Malcolm X

Islamic Indoctrination Comes to Texas, and Heads Straight for Ninth-Grade Girls

Despite our best efforts, it seems Islamism has finally managed to worm its way into East Texas. These small towns dotting the eastern forests, lands heretofore known simply for Friday Night Lights and Christian piety -- the kinds of places that comprise Real America, don'tcha know -- have finally t ... More >>

On Second Thought

Carlton Berry and Quanell X hold a dumb press conference asking Sheriff Garcia for an apology.

Keren Cytter's "Video Art Manual"

Artist displays her witty, eclectic and free-ranging brain at DiverseWorks.

10 Best Modern Political Speeches

We'll be hearing a lot of great speeches this election season, but lets take a second to remember the true giants of political rhetoric. 10. Martin Luther King: I've Been to the Mountaintop King delivered this speech in Memphis, Tennessee the day before he was assassinated. After talking for a whi ... More >>

Tyler Stoddard Smith: Whore Stories

Ask A Rapper: Killa Cal-Wayne's Dissertation On Gangster Rap

The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place -- lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good -- so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask them to explain things. Something you always wanted to ask a rapper? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com. T ... More >>

Five Spot: Houston Video Spotlight

Dudes, it the day after Thanksgiving. You shouldn't be reading junk on the computer. You should be celebrating with your family, talking about how awesome life is and how Rocks Off is just about the best place on the Internet and yeah, yeah, yeah. But since you're here though, let's run through som ... More >>

Bun B Panel Debates Rappers' Social Responsibilities

RizohTuesday's panel (l-r): Tre9, Malice, Lupe Fiasco, Talib Kweli, Trae Tha Truth, Bun B​There was a time when everyone either wanted to be hip-hop or sleep with her. Hip-hop, in her nascent days, was akin to that hot chick everyone wanted to take to the dance. But now that hip-hop is old and ... More >>

Top Five Hip-Hop Foes Turned Friends

Marco Torres​Some rivalries are beyond repair. You'll never catch Kobe and Shaq trading smiles at a joint family picnic. 50 Cent and The Game will still be mugging at each other at the 2021 VH1 Hip-Hop Honors. Batman will always despise that sonamabitch The Joker. Truth be told, hip-hop is a ... More >>

30 Seconds With B L A C K I E

​Rocks Off sat down with one of Houston's foremost rappers, B L A C K I E, to see what we could learn about him in 30 seconds. Rocks Off: What is the worst song in the world? B L A C K I E: "Heart of The Heartland." The last song on Songs In The Key Of Z, Vol. 2. Love Love Love it. RO: Wh ... More >>

Houston's Top Tweeting Musicians

​This week's Houston Press cover feature is about Twitter and its implications, for better or worse, within the social-media world. For "The Twitterverse," we spoke with Twitter stars from Houston and Dallas, asking them how they use the site daily and what could be different about their experienc ... More >>

The Art of Cool

The CAMH features a fascinating, talented and not easily categorized artist.

The Urban Dictionary, It Ain't What It Used To Be

​There was a time not so many years ago when we would immediately turn to the Urban Dictionary when we wanted to find out what, say, a Cleveland Steamer was, or maybe the definition of a Hot Karl (the two are not entirely unrelated). Practices we did not engage in, and which our friends would not ... More >>

Capsule Art Reviews: "Body in Fragments", "Exit Art Portfolio Collection", "Perspectives 168: Anna Krachey, Jessica Mallios, and Adam Schreiber", "Recent Accessions in Design"

David Duke Is Mad At Us; We Try To Muddle Through Life Anyway

​It's a red-letter day in our journalistic career. For the first time in our career, we are being called out in print by a former presidential candidate.Under the headline "The Eternal Life of a Lie," the would-be president and former state representative begins thusly: Sometimes when I read all ... More >>

"Round 3"

The works in Lawndale's Studio Program exhibit depict everything from eyelashes to James Byrd

Turning the Screw: H.I.S.D., Trae, Lupe Fiasco, Prodigy, Soulja Boy, Roy Jones Jr., Ice Cube and More

The Station Showcases Work "Defending Democracy"

Making Change

Live Shots: The Houston International Festival, Take Two

Fantastic 4

The CAMH showcases a group of highly individual Houston artists

Origin of Innocence

The New World boldly reclaims the Pocahontas tale from Disney

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Wigged Gigs

A selection of some of the wildest, weirdest, and most dangerous bands and shows in Houston history

Oh, Say Can You See

The Star Spangles regurgitate the best of a punky rock stew

Lighting Seven Up

Party with purpose at "Illume"

No Free Meals?

Plus: Movie Props, Blame the Magnets, Crossed Out

Queen of Pain

Julie Taymor and Salma Hayek paint a spectacular portrait of Frida Kahlo

The Malcolm X Files

Spike Lee's scathing satire of network television goes out with a bang

Forget It

Jerry Bruckheimer wants to be taken seriously with Remember the Titans. You can stop laughing now.

Feel for the Real

Burning Spear's gimmick-free reggae has all the earmarks of home

The Johnson Treatment

Council candidate presides over a rather unique substance abuse program

Holiday Gestures

Rotation

Rotation

Robin Hoodlum

Neighborhood Values

The Ensemble puts Two Trains Running on the right track

Press Picks

Would You Buy a Revolution From This Man?

Is Quanell X the new Malcolm? Or does he just want you to think so?

Liberty, Fraternity, Gastronomy

At the Avenue Grill, all things are created equal, and tasty

Talk It Up

Spike Lee works the phone-sex lines, but loses his connection

Running Out of Time

With Clockers, Spike Lee givesa touching, and harrowing, view of inner-city life

Cat Man Dues

Panther is a sincere, but self-defeating, exercise

Press Picks

Press Picks

Rotation

Uurrpp!

Kevin Costner makes a mess of a cowboy legend

Hat Trick

Fear of a Black Hat is no Spinal Tap -- but it comes close

City Life, Family Strife

Spike Lee returns to old haunts, and old ways, in Crooklyn

The Second-Movie Itch

Two black filmmakers try new territories, with mixed results

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