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May 22, 2012
The End of the Road: Digital Mourning in 2012
At the Houston Press office, I am usually the first person who finds out when a celebrity or musician dies, usually from a wire or, these days, the fine folks at TMZ. Hell, sometimes even when I am away from my desk I have to be the bearer of bad tidings, like when Adam Yauch passed on a few weeks a ... More >>
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May 21, 2012
Disco Sucks, Long Live Disco: Your Essential Disco Playlist
Disco, that uniquely '70s, coke-laden, soulful, brash and flamboyant genre, was Public Enemy #1 for rockers and punks in the latter half of the Me Decade. Hippies and suburbanites cut their hair, stuffed their noses and took to the dance floors, tripping the light fantastic in their best polyester u ... More >>
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May 18, 2012
7 Cool & Cheap Weekenders: Prom Night, Rocky Hill, Yann Tiersen, Etc.
Sorry we're late this week, but the good ol' Allen Oldies Band wants to help you start your weekend by rocking your socks off this evening at Natachee's Supper & Punch. Also, it's Prom Night down the street at the Continental Club. Boondocks is promising "Nu Disco, Italo, Cosmic Synth, Nu No Wave, ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
RIP Donna Summer: Disco Queen Dies At 63
Donna Summer, the disco queen whose salacious songs sometimes clashed with her traditional values, has died of cancer at age 63, TMZ is reporting. Boston native Summer, born LaDonna Andre Gaines, sang in her church choir as a teenager before winning five Grammys and becoming one of the top-selling ... More >>
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May 14, 2012
Play It Again, Sam: 10 Artists & Comedians Signed To Casablanca Records
Casablanca Records was a record company started by Neil Bogart -- no relation to the late legendary actor Humphrey Bogart, although Neil was a big Bogie enthusiast and admirer. In the 1970s, Casablanca Records was the go-to label for disco much like Death Row was the go-to place for gangsta rap in t ... 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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February 9, 2012
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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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December 7, 2011
No Surprises: Rock Hall Set To Induct Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys
Photo By Marco TorresGuns N' Roses are Rock Hall bound, but which version of GNR will show up? This morning (well, it leaked last night) the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland announced their 2012 class of inductees. Included on the list are Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Bo ... More >>
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September 30, 2011
The End is Nigh: 2012 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Edition
Mason Lankford said, "There will come a day when we forget the Rapture ever even happened," but Rocks Off is keeping an eye out for signs of our impending Armageddon. We were wrong last time, but we're totally right this time! Once again the time has come to select the most excellent musicians in o ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
G N' R, The Cure & Chili Peppers Could Be Hall Of Famers Next Year
Oh, this will be a fun induction ceremony...This morning, The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland announced the list of nominees for its Class of 2012: The Small Faces & The Faces, Freddie King, The Cure, Guns 'N Roses, Heart, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Spinners, War, Joan Jett and the Bl ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Gloria Gaynor, Disco's Ultimate Survivor, Discusses That Song
You know "I Will Survive." Everybody knows "I Will Survive." Aliens know "I Will Survive." Dogs know "I Will Survive." Dogs who are aliens know "I Will Survive." Gloria Gaynor's 1979 disco anthem, written by the same producers who wrote "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" and "Reunited," has l ... More >>
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December 28, 2010
Five Great 2010 Albums Lonesome Onry And Mean Forgot
Other than it just being a form of lazy journalism, one reason LOM hates making best-of lists is that there are always items that we forgot about, or considered but felt like they just barely didn't make it somehow. Then we wish we had included them. Here are a few more obscure 2010 albums th ... More >>
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October 15, 2010
"Rape Gaze": Worst Genre Name Ever? Not Quite...
myspace.com/wearecreepLet's take a moment to think about labels and what they mean to us. Why do people feel the need to label things? The obvious answer is: It's the only way we know what stuff is. To anyone who automatically dismisses the very idea of labeling, just imagine what it would b ... More >>
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September 28, 2010
Bon Jovi, Rock & Roll Hall Of Famers? It Could Happen...
Stay classy, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame...This morning the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced this year's ballot of nominees, with the winners to be announced in December and inducted next March in New York. Fifteen names are on this year's ballot, ranging from hip-hoppers, proto-metal icons, ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
Bollywood's Greatest Western Hits: Beatles, Elvis, "Thriller"...
Tonight, prolific Indian film composer/choreographer A.R. Rahman comes to Toyota Center to make up a July date he had to cancel after his tour was plagued with set malfunctions. In the wake of a near-disaster in Detroit back in June, Rahman and his company postponed dates in order to get thei ... More >>
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August 30, 2010
Friday Night: Sheryl Crow At The Woodlands
Photos by Marc BrubakerSheryl Crow Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion August 27, 2010 There is a mile-wide disparity between what Sheryl Crow is doing now and what her fanbase wants her to do, which was evident on Friday night at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Touring behind a Memphis-sty ... More >>
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October 13, 2009
Lonesome Onry and Mean: Chuck Prophet's ¡Let Freedom Ring! Doesn't Disappoint
"American man in the laundry pile/ With the rain check claims and the skateboard child" - Chuck Prophet, "American Man"We admit to being full-fledged, card-carrying members of the Chuck Prophet Party, but it still took Lonesome, Onry and Mean longer than usual to get the ears and head wrapped aro ... More >>
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May 15, 2009
This Week in Beyonce: Bjork, BET Awards, "I Saw Beyonce at Burger King" and A Two-Year Break?
TWIB may be folding up shop soon: B says she's considering taking a two-year break. Gay New York rapper Cazwell, self-described as "imagine if Biggie Smalls ate Donna Summer for breakfast, has a song called "I Seen Beyonce at Burger King" (see video above) on next month's album Watch My Mouth. Cat ... More >>
Music
February 26, 2009
Houston-Born TV-Theme Composer W.G. "Snuffy" Walden Enjoys His Wonder Years
Up to Snuff
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November 12, 2008
Get Lit: The Pitchfork 500
Up to Snuff
Music
November 15, 2007
Britney Spears, Blackout
Blackout
Blogs
October 9, 2007
Give Us a Hand
Blackout
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October 1, 2007
Drenched in Blog: Hall of Fame Nominations a Big Cleveland Steamer
Blackout
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
October 5, 2006
Grammar Rock
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs break a few rules
Music
April 28, 2005
Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague
Music
February 3, 2005
Rotation
Nouvelle Vague
Music
July 29, 2004
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
By the looks of Wayne Static's hair, somebody already has
Music
February 12, 2004
Kelis
Tasty (StarTrak/Arista)
Music
August 7, 2003
Beyoncé
Dangerously in Love (Columbia)
Music
January 17, 2002
Attack of the Surf Punks
The Magnetic IV ride the waves of B movies and surf guitar gods
News
November 30, 2000
In Ali's Corner
Once a scout for the Kansas City Chiefs, Lloyd Wells caught the champ's attention with all his "pretty girls"
Film
July 1, 1999
Gotta Get the Money!
Once a scout for the Kansas City Chiefs, Lloyd Wells caught the champ's attention with all his "pretty girls"
Music
March 18, 1999
Rotation
Once a scout for the Kansas City Chiefs, Lloyd Wells caught the champ's attention with all his "pretty girls"
Dining
December 31, 1998
Urbana Renewal
The chef has changed, but the party rolls on
Dining
June 18, 1998
Dining a la Disco
Sempers has great food. Marvelous decor. And, alas, a Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
Film
September 11, 1997
Workers of the World, Untie!
Sempers has great food. Marvelous decor. And, alas, a Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
Film
December 2, 1993
Boys' Shorts: The New Queer Cinema
Sempers has great food. Marvelous decor. And, alas, a Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.

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