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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
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Mescaline on the Mexican Border
Texas is the only state in the country where peyote is sold legally. Really.
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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.
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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
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Ghost Town CFS: Carriage House Cafe
Step back in time — to a spooky old carriage barn with a monster chicken-fried steak
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Barack Obama and Me (251)
It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
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A Prison Cover-up During Hurricane Rita (19)
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.
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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
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Are You Hot Enough for Citizen Lounge? (7)
All This Useless Beauty
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HoustonHipHop.com Relaunch Party (5)
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Are You Hot Enough for Citizen Lounge?
All This Useless Beauty
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Tired of the Hype, But That's All There Is
Next month, Houston gets to be a cool kid. But only for a week.
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The improbable redemption of Ashlee Simpson
"La La" Love You
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Rap's Rapidly Vanishing Female MC
The Why Chromosome
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A New Official State Song for Texas?
A case for a new — or different, anyway — state song
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Over the Weekend: Fotos, Dogs and Sausage. And Hannah Montana Too.
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Friday Night: Wilco at Verizon Wireless Theater
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Rockets-Nets: Just Another Step Along the Road to Redemption
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Sausage Fest: Bangers and Mash at Red Lion Pub
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Recent Articles By James Bolen
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Little Brother
Little Brother performs Friday, June 29, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-225-5483. Orgone and DJ Haul also perform.
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The Police
The Police perform Friday, June 29, at the Toyota Center, 1510 Polk St., 713-627-9622. Fiction Plane also performs.
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Ozma
Ozma performs Tuesday, June 5, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-225-5483. Eastern Conference Champions and The Actual also perform.
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Keller Williams
Dream
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Tea Leaf Green
Rock 'n' Roll Band
National Features
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SF Weekly
The Candidate
Our columnist knows Ralph Nader's running mate all too well.
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The Pitch
How Not To Be a Rap Star
First of all, lay off the Ecstasy.
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Village Voice
Project Runaway
What becomes a gossip columnist most?
By Michael Musto
Accordion Kings & Queens
Accordion Kings & Queens will perform on Saturday, June 2, at Miller Outdoor Theatre, 100 Concert Dr., 713-533-3276.
By James Bolen
Published: May 31, 2007If the squeezebox is your thing, you won't want to miss the Texas Folklife's 18th annual Accordion Kings & Queens concert. This year's diverse lineup features Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, Mingo Saldivar y sus Tremendos Cuatro Espadas, and Ginny Mac and the Road to Texas Band. A third-generation zydeco player, Carrier is featured in the new IMAX movie Hurricane on the Bayou. Conjunto music legend Saldivar is a National Heritage Fellow and two-time Grammy nominee. And this year's Queen, Ginny Mac, is an up-and-coming Western swing performer.
The show will also feature performances from the three finalists from The Big Squeeze, Texas Folklife's first statewide accordion competition. The contestants will be accompanied by Houston's own Avizo. And internationally lauded director Hector Galán will be filming the contest for an upcoming documentary (also to be called The Big Squeeze).
