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  • News

    April 12, 2012

    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.

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Fiskadoro: A Techno Adventure In Dubai

    "When Jen and I moved to Texas multiple people told us not to do it 'because they killed Kennedy.' The JFK assassination, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby etc. - it seems to be to be a metaphor for the start of all the madness around us." - Fiskadoro's Richard Kimball At our day job, we have a small s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Local R&B Singer Talks Opening Whitney Houston's Final Tour

    It's not every day that someone calls our office claiming to being the opening act for Whitney Houston's final tour. But it did Monday morning, when Azaryah Davidson, a Houston R&B singer who goes by Azaryah, rang up and said just that. He's legit; we checked. Azaryah, 36, is a smooth crooner simi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Michael Brown Gets The Taiwanese-Video Treatment

    Michael Brown: Animated (Dildos not included)​You might have thought the criminal trial of famed hand doctor/TV-ad star Michael Brown had everything: accusations that the supposedly dotng family man assaulted his wife, cameos by superstar athletes, big-name lawyers. But it needs something els ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship? Find Out Here.

    It's a well-known fact that most band names are essentially gobbledygook, but here at Rocks Off we're trying to find some meaning in the oddest monikers. Holly Gee​We've said before that New Orleans is providing some really quality acts these days like The Consortium of Genius and Alias: Orio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Michael Brown: A Twist in the Hand Doctor's Dildo Case

    MGM Grand gets involved​There's a new twist in what we like to call The Suitcase Full of Dildos Suit between lobbyist Stephen Payne and wife-beating former hand surgeon Michael Brown: the MGM Grand Hotel has filed as an intervenor in an attempt to collect a $120,000-plus judgment it won agains ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    Seven Best Texas Sex Stories Of 2010

    Feel free to mess with Texans, apparently​'Twas the night before Chritmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring...except for an ex-surgeon with a suitcase full of dildos.That's just one of the Christmas tales parents can tell their young'ns as the year winds down. We now present ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2010

    Dr. Brown's Dubai Detention

    Sex toys get hand doc in trouble

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Michael Brown: Sex Toys And Porn Bring Dubai Trouble For TV's Hand Doctor

    Golfer Cristie Kerr knows how Michael Brown feels​We don't know how we missed this, but cocaine-using, wife-beating, medical-license-losing ex-hand surgeon Michael Brown was detained in Dubai earlier this year when authorities there confiscated "sexual paraphernalia, sex videos, and other objects" ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2010

    Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio

    Golfer Cristie Kerr knows how Michael Brown feels​We don't know how we missed this, but cocaine-using, wife-beating, medical-license-losing ex-hand surgeon Michael Brown was detained in Dubai earlier this year when authorities there confiscated "sexual paraphernalia, sex videos, and other objects" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    No Lady Gaga: Celebrities We Wish Had Sex Dolls Made Of Them

    He's no Johnny Depp​Yesterday on the Rocks Off blog we unveiled the Lady Gaga sex doll, Lady Gag Gag. Comments were mixed on the doll, ranging from utter confusion and strange attraction from both sexes. One commenter claimed that the model on the box was even more attractive than the real G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Inquiring Minds: "Sexyclectic" Philly DJ King Britt, at La Strada Tonight

    ​He's been around the world. He has played in locales as exotic as Paris, Rome, Berlin and Dubai. He has probably shagged women who would sooner cross the street than look at you. And yet, DJ/producer/remixer King Britt doesn't mind coming down to Houston and entertaining us mortal folk with his h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Pretty Vacant: The Trouble With Houston's (Newly Award-Winning) Skyline

    Photo courtesy GHCVB​Forbes Traveler has a new list up -- called alternately "the 13 greatest urban silhouettes" and "the world's most stunning city skylines."Here is what makes a skyline great, according to the article: It has to be more than merely memorable, it must have some exceptional chara ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Houston 101: Hail, Freedonia (Except For The Part About The Killings)

    When you think alternative societies, you may imagine the New Mexican or Californian semi-wilderness in the late '60s, NYC squats in 1990s or the Montana backcountry, um, probably now. Try this one: The Galleria area, 1992. That's when then-high schooler John Kyle and friends began a "new nation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Classic Rock Corner: Ian Gillan's Deeper Shade of Purple

    www.gillan.comThough best known as the talented tonsils behind British hard-rock legends Deep Purple, Ian Gillan has also found the chance to log in some serious studio and road time both fronting his own bands and as a solo artist. Gillan's new CD, One Eye to Morocco (Eagle Records) finds th ... More >>

  • Music

    February 19, 2009

    DJ Sun: Para EP

    www.gillan.comThough best known as the talented tonsils behind British hard-rock legends Deep Purple, Ian Gillan has also found the chance to log in some serious studio and road time both fronting his own bands and as a solo artist. Gillan's new CD, One Eye to Morocco (Eagle Records) finds th ... More >>

  • News

    January 1, 2009

    Cancer Doctor Stanislaw Burzynski Sees Himself as a Crusading Researcher, Not a Quack

    He's treated thousands of people from all over the world, so why can't he get FDA approval?

  • Music

    December 18, 2008

    Samantha Ronson

    He's treated thousands of people from all over the world, so why can't he get FDA approval?

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    Jubilee of Dance

    They can’t take ballet away from me

  • Film

    October 9, 2008

    We Can Believe In Body of Lies

    Ridley Scott's latest is the post-9/11, tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    Houston Gets Some Respect....And It's From A Poet!

    Ridley Scott's latest is the post-9/11, tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2008

    Don’t Go To Dubai With Doobie In Your Shoes: A Public Service Announcement From Houstoned Rocks

    Ridley Scott's latest is the post-9/11, tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve

  • Music

    December 6, 2007

    Karina Nistal and Rebel Crew Rap for the Troops

    Circle in the sand

  • News

    October 11, 2007

    Fighting for Air: Drowning and the Heimlich Maneuver

    Most doctors say the Heimlich maneuver should not be used to save drowning victims. So why does UH professor John Hunsucker continue to teach it to lifeguards?

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2007

    Thanks to a Slick Move, Houston-based Weatherford Keeps Drilling in Sudan

    Most doctors say the Heimlich maneuver should not be used to save drowning victims. So why does UH professor John Hunsucker continue to teach it to lifeguards?

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2007

    So Many Bad Jokes, So Little Time

    Most doctors say the Heimlich maneuver should not be used to save drowning victims. So why does UH professor John Hunsucker continue to teach it to lifeguards?

  • Film

    August 19, 2004

    Future Shock

    Michael Winterbottom paints a plausibly problematic tomorrow in Code 46

  • News

    February 12, 2004

    Ship Wrecked

    A Houston firm certified the oil tanker Prestige as good to go. It broke apart in the Atlantic, causing the worst environmental disaster in Spanish history.

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