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Rocks Off's Something Wicked Mini-Guide: Shadow Field

Cooler temperatures? Check. Loud music? Check. Crazy outfits? Check. If my scientific calculations are correct, those three things are a recipe for a great fall day. And while the pubs will be crawling and the houses will be haunted the best place to get all three of those this weekend is going to b ... More >>

Fantasy Land

A green amusement park was supposed to bring prosperity to New Caney, but so far, only a few have profited. And it still exists only on paper.

Moonshining On The Rise in East Texas

For the second time this month, East Texas cops have broken up a moonshining operation. The latest case took place near Tyler, in tiny New Chapel Hill. Smith County Constables seized two stills belonging to one man whom they have charged with a misdemeanor, with more charges possibly pending. Cops ... More >>

Texans, Saints and Tebow! This Weekend's NFL Playoff Best Bets

PLAYOFFS?!?!!? Oh, yeah​So is Houston ready for some playoff football? How about we go through the Reliant Stadium checklist for Saturday's game with the Bengals to find out. Notifications to season ticket holders to be in their seats 30 minutes before kickoff? Check. Colored placards in sea ... More >>

Five Jobs Even Riskier Than Texans' QB, Such As Spinal Tap Drummer

If you didn't read our Texans' game wrap -- and you should, it offers positive thoughts for the team's future this season -- you might not know that Matt Leinart, the backup quarterback playing his first game as a Texan because starter Matt Schaub had a season-ending injury, suffered his own season ... More >>

Football! This Weekend's Best Bets

Odd sare Brian Kelly won't look like this Satruday night​As I get ready to drop some more decidedly mediocre wagering knowledge on all of you this weekend, I have one quick thought to share with you on the opening weekend of the NFL season: This time last season, these were your starting quar ... More >>

Pop Rocks: The Time Has Come, The Walrus Said, To Feed Hugh Hefner To Sharks

Hef's gonna need a bigger boat.​As you may have heard, Shark Week kicks off Sunday on the Discovery Channel. The seven days of (decreasingly) informative marine documentaries and (increasingly) lurid reenactments of REAL LIFE ATTACKS and exposing DEADLY WATERS and what not provide a welcome br ... More >>

Agedashi Tofu and Ladies' Drinks at Sushi King

​"You want me to make you another ladies' drink?" the bartender teased my boyfriend last night at Sushi King (3401 Kirby, 713-528-8998). His face reddened. He looked at the empty martini glass to his right -- which had recently held a peach and tequila combination garnished with a cherry and ... More >>

Pop Rocks: A World Without Oprah

So long, suckers.​The 25th and final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show kicked off yesterday with a John Travolta dance number, an appearance by Paul Simon (of "and Garfunkel" fame, not the deceased U.S. Senator), and an announcement that Oprah would take the 300 studio audience members in atten ... More >>

You've Been Kanyed: 16 Musicians Soon To Become Verbs

Marco TorresEveryone was completely Gagaed when James Lee took several hostages at the Discovery Channel's headquarters earlier this week.​Some names become synonymous with an action - just ask Thomas Crapper. With the overwhelming fame of some superstars being beamed at us day in and day out, ... More >>

When Sharks Attack Album Covers (Partially NSFW)

​As Rocks Off reminded you Tuesday via a rather egotistical video - and as you no doubt already know if you've been within 50 feet of a working television set - this week is Shark Week, the Discovery Channel's annual feeding frenzy of programming about the undersea alpha predators. People take ... More >>

The Most Awesome Shark Week Song You'll Ever Hear

Every day Rocks Off trolls the tubes of you in search of videos to share. If you have something that you think deserves to be video of the day, send a link to jef_rouner at yahoo dot com. ​The Discovery Channel's annual Shark Week is a sacred institution, in which we all sit on the couch and ... More >>

Samuel Bustamante Hunted Aliens; Should Texas Be Killing Him In Light Of Stephen Hawking's Warning?

Stephen Hawking's voicebox makes us wonder if this execution should go through.​"If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America," astrophysicist and wheelchair-enthusiast Stephen Hawking opines in a new documentary to be shown on the ... More >>

Game Time: Yeah, My Bracket Blows, But At Least I'm Not This Guy

​Sometimes I forget that the cushy little sports world I live in is not the end-all and be-all. For the better part of the last two weeks, it has felt like everything was crashing down around me as housewives and receptionists everywhere had outpicked me on their March Madness brackets using such ... More >>

The Week In TV: Time Runs Out for 24

Cancellation: The light at the end of our tunnel.​I miss Spring Break, I'm awash in cancellations, and I don't get your reference to the Cookie Crisp Wizard. This was the week in TV Land: • As I wrote last week in my post about The Office, it's possible for a show to overstay its welcome a ... More >>

Your Big Chance To Go All Post-Apocalyptic And Be On TV

​Are you yearning to live in a post-apocalyptic world? Live the cheerful, happy-go-lucky life portrayed in The Road?You're getting your chance. Houston is one of a handful of cities where the producers of the Discovery Channel reality show The Colony are holding open tryouts. They say:  A gro ... More >>

Worst Rapper Alive

Unraveling veteran rhymesmith K-Rino's brilliance in an über-sketchy Third Ward park.

This Week In TV: Oprah to Resign in 2011, World to End Shortly Thereafter

Tom Cruise is not taking the news well...​The sun's back out, I'm ready for turkey, and I can't believe I sold my DeLorean to Mr. T. This was the week in TV Land: • So, Oprah resigned, but not really, or something. Just to make sure we all have time to prepare our families for the ritualist ... More >>

Apparently, Crazy Shit Can Go Down When You're Pregnant

Photo by PinkMooseI never thought pregnancy could be so crazy.Apparently, I was wrong.Now calm down, gentle readers. The fates have not yet conspired to allow Miss Pop Rocks to breed (perhaps there's an overabundance of snark at the moment and the universe does not need anymore), but this thou ... More >>

They're Making A Documentary About The Dome, And They Want Your Family Keepsakes

Via the always-entertaining Bayou City History blog at the Chron we learned of a budding documentary about that quaint old abandoned building that used to be the Eighth Wonder of the World.Chip Rives, one of the producers/directors/writers of The Dome, tells Hair Balls he and his partner have do ... More >>

Koppel on Discovery: The People’s Republic of Capitalism

Ted Koppel’s latest series examines why China needs the U.S. and vice versa

Here's the soundtrack to your future unemployment!

Worked Up

Walking with Dinosaurs

Open the door, get on the floor, everybody walk with dinosaurs

Barbara Park

A children’s author writes about what unborn babies do all day in their mommy’s tummy

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

The War

Ken Burns looks at WWII

Dog Day Afternoon. Evening and Morning, Too.

Why Did My T-Shirt Piss People Off?

The Mexican replies

The Brain Game

Can Nintendo really make you smarter?

Art, Music and Crap

It's all there -- in a neat little package -- at WestFest Compressed

Cabbieville

Inside George Bush Intercontinental Airport lies a city populated by drivers who sleep all night in their cabs to keep their place in line

Super-Size Relief

Sean Carnahan and Roni Size drop beats for a good cause

Keeping Score

Get a girl in record time, then get another one

Golden Ruhl

Stages Repertory Theatre showcases a theatrical phenom with Late: A Cowboy Song

Curry Favor

Cozy up to India at the International Festival

Block Party

The Third Ward gets down and artsy with the "48 Hours" fest

Trip Art

Catch Mother Nature's drift at Christmas Bay

Hog Heaven

Get your motor running at the Lone Star Biker Rally

On the House

In a new series of installations, PRH explores community

Thai One On

The International Festival spices up Reliant Park

Silence Broken

A smuggled film screens at the Iranian Film Festival

The Pierced Elevated

A group that does body flesh suspensions strives for beauty

Cock-a-Doodle Deux

A rejuvenated Red Rooster crows again on Old Spanish Trail

Deep Inside the Actors' Studio

A lack of perspective crashes this Anniversary Party in the Hollywood Hills

Call of the Wild

Joe Rogan's stand-up is outspoken, vulgar, vile, cynical -- and maybe even funny

Sew What?

When it comes to old-timers and alleged schemes, Anna Nicole's got nothing on this woman

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