David Lynch

Five Art Masterworks That Should Be Metal Album Covers

It's not often that you get the opportunity to combine masterpieces of painting and metal. It's not completely unfounded, considering Guns N' Roses copped from Raphael's School of Athens for the cover of their Use Your Illusion set. But it's rare, like mixing pro wrestling and classical literature. ... More >>

Friends In High Places: 5 Weird Actor/Musician Friendships

You or I may not be a fan of Justin Bieber, but you know who is? Mike Tyson, that's who. As Iron Mike explained a little while ago, he thinks Bieber is "pretty awesome." Apparently the ex-heavyweight champ got turned into a Belieber through his wife, who hooks Tyson up with most of his music. This ... More >>

David Lynch's 10 Most Iconic Musical Scenes

Over our extended weekend, we celebrated the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. But one other eventful birthday I'd like to bring to your attention is one on January 20, this past Sunday. That's the birthday of acclaimed director David Lynch. The visionary filmmaker turned 67 years old. I ... More >>

Fan Direction: 5 Great Music-Video Contest Winners

One of the latest trends I've observed in music is that almost everyone is outsourcing their videos these days, even top artists. It's much easier and cheaper to hold a fan contest, asking your fans to create videos for you, than it is to go out and shoot the video yourself on your (or your record l ... More >>

Secret Broadcast Does It For Kids In "Raygun"

Houston audiences are tough audiences, no doubt. I've spent half my life performing in front of them and it takes quite a bit of talent to get them on your side, though I'm happy to say that once you do they're the best. Still, even with 15 years of that under my belt, I'm not sure if I would have t ... More >>

American Falls

A dark, funny new work from Catastrophic Theatre goes behind the white picket fences.

Edgar Dale Whitt: Serious Charges For Patriarch of One Very Creepy, Tragic and Disturbed West Texas Family

The press release from Howard County Sheriff Stan Parker opens with a wholesome slice of Norman Rockwell Americana, with an officer responding to a report of a child riding his bike in the dark. When questioned, the seven-year-old boy told police he was running away from home. And we've all either ... More >>

Youth Lagoon: Death By Moon In "July"

The video for Youth Lagoon's "July" is like one of Stephen King's short stories come to life. Not like one of the ones about giant rats or haunted hotel rooms. We mean his study pieces on the apocalypse. Something like "Night Surf," in which a group of ordinary teenagers survive a deadly plague, and ... More >>

Happy Gorilla Suit Day! 5 Music Videos for Celebrating.

Today is National Gorilla Suit Day. We're not explaining it for you because something so magical needs neither intellectual discourse, nor to be held up against the scrutiny of skeptics who are clearly dead inside. Just accept it. Today is National Gorilla Suit Day, and all are commended to observe. ... More >>

Blue Velvet25th Anniversary Screening

Top 10 Most Underrated Music Video Artists

The Material Girl. The King of Pop (and his sister). The Chili Peppers. Mr. West. Very few artists have become the musical equivalent of the two-sport athlete: Making memorable music and monumental videos. When those people had a new video to premiere, it wasn't a just a video, it was an event. I ... More >>

Duran Duran Through the Eyes of David Lynch

​Better start off by telling you that Duran Duran is huge in the House With One F. The wife has an immense collection of rare singles on vinyl and CD, and bassist John Taylor is referred to only as "Happy Birthday Sweetheart" after wishing her just that when they met at the Four Seasons in Aus ... More >>

Five Vices That Need Celebrity Endorsements

Ed. Note: Rocks Off does not advocate trying any of the products mentioned in this article (even if they exist) or, really, following any of Jef With One F's advice about anything at all. ​When Marilyn Manson put out Mansinthe, that was cute. Then David Lynch put out his own brand of coffee, ... More >>

The Irrepressibles Stage A Mirror Mirror Spectacle

​Last year, Rocks Off was completely caught off guard by the sheer, unholy awesomness of The Irrepressibles. Director Roy Raz set their then-unreleased song "In This Shirt" to one of the most amazing and innovative music videos ever in a short film he called The Lady is Dead. The video, in add ... More >>

The Texas Breastaurant

South Park Raisins Episode 714 (Original Air Date: Dec 10, 2003)​From Urban Dictionary: Breas*tau*rant [bres-ter-uhnt, -tuh-rahnt, -trahnt] -noun A male-oriented restaurant where the servers' bodacious cleavage is never on the menu--but always in voluminous supply. Openly admiring these wom ... More >>

Twitter You've Heard Of (Grrr), But What's a Drobot?

​Rocks Off's sister music blogs have been kicking ass on music analysis lately. At The Sound of The City, critic Christopher R. Weingarten talks about how Twitter and search-engine optimization (SEO) are ruining music journalism. And if you think Austin City Limits was a mess last year, check out ... More >>

Year in Film: Three Critics' Top Three

Busdriver

That's One Ugly Baby: The 10 Creepiest Babies Ever

We've been seeing pregnant bellies all over H-Town. From The Woodlands down to Lake Jackson, it seems every other woman we see is either in the family way or accompanied by a doting father lugging around a car seat right not too far behind. What gives? One conspiracy theory is that these are ... More >>

Validated Vagueness of "Damaged Romanticism"

Don't bother with the theme, but enjoy the art

Caché

Michael Haneke explores sex, security and violence in a way that’s all too familiar to fans of David Lynch

Donnie Darko

This 2001 film wears its cult sensibilities on its sleeve

Eraserhead

David Lynch wants your undivided attention, please

No End in Sight, Twin Peaks, The Other Side of the Mirror and Talk to Me

Keeping The Meter Running

The Super Fun of It

"Red Velvet: Making a Case for Domestic Tranquility"

A spectacular kimono is hidden from sight at Vine Street Studios

“Red Velvet”

Rudolph Projects fills FotoFest with disturbing domestic-themed images

The Big Valley

Inland Empire

Armed with his own brand of logic and a digital camera, David Lynch forges inward

The Mink

The Washington Apple

Weird and Wonderful

Twin Peaks

Two shows at Deborah Colton Gallery explore ambiguity and the unknown

Presbyterian

Leon's Lounge

Kid Stuff for Parents

Codependency in the House!

Atmosphere shoves its neurotic, Midwestern hip-hop right in your face

South By Southwest

Like Star Trek with Worms

Buckets o' Fun

Life's a beach at the AIA Sandcastle Competition

Party Animals

Politically oriented matchmaking sites are surging toward the election

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Letter from the Girl, Mailed at the Gas Station

February 8 and 9

Hollywood Hells

David Lynch crashes on Mulholland Drive, but the wreckage is smashing

Lynch Mob Returns?

Former fans uncertain of the new direction for a dynamic director

Twin Peeks

Lynch cleverly shows his other side in Straight Story

Soul-searching

Conjoined brothers bring unique tenderness to Twin Falls Idaho

Press Picks

Bumpy Ride

David Lynch barrels down the Lost Highway and crashes into twisted brilliance

Sound Check

Pulped Fiction

Quentin Tarantino talks his sophomore film into an early grave