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Bootlegging Dr Pepper
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There's a Morning-After Drug to Prevent HIV Infection
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A compendium of Cure-related information
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Fast Food at the French House
This restaurant's sandwiches are surprisingly good, if you stick with the baguettes and croissants
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Madagascar Birthmarks at French Riviera Bakery
This fabulous little French Bakery is one of the coolest hangouts in the Galleria
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The DREAM Act Might Be Dead, But These Kids' Hopes Are Not (17)
They are American in everything but name. They can go to college in Texas and improve themselves. Doesn't matter. At the end of the day, they're just illegal immigrants without social security numbers or futures.
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Ten Things I Love About the Houston Music Scene (6)
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Fast Food at the French House (5)
This restaurant's sandwiches are surprisingly good, if you stick with the baguettes and croissants
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Machinist and Truck Drivers (5)
The College Question
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Punks, Jocks and Justice (8)
There was a killing and now a conviction. Even those can't stop the fierce war raging between the Panhandle punks and athletes of Amarillo.
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A compendium of Cure-related information
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High Gas Prices Still Hurting Touring Bands
Notes toward a post-cheap-gas touring economy
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Denny's Adopts Rock Bands
The diner chain now serves up a little rock on the side
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Here's the soundtrack to your future unemployment!
Worked Up
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God, Texas and Tom Waits
Tom Waits may not come from around here, but a good chunk of his favorite music does
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I Cannot Stop Watching the Trojan Vibrator Ad
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Music Awards Nominees Announced Today; UGK, Indian Jewelry, Arthur Yoria, Tontons Head List
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For guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge, abandoning the multiplatinum, permanent pop-punk prom that was Blink-182 for his own brainchild, Angels & Airwaves, is like attempting a promotion from the Monkees to U2. DeLonge (alongside three lesser punk-lite luminaries), you see, is now seeking something more thoughtful, grown-up and significant. Thankfully, he's retained his instinctive street-level songcraft (though it sometimes seems to be the same song), meaning that A&A end up sounding more like a maturing Blink than he probably intended. But DeLonge isn't kidding: Angels released their second album in 18 months, I-Empire, last November, continuing the grandiose-yet-peppy theme of their '06 debut, We Don't Need to Whisper. It's more Forum-ready refrains; emo-approved, eyes-on-the-horizon optimism; twinkly guitars 'n' keys; and wafts of '80s MTV. While hardly of Dave Grohl proportions, DeLonge's effort to reinvent himself is both admirable and (more crucially) singable — if not remotely as fucking important as he thinks it is.
