Email Author Jef With One F

2011 Stories by Jef With One F

• "Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs"

  published November 10, 2011

  King Tutankhamun is the Elvis of Ancient Egypt. Even 3,000 years after his death at the age of 19, thousands of fans flock wherever he or the... More >>

• Music Box Theater New Year’s Eve Party

  published December 29, 2011

  Looking for the perfect combination of intimate gathering and classy soirée to ring in 2012? Trust the entertaining cast of the Music... More >>

• Quintron & Miss Pussycat

  published December 29, 2011

  Quintron & Miss Pussycat is what would happen if you put Devo, the Legendary Pink Dots and They Might Be Giants in some kind of cloning experiment... More >>

• Disney: The Best Live Tour Ever

  published December 29, 2011

  Some people say that cartoons have gone downhill since the golden days of Disney’s Mickey Mouse and friends. But we point to Phineas and... More >>

• How NOT to Raise Money to Make a Music Video

  published Dec 30, 2011

  Friends and enemies, music videos are an enduring passion of ours, both filming them ourselves and reporting on the best that we come across year after year. We think the medium has only become better... More >>

• Best Comics in December: KISS, Sex with Crystals, and Godzilla Bin Laden

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Once a month the amazing staff at 8th Dimension Comics selects a pile of the best new releases for us to peruse and judge. This month we're going to abstain from our regular series in an attempt to gi... More >>

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  The Top 5 Video Game Hitlers (sNSFW)

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Okay, weird confession time. We have this...thing about Hitler. We fully recognize that he is singlehandedly responsible for some of the gravest atrocities of the last century, and that his very image... More >>

• 30 Seconds With Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Having seen Better Than Ezra live, we can tell you that no band in all of America is enjoying their career more. Seriously, they are like the happiest people on the planet. We sat down with Kevin Grif... More >>

• Clouds Are Ghosts: Harbinger Heralds Brilliance

  published Dec 28, 2011

  We got into the Clouds are Ghosts while deconstructing their band name. It was clear when we heard their work that the band was good, we compared them to Legendary Pink Dots and the Irrespressibles an... More >>

• Quintron & Miss Pussycat

  published December 29, 2011

  Quintron & Miss Pussycat is what would happen if you put Devo, the Legendary Pink Dots and They Might Be Giants in some kind of cloning experiment... More >>

• Gothic Council Makes Its News Year's Resolutions

  published Dec 27, 2011

  Well, Christmas is over, as is Festivus for the rest of us, and now 2012 is barreling down at us like Donkey Kong threw it. Some people say that this year will be humanity's last, but since we say tha... More >>

• Happy Mauro Hamza Day! 5 Great Sword Fighting Themes

  published Dec 26, 2011

  We do love our obscure holidays here at Rocks Off, as well as setting up playlists for them, but this is the first time we've gotten to tackle a holiday exclusive to our own city. Ladies and gentlemen... More >>

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  Happy Gothmas! Top 10 Goth Christmas Songs

  published Dec 23, 2011

  "Dude, religious Christmas is pretty macabre. All kinds of scandal, sex with a ghost, strangers bringing mystical gifts, and everyone predicting this young couple's baby's death like its glorious wond... More >>

• 5 Brilliant Classical Works With Obscenities for Names

  published Dec 23, 2011

  Our day job is as a clerk in a sheet music store, and in general it is a pretty sweet gig. We like being around music students, teachers, and people who just want to play. It truly is an invigorating ... More >>

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  American Horror Story: Endings Are Hard

  published Dec 22, 2011

  We have a theory, and you're going to need some pretty hard arguments to dissuade us. The entire purpose of the season finale of American Horror Story was simply to endure long enough so that viewers ... More >>

• The Embargo Act of 1807, And 5 Artists We'd Miss If It Was Still Here

  published Dec 22, 2011

  We're living in a globally connected world right now. Goods of all kinds are available from anywhere in the world in days, or in cases like music and films instantly. Our favorite expression lately is... More >>

• Buffalo Bayou Partnership’s Christmas Cruises

  published December 15, 2011

  Let’s face it, Houston misses out on a lot of the traditional trappings of the Christmas season — no snow or frosty windows, for... More >>

• Gothic Council Debates Great Gothic Album Cover Art

  published Dec 21, 2011

  Gothtopia would like to firmly bitch-slap an old adage, that being the warning about judging a book by its cover. The lesson we are supposed to draw from that is that we should look deeper inside than... More >>

• Agony of Choice: BioShock Infinite vs. Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock

  published Dec 21, 2011

  Art Attack has really enjoyed our new video game reviewer role because, well, who wouldn'tr A return to the forefront of the gaming industry after being content to wander around a few system generatio... More >>

• 5 Most Annoying Collections We Bought for Just One Item

  published Dec 21, 2011

  Art Attack's day job is as a clerk in a sheet music store. Now, people come in and they want a song, and if the song is really popular, say Adele's "Rolling in the Deep," then getting just that song i... More >>

• Magnolia Brewery Tours

  published December 1, 2011

  Beer is big in Houston. During the holidays, there are Magnolia Brewery tours of the historic building, constructed by Hugh Hamilton in... More >>

• The Handsomes

  published December 22, 2011

  For nine straight years the Handsomes have hosted their traditional, attendance record-shattering Christmas party, and they'll do it again this... More >>

• Beach Boys Reunite for New Album, Ensure Armageddon.

  published Dec 20, 2011

  Mason Lankford said, "There will come a day when we forget the Rapture ever even happened," but Rocks Off is keeping an eye out for signs of our impending Armageddon. We were wrong last time, but we'r... More >>

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  My 5 Most Awkward Brushes with the Sex Industry

  published Dec 20, 2011

  Hi guys, Jef here. Let's drop the royal we for the duration of this and talk like regular folks with severe mental problems. This was a big year for me at the Houston Press, and also the first year ... More >>

• Interview: Dani Filth Talks Concept Albums and Playing Live at Castle Bathory

  published Dec 20, 2011

  Our apologies to Dani Filth for any inconsistency as the voice recorder app we downloaded specifically for this interview and spent an hour practicing with to make sure it worked perfectly buggered of... More >>