Email Author Chris Gray

Awards

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

  "Getting Past the Bouncer"

More

2010 Stories by Chris Gray

• Kids These Days...

  published Dec 10, 2010

  Rocks Off is following our sister Houston Press blogs into the choppy waters of "Comment of the Day," choosing a comment or a handful of comments from the previous day we find especially enlightening,... More >>

• Pik N Pak: Great Buzzes, Angry Skinheads, Uncle Jesse...

  published Dec 09, 2010

  Last week, when Rocks Off posted our blog about this weekend's Pik N Pak reunion at Rudyard's and Groundhall, we asked people to email us their stories about the bygone Montrose icehouse. We're happy ... More >>

• David Allan Coe Camp Disputes Meridian's Cancellation Story

  published Dec 09, 2010

  This isn't exactly a surprise, but earlier this afternoon Rocks Off got a phone call from David Allan Coe's management company contesting the account of why last Friday's show at Meridian did not happ... More >>

• Comments... How Do They Workr

  published Dec 09, 2010

  Rocks Off is following our sister Houston Press blogs into the choppy waters of "Comment of the Day," choosing a comment or a handful of comments from the previous day we find especially enlightening,... More >>

• 

  FEATURED STORY

  KTRU Deal A "Black Mark" On Rice University, Says Yang

  published Dec 08, 2010

  If you've got a spare hour or two this holiday season, Rocks Off recommends you take a gander at the petition to deny Rice University's proposed sale of 91.7 FM's facilities to the University of Houst... More >>

• Slim Thug Requests "Sympathy P*ssy" After Flight Diverted

  published Dec 08, 2010

  Guess who was on the Continental Airlines flight from San Jose to Houston that was diverted to Albuquerque, N.M., this morning because of a "disruptive passenger"r That's right, the Boss of All Bosse... More >>

• Barfly Revisited

  published December 9, 2010

  Even if no one could ever agree on how to spell its name, and often couldn't quite remember what had gone on there the previous evening, the... More >>

• KTRU Color Chart Shows Local Radio's Dull Future

  published Dec 07, 2010

  Every time it seems like the story of the controversial Rice-University of Houston deal to sell Rice student station KTRU's over-the-air facilities to U of H is slowing down a little, it always gets a... More >>

• KTRU's Plight Draws National Media Attention (UPDATED)

  published Dec 06, 2010

  Updated at 1 p.m. with comments from KTRU station manager Joey Yang. As time grows short for supporters of KTRU (91.7 FM) to halt the sale of Rice University's largely student-run station to the Univ... More >>

• In Case You Got Stoned And You Missed It...

  published Dec 03, 2010

  It's Friday, it's time to party, but in case you're futzing around the Internet this weekend sometime, here's Rocks Off's week in one easy post. NEWS We don't know how you could have missed this one... More >>

• Leon's Lounge Reopens Saturday

  published Dec 03, 2010

  Rocks Off just got an email from Leon's owner Pete Mitchell, who also owns Under the Volcano, saying the historic Midtown bar will be back open at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Mitchell leased Leon's in January, ... More >>

• 

  FEATURED STORY

  New Dynamo Stadium May Not Change Concert Climate Much

  published Dec 02, 2010

  Conceivably, today's announcement that the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority has agreed to act as landlord for the proposed Houston Dynamo stadium in downtown's East End could present a serious c... More >>

• Texans Have Down Year In Grammy Nominations

  published Dec 02, 2010

  Texas artists, or artists with Texas roots, scored fewer nominations than usual when the Recording Academy announced its choices for the 53rd annual Grammy Awards Wednesday night. Perpetual nominees B... More >>

• SXSW 2011 Still Untainted By Houston Artists

  published Dec 01, 2010

  Rocks Off just got the latest list of names for next year's SXSW conference and festival in Austin, and just like the last time, the conference remains unsullied by any performers from Houston's filth... More >>

• 

  FEATURED STORY

  Pik-N-Pak: It's Back!

  published Dec 01, 2010

  Send us your stories from the legendary punk ice house - if you remember... Next weekend, Pik N Pak rides again. For those of you, like us, who are too young to have actually gone there, Pic-N-Pak wa... More >>

• Kim Lenz & Her Jaguars

  published December 2, 2010

  Wanda Jackson showed she's still the Queen of Rockabilly on her latest visit to the Continental Club in October, which makes Kim Lenz the genre's... More >>

• iFest Concert Series

  published December 2, 2010

  An ancient trade route linking Europe with the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and the Far East — and now Houston, as the Houston... More >>

• Espantapajaros

  published December 2, 2010

  Following the Star has been a long time coming — the five-song EP is Pablo Espantapajaros's eponymous band's first... More >>

• Los Van Van

  published December 2, 2010

  It's not that often that a group credited with creating an entire musical genre comes to town, but Cuba's Los Van Van holds that distinction.... More >>

• Friday Night: Nitzer Ebb At Numbers

  published Nov 29, 2010

  Nitzer Ebb Numbers November 29, 2010 It was an odd feeling, watching Nitzer Ebb at Numbers Friday night. It was an odd feeling, because of the deja vu. Nitzer Ebb was the first band Aftermath ever s... More >>

• In Case You Missed It...

  published Nov 26, 2010

  Rocks Off knows you have had a busy week. So have we. But, we figured, what with Thanksgiving and Black Friday and traveling to and from your various other holiday ports of call, you may not have had... More >>

• Tax The Wolf Shines As Velvet Underground

  published Nov 26, 2010

  Who loves the sunr Tax the Wolf does. Dressed for the occasion in ties and turtlenecks, the Houston prog-rockers downshifted into downtown chic to cover most of the Velvet Underground's 1970 album Loa... More >>

• Free Show At Walter's On Washington Tonight

  published Nov 24, 2010

  Also, Posies tickets half-price all day... Just thought we'd remind you one more time. Doors open at 8. See another special offer from your friends at the Houston Press and Rocks Off after the jump.... More >>

• Tax The Wolf Agrees: Velvet Underground > The Strokes

  published Nov 23, 2010

  For the night before Thanksgiving, there is a lot going on in Houston tomorrow. But with all due respect to Robert Ellis & the Boys at Fitzgerald's and the LAX/Young Girls show at Groundhall - not to ... More >>

• Houston Gets Over-The-Air Country-Music Channel

  published Nov 23, 2010

  Believe it or not, some of us get by just fine without cable or satellite TV. When Rocks Off goes home at night - the odd evenings we stay home, that is - not only do we enjoy the finest network telev... More >>