Message-ID: <15748529.1075858077621.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 17:30:00 -0800 (PST) From: owner-newsletter@lists.houstonpress.com To: newsletter@lists.houstonpress.com Subject: This week in www.houstonpress.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: owner-newsletter@lists.houstonpress.com X-To: newsletter@lists.houstonpress.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Martin_Cuilla_Dec2000\Notes Folders\Notes inbox X-Origin: Cuilla-M X-FileName: mcuilla.nsf ====================== houstonpress.com Newsletter December 14, 2000 http://www.houstonpress.com ====================== Only two more issues until 2000 ends. Scary, huh? Well, at least you can read these stories to keep your mind off of it. A band of men terrorize the folks of Montrose, all for a couple of bucks in loot. http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/feature.html/page1.html?newslett er Houston record label Rap-A-Lot comes back with a vengence with 4 new releases. http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/music2.html In Cafe, Robb Walsh separates the Creoles from the Cajuns. http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/cafe.html?newsletter And if you haven't made plan for New Year's Eve, Houston Press Romance is sponsoring a shindig on that fateful night. Who knows? You might start off your new year with a new mate. http://romance.houstonpress.com/events/our_events/index.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NEWS & FEATURES http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/news_toc.html?newsletter ========================================= The Big Score A roving band of young men took to the streets of Montrose, committing more than 20 armed robberies in one week, police say. One guy was shot. No one was killed. A lot of people were terrified. Most times, the robbers' "loot" was a couple of bucks. By Wendy Grossman http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/feature.html/page1.html?newslett er In God's Country William Dembski thought Baylor University would be the perfect place to investigate a scientific alternative to Darwinism. Little did he realize he would be crucified for his cause. By Lauren Kern http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/feature2.html/page1.html?newslet ter Takedown Two Rice students had everything going for them -- until their pranks progressed into hard-core crime By Samantha Liskow http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/news.html?newsletter Tough on Drugs Prisons are filled with users who pick jail over probation and treatment. Welcome to Round 42 of the war on drugs. By Margaret Downing http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/downing.html?newsletter The Art of Seduction Actors, like lovers, understand that a kiss is sometimes just a kiss By Lisa Gray http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/gray.html?newsletter Broken and Battered How the twist ending left M. Night Shyamalan twisting in the breeze By Robert Wilonsky http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/stuff.html?newsletter Bet You Can't Vote for Just One! Why did so many Houston Hispanics punch twice for president? By Tim Fleck http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/insider.html?newsletter Letters Mono-Poly Wars, Donald's Demise, Holy Hypocrisy http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/letters.html?newsletter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NIGHT & DAY http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/nightday_toc.html?newsletter ========================================= Twas the Raves Before Christmas... On Dancer and Prancer By Craig D. Lindsey http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/calendar.html?newsletter Annie, Get Your Makeover Broadway gets politically correct By Dylan Otto Krider http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/calendar2.html?newsletter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CAFE http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/cafe_toc.html?newsletter ========================================= Creole Country Cajun, New Orleans Creole and African-French Creole are three distinct cuisines. By Robb Walsh http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/cafe.html?newsletter Please Pass the Carcinogens Some advice for those who fret about naturally occurring toxins in holiday meals: Stuff it By George Alexander http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/skewer.html?newsletter Have a Little Lamb Tio Pepe By Melanie Knight http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/plate.html?newsletter Stirred and Shaken Black Lab's hot toddy By Robb Walsh http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/stirred.html?newsletter Clean Your Plate Speaking off the toque: Ruth Meric By George Alexander http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/toque.html?newsletter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MUSIC http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/music_toc.html?newsletter ========================================= Bucking the Trend Former Houstonian Chris Cagle hits the charts at a time when Nashville prefers not to see new faces By Aaron Howard http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/music.html?newsletter The Empire Strikes Back The once-proud Rap-A-Lot rediscovers its fury with four new releases By Craig D.Lindsey http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/music2.html?newsletter Label Proof Austin's Spankers seem to add new fans daily. And none of them can figure out what the band does. By Rob Patterson http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/music3.html?newsletter Rap It Up Rave organizers turn to hip-hoppers to entrance the kids By Craig D.Lindsey http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/nightfly.html?newsletter Poe Haunted (Atlantic) By Chris Smith http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/rotation.html?newsletter Soular Slide Too Tasty for Color TV (Soular Slide) By Chris Smith http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/localrotation.html?newsletter Playbill Mark Towns Benefit Concert By Paul J.MacArthur http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/playbill.html?newsletter Playbill Jill Scott By Craig D.Lindsey http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/playbill2.html?newsletter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FILM http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/film_toc.html?newsletter ========================================= The Theater Shopping Network Apparently What Women Want is a feature-length commercial By Robert Wilonsky http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/film.html?newsletter Jonesing for a New Groove Disney's Emperor takes its cues from the Da Vinci of Warner Bros. animation By M.V. Moorhead http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/film2.html?newsletter Sex for Dummies Quills director behaves as if he were still making films for a puritanical age By Gregory Weinkauf http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/film3.html?newsletter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ARTS & THEATER http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/arts_toc.html?newsletter ========================================= Ease on Down the Aisle The Wiz's audience-friendly antics make the '70s-era musical accessible to everyone By Lee Williams http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/theater.html?newsletter Please, Release Me A show of unlikables By Lee Williams http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/theater2.html?newsletter Cy for Him The reverence surrounding Twombly's sculpture exhibit at the Menil inspires little more than weariness By Kelly Klaasmeyer http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2000-12-14/art.html?newsletter ===================================================================== If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, send the following word unsubscribe on a line by itself in the body (not the subject) of an email to: newsletter-request@lists.houstonpress.com ===================================================================== houstonpress.com weekly news eLetter from Houston Press Copyright 2000 New Times, Inc. 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