Subject: Lafayette

• Welcome to Football U

  October 6, 2006

• Chromeo and the Cajun

  July 10, 2006

• Catfish Reef: Happy Woman Blues

  February 20, 2007

• Welcome to Football U

  October 6, 2006

• The Houston 100: From Harry Choates to Johnny Preston

  September 26, 2007

• Tales from Transit: Proxima Estacion

  October 3, 2007

• This Just In: Get Ready for iFest

  February 27, 2008

• On the road to Lafayette with Planet Shock!

  March 24, 1994

• Swamp Thing

  Out of the soup of southern Louisiana comes a collection of Cajun all-stars with an indescribably sweet sound

  January 11, 2001

• Sprawling Toward Spunk

  April 28, 1994

• Hot Plate

  May 19, 1994

• Louisiana Lunch

  June 16, 1994

• Food Fight

  June 30, 1994

• Swamp Thang

  September 29, 1994

• Rotation

  December 18, 1997

• The Cajun Rages

  March 4, 1999

• BeauSoleil

  November 13, 2008

• Sonny Landreth

  August 7, 2008

• Cher Thing

  The Zydeco Louisiana Diner doesn't stand on ceremony

  March 19, 1998

• Red Stick Ramblers

  November 29, 2007

• Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

  Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

  October 18, 2007

• Bluerunners, Two Hoots & a Holler

  concert preview

  August 16, 2007

• Amazingly, There Are Some Flaws In Rick Perry's Plan To Secede

  As the whole blogosphere knows by now, Rick Perry -- the only governor Texas has at the moment -- has talked of the possible need to secede from the United States.This apparently counts as pro-America rhetoric at a tea party; the logic of that escapes us. (Oh yeah, it's no longer "America" when there's a Democrat in charge.)Perry is trembling with fear at the thought of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison taking him on next year, so he's running madly as far right as he can get.Still -- even though it'

  April 16, 2009

• Tons o' Tonk

  February 23, 2006

• Lost Bayou Ramblers

  Lost Bayou Ramblers perform Thursday, January 18, at Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9899.

  January 18, 2007

• Goodbye Joe, Me Gotta Go

  There are 25,000 Cajuns in Houston. Almost none of them play Cajun music. Why not?

  January 25, 2007

• Scars and Bars

  Hell-raiser and one-man band Scott H. Biram lays the hammer down

  September 1, 2005

• Los Skarnales

  Pachuco Boogie Sound System

  April 7, 2005

• Playbill

  October 14, 2004

• Letters

  June 10, 2004

• ¡Viva México!

  The International Fest casts light on one of the world's most underrated musical nations

  April 24, 2003

• Creative Interpretations

  Vindication comes a year after "Agent 307" prevented Mahotella Queens from performing at I-Fest

  April 18, 2002

• The Mudbug: Mr. Popularity

  Speaking off the toque: Sonny Payne

  April 19, 2001

• Letters

  Designer Labels, Screwed for Life, Heavy on the Crab

  December 28, 2000

• Zydeco Kingdom

  Travelers and artists from all over descend on Opelousas, Louisiana, for its annual celebration

  August 31, 2000

• Yesshow

  Fans are still saying Yes after all these years

  November 4, 1999

• Hot Plate

  October 7, 1999

• Rotation

  Boozoo Chavis and the Magic Sounds, Keith Frank & the Soileau Zydeco Band, Verbena

  August 5, 1999

• Gawkers' Palace

  Lagniappe's neo-Creole cuisine may sound wacky, but it works

  May 19, 1994

• Aftermath: iFest in Downtown Houston

  Photos by Chris Gray Quebec's Chic Gamine: a cappella gospel with percussion and soul.iFest needed a breezy, not-too-hot, sunny Sunday to get back on track after Saturday's torrential festival-cancelling rains. The festival got great weather; as I drove down Allen Parkway toward downtown, it looked like everybody in Houston had decided it was time to get outdoors. Arriving at the Tranquility Park entrance to the festival, I was even more convinced. If you work in the media, you tend to t

  April 20, 2009

• Vinyl & Compilations

  May 14, 2009

• The Big Tweet: Wild Moccasins Tour Edition

  Kim DouglassIt's now been exactly a week since the Wild Moccasins kicked off their first-ever extended tour with a sweaty show before a packed house at Mango's, and like a lot of people (we imagine), Rocks Off is curious how the H-pop heroes are faring on the road. Luckily, instead of having to rely on their finding a pay phone - though the Moccasins may not be old enough to know what one is - or somewhere with wi-fi (which isn't always easy out in the hinterlands), we can keep tabs on them thro

  June 17, 2009

• Menu Flashback: Don's Seafood 1972

  Photo by J.C. ReidBack in 1972, the Landry brothers were on a roll. They'd opened four of their Cajun-inspired seafood restaurants in Louisiana and had just begun a push into Texas with a restaurant in Beaumont. One of their employees, Jim Gossen, ordered a new menu design for their flagship restaurant in Morgan City, Louisiana. Made up of six panels -- half listing food and prices, the other half containing stories about the Landry family -- the menu exuded a sense of confidence and success. Th

  July 17, 2009

• Bayou Body Count: A Cold Case Solved

  ​After 15 long years, Houston police detectives believe they've finally found their man. Michael Deshawn Winfrey, 36, has been charged with capital murder for allegedly shooting a man who was protecting his son at a pay phone at 6603 Fuqua on April 24, 1994.Police say Jeffrey Brown, 30, was driving along with his daughter, 8, and son, 7, when he pulled into a parking lot to use a pay phone. As he was stepping out of his car, Winfrey appeared and allegedly pointed a gun at Brown's son, telling

  July 28, 2009

• True Blood, Episode 10: Sister Gertrude, Bride of Christ, Soundtracks a Visit to the Vampire Queen

  Alan Ball was known for his masterful use of music in Six Feet Under. He's lost none of his touch when it comes to his current HBO series, True Blood - which happens to be set in the Louisiana swamps, not terribly far from Houston. Though we're picking up midway through Season 2, from here on out as each new episode airs, Rocks Off will bring you a short report on the featured music. Episode 2.10, "New World in My View"​One of the reasons Rocks Off began this column was to help bring to the li

  August 25, 2009

• Pine Leaf Boys

  September 10, 2009

• Aftermath: Pine Leaf Boys at the Continental Club

  Photos by Chris Gray​Rocks Off is not exactly sure how to review a band like the Pine Leaf Boys. Cajun music, a series of two-steps and waltzes porous enough for liberal amounts of blues and country to seep in, is kind of critic-proof. For one thing, it's in French, although we're guessing there was a song or two in there about some poor bastard's woman leaving him high and dry (unlike the South Louisiana weather). Also, if it's done right, it's a little hard to stand still long enough to take

  September 11, 2009

• Long Reach

  September 24, 2009

• Alamo Heights

  October 1, 2009

• The Music of True Blood, Episode 1.5: Playing Chicken With the Train, and an AIDS Burger

  Alan Ball was known for his masterful use of music in Six Feet Under. He's lost none of his touch when it comes to his current HBO series, True Blood - which happens to be set in the Louisiana swamps, not terribly far from Houston. With Season 2 just completed, Rocks Off is now working our way backwards through the episodes we missed as HBO begins reruns. Episode 1.5, "Sparks Fly Out" Country Rap is a lot like Albanian folk dancing... and we're not going to explain that comparison. Just take ou

  November 6, 2009