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Philip Glass

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Project Armageddon: The Phillip Glass Of Metal

    Project Armageddon has an album out, an eight-song collection of a particularly unique brand of stripped-down metal called Tides of Doom. As you may have judged from the name, it's not a sunshine-and-daffodils opus, but rather a bald, stark look at a world careening towards a destruction that it mor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    You Have to Love Your Job: Jiro Dreams of Sushi

    Before you go to see Jiro Dreams of Sushi -- which you absolutely should, and at your earliest convenience before it leaves town on April 22 -- know one thing: This is not a movie about sushi. One could be forgiven for thinking that it is. After all, there are roughly 100 shots -- many of them verg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2012

    Last Night: Radiohead At Toyota Center

    Radiohead Toyota Center March 3, 2012 Radiohead just doesn't add up. The band has effectively turned its back on the music business, pioneering alternative methods of distribution of its music to fans (most of it online), short-circuiting the traditional promotional apparatus by releasing last year ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    10 Bizarre (And Surprisingly Expensive) Ways to Hide a Cat Litter Box

    What are you looking at, bitch?​I have cats. Yes, I'm a 40-something man with cats. You got a problem? What I have learned over the years is that the biggest pain in the ass when dealing with cats is the litter box. Hair is annoying. Vet bills can be expensive. But the foul ammonia smell of ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Gem Club: You Will All Die Sexless and Alone

    ​We've been searching for a while for something as disturbingly beautiful as the Irrepressibles' "The Lady is Dead" video. We haven't found it in Gem Club's "252," but it is pretty damned close. It's never going be beautiful because there is just too much pain in it. Granted, there is no true ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    10 Songs For Pissed-Off Travelers

    This spring, Austin honky-tonker and Pasadena native Dale Watson had some dates in Australia and made the mistake of booking a flight from Sydney to Melbourne on Singapore-based budget carrier Tiger Airways. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, not only did the airline charge Watson a $500 exce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Radiohead's King Of Limbs Unfocused, Fleeting

    ​This morning, Rocks Off unwrapped Radiohead's newest release, The King of Limbs, an album whose existence was just announced this past Monday. In the old-school music industry, a record would be announced and you would suffer through months of interviews, video premieres, and reading reviews ... More >>

  • Music

    December 2, 2010

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    ​This morning, Rocks Off unwrapped Radiohead's newest release, The King of Limbs, an album whose existence was just announced this past Monday. In the old-school music industry, a record would be announced and you would suffer through months of interviews, video premieres, and reading reviews ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 2, 2010

    7th Jubilee of Dance

    ​This morning, Rocks Off unwrapped Radiohead's newest release, The King of Limbs, an album whose existence was just announced this past Monday. In the old-school music industry, a record would be announced and you would suffer through months of interviews, video premieres, and reading reviews ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Seven Modern Bands We'd Like To See At The Symphony

    ​This evening at Jones Hall, the Houston Symphony will be playing the music of Queen. Pretty fitting, considering the grand, orchestra-friendly nature of many Queen songs. However, there are a slew of other bands whose oeuvres Rocks Off would like to see interpreted by a symphony, and they're ... More >>

  • Film

    March 25, 2010

    Barnes and Ignobles

    The battle over a Philadelphia art collection — as culture, money and power collide — in The Art of the Steal.

  • Film

    January 7, 2010

    Strike a Pose

    Tom Ford's A Single Man: It's better to look good than to be good.

  • Music

    December 31, 2009

    Live with Me

    The best Houston concerts of 2009: U2, George Strait, Kid Cudi, Jandek, Peaches and even T-Pain.

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    The Top 20 Freaks You'll Meet at Ren Fest

    We went to the Texas Renaissance Festival in Plantersville this weekend to attend our cousin's wedding, and wouldn't you know we brought a camera along to document through our drunkenly narrow and judging eyes all the WTF-ery walking amongst the trees. Secretly we wish we could also don a pair of ti ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2009

    Richard Alston Dance Company

    Dance like you want to

  • Culture

    October 1, 2009

    Thrilling Tharp

    The Houston Ballet's strong, talented dancers rock in this rep program.

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2009

    Houston Ballet: "Without Boundaries"

    Houston Ballet's latest spread mixes classical and contemporary

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2009

    The Power of Movement

    Every top dance company in town comes together for a whirlwind concert

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    Eyeballin': Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

    A shy and awkward Iowan prairie boy sits down in front of the camera somewhere in late 1970s New York, and out comes one of the most enigmatic and genre-confounding voices of our time. Recently released DVD Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell is less of a documentary and more of a dee ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    Jubilee of Dance

    They can’t take ballet away from me

  • Calendar

    October 9, 2008

    "Perspectives 163: Every Sound You Can Imagine"

    The CAMH showcases jazz on paper

  • Calendar

    June 5, 2008

    “Deeply Rooted”

    Houston’s newest dance troupe, Urban Souls Dance Company, makes its debut

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2008

    Without Air: Choreography Is King, But Where’s the Star Power?

    Houston’s newest dance troupe, Urban Souls Dance Company, makes its debut

  • Calendar

    May 22, 2008

    Three Classics, Five Tangos

    The Houston Ballet presents a trio of premieres

  • Film

    January 24, 2008
  • Calendar

    October 18, 2007

    Eleanor Sandresky’s A Sleeper’s Dream

    The composer/performance artist/pianist presents a piano ballet

  • Culture

    September 27, 2007

    The Art Guys, "Cloud Cuckoo Land"

    The Art Guys share 25 years of "drawings, proposals, failed schemes and pipe dreams"

  • Film

    August 17, 2006

    The Illusionist

    Eerie melodrama explores the dark arts in turn-of-the-century Vienna

  • Film

    February 16, 2006

    Blood Business

    Why We Fight probes America's passion for war

  • Music

    May 19, 2005

    Drums and Tuba

    Sunday, May 22, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh Drive, 713-521-0521.

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2004

    HUSH Money

    Big cash is in the cards at the Houston Hold 'Em Tournament

  • Calendar

    December 18, 2003

    Stoot Session

    Corey Stoot's jazz guitar brings live music back to the club scene

  • Calendar

    September 25, 2003

    Rev Up

    Motorcycle rally comes to Galveston

  • Film

    January 16, 2003

    Sour Hours

    Streep, Moore and Kidman reveal that it's sad to be sad

  • Music

    January 11, 2001

    Swamp Thing

    Out of the soup of southern Louisiana comes a collection of Cajun all-stars with an indescribably sweet sound

  • Music

    November 2, 2000

    Vampire Music

    The Kronos Quartet presents a Philip Glass score for the 1931 movie classic Dracula

  • Calendar

    December 9, 1999

    Out There

    The Kronos Quartet presents a Philip Glass score for the 1931 movie classic Dracula

  • Calendar

    March 18, 1999

    Gods and Monsters

    The Kronos Quartet presents a Philip Glass score for the 1931 movie classic Dracula

  • Calendar

    April 16, 1998

    Night & Day

    April 16 - 22, 1998

  • Music

    February 19, 1998

    Rotation

    April 16 - 22, 1998

  • Calendar

    October 30, 1997

    Press Picks

    April 16 - 22, 1998

  • Music

    September 25, 1997

    The Reich Stuff

    A new boxed set gives minimalist Steve Reich maximum exposure

  • Music

    June 20, 1996

    Rotation

    A new boxed set gives minimalist Steve Reich maximum exposure

  • Culture

    September 29, 1994

    Three to the Beat

    Peter Martins' Waltz Project gets its Houston debut

  • Culture

    September 15, 1994

    Conversation Piece

    The Alley's All in the Timing examines the pains and pleasures of language

  • Music

    August 11, 1994

    Rotation

    The Alley's All in the Timing examines the pains and pleasures of language

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