Members of the band Black Joe Louis: Joseph Woullard, left, Bill Stevenson, Matthew Strmiska, Joe Lewis, Zach Ernst, Derek Phelps and Jason Frey. Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears,Scandalous * * * RETRO R&B The seven-member Austin-based band made music fans take notice with their smoking garage soul 2009 debut, Tell ‘Em What Your Name [...]
No doubt Sammy Hagar, a former lead singer for Van Halen, has enjoyed a lot of far out experiences in life, but on Monday, the rocker told perhaps his farthest out tale to MTV. He was abducted by aliens. Chickenfoot singer Sammy Hagar performs during the 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival early July 5, 2009. REUTERS/Denis [...]
Comedian Pat Coopers entertaining memoir opens with recollections of his Italian family headed by a strict, no-nonsense father who fully expected his son to become a bricklayer. He began pursuing his passion by doing impersonations on the side and when happenstance opened a place on the Fox Amateur Hour radio show, Pat won first place [...]
The specialties at The Corner Store are burritos and panini, so we tried one of each. The burritos are made fresh to order and you can choose your own fillings from a huge variety of ingredients beginning with a white or wheat tortilla. Fillings include Monterey Jack cheese, grilled chicken, grilled steak, slow-roasted pork, ground [...]
Occasionally, I’ll find an ethnic restaurant that makes me feel like an expatriate in my own country. These are places firmly rooted in another culture, resistant to American attitude, and clearly catering to a different demographic. It has the feel of somebody else’s home away from home. And the most tangible agent of the you’re-not-in-Kansas [...]
Judy (Jordana Beatty) learns that Aunt Opal (Heather Graham) isn’t so awful in the film, which has elements of the books but an original plot. Based on Megan McDonald’s award-winning Judy Moody books, wildly popular with the under-12 set (13 million in print since 2000), the movie aims to marshal McDonald’s army of fans to [...]