Robert Wuhl

An Afternoon with the Artists

Four Gung-Ho Patriotic Tunes That Are Actually British

​Monday, July 4th, you'll celebrate Independence Day. We say you'll celebrate it because we will have already done our celebrating on the proper day... July 2. That's the day the Continental Congress voted to tell King George III to kiss their grits. It's true that the Declaration of Independe ... More >>

Pop Rocks: 5 Lead TV Characters We'd Rather Kill Than...That Other Guy

Up against the wall, Arliss.​Last weekend on [that show we won't name here because we've been writing way too much about it] there was a pretty shocking development: one of - if not *the*- main character of the series was killed off. Offing a beloved television figure isn't an uncommon tacti ... More >>

Material World: Five High-Life Holiday Videos for Your Broke, Unemployed Ass

​ Only 29 shopping days until Christmas. More to the point, it's less than a month until we don't have to hear that goddamned barking dogs version of "Jingle Bells" and can stop forcing ourselves to be nice to each other for another year. We at Rocks Off know times are tough. Unemployment is still ... More >>

60 Minutes Is Very Mean To A UH Alum

It's not often a UH alum gets a big profile on 60 Minutes, unless it's Tom DeLay.But last night the venerable news magazine profiled Julian Schnabel, the artist/film director who was nominated for an Academy Award last year the The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.So how'd he come off?Pretty shitty, ac ... More >>

Good News: Dale Petroskey Is Out of the Baseball Hall of Fame

It's not often a UH alum gets a big profile on 60 Minutes, unless it's Tom DeLay.But last night the venerable news magazine profiled Julian Schnabel, the artist/film director who was nominated for an Academy Award last year the The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.So how'd he come off?Pretty shitty, ac ... More >>

Baseball's Rough Beast

It's not often a UH alum gets a big profile on 60 Minutes, unless it's Tom DeLay.But last night the venerable news magazine profiled Julian Schnabel, the artist/film director who was nominated for an Academy Award last year the The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.So how'd he come off?Pretty shitty, ac ... More >>