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May 3, 2012
Not A List: Your Favorite Musicians As Food
Sometimes an idea comes from the basest regions of your brain. Sometimes you think of something so stupid that you need to share it with your art director. Sometimes the snow comes down in June, and sometimes the Sun goes 'round the Moon, right? Anyone with a Tumblr who isn't addicted to free porn ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Aftermath: Our Favorite Shows of 2011
Photo By Craig HlavatyRex's War Face: The crowd's at June's Free Press Summer Fest were feral and friendly. This week we asked our pool of Rocks Off writers what their favorite shows of 2011 were, the ones that brought joy to their hearts to attend and helped them make magic with a keyboard h ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
The Best and Worst Celebrity Endorsements
What is she... Is she literally pouring herself a glass of wine?A few weeks back, I saw a Tweet from my friend Melissa, who found herself alternately captivated and horrified by what she'd come across in her local Kroger. It was a sign advertising a line of Pinot Grigio from Ramona Singer (ab ... More >>
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September 18, 2011
ACL: Batman's Bale At Bingham, Nick 13 is a 10 On Sunday Afternoon
Marco Torresoh hai Batman!The widget on our phone says it's only 91 degrees here at Zilker Park but we don't believe that voodoo. The humidity and heat pounding the park reminds us of Houston. We smell Pasadena and our fair city's taco trucks all the way from Austin. Our day started by walk ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
Nick 13
Marco Torresoh hai Batman!The widget on our phone says it's only 91 degrees here at Zilker Park but we don't believe that voodoo. The humidity and heat pounding the park reminds us of Houston. We smell Pasadena and our fair city's taco trucks all the way from Austin. Our day started by walk ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Just Playing
Readers write us regarding illegal game rooms.
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July 14, 2011
Half a Paycheck
Dave Alvin is an inveterate troubadour and staunch advocate for Houston's blues history.
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July 11, 2011
Friday Night: Dwight Yoakam At Arena Theatre
Photos by Jay LeeDwight Yoakam Arena Theatre July 8, 2011 Aftermath has never considered Dwight Yoakam a country artist in the general sense of the term, the way most people define country artists. In our mind, he simply rocks too hard to be lumped in with people like George Strait or Alan J ... More >>
Music
July 7, 2011
Dwight Yoakam
Photos by Jay LeeDwight Yoakam Arena Theatre July 8, 2011 Aftermath has never considered Dwight Yoakam a country artist in the general sense of the term, the way most people define country artists. In our mind, he simply rocks too hard to be lumped in with people like George Strait or Alan J ... More >>
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July 4, 2011
1986: Best Musical Year Ever?
For almost two weeks now, Rocks Off has been obsessed with the year exactly 25 flips of the calendar backward from this one. It started when Steve Earle did one of his "Time Machine" shows, where the singer-songwriter who plays House of Blues Wednesday spotlights a dozen or so of his favorite ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
Pete Anderson: Ex-Yoakam Guitarist Evens Things Up
Courtesy of Michael HyattDwight Yoakam, J.D. Foster and Pete Anderson in Santa Monica, Calif., circa 1984Pete Anderson hasn't worked with Dwight Yoakam since 2002, but his association with Yoakam was so successful and visible he may never shake free of that shadow. "We had such a great run," ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Shot In The Dark: How The Whole Mess Started
Mark C. AustinKings of Leon at Verizon Wireless Theater, October 2008Just a couple of days now before Rocks Off - the person and the blog - proudly presents Shot In the Dark: Houston Press Concert Photography, our first-ever exhibit of live pics we've collected in about three and a half years ... More >>
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November 3, 2010
Top 10 Honorary Texas Musicians
West VitaRight here, right now, and in print all damn week, you can read the Houston Press' interview with perhaps the hottest new band on the South 40, San Antonio's Hacienda (above). Whether or not they go on to become a South Texas Kings of Leon - Hacienda is also three brothers and a cous ... More >>
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August 5, 2010
Died and Gone to Houston
City is ready for another honky-tonk close-up.
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July 22, 2010
Mark Chesnutt
City is ready for another honky-tonk close-up.
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January 15, 2010
Fast As You: Rocks Off's Playlist for Sunday's Houston Marathon
anythingaboutcars.comThe 1968 Plymouth Roadrunner. Please keep your drooling to a minimum. The drinking stops tonight. Rocks Off is joining 30,000 other crazy, hardy souls to run the Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Half Marathon this Sunday. (We're running the half - it's only our second race ... More >>
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January 6, 2010
Road Trippin': A West Texas/Big Bend Playlist
Right after Christmas, Rocks Off hopped into our car and headed straight for the bowels of West Texas. It's a long drive to Big Bend, mostly through the middle of nowhere, huge swaths of land where even AM radio can't reach. Twelve hours in the car demands a certain kind of playlist that, like a ... More >>
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December 31, 2009
Live with Me
The best Houston concerts of 2009: U2, George Strait, Kid Cudi, Jandek, Peaches and even T-Pain.
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December 3, 2009
In the Pit
It's easier than ever to take pictures at concerts. Unless that's your job.
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December 3, 2009
He Said She Said: Our Favorite Fictional Performers, Part 2
Why is that sometimes the fictional bands in movie and television are cooler than real bands? Sadly, some of He Said's favorite bands don't even have albums or videos to speak of, because they don't even exist. The fun part is imagining how awesome their full-length records and tours would be. Th ... More >>
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November 23, 2009
Aftermath: Dwight Yoakam at Arena Theatre
Jason WolterInside the pocket of the Arena Towers, you'll find several hundred very happy Dwight Yoakam fans. Or you would have Saturday night, when the Hollywood hillbilly and his five-piece band entertained (to put it mildly) for two and a half solid hours Saturday night. We lost count - we've ... More >>
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November 23, 2009
Dwight Yoakam at the Arena Theatre, Take 2: It Only Hurts When I Cry
[Ed. note: That's right, this show was so nice we're reviewing it twice.] Photos by Jason Wolter Dwight Yoakam may not have sung that particular Ray Price song Saturday night at the Arena Theatre - maybe he forgot; we've never seen a set list in a three-ring binder before - but he's sure got hear ... More >>
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November 20, 2009
Inquiring Minds: Elizabeth Cook on Rodney Crowell, Florida Folk and "Apron Strings"
Most mornings, Rocks Off wakes up to Elizabeth Cook's country-as-cornbread drawl on her Outlaw Country satellite-radio program, "Apron Strings" (Sirius 63, XM 13, 5-9 a.m. Mondays). On her 2007 LP Balls - produced by the Houston Kid himself, Rodney Crowell - Cook was as frank and charming on song ... More >>
Music
November 19, 2009
Honky-Tonk Revival
Is Houston ready for country? Again?
Music
November 19, 2009
No Pun Intended
It's impossible not to play on words with Hearsay, downtown's newest bar.
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November 19, 2009
Dwight Yoakam
It's impossible not to play on words with Hearsay, downtown's newest bar.
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November 18, 2009
Lost Tuneage: "The Singing Fisherman," Honky-Tonk Man Johnny Horton
Other than Buck Owens, no artist had a bigger effect on Dwight Yoakam than "The Singing Fisherman," Johnny Horton. This East Texas rockabilly cool cat grabbed Rocks Off's attention every time his name was mentioned or a song of his came on the radio. We suspect it was the same for Yoakam, who chann ... More >>
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November 17, 2009
Lonesome Onry and Mean: How Two Houstonians Helped Make Dwight Yoakam a Star
Dwight Yoakam live at Rockefeller's, October 1986The late Bob Claypool did exhaustive research for his book Saturday Night at Gilley's.Other than his adopted Los Angeles, Houston may be the most important city in country singer Dwight Yoakam's career. Yoakam's music finally found a rabid country ... More >>
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October 21, 2009
Bayou Beat: More Live Nation Ticket Deals, I.J. Gosey at Discovery Green, Bob Fuldauer Leaves Meridian, Tony Campise In Serious Condition
farm1.static.flickr.com/I.J. Gosey We have a winner in our Live Nation "Club Passport" photo contest - we think - but are still awaiting a judge's ruling. Stay tuned. Live Nation has expanded its "No Service Fee" promotion once again, to include pretty much every show coming to House of Blues ... More >>
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February 14, 2008
Bartender, Pour the Wine: Ten Great Country Breakup Songs
farm1.static.flickr.com/I.J. Gosey We have a winner in our Live Nation "Club Passport" photo contest - we think - but are still awaiting a judge's ruling. Stay tuned. Live Nation has expanded its "No Service Fee" promotion once again, to include pretty much every show coming to House of Blues ... More >>
Music
January 10, 2008
Local Motion
farm1.static.flickr.com/I.J. Gosey We have a winner in our Live Nation "Club Passport" photo contest - we think - but are still awaiting a judge's ruling. Stay tuned. Live Nation has expanded its "No Service Fee" promotion once again, to include pretty much every show coming to House of Blues ... More >>
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December 27, 2007
Local Motion
farm1.static.flickr.com/I.J. Gosey We have a winner in our Live Nation "Club Passport" photo contest - we think - but are still awaiting a judge's ruling. Stay tuned. Live Nation has expanded its "No Service Fee" promotion once again, to include pretty much every show coming to House of Blues ... More >>
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December 27, 2007
Our Favorite Albums of 2007
Panning for gold in an avalanche of 2007 releases
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October 9, 2007
Give Us a Hand
Panning for gold in an avalanche of 2007 releases
Music
October 12, 2006
Looking for a hit
Mike Stinson, Nashville and an eight-minute bottle of wine
Music
October 12, 2006
Leaving the Wolfe Pack
It's Johnny Falstaff's time to "Shine"
Music
December 8, 2005
Down-Home Delights
Ten of the best from Nashville and elsewhere
Music
April 7, 2005
Tony Furtado, with Sky Blue 72 and Fahl and Folk
Free show: Saturday, April 9, at the Meridian, 1503 Chartres, 713-225-1717
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September 18, 2003
Flaco Jimenez
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August 21, 2003
Dwight Yoakam
Thursday, August 21
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March 28, 2002
Home Alone Again
Panic Room is a great movie -- if you've never seen one
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November 8, 2001
Jesse Dayton
Hey Nashvegas! (Stag)
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August 9, 2001
Playbill
Willie Nelson's Family Picnic
Music
January 11, 2001
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Tomorrow's Sounds Today (Reprise)
Music
July 13, 2000
Dwight Yoakam
Refusing to be piegeonholed
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May 11, 2000
Rotation
Various Artists
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June 4, 1998
Rotation
Various Artists
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August 14, 1997
Hats Off
Dwight Yoakam's the last great country singer -- and he doesn't need a twang to prove it
Music
August 15, 1996
Great Dwight Hope
Mum's the word in the Yoakam camp, but the music speaks for itself
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December 7, 1995
Rotations
Mum's the word in the Yoakam camp, but the music speaks for itself
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