B.J. Thomas

The Weather Channel: So What’s Up?

Slip Inside This House: MP3s from Yesterday's Obsession, the Liberty Bell and the Lavender Hour

Wasted Days, Wasted Lives (Part I)

Record producer Huey Meaux was a legend in the music business. Now he's an accused pedophile on the run.

Best of Burt

Record producer Huey Meaux was a legend in the music business. Now he's an accused pedophile on the run.

B.J. Thomas

Record producer Huey Meaux was a legend in the music business. Now he's an accused pedophile on the run.

In the Pines of Houston

Americana prospers in the northern suburbs

Bill Bentley Goes Online with Sonic Boomers

Native Houstonian creates Web site for boomer music fans

Down-Home Brew

Learning to speak wino, and other lessons from the road, with Eleven Hundred Springs

Another Bump

Ten of the best coke anthems, plus a shortlist for the Cocaine Hall of Fame

Houston Mixtape Volume III

More local anthems

The Head of the Class

Allen Hill leads the cheers for Houston's only American Idol contestant

Kenny G.'s Revenge

Smooth-jazz fans blast Racket

Traffic Jam

The folks at Tapir Productions are trying to keep jam bands from skipping over Houston

Sacred Blues

Blues 2 Joy writes a new testament for the devil's music

Street-Fighting Man

Roy Head used to love to mix it up. Now the blue-eyed soul man fights to keep his career alive.

He's Ba-ack

Burt Bacharach's swanky pop stylings return to hipness

Lonesome Onry and Mean: R.I.P. Tim Krekel

Wherever you live, wherever you are/ Just love, love, love" - Tim Krekel, "Love One Another" It is with immense sadness that Lonesome, Onry and Mean reports that Louisville, Kentucky musician and songwriter Tim Krekel has passed away. Krekel had a large tumor removed from his stomach in April and s ... More >>

Upcoming: 50 Cent, Aventura, Hole, Jonas Bros., Liza Minnelli, Octopus Project, Etc.

​50 Cent: Sat., June 12. Arena Theatre. Agent Orange: Wed., June 30. Rocbar. Asleep At The Wheel: Fri., May 28. Cypress Saloon. As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Between The Buried And Me, Blessthefall, Cancer Bats: Tue., July 27. Verizon Wireless Theater. Aventura: Thu., July 1. Toyota Center. Barringt ... More >>

Rdio.com Helps Us Get Over Lala

​Rocks Off is no longer a grieving widower, bemoaning the loss of his faithful Lala.com with the shades drawn and a glass of wine, constantly clicking a dead link while listening to Leonard Cohen on CD like a caveman. A few days after Lala died, we got a message from a friend that he had the ... More >>

Top 10 Pop Songs With Children's Choruses

​On the way home from ACL this past Sunday night, Craig's Hlist had his Rdio account humming over the speakers playing one of his playlists (phlayhlist?), but not the sad-bastard mix we rocks whenever we are at work alone. It was the life-spanning one we have been making since we got on the mu ... More >>

Museum Of The Gulf Coast's Musical Treasure Trove

Photos by Craig HlavatyJanis Joplin's car​Rocks Off visited the Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur this past Friday while on the the way to Louisiana for a quick vacation. The downstairs area is full of artifacts pertaining to the founding of the land around Port A, like military and anim ... More >>

RIP Crash Collins, Rock Disc Jockey Extraordinaire

​Dennis "Crash" Collins, a legend of Houston rock radio, died this morning of prostate cancer complications. He was 68. Originally a musician who played with B.J. Thomas and the Winter brothers, Johnny and Edgar, Collins' true calling was radio. He is best know for his time at KLOL-FM when th ... More >>

B.J. Thomas

​Dennis "Crash" Collins, a legend of Houston rock radio, died this morning of prostate cancer complications. He was 68. Originally a musician who played with B.J. Thomas and the Winter brothers, Johnny and Edgar, Collins' true calling was radio. He is best know for his time at KLOL-FM when th ... More >>