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Ludwig van Beethoven

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Last Night: Maná At Toyota Center

    Maná Toyota Center April 4, 2012 The last time Maná visited Houston, they sold out Toyota Center two nights in a row. The world's premier rock en español band is on the second leg of the Drama Y Luz tour, in support of their latest album of the same name. The group from the land of tequila y ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    5 Brilliant Classical Works With Obscenities for Names

    ​Our day job is as a clerk in a sheet music store, and in general it is a pretty sweet gig. We like being around music students, teachers, and people who just want to play. It truly is an invigorating thing to see. Then again... there are things in the store that are as awkward to sell as ext ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2011

    Fidelio

    ​Our day job is as a clerk in a sheet music store, and in general it is a pretty sweet gig. We like being around music students, teachers, and people who just want to play. It truly is an invigorating thing to see. Then again... there are things in the store that are as awkward to sell as ext ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    The Wacky Adventures Of Frederic Chopin's Heart

    Louis-Auguste Bisson​Today is Fredric Chopin's 201st birthday, although some sources claim he was actually born on February 22. Chopin's incredible nocturnes, pale complexion, consumption, and melancholy outlook have more than once prompted Rocks Off to christen him the Original Goth. He rema ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    10 Beatles Urban Legends: True Or False?

    ​When you're a band like the Beatles - who first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964, 47 years ago today - tall tales and urban legends spring up all around... mostly because when a band is a worldwide cultural phenomenon, anything can seem possible or even plausible. Some of th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 3, 2011

    University of Houston International Piano Festival

    ​When you're a band like the Beatles - who first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964, 47 years ago today - tall tales and urban legends spring up all around... mostly because when a band is a worldwide cultural phenomenon, anything can seem possible or even plausible. Some of th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2010

    Beethoven's Eroica Symphony

    ​When you're a band like the Beatles - who first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964, 47 years ago today - tall tales and urban legends spring up all around... mostly because when a band is a worldwide cultural phenomenon, anything can seem possible or even plausible. Some of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Sunday: Girls Rock Camp Showcase At Walter's On Washington

    Photos by Brittanie SheyHouston's Girls Rock Camp 2010 alumni join together to close out Sunday's showcase with their self-penned anthem, "Don't Be Afraid to Be Weird."​Girls Rock Camp Houston 2010 Showcase Walter's on Washington August 15, 2010 Sunday evening, Walter's on Washington was the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Confessions Of A Sheet Music Salesman

    rbcmusic.com​Readers may be surprised to learn this, but searching for YouTube videos to mock and talking about Goth bands does not exactly pay for the finer things in life. So six days a week, Rocks Off - or at least the Rocks Off writer with only one "f" in his name - sells sheet music to th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2010

    The Top Five Overexposed Classical Works In The Movies

    ​ Have you heard of the Wilhelm Scream? Basically, it was a one-second sound bite from a bit character in a 1951 movie that somehow made its way into Warner Brothers Studios' collection of sound effects. It has since been used as a special effect in hundreds - maybe thousands - of films, from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Win Passes To Hot Tub Time Machine, And Learn Of Strange Things From The `80s

    Hot Tub Time Machine takes us back to a simpler time; a time before every nano-second of our lives needed to be tweeted; a time when all a gal needed to fit in with the cool kids was a bitchin' pair of leg-warmers.Here's a list of some 1980s icons we'd like to see make a comeback. Or maybe it's a li ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2010

    Rita Dove: Sonata Mulattica

    Fly away with this former U.S. Poet Laureate

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Last Call For Art: Photos From Around The World; Daniel Johnston

    ​Wendy Watriss, artistic director for FotoFest, sums up the "International Discoveries II" exhibit nicely: "It forces our attention on the single image, an object or a single moment in life," she says. "Against the currents of instant replay and digital animations, "International Dis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Fool Hearted Memory: Music That Chooses You, Not the Other Way Around

    ​ Someone once observed wryly that the only member of your family you'll ever actually choose is your spouse, and perhaps a whole lot of that observation is equally applicable to the music of our lives. A couple of years back we were sitting at Prince's Hamburgers off the Southwest Freeway in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Aftermath: Depeche Mode's Black and Blue Celebration at The Woodlands

    Photos by Eric Sauseda​ Far, far away from the group once known for bubbly synth-pop anthems like "Just Can't Get Enough" and "Everything Counts," Depeche Mode circa 2009 has pressed its small army of keyboards and electronics into the service of primal urges and raw sexuality. Not terribly surpri ... More >>

  • Music

    January 29, 2009

    Don't Stop Believin'

    Photos by Eric Sauseda​ Far, far away from the group once known for bubbly synth-pop anthems like "Just Can't Get Enough" and "Everything Counts," Depeche Mode circa 2009 has pressed its small army of keyboards and electronics into the service of primal urges and raw sexuality. Not terribly surpri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Aftermath: The Jones Family Singers at the Rothko Chapel

    Barnett Newman's "Broken Obelisk," dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr., outside the Rothko Chapel/ Image by A D Forman Note: Because Monday's performance was a religious service, no photography was allowed. Thanks to Monday's MLK Day and Tuesday's inauguration, among other reasons, Afterma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    "Chili When It's Chilly" Chili Cook-off

    January in Houston is when Rodeo season really starts to kick in. One of the most popular events is the "Chili When It's Chilly" Chili Cook-off sponsored by the Baytown/Highlands Subcommittee of the Houston Metro Go Texan Committee. This year's event took place January 9 and 10 at San Jacinto Mall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Local Gays Marching For Obama On Inauguration Day

    The gays haven't exactly been pleased by Barack Obama since he chose Christian conservative Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration. But Obama's inauguration parade will be the first to have an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender group -- the Lesbian and Gay Band Association ... More >>

  • Music

    July 17, 2008

    Locals Only

    The gays haven't exactly been pleased by Barack Obama since he chose Christian conservative Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration. But Obama's inauguration parade will be the first to have an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender group -- the Lesbian and Gay Band Association ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 12, 2007

    Stage Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    July 5, 2007

    Stage Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Film

    May 24, 2007

    Palme d'Hoberman

    Our one-man jury bestows honors on the best of Cannes 2007.

  • Home Entertainment

    April 5, 2007

    Our top DVD picks for the week of April 5

    Our one-man jury bestows honors on the best of Cannes 2007.

  • Culture

    January 25, 2007

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Music

    December 14, 2006

    That Was the Year That Was

    Looking back on the local scene in '06

  • Culture

    September 14, 2006

    A Step Beyond

    This rep program only looks Simple

  • Calendar

    July 21, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    This rep program only looks Simple

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2005

    First Dance

    Bride and groom take the stage at "Encore!"

  • Music

    January 27, 2005

    Rotation

    Bride and groom take the stage at "Encore!"

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Bride and groom take the stage at "Encore!"

  • Music

    June 3, 2004

    This Charming Hombre

    Morrissey's mad love among Mexican-Americans

  • Film

    January 29, 2004

    Pop It, Lock It, Yo

    You Got Served exhumes something suspiciously akin to break dancing

  • Calendar

    October 30, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    You Got Served exhumes something suspiciously akin to break dancing

  • Culture

    March 21, 2002

    FotoFatigue

    With 140 venues, FotoFest makes you suffer for your art

  • Film

    December 30, 1999

    Disney Lightens Up

    Fantasia/2000 strikes a better balance between serious and comic elements

  • Music

    February 11, 1999

    Traviata: Racette's Latest Triumph

    Fantasia/2000 strikes a better balance between serious and comic elements

  • Calendar

    April 30, 1998

    Night & Day

    April 30 - May 6, 1998

  • News

    December 11, 1997

    Perfect Pitch

    John Axelrod has a plan to make classical music hip--and himself hot

  • Music

    October 2, 1997

    Static

    John Axelrod has a plan to make classical music hip--and himself hot

  • Music

    September 25, 1997

    Rhythm Kings

    D.R.U.M. not only wants the right sound, it wants the right spirit

  • Calendar

    April 3, 1997

    Press Picks

    D.R.U.M. not only wants the right sound, it wants the right spirit

  • Film

    November 28, 1996

    Silver Balls

    Arnold goes last-minute Christmas shopping, and he buys a turkey

  • Calendar

    November 28, 1996

    Press Picks

    Arnold goes last-minute Christmas shopping, and he buys a turkey

  • Calendar

    February 3, 1994

    Press Picks

    Arnold goes last-minute Christmas shopping, and he buys a turkey

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