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Craigslist Inc.

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Hates Front Man Turns DJ in New Radio Show

    It's been a hard year thus far for Houston's pre-eminent punk-rock institution, the Hates. Former drummer and co-founder Glenn Sorvisto lost a long, hard battle with cancer last month, and if the Craigslist ads are any indication, the band is still searching for a full-time percussionist. Nonethele ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    "Marcus Hertz" Tries to Sell a Rental Car on Craigslist

    Who would know better about a slightly used car than a guy named "Marcus Hertz"? He's probably devoted his entire life to helping out drivers who need a temporary ride. Alas, the Marcus Hertz trying to sell a 2011 Nissan Altima on Craiglist turned out to be two Houston dudes trying to sell a rental ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Village Voice Media Responds to Clergy

    A response from Village Voice Media​Today 36 clergy affixed their names to a paid ad and open letter to Village Voice and the classified ad site Backpage.com. The full page ad was published in The New York Times. The religious coalition demanded that we close down our legal, adult classifieds ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Musicians Oblige Peer's Request For Honest Critique

    ​Rocks Off likes to troll the musicians' section of Craigslist in an effort to catch interesting acts at their very inception. Usually we get the same old thing day in and day out: Need FOC (Friend of Christ) bass player for worship band. Must have ride. 18 SERIOUS singer looking for band. M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Wanted: $100 Music Video From Emmy Winner

    ​Rocks Off likes to troll the musicians section of Craigslist in an effort to catch interesting acts at their very inception. Usually we get the same old thing day in and day out: Need FOC (Friend of Christ) bass player for worship band. Must have ride. 18 SERIOUS singer looking for band. Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Final Four Watch Parties, Team by Team

    Brittanie SheyHotel Derek, all gaudied up.​Judging by traffic, alumni from the schools playing in this weekend's Final Four are already swarming town, and if you want to get some of the sweet team-pride action, we've compiled a list of the official and unofficial watch parties happening this w ... More >>

  • News

    March 3, 2011

    Let Them Eat Cake

    Readers rant about strict Texas food laws.

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    sIngs, LIMB Seeking Stolen Gear, Anonymous Tipster

    Marc BrubakersIngs at the Mink, December 4, 2010​Rocks Off has been experimenting with ways of getting songs to load automatically whenever someone clicks on our page for some time now. We're still a ways off, but right now would be a good time to cue up the theme from The Twilight Zone. Mond ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    The Seven Most Entertaining Rappers On Twitter

    ​Monday, Slim Thug tweeted about his ad in the Casual Encounters section of Craigslist. Thugga is known for being notoriously entertaining on Twitter, as evinced by his Houston Press Music award for Best Twitter Personality. But he's hardly the only funny rapper on Twitter. We found six more. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Slim Thug: Single, Looking For Two... And A Fan?

    ​Rocks Off loves just about everything Slim Thug does. We're big fans of his music, of course, but our admiration has really grown since we started getting to know him via Twitter over the past year or so. Screw that Shit My Dad Says guy; we think Slim should have his own TV show. Keep Shatne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    The Ten Oddest Crimes Of 2010, Southeast Texas Style

    Hard as it may be to believe, the criminal element of Southeast Texas did dumb and weird things in 2010, continuing a tradition that dates back to the creation of Southeast Texas. Here are ten of the oddest and dumbest: 10. Two former EMS employees in Santa Fe were arrested after they allegedly p ... More >>

  • News

    November 4, 2010

    Fifth Ward Saints

    Carlos Honore and his wife Tatum started up a youth football league out of nothing in an area of Houston not much known for opportunity or hope.

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Musician Hopes Free Drinks, Practice Time Draw Bands To Mango's

    ​Do you like playing music? Do you like drinking alcohol? Then Jess Wilson at Mango's can hook you up. Rocks Off was doing our weekly wade through Craigslist when we stumbled across the following ad: I'm looking for bands to play regular gigs on Thursdays at Mango's on Westheimer. All styles ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Crime Stoppers Offers $5K Reward For...A Guy Shoplifting Some Razors?

    Crime Stoppers: Organized shoplifters now a target​The latest release from Crime Stoppers is hardly a stop-the-presses kind of announcement: Crime Stoppers and Investigators with the Houston Police Department are seeking the public's assistance in identifying a man wanted for stealing razors and r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Foot Fetishist Hassling Local Realtors

    Any listings, baby?​It's a tough time to be a Realtor here in Houston (or anywhere). The market is soft and buyers are scarce.Plus you've got a foot fetishist on line two.Houston area Realtors have been warned that there's a foot freak out there who has been making heavy-breathing calls to home br ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2010

    Genius: To Prove He Doesn't Have An Alligator Skull, Dude Shows Lawmen His Dope Crop

    "Officer, check my dope crop to make sure I don't have an alligator skull!!!"​An Angleton dude was selling alligator meat illegally online, which triggered a sting by Texas Parks & Wildlife Department authorities.As they negotiated the sale, the guy mentioned he also had an alligator skull he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Wanted: "Reason-Filled" Musicians For Atheist Band

    ​Rocks Off often trolls through Craigslist looking for the very beginnings of some of Houston's next wave of notable musicians. Extremely prevalent throughout the Web site are requests for devout Christians to join together in a mission to glorify the love and word of God through the devil of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Wanted: Creed Tribute Band

    Courtesy of Codi RoweCodi Rowe (right) with Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti​Rocks Off is not generally a fan of tribute bands, and even less so of Creed. We did have one guy hear who was a fan, but we left his body in the lobby as a warning to others who would embrace Stapp and Co. with arms wid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    George Randall Scott: Bryan Pastor Accused Of Coercing BJs In Bizarre Perversion Of Chris Hansen's Stings

    Chris Hansen never worked like this guy apparently did​Very kinky crimes alert...Fifty-one-year-old Randy Scott, the pastor of Bryan's Bethel Temple Assembly of God was arrested here in Houston in connection with what is being portrayed in court documents as an extremely bizarre scheme.Accor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Play Guitar With Your Ass? She Can.

    Rocks Off is not responsible for anything that happens should anyone take this woman up on her offer, but we suspect it might be something like this.​In addition to trolling around on YouTube looking for the wettest, the weirdest, the wildest, and the wrongest music videos, Rocks Off enjoys a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Saturday Night: Weird Al Yankovic At Verizon Wireless Theater

    Photos by Jason Wolter​Weird Al Yankovic Verizon Wireless Theater July 17, 2010 Aftermath is probably not going to write very many, and you're probably going to read even fewer, concert reviews that begin by delineating the finer points of parody and satire. But this is Weird Al Yankovic we'r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    FAIL: Nashville Weather, Liam Gallagher, Meat Loaf, Warrant's Jani Lane

    If you're reading this, you're either on the Internet, or else you've mastered multi-dimensional thought-projection processes that would make Michio Kaku cry like a little girl. We'll assume the former, and just in case you don't already know, the Internet has decided that the word "failure" is too ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 22, 2010

    Capsule Art Reviews: "Allison Hunter: Zoosphere", "Dirty Secrets from the Cataract Cinema", "Eileen Maxson: Orphans of Failure",

    If you're reading this, you're either on the Internet, or else you've mastered multi-dimensional thought-projection processes that would make Michio Kaku cry like a little girl. We'll assume the former, and just in case you don't already know, the Internet has decided that the word "failure" is too ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    Sorry Little Monsters, Lady Gaga Tickets All Gone-Gone

    ​Tickets for the second date of Lady Gaga's Houston stand in July sold out less than an hour ago in just 15 minutes, falling short of the record six-minute record set last week. Way to go, little monsters of Houston. Mama Gaga has to be pretty excited about all the weird love going on. Speaking of ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 15, 2010

    Capsule Art Reviews: "2010 Glassell Core Exhibition", "Allison Hunter: Zoosphere", "Dirty Secrets from the Cataract Cinema", "Eileen Maxson: Orphans of Failure", "Steve Wolfe on Paper"

    ​Tickets for the second date of Lady Gaga's Houston stand in July sold out less than an hour ago in just 15 minutes, falling short of the record six-minute record set last week. Way to go, little monsters of Houston. Mama Gaga has to be pretty excited about all the weird love going on. Speaking of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Note To Thieves: People You Rob Use Craigslist Too

    ​Wednesday morning, we told you about Rocks Off photog Marc Brubaker, who was the victim of a robbery at his Denver Harbor home. In the robbery he lost two Macs and a printer, all three things that he uses to do photography for us at Rocks Off and his own projects with the Houstonist Web site. Yes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    The Jerk Store Calls For A Houstonian

    ​Jerks in Your Area is a website that scours the net for postings on Craigslist, Backpages and message boards looking for, as it puts it, "posts written by or about the biggest jerks out there."Today's featured guest: A Houstonian.A once-Jewish Houstonian who's now a "born-again Wiccan." One who w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Craigslist Prank Leads To Felony Charge For Disgruntled Friendswood Woman

    ​Police in Friendswood allege that 33-year-old Amanda Anderson got even with her former employer the new-fashioned way: via Craigslist.They allege that she took out what must have been a very generous help-wanted ad for various contractors. Once it hit the 'net, Anderson's old boss was swamped wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    The Meat of the Matter at Ray's Franks

    Photo by Katharine Shilcutt​For weeks, there have been rumors swirling about the impending demise of popular downtown eatery Ray's Franks. We first talked about our love affair with the horror movie-themed restaurant in July 2009, not long after it first opened its doors. The menu items consis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    (Allegedly) Kinky ATF Agent Gets In Big Trouble In Big Easy

    ​What began as a routine investigation of a malfunctioning fire-alarm system at a suburban New Orleans Residence Inn ended with police discovering a scene worthy of Quentin Tarantino and Dennis Hopper at their most depraved and the arrest of 44-year-old Russell Vanderwerf, a Houston-based agen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Rocks Off's Picks for This Weekend's Fun Fun Fun Festival

    You can think of this weekend's Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin as the indie, metal, and hip-hop little brother of the more staid Austin City Limits Music Festival. The fourth edition of the two-day event held in Waterloo Park in Austin starts tomorrow afternoon. Per our stated life path, Rocks Off will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Game Time: Sex For World Series Tickets

    ​There are people who like to go to sporting events, there are people who would pay anything to go to sporting events, and then there are people who would pleasure a complete stranger for World Series tickets.Meet Susan Finkelstein. If you haven't heard her story, she is a diehard Phillies fan in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    A Third Ward Pawnshop iPod and the Mysterious Fate of Previous Owner "Scooby"

    Whoever he is (was?), Scooby's iPod wasn't short on R. Kelly.​So a couple of weeks ago, after three or four years of increasingly faltering service, Rocks Off's 30 GB iPod finally died. Completely. Out of sheer broke-assedness, we had held on to it for longer than most. By the end, its quirks and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Rocks Off Pays a Call on El Campo

    A postcard of "downtown" El Campo in the 1930s.This weekend, Rocks Off escaped a Czech family reunion to do some sightseeing around El Campo, the tiny hamlet just off U.S. 59. Before the silent auction, we made sure to gorge ourselves on free beer and kolaches before making a quick exit out the back ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2009

    Houston Leads Nation In Bending Over And Taking It, Study Finds

    The nation is learning something new about Houston today: We're a bunch of bottoms.Well, we are if we are gay.Gawker has an item citing a report by a website called The Sword that compiled data on Craigslist ads for steamy M2M sex, analyzing which posters were likely to describe themselves as tops o ... More >>

  • Music

    April 16, 2009

    Crash Into Me: Predicting the Economy's Impact on the Music Biz

    GWAR more important than you might expect.

  • News

    April 16, 2009

    For Sale: the Remains of Burt Reynolds's Career, Plus: An Odd Couple of Entrepreneurs

    Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    The "Heidi Fleiss Of Houston" Is Now Recruiting Nannies. Really

    Photo courtesy HCSO For years, Debbie Turbiville made a living knowing how to recruit prostitutes - or at least that's how the woman referred to a "Houston's Heidi Fleiss" has been painted ever since police shut down her allegedly high-class hooker ring.But recruiting is recruiting is recruiting - t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    It's Easier Than You Think To Get Shot By A Bellaire Cop

    Unarmed 23-year-old black man Robbie Tolan was shot in his own driveway last Wednesday in Bellaire. The bullet pierced his lung and lodged in his liver, where doctors say it will likely remain for the rest of his life.The shooter was Sgt. Joseph Cotton, who evidently thought Tolan's 2004 Nissan Xter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2008

    Sunday: The Quietest Makes its First Noise

    Unarmed 23-year-old black man Robbie Tolan was shot in his own driveway last Wednesday in Bellaire. The bullet pierced his lung and lodged in his liver, where doctors say it will likely remain for the rest of his life.The shooter was Sgt. Joseph Cotton, who evidently thought Tolan's 2004 Nissan Xter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008

    Don't Make Labor Day Weekend Plans...

    Unarmed 23-year-old black man Robbie Tolan was shot in his own driveway last Wednesday in Bellaire. The bullet pierced his lung and lodged in his liver, where doctors say it will likely remain for the rest of his life.The shooter was Sgt. Joseph Cotton, who evidently thought Tolan's 2004 Nissan Xter ... More >>

  • Music

    June 26, 2008

    Ten Things I Love About the Houston Music Scene

    Unarmed 23-year-old black man Robbie Tolan was shot in his own driveway last Wednesday in Bellaire. The bullet pierced his lung and lodged in his liver, where doctors say it will likely remain for the rest of his life.The shooter was Sgt. Joseph Cotton, who evidently thought Tolan's 2004 Nissan Xter ... More >>

  • Music

    June 5, 2008

    Here's the soundtrack to your future unemployment!

    Worked Up

  • Music

    December 27, 2007

    Musical lowlights of 2007

    Shaken, Not Stirred

  • News

    December 13, 2007

    No Show: EMC Expos

    A long line of people say they've been stiffed by Rolando Dumagan and company.

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2007

    First Rodeo Performers Announced: Houston Just Can’t Get Enough Hannah

    A long line of people say they've been stiffed by Rolando Dumagan and company.

  • News

    March 8, 2007

    KTRK, License Plate Frames, City Council, Bun B and Google

    KTRK has a "Meet the Rapist!" contest

  • News

    June 8, 2006

    Getting Rogered

    The soap opera continues

  • Home Entertainment

    April 27, 2006

    Our top DVD picks for the week of April 25

    The soap opera continues

  • Music

    June 10, 2004

    Monster Mash-up

    DJs Z-Trip and P deliver one of the first album-length mash-ups

  • More >>
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