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  • Film

    March 9, 2000

    Aimin' High

    Shooting Gallery series wants to bring art films to the masses

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2006

    We're Not Buying It

    Shooting Gallery series wants to bring art films to the masses

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008

    Incident In Scotland May Spur Lawsuit By Houstonian

    Shooting Gallery series wants to bring art films to the masses

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008

    Author Ian Rankin On The Rolling Stones, Graphic Novels & Houston

    Shooting Gallery series wants to bring art films to the masses

  • Music

    June 2, 1994

    Young, Gifted and Dead

    Gallows humor at some club, and the attack of the killer accordions

  • Film

    March 2, 1995

    Buried Deep

    Gallows humor at some club, and the attack of the killer accordions

  • Culture

    February 22, 1996

    Graphic Ideas

    Gallows humor at some club, and the attack of the killer accordions

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    This Week in SXSW: Katy Perry Kisses the "Lake of Fire"

    There's now less than a month to go until we here at Rocks Off throw sobriety and sane living to the wind at this year's SXSW festival. This past week we learned of a boatload of new stuff about the weeklong liver-damaging voyage in March, so here goes... The list of bands keeps growing and gro ... More >>

  • Music

    July 17, 1997

    Rotation

    There's now less than a month to go until we here at Rocks Off throw sobriety and sane living to the wind at this year's SXSW festival. This past week we learned of a boatload of new stuff about the weeklong liver-damaging voyage in March, so here goes... The list of bands keeps growing and gro ... More >>

  • Film

    March 4, 1999

    Regular Joe

    Loach sheds the sentimental in a tender look at a tough hero

  • News

    September 2, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Loach sheds the sentimental in a tender look at a tough hero

  • Calendar

    March 5, 2009
  • News

    January 8, 1998

    The Few, The Proud, the Battered

    At Harlingen's Marine Military Academy, the line between discipline and abuse is sometimes as thin as a knife's edge

  • Music

    May 10, 2007

    Kings of Leon

    With a No. 1 album in the UK, the Kings of Leon are all but exiled from Main Street, USA

  • Music

    May 3, 2007

    Red Hog Saloon

    When the jukebox is an art form

  • Music

    April 19, 2007

    Paul Rodgers

    Paul Rodgers performs Friday, April 20, as part of Grand Prix of Houston at Reliant Park, 8400 Kirby, 832-667-1400.

  • Dining

    March 22, 2007

    Crawfish

    Mardi Gras Grill hosts a weekly eating contest

  • Music

    August 3, 2006

    El Presidente

    El Presidente

  • Music

    July 13, 2006

    Camera Obscura

    Let's Get Out of This Country

  • Music

    March 30, 2006

    Clan Ferdinand

    It takes a true Scotsman to get to the bottom of this whole Franz Ferdinand thing

  • Music

    March 16, 2006

    The Hype of March

    Who will be the band of 2006, and why you shouldn’t care

  • Music

    October 13, 2005

    If It's Not Scottish, It's Crap!

    Wack puts this whole Franz Ferdinand thing into context

  • Music

    August 18, 2005

    The Killers vs. the Killers

    How do these pretty boys stack up against some real dealers of death?

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2005

    More than Music

    Hollywood goes Texan at the South By Southwest Film Festival and Conference

  • News

    February 3, 2005

    The Fido Solution

    The ultimate answer to too many strays, cash-strapped budgets, animal shelter abuses and starving people

  • Music

    September 9, 2004

    Boogie for Bush!

    Dubya and Franz Ferdinand have made it okay for white guys to dance

  • Music

    February 12, 2004

    Cardiac Kids

    The Austin rejects of Young Heart Attack rule Houston and the UK

  • Culture

    May 30, 2002

    Dr. Strange

    Grant Morrison's the best writer in comics--and maybe the oddest

  • Culture

    April 18, 2002

    Art, Lies and Videotape

    Lynne McCabe's subjects steal her show

  • Music

    August 9, 2001

    I'll Be Jiggerered!

    Jiggernaut hopes to crush all in its path to glory

  • Culture

    June 21, 2001

    Cumming Up

    Is he a writer, director, actor or...sex symbol? Um, yes--and more

  • Culture

    June 1, 2000

    Love's Labour's (Not) Lost

    The pain's the thing. So says Stoppard in The Real Thing, his elegant literary exploration of romance.

  • Film

    February 10, 2000

    Mousse Crossing

    Think of the mildly amusing Big Tease as the Spinal Tap of haute coiffure

  • News

    April 15, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Think of the mildly amusing Big Tease as the Spinal Tap of haute coiffure

  • Culture

    September 24, 2009

    Site Scavenging

    Internet content is the "found object" of the 21st century.

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2010

    Colin Hay Is Still A Man At Work

    ​Though best known as the frontman of iconic and infectious '80s group Men at Work ("Who Can It Be Now?" "Down Under," "Overkill," "It's a Mistake"), for over 20 years Colin Hay has forged a newer identity as a singer-songwriter to a growing fanbase less likely to yell out "Vegemite Sandwich!" ... More >>

  • Music

    October 14, 2010

    The Way of The Vaselines

    Indie-pop cult heroes never planned to reunite.

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    UC Radio's Mike Yusi: How To Succeed In Podcasting

    "Traditional radio is as dead as Joey Ramone." ​Last year, Rocks Off's editor - who will be played by upcoming Celebrity Apprentice contestant Gary Busey for the duration of this article - hauled us into his office and said, "Dammit, With One F! This radio on the Internet thing is blowing up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Save Ferris: Pop-Culture Origins Of 16 Famous Band Names

    Groovehouse​This one's for the pop-culture junkies. For those who, like us, are tickled by all forms of pop media, whether it be literature, film or music... this list encompasses them all. A surprisingly high quantity of bands have named themselves after books, songs, and films; some are obvi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Last Night: Mogwai At Warehouse Live

    Photos by Steve Gullick/Sub Pop RecordsMogwai: No photos please, we're Scottish.​While the slapping of stylistic labels onto music may irk bands, such terms are often warranted, accurate, and most importantly, not necessarily negative. Scottish rockers Mogwai hold a laundry list of said labels ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Uncovering Peter Case: The Rocks Off Interview

    Julie EnsmingerPeter Case at Cactus Music last year​"I was always sort of not interested in what my generation was doing," Peter Case told Rocks Off 10 years ago after flipping through Louvin Bros. compact discs at a now-defunct bookstore in Sugar Land, surrounded by car dealerships, business ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    What Every Musician Needs: Better Shut Up Lines

    We all hate the trope "Houston, we have a problem," but we do have a problem in Houston with talkative, inattentive crowds at live shows. Scanning back over reviews from the past two years, at least 20 percent of them mention crowd noise. So what do the musicians think and, more importantly, what ... More >>

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