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January 29, 2008Spring Training: Draft Dennis Quaid!
March 12, 2008Lonesome, Onry and Mean: The Death of Honky-Tonk? (Part 1)
July 15, 2008Grunge Puppy
December 9, 1993Another Time, Another Country
January 21, 1999Bucking the Trend
Former Houstonian Chris Cagle hits the charts at a time when Nashville prefers not to see new faces
December 14, 2000Tonight: Gary Nicholson at Dosey Doe
November 8, 2008Thrift Store Cowboy: Garth Brooks, Sonic Youth and Yaz
Location: Salvation Army, 3620 Broadway, Pearland Thrift stores are a museum of random genius. Where else can one find a faded D.A.R.E. t-shirt and a pair of soiled leather pants? Each trip is a chance for magic. Rocks Off spent some time at the Salvation Army out in the badlands of Pearland last week, on a mission for music. One afternoon he found a vinyl copy of the Nuggets compilation, and his fifth copy of Sgt. Pepper. Increasingly, this location has become a goldmine for compact disc ca
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March 4, 1999Aftermath: Clint Black at RodeoHouston
Photos courtesy Houston Livestock Show & RodeoNot only does Clint Black know how to play to the home folks - after being introduced by his daughter Lily, he said hello to Tomball, Spring, Pasadena and his hometown Katy (but where, Aftermath would like to know, was Friendswood?) upon taking the RodeoHouston stage Friday night - but he was responsible for what has to go down as hands down the oddest moment in this year's concert series, if not ever. Unless ZZ Top decides to do something
March 17, 2009Idol Beat: The Top 11
Photo by Ray Mickshaw / FOXPictured: Matt Giraud, exquisite gumline Traditionally, I've concluded the first Idol Beat of any given week with predictions as to who the American Idol judges or viewing public will send home the next night. This week I'm upending that, and predicting that no one will go home. That's right: all eleven of the remaining finalists are safe as houses. "But how is that even possible," you ask, you cry, you pound the sides of your PC monitor. Well, the judges have that
March 18, 2009News Hostage
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December 25, 2008Don't Just Watch
Get involved at "Participate"
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An imaginary history of electronic music
October 12, 2006Hank III
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September 7, 2006Cam King
Friday, June 30, at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar, 1031 East 24th, 713-862-8707
June 29, 2006Starlight Mints
Thursday, June 1, at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel, 713-225-LIVE
June 1, 2006Cowboy Up
We just can't quit this countrified Karaoke
April 13, 2006Buddy Mondlock
Friday, March 10, at Anderson Fair, 2007 Grant, 713-528-8576
March 9, 2006Year of the Concept
Green Day opens the Idiot-ic floodgates
January 12, 2006Jimmy Lafave
Friday, June 24, at McGonigel's Mucky Duck, 2425 Norfolk, 713-529-9899.
June 23, 2005Webb Wilder, with Opie Hendrix and the Texas Tall Boys
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March 17, 2005Queer Eye for the Country Guy
Have today's C&W stars been consulting with the Fab Five?
April 29, 2004Computer Error
When it comes to local facts, don't rely on Allmusic.com
November 27, 2003Drastic Unilateral Action
Universal hopes to JumpSTART flagging CD sales with aggressive price cuts. Who benefits the most?
September 18, 2003Phantom of the Opry
Trying to get to the bottom of the Dr Pepper "Freaky Old Guy" mystery
January 30, 2003Toro! Toro! Toro!
Home to pop queens and dance hall kings, Texas is still bullish about the music market
January 3, 2002Letters
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August 9, 2001RodeoHouston: Some 'Splainin to Do
Secret correspondence from the rodeo
January 25, 2001Silver and Gold (and Green)
Some artists make holiday records for the beauty, not the bucks
December 23, 1999Rotation
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October 28, 1999Letters
May 6, 1999Same Old Fun
January 2, 1997Lonesome Onry and Mean: Taking a Shot at Cold Shot
www.myspace.com/houstonsbestrockband LOM's significant other got a MySpace friend request from local cover band Cold Shot yesterday. Now I have about as much use for cover bands as I do a dull pocket knife, but everyone has to make a living, I guess, and we aren't all qualified to be pole dancers at the Colorado Club. Cold Shot's MySpace URL tag is quite simple: houstonsbestrockband. Yeah, that's what it says. No, really. Cold Shot's PR poop is even lamer (and the spellings are theirs): "Houston
June 18, 2009George Strait
August 6, 2009Rocks Off Exclusive: A Sneak Peek at Tom DeLay's Dancing With the Stars Dance Card
By now, the news about former Sugar Land Congressman Tom DeLay's impending appearance on ABC's Dancing with the Stars has had time to sink in, and the long-term ramifications of this colossal melding of two of our greatest loves (reality television and the suffering of others) are starting to become clearer. To say mankind is doomed would be putting it mildly. But there'll be plenty of time to mourn the collapse of civilization later. Now is the time to concern ourselves with serious issues; sp
August 19, 2009Artist of the Week: D.R.U.M., Who Will Not Be Challenging Moodafaruka to a Texas Death Match
Each Wednesday Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com.Caption TK D.R.U.M. is arguably the world music band in Houston. They've been together, in one form or another, since the early '90s, released a few very good albums and won about a million world music awards. They are made m
August 19, 2009He Said She Said: Songs That Remind Us of Our Grandfathers
She Said has something she wants to admit. Here goes nothing. We... like... country music. No big deal, right? You wouldn't think so, unless you grew up in a town filled with racist rednecks who thought the glitz of '90s Nashville qualifies for the only music worth listenin' to. She Said rebelled by listening to bands like the Stones and Bikini Kill, cutting off all her hair, and begging her dad to buy her combat boots at the Army Surplus store, which she wore Angela Chase-style with flow-y
November 5, 2009He Said She Said: Songs That Remind Us of Our Grandfathers, Part 2
He Said Grandpa Songs He Said was lucky to have spent twenty-five years on Earth with his Grandpa Hlavaty, who passed away in the summer of 2008 of a brain hemorrhage. The man was arguably one of the biggest musical influences in He Said's life. The intrepid and stealthy Grandpa Gonzalez is kicking the around the country somewhere on a sweet motorcycle or driving through the Midwest in his gigantic RV and his chihuahua with Grandma Ana watching a movie in the back. Seeing that He Said is one-hal
November 5, 2009Send Lawyers, Guns & Money: Nine Non-Boring Songs About the Work Attorneys Do
Rocks Off's local watering hole is frequented by a lawyer named Eugene Lawley, whom we always refer to as our Walker Percy. Lawley has more than a small literary bent - we hardly ever mention a book he hasn't read - and has a fine ear for song lyrics. His sister wrote themes for television and movies. I recently suggested that he put together a list of lawyer songs. According to Lawley, who works in the title/leases/land end of the oil and gas business, "There aren't many songs actually about l
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