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2012 Stories by Jef With One F

• Asmodeus X Reveals Trippy Sci-Fi Flashback Video

  published Dec 12, 2012

  Just when I think I'm never going to hear from the band that got me into goth in the first place Asmodeus X pops back into existence out of nowhere. This time it was with a new music video for the tit... More >>

• Houston Kickstarter Round-Up: December: Monkey Hangers and Hip Hop Dancing

  published Dec 12, 2012

  Once a month we'll be bringing you a look at some of the best local Kickstarter campaigns in order to let you know what's getting ready to be unleashed through the help of small investors. Rainbow Mo... More >>

• The Top 25 Music Videos of 2012, Nos. 15-11

  published Dec 12, 2012

  More of the best music videos from the last year are coming up, and this time I promise they won't all be about suicide and sadness as they seem to have been yesterday. Nope, this time a little levity... More >>

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  Doctor Who: 5 Men Who Were Almost The Doctor

  published Dec 12, 2012

  The Christmas Special looms, looms, I say, and like most Whovians I am shaking like a leaf through Doctor withdrawal. Not the least since I know that once "The Snowmen" is over I'll still be stuck wai... More >>

• The Rat Pack Is Back

  published June 14, 2012

  It was 1960, and the original Ocean's 11 was filming in Las Vegas. For three legendary weeks, some of the film's illustrious cast —... More >>

• Psychonaut: A Fairy Tale of Inner Wastelands

  published Dec 11, 2012

  Last year one of our Gothic Council contributors, Carmilla Voiez, released an absolutely intense novel of demons, rape and murder called Starblood. It was the sort of thing Clive Barker might have pen... More >>

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  Why Psy and the Innocence of the Muslims Guy Are Nothing Alike

  published Dec 11, 2012

  This meme has been infecting my Facebook newsfeed lately, and I thought I'd reply. The facts are these... Nakoula Basseley Nakoula spent a lot of his life making drugs, evading taxes, and commiting b... More >>

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  Buyer's Guide to Power Gloves

  published Dec 11, 2012

  It's Christmas time again, and if you want to really impress the gamer in your life, then there's nothing like a Power Glove. Fortunately, the enduring popularity of this awful, awful controller means... More >>

• The Rocks Off 100: Vik Montemayor, Bang Bangz's Seamless Timekeeper

  published Dec 11, 2012

  Welcome to the Rocks Off 100, our portrait gallery of the most compelling profiles and personalities in the far-flung Houston music community -- a lot more than just musicians, but of course they're i... More >>

• The 25 Best Music Videos of 2012 Nos. 20-16

  published Dec 11, 2012

  The countdown continues! Yesterday we saw shadows eating Daniel O'Sullivan, kids stomping the yard to a Band of Skulls tune, gothic perfection from the Grave Babies, and two wonderful local entries by... More >>

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  Advice to Male Gamers on How Not to Be Sexist Douchebags

  published Dec 11, 2012

  If we learned anything at all during the recent election, we learned that there are wide swaths of men who simply do not understand women at all, but think they do.... They don't, and hey, not underst... More >>

• Best Comics in November: Joker and Witch Doctor Return!

  published Dec 10, 2012

  Once a month the amazing staff at 8th Dimension Comics selects a pile of the best new releases for us to peruse and judge. Hawkeye #4 What did we learn from the Petraeus scandalr I'd say it was th... More >>

• Is a New Poe Album Finally on the Horizonr

  published Dec 10, 2012

  In 2000, Poe released Haunted, an album that is simply one of the absolute greatest things ever recorded. It was a critical smash success on the pop charts despite that fact that it was more or less a... More >>

• The 25 Best Music Videos of 2012, Nos. 25-21

  published Dec 10, 2012

  This year was a big one as far as music videos go, and we covered a ton. More than that, it was an amazing year for videos from local bands breaking the mould and playing at the same level as the big ... More >>

• Hoffle Stoff Awaffogus... Yes, Weed Was Involved In the Name

  published Dec 07, 2012

  It's a well-known fact that most band names are gobbledygook, but here at Rocks Off we're trying hard to find meaning in the oddest monikers. I knew nothing about Hoffle Stoff Awaffogus when I deci... More >>

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  Our Video Tribute to the Celebrities Twitter Told Us Were Dead in 2012

  published Dec 07, 2012

  Earlier this year my tiny black heart was broken into a million tinier and slightly blacker pieces when I read on Twitter that former-Runaway turned greatest woman in '80s metal Lita Ford had died in ... More >>

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  American Horror Story: Asylum: Silent Night, Derpy Night

  published Dec 06, 2012

  Do you know why they make Christmas-themed horror moviesr Because they can, and for no other reason. I'm not saying that you can't make Christmas scary, I'm just saying that it is by nature a real str... More >>

• The Rocks Off 100: Mason Lankford, Folk Family Revivalist

  published Dec 06, 2012

  Welcome to the Rocks Off 100, our portrait gallery of the most compelling profiles and personalities in the far-flung Houston music community -- a lot more than just musicians, but of course they're i... More >>

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  5 Reasons Why Making a Great Doctor Who Video Game is Probably Impossible

  published Dec 06, 2012

  For our anniversary, I got my wife an imported copy of Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth for the DS. Before you call me Homer Simpson giving Marge a bowling ball know that she specifically asked for this. ... More >>

• Video Game Atlas: Hope

  published Dec 05, 2012

  Once a week Art Attack will offer you a handy little travel guide to the fictional worlds of video games. Name: Hope, Hitman series Population: 2,000 Government: Mayoral democracy You lose track o... More >>

• 100 Creatives: Bear Wilder, Filmmaker, Jewelry Artist, DJ, VJ

  published Dec 05, 2012

  What He Does: Bear Wilder has always been a cornerstone of the Houston gothic community as a DJ, VJ, club promoter (R.I.P. Bone Church, you are sorely missed), model, filmmaker, and zine publisher. No... More >>

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  Top 4 Most Bizarrely Awesome Jobs (NSFW)

  published Dec 05, 2012

  Though it's recovering at a sloooooooow but steady rate, there are still a lot of people here in America out of work. More than that, the fact that the job market is so depressed means that even peopl... More >>

• Reviews for the Lazy Gamer: Skrillex Quest

  published Dec 04, 2012

  Game: Skrillex Quest Platform: Web Browser Publisher/Developer: Jason Oda Genre: Adventure Describe This Game in Three Words: Link vs. Skrillex Plot Synopsis: In the kingdom of code inside a c... More >>

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  5 Movies That Used the Power of Rock to Slay Demons

  published Dec 04, 2012

  I have it on very good and not at all fruitcaked authority that rock and roll is the devil's music. It corrupts the minds of young people, turning them all into savages that breed and destroy in an or... More >>

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  Every Vampire Lord Superiority Monologue is Utter Bullshit, And I Can Prove It

  published Dec 03, 2012

  I started out this gig talking about vampires, and through careful manipulation I have ensured that my writing milestones are all centered on vampires. I review True Blood every year, I interview vamp... More >>