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George Orwell

  • Film

    December 23, 2010

    Talk of the Nation

    How therapy saved the monarchy in The King's Speech.

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Inside "American Pie," Pop Music's Longest Allegory

    ​Rocks Off has always been a fan of symbolism, hidden meanings and puzzles in general, so besides Raymond Chandler, Stephen King and Larry McMurtry, our favorite form of "lit-rah-chah" is allegorical stuff like George Orwell's Animal Farm, William Golding's Lord of the Flies and Edgar Allan Po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Aftermath: Muse On The March At Toyota Center

    Photos by Mark C. Austin​Who does Muse think they are?Big Rock Stars, with a Big Stage Set to go along with their Big Ideas. A Big Stage Set that can, apparently, only be photographed from 100 yards away - any closer and the British trio's synapse-taxing lasers and jackbooted rock might have fract ... More >>

  • Music

    December 17, 2009

    Uprising

    2009 wasn't a great year for albums, but songs were a different story.

  • Music

    November 12, 2009

    Loose Change

    It's dystopia you can dance to in House of Blues' lavish Foundation Room.

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Swine To Watch Out For: Five Bad Movie Pigs

    News about the potential swine flu outbreak has veered from grim to cautiously optimistic and back again over the last few days, with much emphasis given to the pigs themselves. Should massive reprisals against our bacon-generating friends be necessary, here's some movie material to get you in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2009

    For Good Friday: The Five Best Torture Scenes

    Today is Good Friday, so named because it's the day they finally offed that pompous windbag from Nazareth who would just not shut up about all his "Love your brother" crap. Have you met any of my brothers?Of course, the powers-that-be decided they wouldn't just kill Jesus, they had to torture him a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    Artist of the Week: Room 101

    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. Here at Rocks Off we’ ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 2, 2008
  • Film

    July 31, 2008

    Brideshead Revisited Goes Back to the Book

    The movie is shorter and truer to the novel than the TV mini-series

  • Calendar

    August 2, 2007

    “Residential Architecture 1948-1966”

    Hugo V. Neuhaus, Jr.’s work survives in demolition-happy Houston

  • Music

    April 19, 2007
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    March 24, 2005

    Big-Brother Ballet

    Break-dancing Nazis populate Freneticore's 1984

  • Calendar

    November 4, 2004

    Flashy Dance

    Get some style with substance at Suchu Dance's Roseburn

  • News

    October 2, 2003

    Go, Baby, Go

    Behind the barricades with the Pro-Life Cougars and their dead-fetus pictures

  • Music

    June 13, 2002

    David Lee's Froth

    Diamond Dave rants on fashion, being a digital gigolo, his rival/tourmate Sammy Hagar, a pending lawsuit and a bunch of other stuff

  • Film

    January 6, 2000

    Tragic Sap

    Neil Jordan's adaptation of Affair buries all subtlety under a mountain of melodrama

  • News

    November 25, 1999

    No Secrets

    Health providers, insurance companies, researchers and government agencies all want your medical records. And it doesn't matter whether you want them released or not.

  • Film

    October 28, 1999

    Blunt Object

    A not-subtle but unsettling Joe the King exposes child abuse

  • News

    April 29, 1999

    Monkey Business

    Who needs a product when you can sell stock? The mind-boggling success of PinkMonkey.com.

  • News

    January 28, 1999

    Fighting the Power

    Alex Golubitsky was a high school revolutionary in search of a cause. Then he became his own cause.

  • News

    July 30, 1998

    Letters

    Alex Golubitsky was a high school revolutionary in search of a cause. Then he became his own cause.

  • News

    October 9, 1997

    The Insider

    Alex Golubitsky was a high school revolutionary in search of a cause. Then he became his own cause.

  • News

    July 10, 1997

    Cozy Ties

    In the battle to privatize welfare services in Texas, corporate bidders have enlisted some inside help

  • Music

    January 4, 1996

    His Generation

    The Hates' leader may be the last of Houston's original punks

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