Chatter
12:00 am
May. 17, 2012
Stryper: Christian-Metal Kings
No other band within modern-day Contemporary Christian music has been more legendary in the metal scene than Stryper. For a secular metal band,...
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Playbill
12:00 am
May. 17, 2012
M83
Big shit poppin': L.A.-based Frenchman Anthony Gonzalez follows up Thursday's House of Blues show with another Houston show October 10 at the much...
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Rocks Off
4:20 pm
May. 16, 2012
Summer Fest Releases Schedule & Stage Times
By Chris Gray
Time to make some hard choices, folks. Free Press Summer Fest just released the schedule for this year's two-day event June 2 and 3 in Eleanor Tinsley Park.
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Rocks Off
3:45 pm
May. 16, 2012
Shot In The Dark: Angels & A-Holes
By Chris Gray
When you're in the photo pit taking pictures for a publication such as Rocks Off, you can become the unwanted center of attention from both the audience and especially the artists. Most of the t...
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Hair Balls
1:00 pm
May. 16, 2012
Fire at ExxonMobil a Buzzkill for Lunch Crowd
By Olivia Flores Alvarez
The lunch crowd at ExxonMobil got a surprise today when the food court and dining room had to be evacuated because of a fire in a lower level. Food-service workers say they were in the midst of pr...
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Rocks Off
12:30 pm
May. 16, 2012
Rest Of The Best: Houston's Top 8 Latin Nights
By Rocks Off
Note: This article was written by Rolando Rodriguez and Marco Torres.
In March of this year, Houston beat the likes of Los Angeles and New York as the most ethnically diverse metropolitan area...
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Art Attack
12:00 pm
May. 16, 2012
Reality Bites: South Beach Tow
By Pete Vonder Haar
There are a million reality shows on the naked television. We're going to watch them all, one at a time.
You know, I don't ask for much. I'm happy to take this weekly bullet for the amusement an...
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Hair Balls
11:00 am
May. 16, 2012
Dynamo Draw with Portland Timbers
By Danny Lopez
The Houston Dynamo kept their undefeated record at BBVA Compass Stadium alive on Tuesday night, by virtue of a 0-0 draw against the Portland Timbers.
The streak also has the Dynamo earning thei...
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Rocks Off
11:00 am
May. 16, 2012
Top 7 Promotional Music Gimmicks -- Both Used & Unused
By Christina Lynn
One of the most interesting things in the music business is how managers and record companies promote and market their artists. Sometimes they do a great job, and other times they fail.
When they...
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Hair Balls
10:00 am
May. 16, 2012
Houston Drunks, You Now Have Your Very Own Special Jail
By Richard Connelly
City Council approved today a $4.3 million "sobering center" where those arrested for public intoxication will go instead of jail.
"This will help reduce the city's financial burden for handling...
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Art Attack
10:00 am
May. 16, 2012
Dear Hollywood, Get Some New Ideas: Little Shop, Carrie
By Abby Koenig
I will preface this with two facts. 1. I am quite fond of the 1986 Little Shop of Horrors movie/musical 2. I am madly in love with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Neither of these facts convinces me in an...
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Art Attack
9:00 am
May. 16, 2012
The Afrobeat of FELA!Makes its Way to Jones Hall
By Margaret Downing
Paulette Ivory didn't even know who Fela was when a friend of hers called her up and told her "There's a role with your name on it."
The British actress who'd done Lion King and been living in ...
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Hair Balls
8:58 am
May. 16, 2012
Terrible? Great? Seven Rap Videos About Texas Colleges
By Richard Connelly
Rap is a universal language, except for most old people. So it's natural that college students would use rap to express their love for their school.
Sometimes this is done well, others....not so...
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Art Attack
8:00 am
May. 16, 2012
4 Most Ridiculous Moral Panics in Video Game History
By Jef With One F
In 2008 the NPD Group did a survey showing that 72 percent of Americans have played video games. It was up from 64 percent in 2006, and it's probably even higher now. Video games have gone from a ...
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Rocks Off
7:00 am
May. 16, 2012
The CD-R Turns 15 Years Old: A Blessing Or A Curse?
By Craig Hlavaty
This year marks 15 years since recordable compact disc technology trickled down to the public at large. Before this, cassette tapes were all the rage for dubbing, recording, and other at-home use....
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Rocks Off
6:00 am
May. 16, 2012
Gothic Council Wants Katy Perry To Go Away
By Jef With One F
It was noon, the gothic 3 a.m., when the alarm went off. Not the alarm clock, but the big, black one that alerts me to clear and present dangers to goth.
I stumbled to the Internet where my custo...
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Rocks Off
6:20 pm
May. 15, 2012
What Happened To That ZZ Top Show In The Woodlands?
By Craig Hlavaty
A few months back, Rocks Off announced that ZZ Top, 3 Doors Down and Gretchen Wilson would be playing the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion on June 23.
Now it appears that it isn't happening, af...
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Rocks Off
2:50 pm
May. 15, 2012
Rap Feud Turns Deadly In Southwest Houston
By Chris Gray
A young man killed in the parking lot of a southwest Houston McDonalds the night of May 4 was an up-and-coming Alief-area rapper, and police believe he was killed by a former bandmate who left ...
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