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March 27, 2012
Summer Fest Ticket Prices Go Up At 10 p.m.; More Talent "Soon-Ish"
Free Press Summer Fest is increasing ticket prices tonight, with a promise to compensate by adding more talent to the two-day music festival on the banks of Buffalo Bayou. According to FPSF's email blast this morning, the price of passes will go up at 10 p.m. tonight, and the festival will announce ... More >>
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March 8, 2012
Kid Flix Mix 2011
Free Press Summer Fest is increasing ticket prices tonight, with a promise to compensate by adding more talent to the two-day music festival on the banks of Buffalo Bayou. According to FPSF's email blast this morning, the price of passes will go up at 10 p.m. tonight, and the festival will announce ... More >>
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February 16, 2012
Children of Bodom
Free Press Summer Fest is increasing ticket prices tonight, with a promise to compensate by adding more talent to the two-day music festival on the banks of Buffalo Bayou. According to FPSF's email blast this morning, the price of passes will go up at 10 p.m. tonight, and the festival will announce ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
The Tyranny of Choice: Top 5 Single-Dish Restaurants I Want to See in 2012
I was happy to read Katharine's Shilcutt's piece on the single-dish restaurant trend for several reasons. First, I generally love the idea of specialty shops and sometimes long for the days when grocery shopping meant going to the butcher, then the cheese-monger, then the bakery, etc., etc., rather ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Refused Are Not Fucking Dead, Playing Coachella
Photo via officialrefused.comHolyshitholyshitholyshit. As if the news of the At The Drive In reunion wasn't enough, Refused is back. The trailblazing hardcore band that called it quits in 1998 have reassembled and in a statement on their site, confirmed that they're playing Coachella as well ... More >>
Film
December 22, 2011
New Girl in Town
Rooney Mara takes control of the Stieg Larsson juggernaut in Dragon Tattoo.
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December 22, 2011
The Film Issue
Looking back on the year in movies, and what's coming in 2012.
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November 1, 2011
This Just In: SXSW Announces First Round Of 2012 Showcasing Bands, Including Fat Tony and Something Fierce
Photo By Marco TorresFat Tony at a day show at SXSW '11Sweet lord, it's not even Thanksgiving yet and South By Southwest is making us excited for March in Austin already. Today the industry festival announced a few bands coming to the capitol city next year, and a few Houston names and Rocks ... More >>
Culture
October 6, 2011
SPECIAL GOOD GABACHO/EVIL ALABAMA EDITION
When Should You Use Usted instead of Tú And Are the Letters in this Column Real??
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October 5, 2011
Chef Chat, Part 1: Soren Pedersen of Sorrel Urban Bistro, On Culinary School in Denmark
In late July, Sorrel Urban Bistro opened in the old Ziggy's Healthy Grille space at Greenbriar and West Alabama. In the open kitchen, Chef Soren Pedersen can be seen every day, turning out some of the most beautifully plated food in the city. We were curious about this newcomer to the Houston resta ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
Eight Businesses We Expect Will Be Getting Custom Texas License Plates Soon
We recently wrote about a new crop of Texas license plates with a variety of themes, most of them sports related. One of the designs, however, was for the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain that isn't even based in the Lone Star State. We certainly understand the passion of a sports fan, but ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
Ben & Jerry Whip Out Their Schweddy Balls: Five Other Pervy Food Names
sheknows.comNeat. Good times. Ben & Jerry have exposed their newest, limited-batch flavor "Schweddy Balls" based on the mock-NPR SNL sketch starring Alec Baldwin because "It's never too early to start celebrating the holiday season." (Wasn't it just Labor Day?) According to the company sit ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
Your Musical Word of the Day: Calenture
John Oxley LibraryClipper Ship BlackadderDefinition: A fever, specifically a fever that was supposed to affect sailors on long sea voyages to the tropics. The fever caused hallucinations that the ocean was actually a green field, and sailors would attempt to jump down to it only to drown. The ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
James Rollins: The Devil Colony
John Oxley LibraryClipper Ship BlackadderDefinition: A fever, specifically a fever that was supposed to affect sailors on long sea voyages to the tropics. The fever caused hallucinations that the ocean was actually a green field, and sailors would attempt to jump down to it only to drown. The ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Houston Is an International "City of Opportunity"
There's opportunity in them thar skyscrapers.A big new report by PwC, which used to be PriceWaterhouseCoopers, says Houston is one of 26 "Cities of Opportunity" in the world today. The only other American cities: New York, LA, Chicago and San Francisco. Pretty classy company. We came in 11 ... More >>
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March 22, 2011
Guitarist Brian Robertson Loves Thin Lizzy, Texas Women
As one half of Thin Lizzy's legendary "twin guitar" classic lineup in the mid- to late '70s, Scottish guitarist Brian "Robbo" Robertson started to make an impact on classic-rock history while still a teenager. That's him shredding on the legendary break in Lizzy's most popular (and, alas, al ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
The Asle Roe Trio
As one half of Thin Lizzy's legendary "twin guitar" classic lineup in the mid- to late '70s, Scottish guitarist Brian "Robbo" Robertson started to make an impact on classic-rock history while still a teenager. That's him shredding on the legendary break in Lizzy's most popular (and, alas, al ... More >>
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January 5, 2011
A Musical Field Guide To National Bird Day
yourfashion.comToday is National Bird Day, and we are all gonna celebrate. Every year bird enthusiasts pick this day to promote bird watching, XTREME bird watching, bird adoption, and just plain ol' loving the unholy hell out of birds. All kidding aside, the holiday is dedicated to raising aw ... More >>
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November 16, 2010
Royal Wedding: The Five Hottest Royal Brides In History
Hair Balls was positively ecstatic to learn that Prince William is getting hitched to longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton. Although the wedding isn't planned until 2011, we're already worrying over what to wear, and what to get the happy couple (we're pretty sure they'll register at Target). But in t ... More >>
Film
November 4, 2010
Greed, Interrupted
Part meltdown memoir, part essential finger pointing, Inside Job will make you seethe.
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August 4, 2010
Houston Slammed By European Travel Blog: We're Boooorrring
But...but...there's the Kemah Boardwalk!!Among world cities, in which category does Houston rank second only to Brussels, the capital of the European Union? Tedium, at least according to the European Union-funded wiki blog OpenTravel. According to "Chili," an English-language challenged scr ... More >>
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July 8, 2010
Nekromantix
But...but...there's the Kemah Boardwalk!!Among world cities, in which category does Houston rank second only to Brussels, the capital of the European Union? Tedium, at least according to the European Union-funded wiki blog OpenTravel. According to "Chili," an English-language challenged scr ... More >>
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July 8, 2010
A Royal ABBA Salute And Other Scandinavian Musical Delights
Photos by Brittanie SheyThe Royal Band outside Stockholm PalaceVälkommen from Scandinavia! More specifically, Gothenburg, Sweden, the country's "second city" and home to some of Rocks Off's favorite bands from recent years, including El Perro Del Mar, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives and The Knif ... More >>
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May 7, 2010
Bun B Hurt At Gumball 3000 Rally Concert
Careful there, Bun.Bun B jumps onstage at Houston-area hip-hop concerts so often that the idea of the II Trill rapper getting hurt under the lights is almost inconceivable. But apparently that's what has happened. Allhiphop.com is reporting that Bun, whose presence will no doubt be missed at toni ... More >>
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May 3, 2010
Houston's Anne-Kathrine Ubberud Learns The Hard Way About Immigration Law
America, you will soon be free of this (we assume) terroristEver-vigilant of illegal aliens taking over our state and country, Hair Balls jumped at the chance to look into the case of Anne-Kathrine Ubberud, a Norwegian citizen who will have to leave Houston Wednesday, after 17 years in the U.S.Ub ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
Nature's Revenge: Tunes For A Vengeful Planet
Photo illustration by John Seaborn Gray We like to think of the planet we live on as "Mother" Earth, a caring, nurturing parent figure who we thoughtlessly abuse. Well, we at Rocks Off don't know if you've noticed, but Mom ain't exactly helpless. In fact, sometimes she seems less like a benevolen ... More >>
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April 21, 2010
For San Jacinto Day: Five Victories More Lopsided Than The Texas Army's
I probably didn't need to remind you that today is the 174th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, where Sam Houston led the Texas Army to victory over the forces of General Antonio López de Santa Anna. The battle brought an end to the bloody Texas Revolution, and made siestas unfashiona ... More >>
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April 19, 2010
For Eyjaf...Eyjafj...For that Iceland Volcano, Five Crappy Magma-Laden Movies
As you've probably heard by now, the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano erupting in Iceland is causing some problems across the pond: EU transport ministers are to hold emergency talks by video conference on easing the volcanic ash cloud chaos paralysing air travel across Europe. Sixty-three thousan ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
Would YOU Let A Band That Looks Like This Entertain Your Children?
www.hevisaurus.com Rocks Off just thought we'd ask. Because if so - and you live in Finland, and are, like, the CEO of Nokia or something - Hevisaurus will probably play your kid's next birthday party. These GWAR-meets-Barney boys come to us from over at Dlisted, where they're today's winners of ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
"Perspectives: An Intercultural View on American Values"
Artists from around the world look at the elements that bind Americans together
Blogs
March 20, 2010
SXSW Aftermath: Pirate Love's Proto-Punk, Codiene Velvet Club's Swinging Harmonies Carry The Night At Rusty Spurs
Photos by Adam P. NewtonAftermath is quite the fan of tromping across the whole of downtown Austin, moving from one day party to the next. The point of those events is to provide people with an unending stream of options so as to gain a fairly decent glimpse of what's happening in current mus ... More >>
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March 11, 2010
Cocio Mudslides
We all love free samples, right? True, sometimes they make you want to throw that flimsy little toothpick right back at the poor old lady who made you put a gummy piece of "beef" stroganoff in your mouth. But other times, things turn out rather well, and you end up discovering something new a ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
3 Short Films by the Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble
Movement, movies and music capture a moment in the MBDE's evolution
Calendar
April 9, 2009
Dance Salad Festival
Believe the hype (not the name)
Calendar
March 5, 2009
Casseroles and Cocktails: A 1950s Themed Aurora House Party
Web exclusive!
Dining
December 25, 2008
The United Nations of Food at Phoenicia Specialty Foods
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Music
January 17, 2008
MySpaced Out
Our social-network scout sizes up some all-female Scandinavian bands
Calendar
November 8, 2007
UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra
Conductor Charles Dutoit and pianist Martha Argerich join the international youth orchestra for a world tour
Calendar
September 6, 2007
“Array”
Birds, words and persona moments make up CTRL Gallery’s latest exhibition
Calendar
July 19, 2007
The Spy in the Mes
Polka just got a whole lot cooler
Calendar
May 24, 2007
“A Thing Called Early Blur”
This exhibit is a product of Reykjavík
Culture
October 19, 2006
Whistling Mexicans
This exhibit is a product of Reykjavík
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April 13, 2006
A Heavy Salad
This exhibit is a product of Reykjavík
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February 2, 2006
They're Burning Up
This exhibit is a product of Reykjavík
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January 5, 2006
Sun and Skin
This exhibit is a product of Reykjavík
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December 12, 2002
The Most Extreme Sport of All
Bike messengers converge in Houston for some extreme competition
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