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December 12, 2002
Retro Electro
Meet Larry Tee and the circus freaks of electroclash
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December 12, 2008
Drenched in Blog: Why the Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special Creeps Me Out
In 1988, few things were as cool or innovative on Saturday mornings as Pee-Wee's Playhouse. Each week, we screamed the secret word, connected dots, watched old weird-ass cartoons and saw Saturday Night Live star Phil Hartman play a surly sea captain. The show was something five-year olds and ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2008
Top Ten Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed
Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dry ... More >>
Music
January 13, 1994
Lady Sings the Pinks
Self-created disco-diva Pinque: If this is camp, it's camp with a guilelessly straight face
Music
August 7, 1997
Static
Self-created disco-diva Pinque: If this is camp, it's camp with a guilelessly straight face
Culture
September 13, 2007
Art Capsule Reviews
A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions
Culture
September 6, 2007
Art Capsule Reviews
A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions
Culture
August 30, 2007
Art Capsule Reviews
A picture of our opinions on local exhibitions
Culture
January 5, 2006
Capsule Reviews
A picture of our opinions on local exhibits
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October 21, 2004
Beauty Secrets
No one will be ready for your jelly when style diva Jenyne Raines is done with you
Music
August 3, 2000
Debt Releaf
Cigarette companies get crafty
Music
March 18, 1999
Rotation
Cigarette companies get crafty
Blogs
November 23, 2009
For Your Entertainment? Nice Try, Adam Lambert, But These Music-Awards Moments Were Even Creepier
The best news that Jennifer Lopez could possibly have heard this morning was that America is still more interested in clucking about public displays of gayness than in pointing and laughing when a diva falls on her ass. We imagine there's already one of those jumbo-sized Harry & David fruit b ... More >>
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January 27, 2010
Inquiring Minds: Exene Cervenka on Losing a Friend, Weeping Willows, Albums as Collage and Her Good Buddy Biscuit
Ali Smith/Bloodshot RecordsExene Cervenka is one of those musicians who makes an interviewer nervous; like, you hope the questions you come up with are good enough not to piss her off, or worse, laugh at you. Besides a published poet and accomplished visual artist, Cervenka and now-ex-husband/re ... More >>
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February 18, 2010
Idol Beat: Houston, We Have a Contestant
Houston's Paige Miles made it to the top 24.Last night's American Idol was rote even by Idol standards, and it's because the hour really should have been folded into Tuesday's episode. Trimming the 46 contestants 24 would have made a solid two-hour ep, but stretched to three it wound up feeli ... More >>
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March 11, 2010
Spermy Night In Georgia: Sexed-Up Songs To Set The Mood For Blowfly
Let's get one thing perfectly clear: Blowfly is the original dirty rapper. Before anyone in 2 Live Crew was old enough to set foot into a peepshow stall or buy a pack of cigarettes, Clarence "Blowfly" Reid was spewing forth raucous raps like "Spermy Night In Georgia" and "What a Difference a Lay Mak ... More >>
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May 31, 2010
Give Me No Man's Land: 5 Songs For The Fallen
Today is Memorial Day, and Rocks Off would like to honor our brave and beloved dead as we honor everything - through music. At no time in American history have there not been men and women in life-threatening danger trying to protect us, whether it was a declared war or not. This is a sacrifice w ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
Remember Willie Dee's Controversy?
The best album cover in rap historyHouston's history is dotted with albums that, fairly or not, have been swept aside. We'll examine them here. Have an album that you think nobody knows about but should? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com. Willie Dee Controversy (Rap-A-Lot, 1995) Note: Yes, we' ... More >>
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May 15, 2008
“Maripolarama: Perverse City”
The influential artist Maripol exposes the see-and-be-seeners of New York’s ‘80s underground art world
Blogs
November 1, 2010
$5 Awesome: The Toys Soundtrack
Rocks Off has picked up some CDs over the years at prices so low we think that it would've been less insulting to the artists if we had stolen them. Some of these have become our favorite albums, and in this column we'll tell you what they are and why! For Rocks Off's money, there is no more ... More >>
Blogs
November 10, 2010
iPod: Happy Anniversary, You Little Devil
Can somebody please tell us what the hell Firewire is? Nine years ago today - November 10, 2001 - Apple unveiled a new kind of MP3 player known as an iPod. About the size of a deck of cards, the device contained five gigabytes of memory, enough for about 1,000 songs, and cost $400. Four. Hundred. ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
Local Musicians Choose Their Favorite Super Powers
Lee Alexander, pictured with his band of invisible skulking pervertsIt wasn't that long ago that a few brave filmmakers realized that it was in fact possible to make a superhero movie that didn't suck IQ points from an audience and might even, surprise surprise, be somewhat faithful to their ... More >>
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June 7, 2011
Dear Penis: 20 Songs About The Tube Snake Boogie
prince.orgGuess who turns 53 today?Good Lord, what would we do if not for Weinergate? It's hot as hell outside, the Astros are terrible and Rick Perry might run for president next year. But as long as there are congressmen tweeting pictures of their junk to women they barely know, Rocks Off h ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Trite Wedding: 5 Ceremony Song Suggestions That Aren't Your Usual Crap
Rocks Offs day job is as a clerk in a sheet music store, and this is the time of year when a lot of people start coming in to buy sheet music for their weddings. Frankly, it's one of the most monotonous parts of the job. 99 percent of the people pick the same, unimaginative pieces over and ov ... More >>