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May 17, 2012
Girls, Girls, Girls At 25: Anatomy Of A Strip-Club Classic
Mötley Crüe, those depraved kings of '80s sleaze, took a major step toward strip-club immortality 25 years ago this week when the band released its fourth album, Girls, Girls, Girls.. Glossy, debauched heavy metal ruled the charts in the summer of 1987 -- Whitesnake, Ozzy, Bon Jovi and Poison all ... More >>
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April 19, 2012
The American Bandstand (Extended) Hot 100
Somehow it's hard to believe that Dick Clark was only 82 years old when he died after suffering a "massive heart attack" Wednesday morning in Santa Monica, Calif. (Since I managed to survive one myself, I've noticed that anytime someone dies of a heart attack, it's always "massive."). Despite his yo ... More >>
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March 28, 2012
Readers Poll: The Best Third Albums Ever
This week in 1980, Van Halen released their third album Women And Children First, which contained the hits "And the Cradle Will Rock...," "Everybody Wants Some!! and fan favorite "Romeo Delight." It's not the best VH album ever, but it was, in fact, their third album. Most VH super-freaks I know an ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Pop Rocks: So Who's Going to Perform at Next Year's Super Bowl Halftime Show?
If Janet Jackson's nip slip in 2004 threw ice water on the practice of using current entertainers for Super Bowl halftimes, M.I.A.'s middle finger salute dumped it in the Bering Sea. Finally, after eight years of K. Billy's Sounds of the '70s and Pete Townshend's belly (which somehow didn't draw *an ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
World AIDS Day: Artists Who Have Contributed to the Cause
Today is World AIDS Day. The theme this year is "Getting to Zero," focusing on zero AIDS related deaths. In hopes of achieving this goal, there has been many a celebrity to endorse AIDS awareness and various charities around the world. Quite a few musicians have used their celebrity status ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
Friday Night: Def Leppard & Heart At The Woodlands
Photos by GroovehouseDef Leppard, Heart Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion September 23, 2011 Like so many of their 80s hard rock brethren, Def Leppard has always straddled the line between serious musical territory and the self-parody that threatens all bands associated with that era. On one ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
Saturday Night: Santana & Spearhead At The Woodlands
Photos by Marco TorresSantana, Michael Franti & Spearhead Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion September 10, 2011 Timeless. Classic. Legend. OG - all classifications that tend to be distributed loosely in the music industry these days. Yet for Carlos Santana, the skinny Mexican kid who played at ... More >>
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April 20, 2011
For 4/20: Hipgnosis' Greatest Bong Hits
Rocks Off doesn't know if it's our Shot In the Dark photo show tomorrow or that batch of brownies someone sent us, but we've been in a really visual mood this week. We can't remember exactly what it is, but something told us today might be a good day to revisit the work of Hipgnosis. The gro ... More >>
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March 15, 2011
Upcoming: Billy Joe Shaver, Def Leppard, Stephen Marley, Etc.
"20th Annual KTRU Outdoor Show" With Washed Out, Real Estate, Fat Tony, Young Mammals, Grandfather Child, The Tontons: Sat., April 9. Rice University. Billy Joe Shaver: Sat., June 18. Dosey Doe Coffee Company. Chingo Bling, DJ Ebonix: Fri., April 8. Bronze Peacock Room @ House of Blues. C ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
Five More Heavy Metal Christmas Carols
Last year's unholy Christmas metal list was so popular, we decided to reach back into our quasi-Santanic bag and find five more songs for you to blare while trimming the tree and wrapping presents. We made our list too late to catch Rob Halford's Christmas album, Winter Songs. Otherwise it ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
Today's High Schoolers Shrugging Off New Music
During this part of the year, your humble narrator treks from school to schools selling contest music to bands and orchestras. It's a good gig, and it enables us to get a good gander at what the next generation of musicians look like. However, after several years of doing it, we started noti ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
Where's the Rock?
106.9 The Zone misses The Point.
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October 5, 2010
Five Songs Classic Rock Radio Should Kill NOW
Rocks Off is a prisoner of the airwaves. At home we can listen to just about anything we want thanks to the comforts of 24-7 satellite radio. Actually, we rarely tune in anything besides Outlaw Country, but that's another story. We can't bring the satellite receiver to work, where we spend th ... More >>
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July 21, 2010
Happy Anniversary, Appetite For Destruction
July 21, 1987 began as a day like any other. The Reagan Administration told The New York Times that any discussion of presidential pardons in the Iran-Contra affair were "inappropriate at this time." Iran announced it would ignore the cease-fire with Iraq unanimously approved by the United Na ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
Scumbag Karaoke
July 21, 1987 began as a day like any other. The Reagan Administration told The New York Times that any discussion of presidential pardons in the Iran-Contra affair were "inappropriate at this time." Iran announced it would ignore the cease-fire with Iraq unanimously approved by the United Na ... More >>
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June 25, 2010
When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong: Metal Edition
Dave Chapelle teaches us that the art of "keeping it real" may sometimes go awry. According to urbandictionary.com, this occurs when "in the act of keeping it real, the outcome is unexpected and usually has a negative effect on the individual who decided to keep it real." Rock stars are not i ... More >>
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August 20, 2009
He Said She Said: Songs Guaranteed to Offend the Opposite Sex, Part 2
It's been 25 years since Tipper Gore and the ladies of the PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) self-righteously rode the the rescue of delicate ears across America, claiming that rock music was "infecting the youth of the world with messages they cannot handle." It was the 1950s all over again. Th ... More >>
Music
August 13, 2009
Cheap Trick, Def Leppard, Poison
It's been 25 years since Tipper Gore and the ladies of the PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) self-righteously rode the the rescue of delicate ears across America, claiming that rock music was "infecting the youth of the world with messages they cannot handle." It was the 1950s all over again. Th ... More >>
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August 12, 2009
Bayou Beat: McKenzies Break Up, Live Nation Goes for (Almost) Broke, New Discovery Green Season, etc.
Chris Gray Unfortunately, Houston power-pop prodigies the McKenzies (above) announced after Free Press Summer Fest they have broken up, for the usual reasons. "It's all on good terms," the band said via email. "It's just been really hard to do anything... everyone has personal things to do - scho ... More >>
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June 22, 2009
The Last Roundup: Something Fierce Rounds Out Tour Dates, Opening In the Watermarks, Pitchman Iggy Pop and More
Kim DouglassWe just love running this Wild Moccasins picture... can't you tell? Something Fierce released the rest of the trio's tour dates on Hands Up Houston. Lords of the Loop pay poetic tribute to Def Leppard via haiku. 29-95 takes a look at the Wild Moccasins' (above) tour diary. Exactly three ... More >>
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June 10, 2009
What's Your Favorite Musician Joke?
What do you call a musician without a girlfriend? Homeless. What do you throw a banjo player if he's drowning? His banjo. What's the difference between a saxophone and a lawnmower? You can tune a lawnmower. What's the difference between an accordion player and a terrorist? Terrorists have sympathize ... More >>
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May 14, 2009
Sean Hannity To Torture Houston's Wallets
Photo courtesy bobgo29What would you pay to see Sean Hannity in concert? No, we don't mean seeing him be waterboarded -- although he said he'd do that for charity, and Keith Olbermann offered to pay $1,000 to an Army charity for every second Hannity stood it, Sean-o somehow hasn't agreed to it yet.H ... More >>
Music
April 23, 2009
Hello, Houston!
Noise breaks down the months of live music ahead
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April 1, 2009
Happy April Fool's Day: Fools in Popular Music
Photo illustration by John Seaborn Gray In the Tarot, "The Fool is the spirit in search of experience. He represents the mystical cleverness bereft of reason within us, the childlike ability to tune into the inner workings of the world." Hat sold separately.As you've hopefully been able to t ... More >>
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February 26, 2009
Songs You Didn't Get As a Kid
Did you know that ZZ Top's "Pearl Necklace" is essentially about a man ejaculating onto a woman's neck? No? Well, neither did I when I was 12. That is just disgusting. It is a disgusting, insanely catchy song, and I had no idea what it was about until I was an adult. I thought it was about a wo ... More >>
Home Entertainment
November 6, 2008
My Guitar Hero Gently Weeps
They're not yelling "Bruce" this time. They're booing
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August 29, 2008
Rock the Bayou…Can You Handle It?
They're not yelling "Bruce" this time. They're booing
Music
July 10, 2008
L.A. Guns
They're not yelling "Bruce" this time. They're booing
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May 5, 2008
Houston Rockets, 2007-2008: Requiem for a Season
They're not yelling "Bruce" this time. They're booing
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January 31, 2008
A Day in the Life of Cable Sports Programming
They're not yelling "Bruce" this time. They're booing
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October 8, 2007
Miss Pop Rocks: Girls Who Like Girls But Who (Really) Like Boys
They're not yelling "Bruce" this time. They're booing
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August 31, 2007
Drenched in Blog: Kekkou desu, Mr. Roboto!
They're not yelling "Bruce" this time. They're booing
Film
August 30, 2007
Balls of Fury
Answer all correctly and win a Def Leppard album
Blogs
July 13, 2007
Confessions of a Classic Rock Whore, or One Man’s Journey
Answer all correctly and win a Def Leppard album
Music
May 31, 2007
Aaron Loesch Vies to Become the Guitar Center King of the Blues
A dying Houston scene suddenly might have new life
Music
December 21, 2006
Yellow and Green
Paris Green's new CD Rambling Yellow Paper
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December 13, 2006
Best Albums of the Year, 2006
Paris Green's new CD Rambling Yellow Paper
Music
November 23, 2006
When Mixtapes Attack!
What if the sound track to your life sucks?
Music
December 29, 2005
The Darkness
One Way Ticket to Hell...and Back
Music
December 8, 2005
Pop Rocks
Ten albums that'll snap and fizz in your ear buds all winter long
Music
August 11, 2005
He's a Maniac
The Nightfly puts his white-boy dance moves to the supreme test at Lizzard's Pub
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February 26, 2004
Letters
The Nightfly puts his white-boy dance moves to the supreme test at Lizzard's Pub
Music
February 5, 2004
Pop-Punk Penance
A cool kid seeks heavenly redemption
Music
September 25, 2003
Woodlands Wonders
Meet Paris Green -- the newest entry in the next big thing from Houston sweepstakes
Film
June 14, 2001
Peak Performance
Himalaya scales dangerous mountain passes while uplifting the spirit
Music
May 3, 2001
Bright Lights, Bridge City
The PC Cowboys, the world's only politically correct country band, speak in a Press exclusive
News
March 22, 2001
Welcome to His Nightmare
Michael Bruce gave voice to Alice Cooper - until the singer killed the band
News
January 25, 2001
RodeoHouston: Some 'Splainin to Do
Secret correspondence from the rodeo
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March 25, 1999
Rotation
Secret correspondence from the rodeo
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August 1, 1996
Def Defying
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