased Huang into the parking lot, where he hit... more ›