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Barack Obama and Me

It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
Mescaline on the Mexican Border

Texas is the only state in the country where peyote is sold legally. Really.
A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita

For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.
Little Bitty Burger Barn

"It's okay to be little bitty in the big city" is an apt slogan for this new burger joint, where sliders rule
Ghost Town CFS: Carriage House Cafe

Step back in time — to a spooky old carriage barn with a monster chicken-fried steak

Barack Obama and Me (246)

It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
Save Lobo: A Siberian Husky Mix is Sentenced to Die (28)

Why? Because he's big and intimidating and because one family complained about him over and over again
A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita (13)

For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.
Are You Hot Enough for Citizen Lounge? (6)

All This Useless Beauty
Rotten to the Corps: A Question of Justice at Texas A&M (140)

Thanks to A& M and a district attorney, two cadets escape punishment for beating in a student's face

Are You Hot Enough for Citizen Lounge?

All This Useless Beauty
Tired of the Hype, But That's All There Is

Next month, Houston gets to be a cool kid. But only for a week.
The improbable redemption of Ashlee Simpson

"La La" Love You
Rap's Rapidly Vanishing Female MC

The Why Chromosome
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A case for a new — or different, anyway — state song

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Thursday, March 9, Meridian, 1503 Chartres, 713-629-3700.

By Rob Patterson

Published: March 2, 2006

Chicago's entry into the '00s-meet-the-'80s pop-rock gold rush, OK Go, is made up of four dandies with a taste for paisley and flowered patterns in their garb and hooky, feisty, near-hyperactivity in their songs. But behind their almost-too-eager-to-please energy, mix 'n' match sartorial flair and wacky dance moves (on shameless display in the "A Million Ways" video) is a surprising lyrical depth and range of social concerns. At first blush, their second CD, OH NO, plays like a Top of the Pops collection, yet close listening reveals a pre-apocalyptic landscape of doom, gloom, greed, power-mad politicos and - that old rock 'n' roll standby - faithless lovers. Singer Damian Kulash has penned a manifesto entitled "How Your Band Can Fire Bush," so perhaps the sugar-coating is an insidious trick to stir the consciousness of the sleeping masses. The band has certainly gained access, playing Times Square on New Year's Eve and hitting a number of the network TV late-night and morning shows. One imagines that when the current trend subsides and (hopefully) OK Go makes it into the long run and settles into a groove, it could be a band that really matters. Until then, just shake your thing or punch a fist of righteous resistance into the air to the beat of music. Or both.

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It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator

Texas is the only state in the country where peyote is sold legally. Really.

For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.

"It's okay to be little bitty in the big city" is an apt slogan for this new burger joint, where sliders rule

Step back in time — to a spooky old carriage barn with a monster chicken-fried steak

It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator

Why? Because he's big and intimidating and because one family complained about him over and over again

For days after the storm, inmates in Beaumont lived without A/C, electricity or hot meals. Press releases kept saying everything inside was fine. Guards and prisoners agree — that was nothing but B.S.

All This Useless Beauty

Thanks to A& M and a district attorney, two cadets escape punishment for beating in a student's face

All This Useless Beauty

Next month, Houston gets to be a cool kid. But only for a week.

"La La" Love You

The Why Chromosome

A case for a new — or different, anyway — state song

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