Andy Warhol

Capsule Art Reviews: "A chain of non-events," "Jonathan Leach: Time Does Not Exist Here," "Maxim Wakultschik: FaceTime," "New Work: Drawings, Collages, and Tiles," "Plain Sight," "Territorial Pissings"

Oldies But Goodies

It Came From the Bowery: Punk Magazine Returns

The Best of Punk Magazine Edited by John Holstrom It Books. 372 pp., $30. While the thought of a hardcover, slick-papered, coffee-table book anthologizing the decidedly low-rent, ragtag Punk magazine might seem the antithesis of punk, even a curmudgeon like Johnny Rotten would have to spit a gob in ... More >>

A Sinner Departed: A Look Back at Drowning Pool's Dave Williams

On June 26 of this year someone edited the Wikipedia page of former Drowning Pool lead singer Dave Williams to add in the following note: "A common rumor is that he drowned himself in a pool, hence the band's name." That's such a silly notion it seems hard to believe anyone really spreads that idea ... More >>

You In Color: The Black Angels' Christian Bland Talks Film Scores

Photo By Craig HlavatyThe Black Angels' Alex Maas at Free Press Summerfest in June​Tomorrow night the Black Angels hit Houston for the third time in about a year, with a gig over at Fitzgerald's with fellow retro-doomers Dead Meadow and Spindrift. The last time the Angels were in Houston it wa ... More >>

German Measles Break Non-Metal "No Disease Names" Rule

Todd Purple​ You know, if we had to sum up The German Measles' music, we'd have to just stick with saying, "They're from New York." It's a very, very Velvet Underground, East Coast approach to rocking you and mocking you. They're so obscure they haven't even heard of themselves, you motherlovi ... More >>

Friday Night: Jessica Lea Mayfield At Fitzgerald's

Photos by Marc Brubaker​Jessica Lea Mayfield, David Mayfield Fitzgerald's April 22, 2011 You know those situations where you're thinking to yourself, "Wow, this looks like it doesn't make sense...perhaps some further investigation might prove me wrong"? Friday night was one of the very few ti ... More >>

Eggshells

Lost at the Chateau Marmont

From party girl to Oscar winner, Sofia Coppola's journey to Somewhere.

Art and Activism: Projects of John and Dominique de Menil

Capsule Art Reviews: "Maurizio Cattelan", "The Paper Runway", "Steve Wolfe on Paper"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Neopopstreetfunk II", "Steve Wolfe on Paper"

Capsule Art Reviews: "Bert Long's RED Book", "Iron: Forged, Tempered, Quenched", "Maurizio Cattelan", "Steve Wolfe on Paper"

Cross-Dressing In The Women's Room? You'll Need These Songs

​ God-fearing men of Houston: Mayor Annise Parker wants to banish your micturitions back to the Stone Age: "Houston's first openly gay mayor is now being accused of opening up the women's restroom to cross-dressing men. On Tuesday morning, the Houston Area Pastors Council issued a blistering ... More >>

He Said She Said: Songs That Remind Us of Our Exes, Part 2

​ Oh lord. This could get ugly. Sorry, mom. When it comes to - ahem - unresolved issues in a relationship, almost nothing is better to help us commiserate, haterate and self-medicate than music. She Said sometimes likes to image what the soundtrack of her life would look like. The songs below woul ... More >>

Messing With an Icon: Campbell's Tomato Soup

Photo by Robb Walsh​Created in 1897, Cream of Tomato was the first soup Campbell's sold. The current can looks different than the one Andy Warhol immortalized, thanks to the smaller size and the new easy-open tab on top. And now Campbell's is messing with the recipe too. Beginning this week, y ... More >>

Pink Floyd, Dr. Dre, Velvet Underground and Other Artists We're Glad Discovered Drugs

It was 45 years ago this past Friday... that Bob Dylan met the Beatles for the first time and, more importantly for Rocks Off's purposes, introduced them to marijuana. While this meeting of musical titans would never lead to any actual musical collaboration or "Monsters of Hippie Rock" series of co ... More >>

Classic Rock Corner: The Greatest Band Logos of All Time, Part 2

An early example of rock art... We're back to reveal the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the cappo di tutti cappi of classic-rock band logos evah! And when we say "greatest," we look for a combination of things including memorability, longevity, graphic design, influence and appearances. ... More >>

Shots in the Dark

Reflecting its moment, Cannes 2008 takes a decidedly serious tone

Shots in the Dark

Reflecting its moment, Cannes 2008 takes a decidedly serious tone

Vogue Lounge

Long lines and high rollers

"Lessons from Below: Otabenga Jones & Associates"

Otabenga Jones & Associates teach us a few things at the Menil

Drenched In Blog: My Bloody Valentine Is Back

Deborah Colton Gallery: “Chemical City”

Seven artists interpret life in New York City

Miss Pop Rocks: I Drink Tab. Yes. Tab.

Miss Pop Rocks: Questions I Have About The Hills

Cold War Reheated

Don't Hate the Guayabera!

The Measure of Kielbasa

Real Polish sausage is a lot more exciting than the nasty Polska kielbasa they sell at the grocery store

Elegant "Encounters"

This Menil exhibition should be on permanent display

The Party's Bayou

Homo on the Range

Ledger and Gyllenhaal are cowboys in love in Ang Lee's wrenching Brokeback Mountain

Capsule Reviews

A picture of our opinions on local exhibits

The Face of Rock and Roll

A new coffee table book spotlights a vital, neglected art genre and gives a few Houston poster artists their due

Sudden Movement

There's a new aesthetic in bloom at Redbud Gallery

It's a Shame About Ray

Gilding the Lily

Studio tricks ruin what could have been for the Dandy Warhols

This Must Be Pop

Greg Donner and Patrick Phipps go where it rains Life Savers and the steak mines run deep

Xmas Marks the Spot

A guide to new holiday discs, from surprise presents to Tannen-bombs

Little Girl Lost

Anna Gaskell's Lolitas just aren't as intriguing as they used to be

Return of the Living Dead

Joseph Paul Jernigan's journey from death row inmate to 3-D computer model

Stux in the South

The eclectic New York space lends a strange sampling to New Gallery

Hairy Situation

Bandits holds out for a hero and gets two: Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton

Ant-icipation

Ant Farm explores the fine art of... waiting

Rotation

Night & Day

December 17 - 23, 1998

Art Is Dead. Let's Have a Drink.

At DiverseWorks, Dave Hickey asks what's wrong with bad taste

Absolutely for Sale

Dear jaded consumer: These two Houston artists are now competing for your attention. They sell ads, they're making a vodka billboard, and their client list includes Budweiser and Target. They call it art, but what advertisers want to know is, will it work

Picture Perfect

Digital technology blurs the real, the imagined and the meaning of photos as art

Original Art?

Works at the Menil and Texas Gallery suggest artists can still be unique -- even in imitation