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No one else in thrash metal's Original Top 4 will ever be as a pleasing to the average pop fan's palate as James Hetfield and pals...

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The Collector: Mack McCormick's Huge Archive of Culture and Lore

The Collector: Mack McCormick's Huge Archive of Culture and Lore

A great American folklorist has spent a life squirreling away bits and pieces of Texas culture. Now time is running out on him and his inventory.

By John Nova Lomax

The Collector: Going Backwards

How Mack McCormick put the z before the y and created z-y-d-e-c-o

By John Nova Lomax

The Collector: The Hoodoo Curse

Bluesman Robert Johnson's shadow stretches long and large

By John Nova Lomax

Hair Balls

Al Green Goes All Rambo

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Beyoncé's Back

Beyoncé's Back

Alter ego (and two movies) in tow

By Mendonca, Dave

Noise

Me and Mr. Jones

By Chris Gray

Nightfly

All Houston Nightlife is Onscreen at Joystix's Pac-Man Fever

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By Shea Serrano

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Is Your Band in Trouble?

Heads Up

By Chris Parker

Local Rotation

Devin the Dude: Landing Gear

By Shea Serrano

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The Shredder

One Show, One Sentence

By Chris Gray

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Feast Is Bloody Brilliant

By Robb Walsh

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Mixta It Up at Benny's Mexican Cafe & Bar

By Paul Galvani

Stirred and Shaken

VELVET LOUNGE'S MEXICAN MARTINI

By W. Healy

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From Té to Sauté World Bistro

By Paul Galvani

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MRC Fails So Miserably That CW Pulls Plug

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Cannes Class of 2008

A jury divided unites around Laurent Cantet's schoolhouse drama

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