March 19th, 2012
Sausage Surge Gets Dirty at Bikini Contest and Car Show
One does not simply have a car show and bikini gaze at a bar called FRANK-N-Stein’s on Saint Patrick’s Day and not experience trash throwing and fights. To expect anything less from that combustible crowd—it is folly. Visit KHOU for more.
Racism Undoubtedly Convinces Your Opponents
There is no better way to sway undecided voters and those of the opposition, that your candidate is the right guy for the job, than a little racial slur. Oh, and you can say “guy” this year, there aren’t any women running. If there were, you could get into sexism too. May ignorance be your Room of Requirement, jerk. Visit KHOU for more.
Kitscha-a-Boom
A pipe bomb was discovered at a garage sale in Wichita Falls. First off, who discovered it? How’d they know what it was? And why a garage sale? Who doesn’t like kitschy old stuff being bought by frugal kitschy old stuff loving citizens? Visit TheChron for more.
DNA: Does Not Abdicate
Thirty years or thirty days—it does not quit. It can free men from being wrongfully imprisoned and get those that perform evil, behind bars. Remember those jewel thieves that robbed the Zales in the Galleria the day before Christmas? Deoxyribonucleic acid’s on to ‘em. Visit MyFoxHouston for more.
FBI Wants Your Help in Identifying Man Devoid of Green on Saint Patrick’s Day
He was last seen wearing a beige baseball cap, navy blue jacket, navy Polo shirt with white stripes, blue jean dungarees, dark shoes and sunglasses while conversing with a bank teller at a Fiesta in southwest Houston. Visit ABC13 for more.
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June 24th, 2011
I recently got married. Hear that? That was the sound of a woeful, collective sigh from the thousands of Houston ladies that were waiting in the wings to be swept away on the magic yacht that is my love. Or something like that. Anyway, there are a few phrases that have been thrown my way in a weird, post-nuptial rite of bullshit that have failed to rock my matrimonial boat…
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— Tea Jones
December 7th, 2010
This week or the next in the Houston area: Pipe Organ Recital at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, ELF Quote-A-Long at the Drafthouse, Diverse Works Presents Pilot (FX), an Evening of Marrakech, Robert Ellis & The Boys at Fitz, Panto Pinocchio, Mike Stinson at Blanco’s, the Marvelous Wonderettes, The Nutcracker, Plaid Tidings, Ooh La La Dessert Boutique and Toys for Tots, Slaid Cleaves at the Mucky Duck, and Bagels and Grits
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— Richard
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November 30th, 2010
This week or the next in the Houston area: Ten Pretty Girls and Petal Shop at Avant Garden, Houston’s Farmer’s Market, Diverse Works Presents Pilot (FX), RedBuds Holiday Party, Zumba at Discovery Green, Robert Ellis & The Boys at Fitz, Panto Pinocchio, HCA Holiday Mixer, the Marvelous Wonderettes, Media that Matters Film Festival, Ooh La La Dessert Boutique and Toys for Tots, Listen!Listen! at Cactus Music, Listen!Listen! at the Mink, Head to Froberg’s, Drink Houston Better-Agora Support, and Lights of Millerville Opening for the Holidays
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— Richard
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November 23rd, 2010
This week or the next in the Houston area: Belly Dancing at Avant Garden, Rick Lee and the Night Owls, Houston’s Farmer’s Market, Diverse Works Presents Pilot (FX), Zumba at Discovery Green, Robert Ellis & The Boys at Fitz, Panto Pinocchio, 2010 Turkey Trot Benefiting Sheltering Arms Senior Services, Run Through the Woods, Drinks at Anvil, Ooh La La Dessert Boutique and Toys for Tots, Los Lonely Boys at Cactus Music, Head to Froberg’s, Lights of Millerville Opening for the Holidays, and the Fabulous Wonderettes
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— Richard
January 13th, 2010
This week or the next in the Houston area: Charlie Robison, E-Makeover House Edition Reveal, The New Normal, Parrot Head Party, Clean Out The Bar Party, Saris and Samosas, Bettie Page Tribute Night – Live Burlesque, Houston Poetry Slam, Ice at Discovery Green (Last Week), The Locavore Life (paneled discussion), The Lawndale Art Center, National Pie Day, Discounted Furnace Checks, and Master Class at the Main Street Theatre
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— Richard
December 23rd, 2009
The Regular Scoop: Happy Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, or December 25th, from all of us, Loopsters! No Scrooge.
This week or the next in the Houston area: You Better Watch Out, Breakfast With Santa at the Aquarium, The Festival of Lights, The National Funeral Museum, Panto Sleeping Beauty, Kwanzaa at the Children’s Museum, St. Arnold Brewery Tours Resume, Christmas with Great Aunt, Cool Globes and Ice Skating at Discovery Green, Yuletide – Holiday Time at Bayou Bend, and H-Town Sneaker Summit 2009.
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— Richard
December 4th, 2009
In 6 Words: Texas, Raucous, Twang, Music, Americana, Katy
Forged in Idaho and perfected in Austin, Reckless Kelly will be bringing their own brand of country music to Mo’s Place (21940 Kingsland Boulevard Katy, TX 77450-2428) on Saturday, December 6th. Anyone who has experienced these guys live, knows that it’s a show that you won’t want to miss. It promises to be a night of tight jean skirts, stetsons and two stepping to raucous country music.
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— Marc
August 17th, 2009
The Regular Scoop: we like our week’s events like our Houston weather, warm, varied and incredibly erratic.
This week or the next: Pork Belly Throwdown, Houston Restaurant Week, Anvil’s 100 Classic Cocktails, My Fair Lady, The Music Man, Sing-a-long Mama Mia!, An Evening with Oscar Casares At the Brazos Bookstore, Mos Def and Jay Electronica, The Rock-Afire Explosion, Brandon Rhyder at The Big Texas Dancehall & Saloon, Soul Rebels Brass Band at the Meridian, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Midnight Showing and Shadow Act,
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— Richard
August 10th, 2009
The Regular Scoop, roots extended, Houston’s lush landscape providing all the nourishment needed (inspite of this heat).
This week or the next: Thrill of the Grill,Texas – Wine, Food & Live Music, Sally Stubbs at the Circle S Vineyards, Soul Rebels Brass Band, Froberg’s Family Farm, University of Houston Football Fan Appreciation, Yoga In The Park, Buxton at the Houston Indie House, Jesse Dayton at the Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe, Terra Cotta Warriors and Pan’s Labyrinth a Midnight Showing
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— Richard
