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October 16, 1997
Charles in Charge
A new collection confirms Ray Charles's position as the architect of soul
Music
August 20, 1998
Rotation
A new collection confirms Ray Charles's position as the architect of soul
Music
March 4, 1999
Easy on Friday Night
A new collection confirms Ray Charles's position as the architect of soul
Calendar
September 2, 1999
Houston, Humor Hotbed
Houston Comedy Festival
Blogs
April 15, 2009
Idol Beat: The Top Seven
Michael Becker/ Fox Somehow Still Hanging Around: The bloom is off Lil Rounds' "Rose."Perhaps delusionally, I nursed a desperate hope that this week's American Idol theme would be "songs used in Quentin Tarantino movies." Seriously, I even worked up a sort of dream list of songs I thought the ... More >>
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February 22, 2007
Musical Food Groups
If singers were cheese, what kind of cheese would they be?
Home Entertainment
January 4, 2007
A Legendary Outing
Twilight Princess is the best Zelda ever.
Music
November 23, 2006
Through Thicke and Tim
Robin Thicke and Justin Timberlake face off -- again
Music
October 6, 2005
Rock and Roll Bestiary
You already know all about this year's crop of wolf bands. We examine the tiger, bear, shark and lion bands, and offer up a rock zodiac.
Music
November 14, 2002
Sondre Lerche
Faces Down (Astralwerks)
Blogs
June 26, 2009
Celebrity Death Is The Death Of Us All
A friend of mine wrote a witty Facebook status update that referenced the passing of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson on the same day. "First the 70s died. Then the 80s. Better watch your back, Spice Girls."I chuckled at the same time that I realized that in a matter of seconds, dozens of my ... More >>
Blogs
August 26, 2009
An Exercise In Pain: Six Songs of Radio Phil Collins
John Seaborn Gray Inspired by Seanbaby's wonderful article using Pandora via Phil Collins as musical gaydar, Rocks Off logged on to our Last.fm account to see where a similar journey with the Genesis drummer and noted Texas history buff might take us. After all, it's not really scientific unless ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2009
Local Mayoral Campaigns Use Social Media, and Apparently That's News
If you don't have eyes, ears, or a television set with that nonsensical converter box, you may not be aware that today kicks off early voting for stuff that's pretty crucial to the Houston political agenda. Not only can you stick your ballot in the box for City Council, City Controller, comm ... More >>
Calendar
December 10, 2009
Libbie Masterson: "STILL"
The Houston photographer captures Texas, big and small
Blogs
April 23, 2010
Five Artists To Watch From Houston's G.O.A.T. Entertainment
Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, albeit sometimes awkwardly, tie it back to Houston with occasional cussing. Send tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. G.O.A.T. Entertainment is an indie record label based here in Houston. Despite the weird nam ... More >>
Blogs
May 20, 2010
4 Summer-Movie Soundtracks We Already Hate
Last week, we told you of some upcoming summer-movie soundtracks that look like they're going to be fantastic. If positivity is your thing, go read that article. This one is going to be all about the upcoming soundtracks that make us wince so hard it feels like someone's chopping our balls with a ... More >>
Blogs
June 30, 2010
Why The Second Amendment Goes Entirely Too Far
Unrestricted gun ownership is a hazard and a danger to the lives and safety of all Americans. The decision handed down by the Supreme Court on Monday called tough local laws against gun ownership unconstitutional in an extremely vague 5-4 ruling. Exactly what the repercussions will be from th ... More >>
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August 11, 2010
The Glamour Boyz: Beware Of Found Footage
Every day Rocks Off trolls the tubes of you in search of videos to share. If you have something that you think deserves to be video of the day, send a link to jef_rouner at yahoo dot com. One of your daily video guide's favorite people is Rocks Off's own Craig Hlavaty. His articles are well- ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
10 Uncool Artists Primed For Hipster Rediscovery
Tumblr"Aw, dammit, I grabbed Dad's iPod by mistake. Paul Simon... is that one guy, or two Beatles?" Remember emo kids? Only a few short years ago, the nation's venues of the nation were filled with kids in all black, wearing ultra-skinny jeans, eyeliner, white belts, and identical chopped-mea ... More >>
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February 11, 2011
Justin Bieber Movie Reveals Pop Star Shaves, Has Hot Mom
"OMG you can reach and touch his face" Thursday night, Rocks Off went to the first midnight screening of Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, in 3D no less. Yes we had a chaperone, but the late hour and the theater's location wasn't conducive to masses of screaming girls. The location we saw it ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Idol Beat: I'm About To Have A Nervous Breakdown
My head really hurts...sorry, after last night's shenanigans, I couldn't help breaking out the Black Flag. Have you ever had one of those really bad nightmares, the kind that is so horrifying it wakes you up multiple times during the night? And even though your subconscious is trying to offe ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
Idol Beat: Detroit, Shlock City
In spite of Idol Beat's absence last week (I was undergoing treatment for nose hemorrhoids), Fox's karaoke juggernaut steamrollered on, topping the ratings once again for Wednesday and Thursday night. Last week's casualty, MySpace's Karen Rodriguez, wasn't much of a surprise. I mean, the bili ... More >>
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July 4, 2011
1986: Best Musical Year Ever?
For almost two weeks now, Rocks Off has been obsessed with the year exactly 25 flips of the calendar backward from this one. It started when Steve Earle did one of his "Time Machine" shows, where the singer-songwriter who plays House of Blues Wednesday spotlights a dozen or so of his favorite ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
Grant Haze: Guy Who Allegedly Dismembered Ex-Wife Talks of Being Inspired By Sting & Lionel Richie
Grant Haze wants to be an inspiration to his kidsLast week, Grant Haze was just another bland singer-songwriter with a tremendous ego and hoop earrings. Now he's charged with killing his ex-girlfriend, dismembering her corpse, stuffing the body parts in ice chests, and driving them from his N ... More >>
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July 27, 2011
Comment of the Day: An American Psycho
We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involv ... More >>
News
August 4, 2011
Star Chef Faces Child-Sex Charge
Will plead insanity
Blogs
September 16, 2011
The Five Worst Music Movies Ever*
* That aren't actual musicals *eye roll*It would be easy to pick out a bunch of terrible musicals to make fun of. First off, most musicals seem stuck in the 1930s, when every song everywhere sounded like a show tune, and therefore stank. Second, we're afraid of polarizing our audience. You ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
14 Notable Female Rock Drummers
girlscantwhat.comLast week, we rounded up a list of our favorite female rock bassists. We'd like to continue the trend of honoring rock's finest females, by next recognizing 14 notable female rock drummers. As usual, we will focus on the live-performing, touring drummers over time, rather tha ... More >>