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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 (246)
It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator
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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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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.
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Are You Hot Enough for Citizen Lounge? (6)
All This Useless Beauty
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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
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"CSI: The Experience"
Exhibit inspired by CBS series puts you behind the evidence
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Lisa Landolt and Jo Barrett
Two law-school-grads-turned-chick-lit-authors show us amore might be the death of us yet
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Michael Winslow
The man with ten thousand noises comes to Houston
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Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Parade
Watch downtown turn into cowpoke heaven
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Free First Sundays: Family Flicks
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston hosts four kid-friendly films
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Over the Weekend: Fotos, Dogs and Sausage
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Weekend Music: Help Save the Houston Music Scene
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Aeros Win Two More, Thanks to Barry Brust, Ryan Hamilton, Steve Kelly, Benoit Pouliot...a Lot of Guys, Actually
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Sausage Fest: Bangers and Mash at Red Lion Pub
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Invincible Czars’ Unorthodox Rendition of the Nutcracker Suite
Tchaikovsky’s opus gets turned up to 11
By Dusti Rhodes
Published: December 6, 2007
There’s nothing like strapping on a Stratocaster and rockin’ out to the sounds of Tchaikovsky, right? (Sit down, Trans-Siberian Orchestra – this is much cooler.) The Invincible Czars’ Unorthodox Rendition of the Nutcracker Suite combines all the beauty of the Tchaikovsky’s original opus and turns it up to 11. The seven-piece Austin band was a little hesitant about the ambitious undertaking, mainly because they didn’t know if their usual, hard-to-impress crowd would think it was awesome or totally cheesy. But once fans heard the Suite, it was all good. “The underground, weirdo rock world we exist in has been surprisingly accepting,” says guitarist Josh Robins. During a sound check before a performance, Robins says, a 75-year-old man told him he hadn’t heard any music that motivated him to come and see it performed live until he heard the Czars’ on the radio that morning. “And I’m up there with my guitar turned up to ten, crushing the ‘Chinese Dance,’” he said and laughed. The Czars’ rendition is like a metallic version of the Suite, with a little more thrown into the mix. Robins says, “Right in the middle of ‘Russian Dance’ we go into ‘Sleigh Ride.’” See what else the Czars’ add in after Two Star Symphony and Golden Arm start the night off at 9 p.m. Rudyard’s, 2010 Waugh Drive. For information, call 713-521-0521 or visit www.rudyards.com. $8.
Sat., Dec. 8, 9 p.m., 2007
