Magazines

From Rendering to Reality: Architectural Drawings from the Studio of Patrick Lopez, 1964 to 1995

Cover Story: Foster Kids on Antipsychotics

​Here's a riddle: If the Texas Attorney General sues a drug manufacturer for allegedly lying about the safety and efficacy of one of its antipsychotics, why would the state agency that oversees the foster care system still allow that drug to be given to kids as young as three? Why would the s ... More >>

Magazine Publisher: LGBT Caucus Prez Threatened Me

A disagreement over Ellen Cohen​The publisher of abOUT magazine, which targets Houston's gay community, has accused the president of the GLBT Political Caucus of making threats against his safety. So who are the players? The publisher is Michael Lance Williams, better known as Cade Michals. H ... More >>

NYC Mag Fast Company Sends Houston Some Monster Love

Note the yellow sticker​Houston is Number One and I am finally contracturally unbound and able to tell the world. Several months ago, an e-mail out of netherspace arrived in my inbox from one Jeff Chu from Fast Company magazine asking if I'd like to write a story for them about living in Hou ... More >>

KBR's Selection As a "Top Employer For Women" Ignites Backlash

Not everyone agress with the KBR pick​Houston's KBR has sent out a press release noting the company had been named one of the 50 top employers for women by Women Engineer magazine. "The readers of Woman Engineer magazine selected the top companies in the country for which they would most pref ... More >>

Charlie Sheen's New Drug Ad

It's all been a crazy marketing scheme!! Expect to see this ad in upcoming issues of Newsweek, AARP Magazine, Reader's Digest and High Times.

Could Kindle Self-Publishing Spark A Zine Revival?

​Almost the first story we wrote for Rocks Off was a nostalgic trip through the old word of zine publishing, those wonderfully Xeroxed newsletters you used to see in music stores published by fans and usually costing about a dollar. We don't know anyone who ever made money off his or her zine ... More >>

H-Town Is Now Hamburger Town

Robb Walsh​Houston is Bayou City, Clutch City, Space City, and now....Hamburger City. Travel and Leisure magazine recently released its 2010 Best Of list, naming Houston the no. 1 metropolis in America for hamburgers. The poll was administered to visitors and residents alike, and in both categ ... More >>

ESPN The Magazine Solves Yao's Foot Problems

Courtesy ESPN The MagazineThe wearing of the green​ ESPN The Magazine has its NBApreview out, and it's partnering with Marvel Comics for the illustrations.Along the way, they've solved the Rockets' problems: Just encase Yao Ming in adamantium.

So Who Hasn't Gotten Naked?

W Magazine: All about the art.​In the latest news from the Land That Talent Forgot, Kim Kardashian has gone starkers for the November issue of W Magazine: Kim Kardashian has bared all on the cover of a fashion magazine. The reality star, who turns 30 on Oct. 21, appears nude on W Magazine's ... More >>

Sheila Jackson Lee, We're Sorry (Really)

Hair Balls regretfully posted this afternoon misleading information about a Washingtonian magazine survey concerning members of Congress.The blog item, which we've taken down, was supposed to be based on the survey the magazine published in its current September 2010 issue. However, the link on t ... More >>

Curve's Franco Stevens: Five Top Moments Of The Iconic Lesbian Magazine

Photo by Paula BeltránMayor Annise Parker crashed the Curve party. See a slideshow of the event.​Founder Franco Stevens is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the iconic national lesbian publication, Curve Magazine, and along with her wife Jen Rainin, brought the party to Houston this weekend. &n ... More >>

Newsweek Picks Officially Troubled HISD High School As One Of Nation's Best

It's failing, but it's great!​Newsweek has come out with its latest ranking of the nation's best high schools, and the Houston school district is crowing that a record number of HISD highs made it.The usual suspects are there -- DeBakey, Carnegie, Bellaire and Lamar -- but joining the list this ye ... More >>

The September Issue: Anna Wintour & the Making of Vogue

A film about the woman behind the most important fashion magazine in the world

Annise Parker Is Almost As Influential As Glenn Beck

Time magazineAnnise Parker's official Time photo, looking stiff but proudly displaying comfortable shoes​Mayor Annise Parker is the 13th Most Influential or 13th Most Something, person in America, according to Time magazine.Time's 2010 list of "the people who most affect our world" is out, and fea ... More >>

Pop Rocks: More Like Hannah "Tetons," Am I Right?

​Sports Illustrated's annual Swimsuit Issue hit newsstands this week. The cover features model Brooklyn Decker, also known as "Mrs. Andy Roddick." That's far from the only athlete connection in this year's issue, however, as several U.S. Olympians (skiers Lindsey Vonn and Lacy Schnoor and snowboa ... More >>

Happy Anniversary Texas Music Magazine, or "Austin and (Maybe) Everything After"

​Towards the end of last week, Rocks Off got the latest issue of Texas Music magazine in the mail, which just happens to mark the quarterly periodical's tenth anniversary. Naturally, as just about every publication does when it reaches such an august milestone - no mean feat for a magazine in this ... More >>

Goodbye Gourmet

​Gourmet, a magazine of "almost biblical status" in the food world, went under this morning after 68 years in print. My editor there, Jane Daniels Lear, brought the magazine most of its Southern writers. I met her at a Southern Foodways Alliance symposium in Oxford, Mississippi. She encouraged ... More >>

Feast and Reef Nab Top Honors Once Again

Feast and Reef have once again been honored at a national level, this time as two of the Best New U.S. Restaurants according to Travel Leisure magazine.  But more than two Houston restaurants were recognized: Textile and Voice also made the list of 50 eateries across the nation honored a ... More >>

Top Ten Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Photos

It's that time of the year, time for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, when young hetero boys first discover the joys of women in bathing suits, when angry mothers and librarians fire off letters to SI decrying the pornography that the magazine has become. In tribute, here's a quick review of ... More >>

Top Ten Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Photos

It's that time of the year, time for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, when young hetero boys first discover the joys of women in bathing suits, when angry mothers and librarians fire off letters to SI decrying the pornography that the magazine has become. In tribute, here's a quick review of ... More >>

Through a Xerox Darkly

The roots of today's blogs lie in funky photocopied zines

Houston Company Gets Sued Over Alleged Magazine-Subscription Scam

The roots of today's blogs lie in funky photocopied zines

Joel Osteen Becomes A Better Profile Subject

The roots of today's blogs lie in funky photocopied zines

What Mainstream Publishers Don't Want You to Know: Cataloguing Grief

Magazine crews and their managers are no strangers to trouble

What Mainstream Publishers Don't Want You to Know About Door-to-Door Magazine Sales

That kid at your door with a magazine order form will tell you a story -- part sad, part hopeful. The truth will be infinitely worse than you can imagine.

Vijay Iyer

This acclaimed young jazz pianist is worth all the accolades the press showers on him

Shuttle Cock

This acclaimed young jazz pianist is worth all the accolades the press showers on him

From the Crafters

This acclaimed young jazz pianist is worth all the accolades the press showers on him

One-Piece? Two-Piece?

This acclaimed young jazz pianist is worth all the accolades the press showers on him

Getting Our Props

Houston Press writers do well in national and state contests

Connect the Dots

Laura Lark takes a jab at women's magazines

Best Chef

Scott Tycer

The In-Tycer

National honors go to the chef at Aries

Mag Hags

What's wrong with the state of music journalism -- and how to fix it

Best Newsstand

Globe News

Overthrow the Revolution

Factory Direct might be the Next Big Thing

Best Poetry Magazine

tongue magazine

Best Newsstand

SuperStand

Real Life

End of the Game? Ralph Lauren 1, POLO Magazine 0

Barney! Biz! Bluebonnets!

And other signs that Texas Monthly's brain trust doesn't have a neuron left

The Patron

Money can't buy love. But it can buy polo.

First in the Nation

Money can't buy love. But it can buy polo.

Sorry, Not an Instant Winner

Money can't buy love. But it can buy polo.

Life after Death?

Money can't buy love. But it can buy polo.

Low Fashion

Robert Altman's Ready to Wear is all dressed up with nowhere to go