Houston is once again proudly claiming its mantle for all things classy. For it is here -- not in Paris, not in Monaco or Palm Springs -- where Burt Reynold's legendary Bandit will be auctioned off next month.What is the Bandit, you ask, obviously putting down your dog-eared copy of Recherche du Temps Perdu to do so?It is the Trans-Am immortalized -- and one does not use that word lightly -- in the Reynolds epic Smokey and the Bandit.The car will be sold at the Houston Classic Auction May 2, at
Jesse Dayton's star just keeps rising. You have to give the former Beaumont lad credit, he works at it steadily, and these days has his finger in writing, performing, producing, and acting as well as operating a label. As anyone who checks Facebook knows, Dayton posts something about every twenty minutes about his role as Capt. Clegg, murdererous psychobilly band leader in Rob Zombie's latest horror flick, Halloween 2, which was #3 in box office receipts last week. We caught up with Dayton bri
​Rocks Off has been a fan of Robert Earl Keen since we heard 1994's Gringo Honeymoon, and we've really been a fan since we heard his previous album, A Bigger Piece of Sky, shortly thereafter. We got Keen's latest album, The Rose Hotel (Lost Highway), in the mail this week, and after a few listens, think it's his best since 2001's Gravitational Forces. (He'll be at House of Blues December 28, by the way; tickets go on sale tomorrow.)
Rose Hotel closes with "Wireless In Heaven," a spirited blueg
