Email Author Chris Gray

Awards

• 2012 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published February 10, 2011

  "Getting Past the Bouncer"

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2009 Stories by Chris Gray

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  Wanna Hear Obama Cussingr

  published Feb 06, 2009

  Yet another funny bit Rocks Off discovered via the time-wasting miracle that is Twitter, via the Boston Phoenix's blog - our new president impersonating a foul-mouthed old friend in the... More >>

• One More for Lux: The Cramps at Meridian, September 2004

  published Feb 05, 2009

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• Art Rock: Au, Wild Moccasins and listenlisten at the Mink

  published Feb 05, 2009

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  Remembering Lux: The Cramps' Gravest Hits

  published Feb 05, 2009

  A few more details are starting to emerge in the death of Cramps frontman Lux Interior. The Los Angeles Times says Interior, 60, passed away Wednesday from a preexisting heart condition at Glen... More >>

• Local Rotation: The Snake Charmers' Been Gone Too Long

  published Feb 05, 2009

  The Snake Charmers Been Gone Too Long www.snakecharmers.net Contrary to popular belief, the blues is mostly about restraint; a few carefully chosen and timed notes are almost always preferable to... More >>

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  R.I.P. Lux Interior

  published Feb 04, 2009

  It saddens Rocks Off, deeply, to pass this along, but evidently Lux Interior, founder and frontman of psychobilly godfathers (and all-around badasses) the Cramps, has died. Details are extremely... More >>

• Live Nation and Ticketmaster Near Merger

  published Feb 04, 2009

  The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that entertainment megacorp Live Nation and Ticketmaster, the world's leading ticketing agency and an important player in artist management... More >>

• Chart Check: Texans on Amazon.com

  published Feb 04, 2009

  [Rocks Off scrolled through the various Top Sellers lists on Amazon.com this afternoon to see which albums by Texas artists are moving, and where.] Top Sellers Overall 2. Steve Martin, The Crow: ... More >>

• For Buddy, Ritchie and the Bopper: Don McLean's "American Pie"

  published Feb 03, 2009

  We still believe in rock and roll, guys.... More >>

• Can't Get It Out of My Head: David Allan Coe's "Whips and Things" (NSFW)

  published Feb 03, 2009

  That lovable scamp Mojo Nixon just played this song on his Sirius XM Outlaw Country shift, and now only God knows when Rocks Off is going to be able to scrub his mind clean of "Pussy-Eatin' Pamela,"... More >>

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  Digitalia: Rocks Off Has New Twitter Account, Email Address

  published Feb 03, 2009

  Rocks Off is what a good friend likes to call "last caveman to the fire," meaning whenever some form of new technology comes along, he procrastinates as long as possible before embracing it. Howe... More >>

• What Makes Cornbreadd Run

  published February 5, 2009

  This should be a slam dunk. It's the Season 1 finale of MTV's reality show 50 Cent: The Money and the Power. On the line is a... More >>

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  Aftermath: The Killers at Verizon Wireless Theater

  published Feb 03, 2009

  Next year this decade will be over, and very few new bands have distinguished themselves either at the turnstiles or the cash register. Even one of the main ones that has, the Ki... More >>

• Art Rock: Lazy Horse and Lenny Briscoe at Boondocks

  published Feb 02, 2009

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• Cy-Creek High School Needs Musicians for Career Day

  published Feb 02, 2009

  Attention local musicians: Would you like to pass along some of your hard-earned knowledge to the younger generationr And, in doing so, perhaps keep a few lucky high-schoolers from selling their ... More >>

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  Aftermath: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Super Bowl XLIII

  published Feb 02, 2009

  Part 1: "10th Avenue Freeze-Out" and "Born to Run" Score another one for the old folks. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's quarter-hour onstage at Super Bowl XLIII Sunday night may not have ... More >>

• Flashback: Wild Moccasins at Cactus Music

  published Feb 02, 2009

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  Today: Love Street Light Circus at International Coffee Building

  published Jan 30, 2009

  It was 40 years ago today... "Get Back" into both Houston and London's past today when the same band that performed the Beatles' White Album front-to-back last November recreates the Fab Four... More >>

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  Texas Monthly, Bound for the Recycle Binr

  published Jan 28, 2009

  There's an interesting supplement in the new issue of Texas Monthly, the one with all-but-declared gubernatorial candidate Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison on the cover. It's a 32-page mini-mag called T... More >>

• Dave Wrangler Mauls Animal Collective, Stands Up Ludacris

  published Jan 28, 2009

  Houston mash-up master Dave Wrangler recently remixed Animal Collective's "My Girls," from the Brooklyn buzzmongers' brand-new Merriweather Post Pavilion, for German Web site Byte.fm. It's someth... More >>

• Happy Belated Birthday, Mozart

  published Jan 28, 2009

  Overture, La Nozze di Figaro Rocks Off can usually be counted on to forget at least one thing per day, and yesterday it just happened to be that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, known in his day as the Elvi... More >>

• Art Rock: Dismantled at Jet Lounge

  published Jan 27, 2009

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• Robison Brothers Too Sick to Play Mucky Duck; Hayes Carll and John Evans Step In

  published Jan 27, 2009

  Rocks Off just got an email from McGonigel's Mucky Duck owner Rusty Andrews (so did everyone else on the venue's mailing list, but never mind) saying that Bruce and Charlie Robison have had to can... More >>

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  Tapes 'N' Tapes: A Cassette-Only Labelr

  published Jan 27, 2009

  Yesterday, Bright Men of Learning (right) guitarist and solo performer Ben Murphy (far left), known to everyone on the Hands Up Houston message board as "bdm," announced his intention to start ... More >>

• Don't Stop Believin'

  published January 29, 2009

  Noise has been thinking about the relationship between faith, music and religion — call it spirituality if you must — a lot lately,... More >>