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April 26, 2012I made an analogy on my radio show this morning on 1560 The Game that the NFL Draft tonight is like Christmas Day for many NFL fans. Air of anticipation, excitement of the unknown, food, it's all there. (My co-host, John Granato, compared it to Hanukkah because it's played out over several days, but ... More >>
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March 16, 2012If you are here in Austin for SXSW you know that this place has just devolved into free cereal, Doritos, and Red Bull on the streets, which are bathed in lasers from the tops of buildings. Plus there are screaming humans of all ages, races, sizes, and creeds on the streets almost 20 hours a day. Whe ... More >>
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February 27, 2012When I think about sushi, I think about my time in the Far East, and I think about something that looks like this:
Supermarkets have been trying to capitalize of late upon the massive popularity of sushi. You can't go into a grocery store anymore without seeing a sushi-dedicated kiosk or deli count ... More >>
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February 17, 2012When you grow up in a house devoid of religion you turn out...well, click the author's link and you'll see how you turn out. Some people think you are free of delusions and dogma, others consider you devoid of an important moral core. We couldn't tell you which is true, or both, or neither. In an Am ... More >>
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February 3, 2012This is not a lament for the old days, Okay? We're very grateful for the endlessly forward march of video game progress, and if anyone tries to tell you that the classic era was superior, then beat them in the face with a Jaguar controller until it breaks. The modern world has full-motion capture co ... More >>
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January 12, 2012This is not a lament for the old days, Okay? We're very grateful for the endlessly forward march of video game progress, and if anyone tries to tell you that the classic era was superior, then beat them in the face with a Jaguar controller until it breaks. The modern world has full-motion capture co ... More >>
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September 23, 2011Today is the 122nd anniversary of the founding of Nintendo. Yes, you read that right. Nintendo is older than the automobile, Dracula, and the country of Iraq. In a just world, we would brave an abandoned warehouse haunted by tentacle monsters in order to win a cache of steampunk video-game ha ... More >>
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April 6, 2011Baaaaaaby Ruth!!!It's Astros season again, which more than likely means copious losses, manly tears, beer bottles broken over televisions, and the testicular fortitude of a snake-charmer to get through nine innings of a game without the aid of alcohol, narcotics, or a distracting game of Angr ... More >>
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November 4, 2010Testing the new fad drink
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September 29, 2010Photos by Jody PerryCocoRosie
Fitzgerald's
September 28, 2010
A kaleidoscope of musical and visual colors filled up the second floor of Fitzgerald's Tuesday evening as Bianca and Sierra Cassady of CocoRosie performed a nearly two-hour set for an enthusiastic crowd. Still glowing from the new ... More >>
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May 12, 2010Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to sheaserrano@gmail.com.
Summerfest, the mega-music fe ... More >>
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March 22, 2010Photos by Mark C. AustinJustin Bieber
What kind of blog crew follows a five-day SXSW music binge with a double shot of power-pop built for those born in the second Clinton administration? Why Rocks Off, of course. Think of it as a preemptive inoculation for the two minutes or so of post-SXSW, pre ... More >>
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December 9, 2009Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com.
If we may be candid fo ... More >>
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November 17, 2009 Ho, Ho, Ho! For this, the most somber of holiday seasons, our dear friends Nintendo have found have their nostalgic side. With their recent release of Super Mario Brothers Wii, and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks -- due out December 3 -- Nintendo has gone back to two originals that helped sta ... More >>
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October 29, 2009Plastilina Mosh has a new CD out, All U Need Is Mosh, on Nacional Records, and brings its international sound to Houston Thursday for a free concert with Venezuela's Los Amigos Invisibles. That's right, it's free - all it costs is a very worthwhile trip outside the Loop.
Rocks Off hasn't picked u ... More >>
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June 18, 2009Plastilina Mosh has a new CD out, All U Need Is Mosh, on Nacional Records, and brings its international sound to Houston Thursday for a free concert with Venezuela's Los Amigos Invisibles. That's right, it's free - all it costs is a very worthwhile trip outside the Loop.
Rocks Off hasn't picked u ... More >>
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November 12, 2008Plastilina Mosh has a new CD out, All U Need Is Mosh, on Nacional Records, and brings its international sound to Houston Thursday for a free concert with Venezuela's Los Amigos Invisibles. That's right, it's free - all it costs is a very worthwhile trip outside the Loop.
Rocks Off hasn't picked u ... More >>
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October 2, 2008This synthefied duo brings musical chaos to The Mink
Home Entertainment
July 24, 2008E3 revelations are hit and miss — unless you really dig chopping wood
Home Entertainment
June 26, 2008Home Entertainment
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May 29, 2008Helping the world forget we once loved Thigh Masters, too
Home Entertainment
May 8, 2008Nothing you haven't seen, but still a welcome sight
Home Entertainment
April 17, 2008House of the Dead returns for the Wii, stiff as ever
Home Entertainment
March 20, 2008Home Entertainment
December 20, 2007How yesterday's games spawned today's best-sellers
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November 29, 2007A breathtaking journey through space revives Super Mario
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October 25, 2007It's five great games for $60 – shoot first and ask questions later
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September 20, 2007Metroid Prime 3 is the best you can get for the Wii
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August 23, 2007Soccer gets a surreal twist in Mario Strikers Charged
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August 16, 2007Picross DS illustrates that there’s life after Sudoku
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July 12, 2007The Wii's Big Brain Academy makes summer school cool
Music
March 1, 2007Stuff you need to know to avoid musical ostracism
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February 22, 2007There's more than one way to play with your Wii
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January 4, 2007Twilight Princess is the best Zelda ever.
Music
December 21, 2006Stuff You Need to Know to Avoid Musical Ostracism
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December 14, 2006Nintendo finally gets 1-Up on the competition.
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July 13, 2006Like the anime, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja is goofy fun
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June 15, 2006Home Entertainment
May 25, 2006The five biggest attention-getters at E3
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May 18, 2006Can Nintendo really make you smarter?
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March 23, 2006Sega's Hedgehog goes back to the grind...yawn
Home Entertainment
February 23, 2006Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is guilty of being bizarre fun.
Music
January 26, 2006Who was responsible for the best music of the 1980s? Nintendo. Who's finally discovering it? Everyone.
Home Entertainment
December 15, 2005Microsoft's Xbox 360 fires the first shot in the next-gen console war
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November 11, 1999Microsoft's Xbox 360 fires the first shot in the next-gen console war
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December 25, 1997For years, Harriet Ball miraculously boosted the test scores of academically at-risk kids in Houston. Finally, educators across the country are taking note.
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August 31, 1995For years, Harriet Ball miraculously boosted the test scores of academically at-risk kids in Houston. Finally, educators across the country are taking note.
Film
August 11, 1994The return of Hollywood's most famous dog and pony show
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July 28, 1994The return of Hollywood's most famous dog and pony show
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