Princess Diana

Rocket Man: Elton John's 5 Greatest Characters

Great songwriters create great characters. Elton John has a plethora in his songs some real like Princess Diana, and others purely fictional. The stories he tells in his songs are what makes him one of the greatest artists ever to come from Great Britain. His characterizations have even been celebr ... More >>

Best-Selling Single Of All Time "Candle In The Wind 1997" Turns 15 Years Old

Re-written in the wake of his friend Princess Diana's car accident death on August 31, 1997, Elton John's "Candle In The Wind" was merely a maudlin tribute to Marilyn Monroe before tragedy struck. Diana died from her wounds in a Paris road tunnel crash, along with her boyfriend Dodi Fayed, and the d ... More >>

Woodlands Wine & Food Week to Take Place June 4 to 10

Food and wine lovers, rejoice. Just a few short days away is a big-time celebration of gourmet cuisine and marvelous vino. The annual Woodlands festival, put on by the event-planning extraordinaires at Food and Vine Time Productions, and now in its eighth year, is slated to draw more than 10,000 att ... More >>

Chef Chat Part 2: Ronnie Killen -- He's Just a Big, Sensitive Guy

Ronnie Killen Killen's Steakhouse 2804 South Main, Pearland 281-485-0844 www.killenssteakhouse.com This is the second of a three-part chef chat series. Click here to read part one. As I talked more with Chef Ronnie Killen, a picture emerged of a man who is humble, soft-spoken and sensitive, with ... More >>

How Bizarre: How the Hell Are These Songs All 15 Years Old?

"Simple. Fifteen years have gone by." Nineteen ninety-seven may have been one of the most magical years in trash-pop history. You had the Spice Girls, Hanson, Shania Twain, Puff Daddy, Toni Braxton and Aqua burning up the radio as old-timers like David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac and Elton John made retu ... More >>

Tears In Heaven: The 10 Best Songs To Come Out Of Tragedy

Since the dawn of time, great art has been birthed out of great tragedy, happening numerous times with playwrights, artists, and musicians. In many ways, expressing grief through music serves as a healing agent that gets the artist through tough things such as the loss of a loved one. It also helps ... More >>

No-Fun Number Ones: The Worst Chart Toppers Since Tiffany

It's no secret that chart success is no real guarantor of musical quality. Hell, "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" went number one way back in 1952, pissing kids off so badly that they had to invent rock 'n roll. Twenty-five years ago this week, however, Billboard reached a new low when m ... More >>

Charles in Charge

Readers debate the real Mayor of Montrose.

(Not The) Royal Wedding Playlist

​Planning a wedding is a real pain in the ass. Rocks Off knows, because we (and our fiancée) were forced by geographic and financial issues to do 99 percent of the legwork for our own nuptials. There's the usual stuff like reception location, whether you're going to make up your own vows, and ... More >>

Prince William: Who's Playing The Royal Wedding?

Now, if it were Prince Harry's wedding...​Sorry, ladies. Prince William is (almost!) officially off the market. When the future King of England officially announced his engagement to girlfriend Kate Middleton earlier today, Rocks Off instantly envisioned potential entertainers for the couple' ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 1: Ronnie Killen of Killen's Steakhouse

​We caught up with Certified Executive Chef Ronnie Killen of Pearland's Killen's Steakhouse to discuss what it was like interviewing with the White House and the reason for a steakhouse in Pearland, of all places. EOW: I understand that back in 2005, you were one of the finalists vying to be ... More >>

Turning the Screw: Von Won, Lil O, Ludacris, Flo Rida, the Roots, Suge Knight, Too $hort, The Kanye, Ghostface Killah and More

Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies.       (Churchy) Single of the Week:  "I Love You," Von Won     Wire To Wire     ... More >>

Royally Screwed: The Duchess

Lady Georgiana Spencer, cheated in life and in casting

Happy Belated Birthday, Morrissey

Get Lit: The Diana Chronicles, by Tina Brown

Five Wonders of the World

The Princess Diaries

The HMNS presents a phenomenon that just won't Di

Sold Out

At the MFAH and the HMNS, it's all about the bottom line

Big Mac

TV huckster McIngvale moves hearts as well as mattresses

Elton John

Saturday, March 26, at the Toyota Center, 1510 Polk, 713-758-7200

This Charming Hombre

Morrissey's mad love among Mexican-Americans

The Unlikely Lambs

Carandiru reveals the human side of Brazilian prisoners, then leads us to their slaughter

For Love of the Game

Kevin Costner doesn't make friends. He makes movies, dang it.

Burying the Past

A farewell slap to a Chronicle columnist

Tango and Cash

Chicago dances its way through the origins of the celebrity crook

The Last Stand

After decades of delivering what downtown readers wanted, the old Globe has given up

Emma Goes to France

Amélie sends Jane Austen's best-loved heroine on a wild ride

Drag King

Actor-comic Eddie Izzard just wants to be loved

More of the Same

Houston braces for an invasion of TV news

Left For Dead

Tracey Deel was shot a dozen times by two teens who wanted her car. She dragged herself the length of three football fields determined not to be just another homocide statistic.

End the Innocence

Don Henley -- Stereolab

Mommy's little angel

Marshall Ball can't talk. So he listens to God. Everyone else listens to Marshall.

Tear Down

Mattress Mac waves good-bye to two decades' worth of home

Time Sensitive

Main Street should place Cole Porter's Jubilee back on its dusty shelf

The Sweet Hereafter

Theater LaB produces an almost winsome take on grief and loss with Hushabye Mountain

Night & Day

February 25 - March 3, 1999

Night & Day

June 4- 10, 1998

Geezer Follies

Aging and creaking, the Rockets prove better at entertainment than basketball, on and off the court

Alison Cook looks back at 1997: The Year That Bit

Tea at the di Portanovas'

What excess comes with riches? A tea party reveals all -- almost

Reassuringly Swiss

The Swiss Inn dispenses conservative verities and the mother of all chicken-fried steaks