On Tuesday, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport announced that they will be launching a new program to promote awareness of music native to their region, wherein famous musicians from the area will announce safety procedures and give informational speeches on the airport. In return, the airport wil ... More >>
cinemafestival/shutterstock.comThis past week a statement by pop institution Madonna helped put away one of her newest stalkers, Polish citizen Grzegorz Matlok, who broke into Madge's London home and the residence of her ex-hubby Guy Ritchie. Madonna submitted the statement to Southwark Crown ... More >>
Ed. Note: Rocks Off is still in a holiday frame of mind... actually we meant to post this before Christmas, but they're just as true now. No refunds, no exchanges. Here is Craig's Hlist point of view: Houston has given so much to the world, from ZZ Top, Jandek, Beyonce Knowles, and everythin ... More >>
It happens like this: You are in charge of a major teen-pop act who can sell anything with their face or voice on it, be it training bras, shaving cream, or caskets. You have a week off in the summer from touring. Do you let the talent go home and sleep in their own beds or do you shove the ... More >>
Dave Chapelle teaches us that the art of "keeping it real" may sometimes go awry. According to urbandictionary.com, this occurs when "in the act of keeping it real, the outcome is unexpected and usually has a negative effect on the individual who decided to keep it real." Since we're more t ... More >>
It was just six years ago that the world was in love with Lindsay Lohan, the grown-up child star of The Parent Trap and that year's Mean Girls. At the time, Craig's Hlist was dating a girl who forbade her visage at every turn - we were a Hilary Duff couple, and in her mind Lohan and Duff were ... More >>
The Humane Society and big agriculture slug it out over animal rights.
Photos by Mark C. AustinJustin Bieber What kind of blog crew follows a five-day SXSW music binge with a double shot of power-pop built for those born in the second Clinton administration? Why Rocks Off, of course. Think of it as a preemptive inoculation for the two minutes or so of post-SXSW, pre ... More >>
This was the first year that He Said made a conscious effort to listen to what was going on outside his self-imposed protective bubble of metal and proto-punk. We sort of took it as one of the facets of our job to actually pay attention to the stuff that was going on in the greater sphere in the ... More >>
One thing that struck He Said while we were making this list was the lack of metal and/or punk rock associated with the women in our past. It's kind of odd that someone so dirty and haggard never dated anyone with a Crass patch on her denim jacket or Misfits tramp stamp. By looking at us, you wou ... More >>
If you're a child of the '80s, you should probably come to terms with the fact that every beloved televison memory of yours is eventually going to be dragged screaming into the present day and bastardized for younger audiences. We've already seen two Transformers movies and a G.I. Joe adaptation, an ... More >>
Two nights ago, while carelessly patrolling the back alleys of the internet, Rocks Off stumbled across Hilary Duff's execrable cover of The Who's "My Generation". Well, what did you think, YouTube commenters? You sure you're not being too harsh? Yeah... ours too. Someday, when we ... More >>
It's low-rent, but legal
Wishing Upon a Star
Someone stop Amanda Bynes from updating another classic
Get Off My Duff!
Fried Twinkies, $5 bumper cars, Hannah Montana and the hardest working kids in Texas
A fictional look at the future of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
A new report cuts through the static on the radio industry
Great moments in HouStoned history
Where does your town rank in the Houston-area good-taste stakes?
A Little More Personal (Raw)
Ten albums that'll snap and fizz in your ear buds all winter long
Mrs. Fresh Prince brings her "spiritual hardcore" to the Scout Bar. Deal with that.
A Houston teen cracks the NYC elite in The Rise and Fall of a 10th-Grade Social Climber
Christian cowboys, carnivals and Chianti await you at the rodeo
Remembering the movies that heated up cinemas this year
Autobiography (Geffen)
When Tom Cruise plays the bad guy, the results aren't good
Gear up for the Art Car Parade
Ideas that were forgotten but not gone in 2003
Metamorphosis (Buena Vista/Hollywood)
Taking risks to tell the truth pays off big for thirteen
Saturday, July 12
Duff rides her popular TV series to Rome and the big screen
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