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Guns in Schools: State Representative Debbie Riddle, Armed Teachers = Safe Schools

Hair Balls had been withholding our decision on the whole "should teachers bring guns to school" debate until we heard from State Rep. Debbie Riddle, who we've always considered a spiritual guide; a moral compass who always points to logic and reason. And now that she's announced her intent to intro ... More >>

Austin Noodle House Owner Flips Out on Facebook Over Sandy Hook Tragedy, Ultimately Apologizes and Goes to Church

The owner of the Thai Noodle House is in hot tom yum gai after he dropped some particularly heinous statements about the Sandy Hook shooting on his Facebook page. Eddie Nimibutr's rant about how no one cares about minorities being shot has made national headlines and the backlash has caused him to d ... More >>

The Texas 30: The Third Runners-Up, Albums 60-51

Friday, Rocks Off told you about our "Texas 30" project, compiling a list of the best 30 albums of the past 30 years. Today we're about to show you the first of three bubbling-under appetizer lists we did just to put a little oil on the gears. Here, starting with No. 60, is where it gets interestin ... More >>

Farmers Market Spotlight of the Week: Jerusalem Artichokes, a.k.a. Sunchokes

Cooler temperatures mean that the City Hall Farmers Market is open once again and that more Houstonians will be heading out to enjoy the many other excellent farmers' markets across the city. Each week, we'll be spotlighting a produce pick from the Urban Harvest network of farmers' markets by showin ... More >>

Rocks Off's Something Wicked Mini-Guide: The Experiment

BY CHRIS GRAY AND CORY GARCIA Of the dozens of electronic-music artists from all over the world playing Saturday's Something Wicked Festival at Sam Houston Race Park, the ones at "The Experiment" area bear should not be overlooked for one simple reason: They live here. Rewind: Rocks Off's Somethi ... More >>

Kountze High School: Keep Jesus on the Football Field, Where He Belongs!

If there's one thing we learned from the Bible, it's that Jesus loved high school football. Remember Galatians 2:34? "And yea, Christ the Savior sayeth unto the Jerusalem Central Serpents, 'We are Bethlehem West, we couldn't be prouder, and if thou didn't hear us, we shall shout a little louder!'"? ... More >>

Da Camera of Houston: Jerusalem String Quartet

6th Annual Palestine Film Festival

Wine for Hanukkah, the Festival of Fried Foods and Olive Oil

Photos by Jeremy Parzen.Tomorrow night is the first night of Hanukkah. In the U.S., Ashkenazi Jews eat potato pancakes to celebrate the festival. Here and in other parts of the world, Sephardi Jews eat doughnuts.​You don't need me to tell you why we eat fried foods for Hanukkah, the Jewish fes ... More >>

Why do Americans Call Mexicans "Illegal"?

And what do Mexicans think of Koreans?

Brigitte Gabriel Bringing Her Islamophobe Spiel to Katy's First Baptist Church

Brigitte Gabriel, coming to town.​If you're wanting to hear a bigoted, pathetically overbroad stereotyping of a religion and a culture, what better place to go to than a church? First Baptist Church in Katy, to be exact. They're hosting a speech by Brigitte Gabriel, the rightwing ranter who's ... More >>

Texan Sails Across Atlantic to Mark a U.S. Government "Cover-Up" of the USS Liberty Incident (Update)

Courtesy of Jean Garst(From L to R) Larry Toenjes, Sherry and Joe Wagner aboard their 39-foot sailboat.​Larry Toenjes was living a pretty nice life in Clear Lake Shores, Texas with his wife Jean Garst. Then, in April, the 74-year-old retiree decided that he would ditch his comfy existence to s ... More >>

Family in Captivity

Calling All Sluts

Time to fight back

Buxton, Wild Moccasins Join New West Records

Here at Rocks Off, we try our best to cover all the local music news, both large and small. Where else are you going to read that you can play Slim Thug on Words With Friends? It is reasons such as these that we trudge the war zones of RSS feeds, seeking out crucial tidbits of information. Buxton o ... More >>

Lotus Effect Reacts To HPMA Win Rather... Dramatically

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 sheaserrano@gmail.com. ​Here's part of a email ... More >>

Wrong on Mormons? Stop Deportation

Eyes Wide Open

Staying on the right path (whichever one that is)

A Playoff Victory For The Ages, Or For The Want Of A Good Travel Agent A Championship Was Lost

​As fans travel to Houston for the NCAA regionals, they can only hope their favorite team shows as much spunk, as much desire, as much can-do spirit as Beaumont's Southeast Texas Mavericks.The Mavericks are part of the American Basketball Association (suggested slogan: "Not the ABA You're Thinking ... More >>

Last Call for Art: Cabaret, Houston Center for Photography, Enchanting Taiwan

Photograph by David M. AllenIf you catch Theater Under the Star's Cabaret on its last weekend, and we suggest you do, here's a tip: Don't sing along with the performers. (Hair Balls was treated to a performance of "Willkommen" by a fellow audience member during our visit on opening night.) But even ... More >>

Mexican Moors?

More likely than you think

Super Pita Bakery & Deli

Slow food with a Jewish soul

Movies Houstonians Love: Kingdom of Heaven

Web exclusive!

Dogs of War in Waltz with Bashir

This is both documentary and animated feature — and a remarkable bubbling up of repressed violence

Aztec Prophecy and Is "Brown" the New "Black"?

Jimmy Carter Man From Plains

Demme follows Carter's controversial book tour, and ends up with the same old narrative

Your Weekend, Planned

Mail Call

On the Fence

The Plane Truth

Houston minister Dr. K.A. Paul flies around the globe using Jesus to pull in worldwide donations -- unfortunately spending more money on jet fuel than orphans

Don't Cry for Her, Israel

Schlepp to the Cinema

Brutal Bronx

More than three decades after Indian, not much has changed

Divine Decadence

Rabbis won't recognize this wild and wicked Holy Land

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Laurent Boccara

Thursday, February 6, through Sunday, February 9

Vans Warped Tour

Saturday, June 29

Moment in the Sun

Clem Snide's Eef Barzelay talks about God, Zionism and rock and roll manners

Stirred and Shaken

Old Heidelberg's Special

Everything's Kosher

Two new eateries lay down the Jewish dietary laws

Kane Mutiny

The industry's initial reaction to Welles's masterwork should serve as a lesson to WorldFest filmmakers

International Film Festival 2000

Film Reviews

A Cultural Question

Jewish Worlds is back after two years. It should have waited a third.