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March 2, 2000
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March 16, 2000
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Crosby, Texas, hosts some of zydeco's finest
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January 11, 2001
Swamp Thing
Out of the soup of southern Louisiana comes a collection of Cajun all-stars with an indescribably sweet sound
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June 2, 2009
Stingaree Music Festival and Texas Crab Festival in Crystal Beach, Texas
Photos by J.C. ReidReason to celebrateTwo of the biggest annual events at Crystal Beach on the Bolivar Peninsula east of Galveston are the Texas Crab Festival and the Stingaree Music Festival. In its 24th year, the Crab Festival traditionally has occurred on Mother's Day weekend and celebrates every ... More >>
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February 10, 1994
Betting on Seabrook's Future?
The city's mayor has a master plan to stop local gambling -- but he may be behind the tide
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December 5, 1996
South of the Sabine
The Sunset Tea Room gives way to some new ideas about old-fashioned food
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September 11, 1997
Static
The Sunset Tea Room gives way to some new ideas about old-fashioned food
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January 1, 1998
A Last Bite of '97
The Sunset Tea Room gives way to some new ideas about old-fashioned food
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February 26, 1998
The Insider
The Sunset Tea Room gives way to some new ideas about old-fashioned food
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October 1, 1998
No, No, Annette!
In family court, Judge Annette Galik presides over divorce and custody cases where sex, lies and videotape are part of everyday evidence and testimony. Now the face on the videotape is her own.
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December 3, 1998
Breaking Through to the Mainstream
In family court, Judge Annette Galik presides over divorce and custody cases where sex, lies and videotape are part of everyday evidence and testimony. Now the face on the videotape is her own.
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May 1, 2008
Great Stuff at Abe's Cajun Market
In family court, Judge Annette Galik presides over divorce and custody cases where sex, lies and videotape are part of everyday evidence and testimony. Now the face on the videotape is her own.
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September 6, 2007
Greyhound Racing
Tracks and breeders struggle as attendance declines
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February 16, 2006
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Tracks and breeders struggle as attendance declines
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July 19, 2007
Texas coin companies target elderly investors
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May 24, 2007
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September 21, 2006
H-Town Zydeco
Dr. Roger Wood and James Fraher serve up another heaping helping of Houston music lore
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March 2, 2006
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Our critics weigh in on local theater
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January 5, 2006
Music to Cover Your Eyes To
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March 3, 2005
Houston Hold 'Em
There are plenty of opportunities for poker here, legal and otherwise
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January 29, 2004
Murderers in the Dark
The abrupt life and times of DJ Cuba Gooding Jr. come to an end this Saturday
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October 9, 2003
Hit the Road, Jack. Permanently.
According to former Houstonians the Business Machines, that's the only way to get a career
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February 28, 2002
Three-Chord Garage
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May 8, 2009
Before We Go: Odds and Ends on Mechanical Boy, Katy Perry, George Strait, Future Blondes and More
"SWING LOW AND CARRY ME HOME" By Mechanical Boy from Michael Fodera on Vimeo. It's about time for Rocks Off to head off to the bunkhouse for some much-needed R&R, but first here's a few final tidbits that have recently come to our attention. Mechanical Boy just released its first video, "Swing L ... More >>
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May 28, 2009
Phone Home Page
Two Houston poets create a modern-day party line online.
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June 25, 2009
Burnin' for You
Two Houston poets create a modern-day party line online.
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August 12, 2009
Houston Music Fight Club: Roky Moon vs. Joe Mathlete, Asli vs. Zahira, Hippie Mike vs. Little Joe
Last week Rocks Off was mindlessly trolling the Interweb when we stumbled upon a site solely dedicated to animal fights. No, not the awful kind that say, Michael Vick would have been found at a couple of years ago. This site, Wild Animal Fight Club, trafficks in speculative death matches like kom ... More >>
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September 10, 2009
Barker Cypress Poor Boy
Would you drive to Cypress for an enormous roast beef poor boy at Mama's Cajun Cuisine?
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February 3, 2010
Krabby Patty Sandwich
On the way to Baton Rouge, I hit Lake Charles around noon and decided to take a break. The crab cake burger at Mazen's Seafood on Prien Lake Road made a decent lunch. The crab cake was a nice blend of crabmeat and seasoned breading served with lettuce, red onion, and cherry tomatoes on toaste ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes: #66 Boudin Kolaches at Shipley's on North Main
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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April 9, 2010
Five Great Cajun Songs By Non-Cajuns
As far as He Said knows, he has zero Cajun blood in his veins. His family is pretty much straight-up Anglo/Scotch-Irish, settling in the Piney Woods of Newton County via Alabama in the early 1800s. However, although the Sabine-straddling area around Newton, Burkeville and Wiergate is about an hou ... More >>
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May 13, 2010
Solange Knowles Admits She's A "Blipster"
As a white thirtysomething male who digs Merle Haggard, Al Green and Skynyrd, Rocks Off is well aware our hipster cred is pretty much in the toilet. Even the bands we do like that were once considered at least kinda "cool" - Wilco, Spoon, Phoenix - now share air time with Jack Johnson and the Da ... More >>
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May 17, 2010
Reminder: Pershing Middle School Benefit At House Of Blues
myspace.com/palerocksPale, pre-named for Twilight or any other vampire series that comes along. Rocks Off already mentioned this last week, but this is definitely worth re-tweeting, as it were. Tonight at House of Blues, Houston alt-rockers Pale - who, if one commenter is to be believed, have had ... More >>
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May 28, 2010
Gulf Oil Spill: Stop Worrying, Industry Says In Galveston
These things happen...Boy, you've really gotta hand it to the oil & gas industry folks. I mean, after all, we're just shy of 40 days since the start of BP's crude ooze in the Gulf, and already a consortium of energy elites has launched a propaganda blitz via America's WETLAND Foundation.And ... More >>
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June 8, 2010
Local Spotlight: Jolie Vue Farms
WHAT: Farm-fresh meats, delivered right to your doorstep. That's right -- beef, pork, poultry and eggs. It's an all-organic, ecologically sound, raised-with-love virtual meat market that arrives as regular as a newborn baby once per month. Honi and Glen Boudreaux have agriculture in their b ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Chef Chat, Part 1: Charles Clark of Ibiza
We visited with Chef Charles Clark of Ibiza to learn about his humble beginnings with food and the path that led to his Midtown Mediterranean menu. EOW: You got started in the culinary field at a very early age. How did you realize that food was the career path for you? Clark: Growing up in ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
What Rhymes With Anahuac? We Ask The Rapping Weatherman
Nick Kosir, Beaumont's Rapping Weatherman, has a posseWe wrote about Beaumont's rapping weatherman Nick Kosir last week, and as we mentioned then, we weren't the first to do so. ESPN2's Sports Nation, The Huffington Post and the ever-illustrious Ryan Seacrest have all recognized Kosir for his ... More >>
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September 9, 2010
Cajun Made
Nick Kosir, Beaumont's Rapping Weatherman, has a posseWe wrote about Beaumont's rapping weatherman Nick Kosir last week, and as we mentioned then, we weren't the first to do so. ESPN2's Sports Nation, The Huffington Post and the ever-illustrious Ryan Seacrest have all recognized Kosir for his ... More >>
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October 27, 2010
Dennis Ray Anderson: Convicted Killer Who Kept Corpse In Barrel Is Considered Dangerous
Photo courtesy HCSODennis Ray Anderson: Yes, he's dangerousYou serve a long prison term for murdering a woman and her three-year-old granddaughter. You're now wanted because you've been keeping a corpse in a barrel in your backyard, someone you most likely killed.You have no money, you're on foot ... More >>
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December 14, 2010
David Joseph Latta: Drunk, Possibly Pee-Filled Man Stars In Hilarious Security-Cam Video
David Joseph Latta probably wishes he wasn't on cameraIt was a night of horror in the lobby of the Beaumont Enterprise. At least for one guy who apparently broke in trying to take a leak. The paper's blog reports that David Joseph Latta, of Lake Charles, was "feverishly searching for a urina ... More >>
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May 18, 2011
Charbel Tannous: Katy Man Accused of Swindling Lake Charles Casino Big-Time
KATCDerrick Weldon: Dealer gets caughtA Katy man helped a dealer swindle a Lake Charles casino out of more than $250,000, Louisiana law enforcement officials say. Charbel Tannous, 33. worked in tandem with dealer Derrick Weldon, 42, to bilk the L'Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, ... More >>
Culture
July 28, 2011
Capsule Stage Reviews: Arline Fisch: Creatures from the Deep, Hardbodies, "Liz Hickok: Jiggling Geography", Lynda Benglis: Glass Masks, Marc Swanson: The Second Story, "Mitch Dobrowner: New Work", "Musicians Who Make Art"
KATCDerrick Weldon: Dealer gets caughtA Katy man helped a dealer swindle a Lake Charles casino out of more than $250,000, Louisiana law enforcement officials say. Charbel Tannous, 33. worked in tandem with dealer Derrick Weldon, 42, to bilk the L'Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
Discovery Green Lands Roots-Rock Royalty For Free Fall Concerts
Jason WolterTexas Tornados at Discovery Green, September 2010A return engagement from Tex-Mex supergroup the Texas Tornados, reunited (after a fashion) roots-rock polymaths NRBQ - now featuring a former Houstonian on drums - and the honky-tonk hero who told Tiger Airways a thing or two highli ... More >>
Music
September 8, 2011
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
Jason WolterTexas Tornados at Discovery Green, September 2010A return engagement from Tex-Mex supergroup the Texas Tornados, reunited (after a fashion) roots-rock polymaths NRBQ - now featuring a former Houstonian on drums - and the honky-tonk hero who told Tiger Airways a thing or two highli ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
Heather Daughdrill: Busted for Sexing Teen Boy She Met at Bible Camp (w/ Video)
Heather Daughdrill faces charges.A 28-year-old Lake Charles-area woman faces a bevy of charges after Louisiana police said she repeatedly had sex with a 13-year-old boy who she met at the Bible camp where she was a teacher/aide. According to the Sulphur Daily News, Heather Daughdrill initiat ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Bartender Chat: Sikica Crosby of Cecil's Pub
I come from a long line of martini drinkers. One school of thought holds that the gin martini is the one true martini, but my grandparents enjoyed the vodka version of the cocktail nightly with the news for more than 60 years. Maybe my love for the vodka martini is hereditary? My grandfather ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Ragin' Cajun Jo-El Sonnier Plays Nutty Jerry's Saturday
Nutty Jerry's in Winnie has been doing a great job bringing in legacy acts like Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Guess Who, Mickey Gilley, Ronnie Dunn, and Blood, Sweat and Tears. But the club really got our blood pumping when they booked the Cajun wildman, Jo-El Sonnier, who plays the club Satu ... More >>
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