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Top 10 Bars, Clubs & Ice Houses On the Northside

The Greater Northside Management District classifies "The Northside" as the "24 square miles north of Downtown Houston" between Interstate-10/Katy Freeway on the south, Studewood/Yale on the West, Little York to the north, and Interstate-59 Eastex Freeway to the East (although for this article, we s ... More >>

In Search of Spring Break

Looking for booze, babes and beach parties on Galveston Island

Heavy Fuel: How to Drink Like a Rock Star

If you want to be a real rock star, you can go ahead and forget about those Red Bull and vodkas you're so fond of. Legit rockers are fueled by bigger, harder and flat-out weirder doses of alcohol than the mere mortals hitting on the bartender at your local watering hole. Sure, a few of our musical ... More >>

How To: Drink Like a Rock Star

Sure, most rock stars are probably happy with any bottle that happens to be within reach. Some rock stars, however, prefer to refine and perfect their booze intake, settling on a signature cocktail that suits their outsized personalities and consequence-free lifestyles. Rocks Off salutes these exc ... More >>

Sunday Funday Showdown: Pub Fiction vs. Blackfinn American Grille

After an entire season of Sunday Fundays enjoyed watching football (and cursing loudly as Sanchez throws yet another interception), I am ready to report back on my findings. Each Sunday, you can find me and a group of rowdy friends either occupying a large booth at Pub Fiction or huddled around the ... More >>

The Six Creepiest Food Commercials of 2011

Yes, it's true: The original Ronald McDonald was played by Willard Scott.​Food commercials have been unintentionally (or, in some cases, intentionally) creeping us out since the original Ronald McDonald was introduced to audiences in 1963. That's him over there to the right, providing what wou ... More >>

Houston Beer Fest

Comment of the Day: Saddest Beer Palate Ever

​We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>

My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink: Five Songs For A Hangover

funny.desivalley.com​Every now and then after a night out, Lonesome, Onry and Mean's head feels like it's been in a fight with some guy who owns a nail gun. While we may no longer be on a regular first-name basis with morning - nor, by way of waiver, are we particularly prone to over-serving o ... More >>

Avoid the Clear Beer Bottles This Cinco de Mayo

You can't go wrong with a beautiful brown bottle.​"I don't drink much Mexican beer," laughed Justin Vann over the phone on Tuesday afternoon. I'd called on the beer and wine manager at Central Market in hopes of getting some recommendations for off-the-beaten path Mexican beers for Cinco de M ... More >>

Friday Night: Jerry Lee Lewis At Nutty Jerry's

Ed. Note: A reader wrote in Wednesday informing us that the reason Mickey Gilley required assistance moving at Friday's show is because he fell down some stairs in a 2009 accident. After several months at TIRR, where U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is now, Gilley has resumed performing (though not play ... More >>

Haunted

Its first time out, GhoulsFest had everything going for it...except people.

GhoulsFest: A Haunted Festival In More Ways Than One

Marco TorresEveryday People: Macy Gray at GhoulsFest​ For lots more photos from Saturday's festival, see our slideshow here. GhoulsFest had everything going for it Saturday except one rather important detail: People. It felt... well, haunted. Normally, that would be an excellent thing to sa ... More >>

Five Easy Steps To Beer Pairing Nirvana

SamuelAdams.comAnd you thought only wine could be paired with food.​No, we're not talking about the way the subtle notes of ice-cold rocky mountain air in that Coors Light accentuate the cool ranch flavor in Doritos, not here at least. The knowledge that different varieties of beer compliment ... More >>

What Rocks Off Is Cooking Up For Memorial Day

First of all, a bit of news: John Mayer is playing the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion with Owl City Sunday, September 5. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Saturday, June 5 at livenation.com. Yay. Now, Rocks Off knows many of you are anxious to start your Memorial Day weekend - and many of you already hav ... More >>

Four Incredibly Stupid Beer Gimmicks

Hey, have you seen this stupid shit? That's right, Miller Lite has introduced the Vortex Bottle in hopes of lifting their flagging beer sales by convincing you that swishing around your beer as it pours somehow makes it taste better, as opposed to flatter. What slogans might they have rejected fo ... More >>

The Happen-Ins, Mark May And More Weekend Happenings

Alexandra Valenti/ myspace.com/thehappeninsThe Happen-Ins​ Rocks Off is always looking for a cheapo weekend filled with wine, song, art and, well, debauchery if possible. The cheaper the better. So in that spirit... Rockers the Happen-Ins have been getting considerable buzz in their hometown of Au ... More >>

Drink With Mike Stinson, Help Terrible Eagle, Learn How Weed Won The West, Buy Summerfest Tix At Urban Outfitters

MCM's boss came across the above video of Mike Stinson's "I've Got No One to Drink With Anymore," from the local honky-tonk transplant's brand-new (and excellent) album The Jukebox In Your Heart, while he was waiting for her to turn in this article. As a staunch proponent of Coors Light, he strongl ... More >>

Mexican Microbrews Hit Houston

Photos by Katharine Shilcutt​The first thing that struck me about the cans of Sierra Madre that were delivered to my office was that they looked almost cartoonish, like one of the Simpsons illustrators had created a satirical beer based on an amalgam of a Coors Light can and a Corona bottle. I ... More >>

Songs Rocks Off Chose for Our Buddy's Bachelor Party

In a few weeks, Rocks Off loses another friend to marriage when one of our best friends from high school gets hitched at a church in Sugar Land. Quite honestly, out of all of our best friends, the smart money was on Rocks Off to get married first while Brett was going to linger on as a swinging bac ... More >>

Houston Music Fight Club: Chris Wise vs. Cody Swann, Chris Ryan vs. Frank Beard, Washington Avenue vs. Westheimer

​So this past week, Houston Music Fight Club began getting solicitations from various local musicians to be matched against other strummers and pickers around town in their cage matches. Rocks Off looks around. We see a lot of new faces. This means a lot of you have (happily for us) been breaking ... More >>

Hit the Evening Showcase and Keep Corporate Hands Off the Westheimer Block Party

Pony Up, Houston.

Houston's Working Class Gets Bumped by the Crashing Economy: Hardcore Homeless

Recycling in and out of shelters and programs, they always seem to land back on the streets.

Grand Theft Auto X: The Screwston Chronicles

Duck Season. Rabbit Season. Tax Season.

Drenched in Blog: Amy Wino

Last Night: Arrowfest at the Woodlands Pavilion

Houston's Ten Worst Songs

…and we're still not as bad as Dallas

Doug Supernaw

Former country superstar. Now starring in a courtroom near you.

Houston International Fest 2007

The Bayou City's biggest festival continues making strides toward total recovery

Why Do Mexicans Start to Drink Swill When They Get to the United States?

The Mexican replies

The Bolivar Kid Strikes Again

Hayes Carll continues H-town's hot streak with Little Rock

Yin and Yang

The killing of Dimebag Darrell rains on Michael Haaga's Continental Club Plus and Minus Show parade

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Playbill

Sunnyside Sup

Reid's is an awesome barbecue time capsule

Somebody's Gonna Feel This

Kid Rock leaves our scribe waiting and worried by the phone

Turkeys Fly

Houston actually pulls off one crazy week

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Bash-ing the Bigwigs

Come Super Bowl week, you can still party downtown, even if you're not very important

Opie Hendrix & The Texas Tallboys

San Jacinto (Def-Texan Records)

Racket

Greg Wood is back with a new band, a new album, and a couple of jokes

Killing Time

The case against him died from lack of evidence. But Texas still plans to execute Odell Barnes.

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