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January 20, 2009
Got Five Minutes and a Mug?
Then you, too, can have a "chocolate cake" that looks like something you'd find in the lower intestine of an elephant. Sounds tempting, right? The "Five Minute Chocolate Cake" recipe has been circling the internet for years, wowing college students and lazy eaters the world over.&nb ... More >>
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February 25, 2009
Aftermath: Son Volt at the Continental Club
Photos by Jay Lee"Now and then it keeps you runnin', never seems to die..." The opening line to Son Volt's soothing elegy "Windfall," which closed out Tuesday's main set at the Continental Club - just like almost every other SV set since the band's 1995 debut Trace - goes a long way to explain ... More >>
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February 25, 2009
H-Town Hangman Addendum: Blaggards Prize Still Unclaimed
Photo by Jay Lee Blaggards frontman Patrick DevlinWell, despite being so easy Bob Ruggiero a caveman could do it, it appears as if the world premiere of H-Town Hangman still couldn't manage to deliver on the prize front. Or, rather, the first Hangman winner didn't stick around long enough to ... More >>
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March 9, 2009
Aftermath: One Wild Weekend
Craig Hlavaty The Imani School Student Jazz Ensemble Craig Hlavaty Erykah BaduRocks Off is still in the very early recovery stages from this weekend, which was one of the most satisfying musical whirlwinds he's been sucked into in quite some time. He started off Friday evening at ... More >>
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March 12, 2009
Sole Of Houston: East Side Story -- Trains, Tequila, Dogs & Grief
Photos by Jay LeeI just can't get enough of Houston's East End/Second Ward/Ship Channel area, so that is where the latest installment of the Sole of Houston took us. I don't think I can recreate the route with anything more than about 90 percent accuracy, but my best guess is that it looked so ... More >>
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January 8, 2004
Flying Fish Sailors
Poke You in the Eye (Topmast Productions)
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October 25, 2001
Shanty Irish
The Flying Fish Sailors hoist anchor on a sea of Irish ballads and salty songs
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May 4, 2009
Aftermath: Fleetwood Mac at Toyota Center
Photos by Jay Lee Every night the band goes onstage, Fleetwood Mac faces a concert onus only a handful of other groups need worry about: Are its songs too iconic? Is the rush of watching Stevie Nicks twirl out "Landslide" or "Rhiannon" live any match for the lifetime (or decades, anyway) of memories ... More >>
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May 26, 2009
Can't Get It Out of My Head: "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"
Jay Lee Rocks Off would wholeheartedly like to wish Ms. Stevie Nicks a very happy birthday today; since she's the epitome of a rock and roll lady, we'll refrain from revealing her actual age. At Fleetwood Mac's Toyota Center concert earlier this month, Nicks seemed to be walking with a limp, and he ... More >>
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June 25, 2009
Aftermath: Roky Erickson at the Continental Club
Jay Lee Remember when Little Richard quit rock and roll because he was worried about going to hell? Roky Erickson is what would have happened if he went... and came back. The 61-year-old '60s survivor, fronting a sleek three-piece band whose collective age may have added to 61, played a 75-minute s ... More >>
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July 28, 2009
Your One-Stop HPMA Showcase Link
GroovehouseLos Skarnales just wouldn't quit at House of Blues Sunday. Rocks Off is just about recovered from Sunday's HPMA showcase mayhem, or as recovered as we're going to get. Despite some bitching on Hands Up Houston - what else is new? - everybody we've talked to had as much of a blast as we ... More >>
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July 30, 2009
HPMA: We Have Some Winners: Little Joe Washington, Cornbreadd, Flying Fish Sailors
Chris Gray Umbrella Man got the HPMAs off to a rousing start with some heel-kicking, toe-tapping zydeco gospel - after they cleared off the cables so hobbled singer Kam could get to center stage on her Rascal-like scooter. Then the first round of winners was announced... Best Folk: Flying Fish S ... More >>
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November 2, 2009
Aftermath: Drive-By Truckers' Cathartic, Down-Home Halloween Redemption at House of Blues
Photos by Jay Lee It took Aftermath most of Friday to figure out why we were in such an awful blue funk after Thursday's Pogues show, especially after the band delivered a more brilliant set than even this 20-year fan thought they were capable of. But after leaving work early and relaxing for a w ... More >>
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November 23, 2009
Slide Show: Zappa Plays Zappa at House of Blues
Jay Lee Looking more and more like his late father Frank every year, Dweezil Zappa continues to keep his dad's legacy of classically complex, absurdist jazz-rock alive through his constantly touring "Zappa Plays Zappa" ensemble. Unfortunately Rocks Off's reviewer was unable to make it to last Sat ... More >>
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November 24, 2009
Hustlers Brass Band's Big Top Residency Begins Tonight
Jay Lee Dismal weather getting you down? Short days got you singing the blues? Are you hungry for some free red beans and rice and funk-drenched brass-band jams? Got five bucks? Then get on down to the Big Top tonight and/or every Tuesday through the end of the year for the Hustlers Brass Band's ... More >>
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November 30, 2009
Let It Glow, Let It Glow, Let It Glow
While we might be short -- extremely short -- on snow in Houston this holiday season, we had plenty to glow about on Saturday night at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Houston's famous art cars were on display as the public had never seen them before at the first annual Gloworama. People accu ... More >>
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December 2, 2009
Aftermath: Jackson Browne Doesn't Do "Rehab Versions," Does Do "Free Bird" at Verizon
Photos by Jay Lee Aftermath is a child of the 70's, graduating from high school during our country's bicentennial year. The last half of that decade, our patron saint of teen angst was Jackson Browne - even in our punk-rock heyday, Jackson was our go-to guy when we really wanted to brood. His fir ... More >>
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December 7, 2009
Aftermath: KISS, Hotter Than Hell and Strutting Like Dinosaurs In Houston Rock City
Photos by Jay Lee KISS is a depleting natural and cultural resource. One day there will be no KISS left, and all the world will have is four garish black and silver suits sitting in some futuristic Smithsonian display. We have had KISS on this Earth for almost 40 years, and many people have never ... More >>
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December 8, 2009
KISS Online Takes the Pruning Shears to Rocks Off's Already-Favorable Review
Photos by Jay Lee/ Click here for a slideshow Rocks Off welcomes any artists' opinion of our critiques of their work, be it one of our more shining reviews or the instances where we pull up out the six-shooters and make them dance for their musical sins. But it's when you take our entire review, ... More >>
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January 18, 2010
The Weekend In Photos
Not everyone was at the Houston Chevron Marathon this weekend, even though we couldn't have had more perfect weather for it. Some of you were at pubs and clubs, some of you were getting your roller derby on, some of you were at a burlesque show (naughty!) and some of you were at our very own Artopia ... More >>
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March 1, 2010
Little Joe Washington Still Having Birthdays, Celebrating Them In Public
Jay LeeLast year around this time, Rocks Off and our buddy Lonesome Onry and Mean both got caught up in multi-day musical benders that left us both dazed and confused (conditions from which some would argue we have never fully recovered). Although our respective paths through those days were very ... More >>
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April 27, 2010
Help Rocks Off Adjust This Year's HPMA Categories
Jay Lee2009 HPMA Best Blues, Best Guitarist and Local Musician of the Year Little Joe WashingtonRocks Off is about to take the first steps down the long and winding road to this year's Houston Press Music Awards in late July, but we'd like our readers' help with something first. We will be revisi ... More >>
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May 20, 2010
The Twitterverse
More than just cyberspace, the tweet life inspires people to make friends and adopt causes in person. It has a few problems, too.
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May 24, 2010
KISS Brings "Hottest Show On Earth" (Duh) To Woodlands
Jay Lee KISS returns to Houston for the second time in less than a year September 17. This time the monstrously monolithic classic-rockers will be gracing the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion for a tour they are calling the "Hottest Show on Earth." A local on-sale date will no doubt be announced s ... More >>
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June 7, 2010
Neil Young, Old Man, Loudly Looks Back At His Life
Photos by Jay Lee Even Neil Young, whose lyrics are generally among the most unironic in rock and roll, has to grasp the irony of singing "Old Man" from the other side of the mirror. But as he's gone from "twenty-four and there's so much more" to "look at how the time goes past," the 64-year-old' ... More >>
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June 7, 2010
Neil Young, Fans Will Never Walk Alone
Photos by Jay Lee Neil Young is about to embark on one of the most grizzled and stoic phases of his career, and Houston got its first taste of it on Friday night at Jones Hall. He was loud, he was poignant and every word and note he wrung from his cast of guitars and various plinkers dripped ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Little Joe Washington Moved To Private Room At Ben Taub
Jay LeeRocks Off just received this update on Little Joe Washington's condition from his friend (and ours) Reg Burns: Just left from seeing Joe. He was been moved out of SICU and is on the same floor, unit 4B, room 7, bed 3. He immediately recognized me and seems more cognizant than the last time ... More >>
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July 12, 2010
Little Joe Washington's Comeback Thrills Continental Anniversary Party
Photos by Jay LeeLess than a week after finally going home from the rehabilitation facility where he had been recuperating from a pair of surgeries to clear an obstructed bowel, beloved Houston bluesman Little Joe Washington put on a spellbinding - if brief - performance at the Continental Cl ... More >>
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August 30, 2010
Friday Night: Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears And The Relatives At The Continental Club
Photos by Jay LeeBlack Joe LewisBlack Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, The Relatives Continental Club August 27, 2010 A few times a year, the Continental Club hosts shows that can be legitimately described as "soul happenings," usually featuring venerable Gulf Coast stars such as Archie Bell, Roy ... More >>
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March 28, 2011
Friday Night: Devo At Warehouse Live
Photos by Jay LeeDevo Warehouse Live March 25, 2011 See more peek-a-boo pics of Devo, openers Octopus Project and their fans in our slideshow. When Aftermath first heard Devo's latest album, Something for Everybody, we listened with a cringe. It had been 20 years since the band had released ... More >>
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April 6, 2011
Showing Off Our Photogs at Shot In The Dark Photo Show
Photo by Jay LeeIn 2008, Rocks Off began giving our readers some of the best live concert reviews and photos to go along with them. When we started, it was usually up to the writers themselves to take the pictures from the photo pit or from the crowd. This writer remembers shooting the Foo Fi ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Shot In The Dark: The Ones Who Got Away (So Far)
UPDATE (3:23 p.m.): Promotional video by Monica Fuentes added after the jump. Jay LeeLittle Joe Washington at the Continental Club's 10th anniversary, July 2010Slowly but surely, Rocks Off has been getting ready for our "Shot In the Dark" photo exhibition at Warehouse Live's Studio next Thur ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Shot In The Dark: How The Whole Mess Started
Mark C. AustinKings of Leon at Verizon Wireless Theater, October 2008Just a couple of days now before Rocks Off - the person and the blog - proudly presents Shot In the Dark: Houston Press Concert Photography, our first-ever exhibit of live pics we've collected in about three and a half years ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
“Shot in the Dark: Houston Press Concert Photo Exhibition”
Mark C. AustinKings of Leon at Verizon Wireless Theater, October 2008Just a couple of days now before Rocks Off - the person and the blog - proudly presents Shot In the Dark: Houston Press Concert Photography, our first-ever exhibit of live pics we've collected in about three and a half years ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Shot In The Dark Photo Show Is Right On Target
Robert EasleyRocks Off photographer Marc Brubaker (left) discusses his work at Thursday night's Shot In the Dark exhibition.For more photos from Thursday's show, see our slideshow. They always tell you, "Go ahead and try it - it just might work." So Rocks Off tried it, and it seems like it ... More >>
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May 2, 2011
Friday Night: Ke$ha At Verizon Wireless Theater
Photos by Jay LeeKe$ha Verizon Wireless Theater April 29, 2011 Before Ke$ha even hit the stage for her sold-out show Friday night at Verizon Wireless Theater, we saw limos full of prom-ready teens pulling up to the venue, mounds of glitter were embedded into the cracks in the pavement surrou ... More >>
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May 2, 2011
Saturday Night: Bob Seger At Toyota Center
Photos by Jay LeeBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Toyota Center April 30, 2011 If Saturday night was supposed to be Bob Seger's final farewell to Houston on what is reported to be his last go-round through the country as a performer, then he picked a stellar set list: 25 songs full of hist ... More >>
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May 6, 2011
Last Night: Jimmy Buffett At Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Photos by Jay LeeJimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion May 5, 2011 See more changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes in our slideshow. Blowing through the jasmine of our mind, Aftermath once got it in our head somehow that Jimmy Buffett wrote "Margaritavill ... More >>
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May 16, 2011
Saturday Night: Josh Groban At Toyota Center
Photos by Jay LeeJosh Groban Toyota Center May 14, 2011 Josh Groban is an unusual pop star. Unusual for 2011, anyway. One hundred years ago, many "pop stars" as we think of the term today drew their repertoires from light opera and Italian bel canto. The vocal techniques and subject matter ... More >>
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May 23, 2011
Ke$ha Invites Fans To Send Her Their Teeth
Jay LeeReigning slutwave queen Ke$ha is requesting than fans send her their teeth in order for her to make a necklace she hopes to wear at a future awards show. Apparently one fan has already done so in the past, and Kesha has taken to wearing the single tooth around her neck. Not content wit ... More >>
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June 12, 2011
Motley Crue At Toyota Center: A Taste
Photos by Jay LeeRocks Off had to run by the (rocks) office this afternoon, so we thought we'd post a few photos from Friday's Motley Crue/Poison/New York Dolls glamstravaganza at Toyota Center while we were up here, plus a few tweets from the show. See our full review, and more photos, tomor ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
Last Night: Peter Gabriel At Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Photos by Jay LeePeter Gabriel Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion June 16, 2011 Rock writers right now - hell, everyone with a musical soul - are living in the most interesting of times. No, it's not because we can pull any album we want down out of the sky at any time of day. It's because we g ... More >>
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July 18, 2011
Robust Night Of Roots-Rock Shows Scene's True Grit
Jay LeeDave AlvinRocks Off feels like we live in a Western. This is nothing unusual for us, except right now is the part of the movie (every movie) where one cowboy turns to the other one and says, "It's quiet out here." The other answers, of course, "Yeah... too quiet." Since about Free Pre ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
Extreme Heat Unlikely To Affect Future Concert Seasons
Marc BrubakerArcade Fire in the glorious days of May, when temperatures only reached the low 90s.Is the heat getting to you yet? Rocks Off is not going to say this week or two of consecutive 100-plus-degree days is affecting our judgment, but earlier today we approved one of our writers' pitc ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
Saturday Night: Judas Priest At The Woodlands
Photos by Jay LeeJudas Priest Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion October 15, 2011 Saturday night, at 10:15 or so, a euphoric chill went up Aftermath's spine. Coupled with the cool weather, standing in the presence of Judas Priest at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion was overwhelming, so much ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Aftermath: Our Favorite Shows of 2011
Photo By Craig HlavatyRex's War Face: The crowd's at June's Free Press Summer Fest were feral and friendly. This week we asked our pool of Rocks Off writers what their favorite shows of 2011 were, the ones that brought joy to their hearts to attend and helped them make magic with a keyboard h ... More >>
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January 16, 2012
Saturday: Chris Gray Day at the Continental Club
Photo by Marco TorresChris with the officers that saved his life.Click here for a slideshow of the bands and here for a slideshow of the crowd. "I didn't know Chris was a celebrity." Chris Gray's mother told a rapt audience from the stage on Saturday afternoon that she was "overwhelmed" by ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
10 Rock Stars the GOP Should Nominate for President
Now, we're talking!As the 2012 presidential race begins to heat up in earnest, Rocks Off can't help but feel that the front-runners for the Republican nomination are lacking a certain je ne sais quoi. Call it star power. Call it sex appeal. Whatever it is, these guys ain't got it. If the G ... More >>
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January 18, 2012
Last Night: Old 97's at House of Blues
Photos by Jay LeeOh, dutiful journalism, the places I will go in your name. Last night, one of those places just had to be House of Blues. It's always a pleasure to watch Old 97's and I would put up that good fight to keep my spirits high in what is arguably my least favorite venue in town. B ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Blue Letter: The 10 Best Fleetwood Mac Deep Tracks
photo by Jay LeeFleetwood Mac is perhaps the most distinct and musically diverse bands around. What started out as a British blues band headed by drummer Mick Fleetwood and lead singer/guitarist Peter Green became a pop/rock powerhouse with the addition of guitar virtuoso Lindsey Buckingham a ... More >>
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