Houston (Texas)

What You Know About Them Texas Boys? The Return of Screw York City

Back in April of '06 walking Texas rap encyclopedia Matt Sonzala embarked on a cultural exchange program with New York fashion-icon-in-the-making/DJ Roxy Cottontail. Houston hip-hop was having a moment: Mike Jones, Slim Thug, Lil Keke, Devin the Dude and more all burst out of the humid air in the Di ... More >>

Billy Gibbons's Moving Sidewalks Are Back in a Flash

The psychedelic trailblazers reunite after 40-plus years

Will Long.Live.A$AP Be the Biggest Houston Rap Album of 2013?

[Ed. Note: The following post ran on the music blog of the Voice's sister publication Houston Press on Jan. 23. We rerun it here re: relevant to our interests.] By Nathan Smith There are a few things you should know about A$AP Rocky. He's a pretty motherfucker. His new album, Long.Live.A$AP, is a ... More >>

MISSISSIPPI MAN

Get a taste of the 
South with Big K.R.I.T.

ugEXPLODE Musicians Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone, Ava Mendoza, Sandy Ewen And Damon Smith On Shredding, New York Vs. The Bay Area, And Houston's Improv and Drinking Scene

This week, the Voice rounded up Weasel Walter's nationwide community of avant-gardist outsiders who both record for his boldly avant-garde label ugEXPLODE and collaborate with the iconoclast-about-town. The names are staggering and represent the most intrepid of musicians working in the experimental ... More >>

Woody Harrelson Tells Me: "I Wish My Indies Were Blockbusters"

From Cheers to two Oscar nominations to the Hunger Games franchise, Woody Harrelson has never stopped surprising--especially when you throw in his hemp campaigns, veganism, and other causes. And now he's going back to the theater! Check out my column, in which Woody tells me about his latest proje ... More >>

BIG PIMPIN'

Fat Trel and Fat Tony take you down 
to the Santos Party House Basement

A Brief Primer On Riff Raff, The (Really Good) Houston Rapper Who Will Be Portrayed On Screen By James Franco

If Noz and The Onion collaborated, they might come up with a scenario like this one: Gucci Mane and Selena Gomez star in a Harmony Korine-directed film alongside James Franco, whose character is loosely based on the little-known YouTube rapper Riff Raff. But, of course, this is the era of trollgaze, ... More >>

RETNA Mural Goes Up At Bowery and Houston

A new muralist is taking work to Bowery and Houston, following FAILE's creation installed in October. On Thursday Bowery Boogie blogged that the FAILE was in the midst of being painted over in white. Now, artist RETNA -- Marquis Lewis -- comes to the location, working in his signature style.

The Continued Insanity That Is Arizona

Our 10 Best Things to Eat Between Houston and Delancey Streets

Rebecca MarxIl Laboratorio del Gelato's mango and plum sorbets are some of the many culinary delights to be found between Houston and Delancy streets.​ In addition to being home to an impressive number of underage-drinking crackdowns, the four short blocks between Houston and Delancey streets ... More >>

Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Things to Eat Between Houston and Delancey Streets

Lauren ShockeyWill the Meatball Shop's chicken parmesan sandwich make the list? What do you think?​In addition to being home to an impressive number of underage drinking charges, the four short blocks between Houston and Delancey Streets boast an equally high concentration of restaurants. From ... More >>

Terrence Gallivan Has Found Life After Alto. In Houston.

"Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to break free..."​When Chris Cannon abruptly shuttered Convivio and Alto in March, the closures left plenty of people unemployed. Among them was Terrence Gallivan, who had quit his job as August's executive chef to take over the kitc ... More >>

Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Vietnamese Restaurants

Lauren ShockeyBaoguette Café offers a tasty chicken and sausage dish over rice, but is the restaurant good enough to make it into the top 10?​While we do have plenty of banh mi peddlers, New York City isn't an enclave for Vietnamese expat communities, so it doesn't possess a bounty of full-sc ... More >>

Woman Rescued After Being Hit By F Train at 2nd Avenue

​A woman was "clipped by a train," reports the New York Post, today at Houston and 2nd Avenue, shortly before 11:30 a.m. She either fell or jumped to the tracks, with early indications pointing to a suicide attempt. She was rescued and is now at Bellevue Hospital, where she's in critical condi ... More >>

Endeavour Lands in its Final Mission [Video]

Space Shuttle Endeavour has landed its final mission. There's something so old-school nostalgic, yet amazingly powerful, about this video, taken in the dark of night, when the shuttle landed at 2:35 a.m. Maybe it's the quiet tones spoken from mission control; the "Houston, Endeavour: Wheels stopped" ... More >>

Fork in the Road's Favorite Sushi in New York City

flickr/ragingwire​It's time for Tuesday Toasts, our weekly feature highlighting the Fork in the Road team's favorite versions of popular dishes and favorite spots in the city for a given activity. They might not be the best or the coolest or the newest, but instead represent the things and pla ... More >>

Food Scandal Exploding -- Literally -- in China; Previewing Smorgasburg

​Recipe search engines, such as the one Google launched earlier this year, are useful for finding recipes. But just how good the recipes are is debatable. [NY Times] Murray's Cheese, which already has a store in Houston, Tex., has signed a deal with supermarket chain Kroger to distribute its ... More >>

Is This the Biggest Curb Moat You've Ever Seen?

Rebecca Flint Marx/@forkintheroadvv​One of our intrepid coworkers sent us this picture of a curb-moat monstrosity encroaching upon and nearly covering Houston and Allen Streets. Beware the southwest corner! Says our tipster: "People would walk up to it, stare, and walk away. The thing was prob ... More >>

Nitzer Ebb

Some of Their Best Friends are Mexicans

HOPE FOR THE FUTURE

Shepard Fairey recruits youngsters

New York Women Like Their Men to Smell Like the Inside of a Starbucks

​Well, this is interesting. Smell purveyor AXE body spray took it upon themselves to survey ladies in various cities to find out how they'd like their menfolk to smell. (Note to men: Two of three women say they are actually more likely to make out with a guy on the first date if he smells good ... More >>

Twist Is All Over the Freshly Painted Deitch Wall

Click to Enlarge​That didn't take long. Last week, the Shepard Fairey mural was removed from the Deitch Projects wall at Houston and Bowery, and now Barry McGee, a/k/a Twist, has already redecorated it with graffiti, sticking with Fairey's red and white color scheme. It definitely looks more i ... More >>

Poll: New York City Has the Worst Airports in America. Related: Sky Often Blue.

​Things every New Yorker just knows: New York City's airports suck. You practically need a visa just to get there, the process of getting there is terrible, the people who work there are pissed off and hate you, flights never leave on time, with few exceptions there's nothing particularly rema ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain Meditates on the Concept of 'Foodie-ism'

​"The biggest problem I have with this "foodie"-ism is the lack of a sense of humor. You know? Those foodies who don't have a sense of humor and who are angry or proprietary about their choices. That's less fun. People who collect dining experiences like butterfly collectors rather than enthus ... More >>

Stressed-Out New Yorkers Perhaps Not as Stressed as They'd Have You Believe

​While you may think you're stressed (who's stressed? It's Friday!), and spend a lot of money telling your therapist you're stressed, New York is actually way less stressed than a number of other cities, according to a Forbes report that analyzed U.S. metropolitan areas based on high unemploym ... More >>

Another Fire in the East Village Scorches Commercial Building

via EV Grieve​Smoke was pouring out of 628 Broadway this morning, and downtown bloggers were all over that fire beat even before NotifyNYC gave anyone the low-down. The fire's reportedly been put out, but there are several businesses in the East Village commercial building that may be out of c ... More >>

Large Fire Reported on the Lower East Side, 240 East Houston

Update, again: Confirmation on scene that the building is 240 E. Houston. 188 firefighters from 33 units arrived to put out the flames. We have reports that two people were taken out in stretchers, and the blaze is said to have started on the roof. No injuries are currently reported. Update: NBC 4 ... More >>

Gay Print Media on the Wane

The Internet spells doom for many long-established periodicals

Shepard Fairey Mural Totaled in Epic Bombing

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Shepard Fairey Talks About His New Mural, Authenticity, and Pretense

Guess what? Shepard Fairey likes Houston and Bowery, the site of his new mural, "because it's busy" -- and he used to do illegal stuff there. He's so artsy! And busy! Watch and learn.

Ruby Tuesday Tries to Move On Up

NNECAPA/flickr​As the economy has festered, fast-food and casual dining restaurants have been whipping out their mascara wands to class up their image while reassuring diners that the food is still cheap and the portions still monolithic. Burger King embarked on a bachelor pad-fabulous make-ov ... More >>

Mossimo at Target: Eh

Stealing the Show

New Orleans musicians blew into Houston on Katrina's winds and everything was magic for a while

'The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam'

Any Profit in a Storm

Stormy weather allows big oil to practice a crude sort of blackmail

Rita and Weep

Texas, home to the country's largest refineries, has yet to be declared a disaster area by Bush

FEMA Nixes Grassroots Radio Station for Hurricane Evacuees

Bureaucracy KO's info source at the Astrodome

Outrunning the Competition

Adidas' new megastore opens in Soho with smart sneakers and a McCartney

NY Mirror

Shedding Light on a New Lower East Side Spot to Get Lost In

Attack Dog Bites Man

Steve Earle weighs in on the issues that look like winners

Not Screwed Yet

Jog-brawl hip-hop slows down Soul Sonic's perfect beats

Dancing Shoes at Home

Bush's New Federal Math Leaves Kids Far Behind

A Texas Hoax May Be the President's Waterloo

Broadway Local

What $50 Buys from 8th to Houston

Ordeal by Beef

Slow Ride

Houston Screws Off the Cough-Syrup Cap

The Liberty: Beaten at Their Own Game

Hasid Jazz?

Orthodox, conservative, or reformed, klezmer's back and marching