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Capsule Stage Reviews: Avenue Q, Black Coffee, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Dog Act, Life Could Be a Dream, The Lion King, Tamarie Cooper's DOOMSDAY REVUE (the greatest musical ever)

True Blood: Steampunk and Strippers

Alan Ball was known for his masterful use of music in Six Feet Under. He's lost none of his touch when it comes to his current HBO series, True Blood -- which happens to be set in the Louisiana swamps, not terribly far from Houston. If you came to the column this week expecting me to offer an in-d ... More >>

Avenue Q

A Showcase Of Inappropriately Dubbed Puppet Musicians

I spend an unfortunately large amount of time on two activities. No. 1, I am paid under the table by the felt lobby to promote puppet music. No. 2, I have an irresistible compulsion to ruin children's entertainment. It's not that I'm a bad person; it's that I'm a horrible person who must ruin all t ... More >>

Sesame Street Live: Elmo Makes Music: Everything Old Is New...ish Again

If Sesame Street's red, eternally three-year-old Muppet seems less ubiquitous these days than he did during the "Tickle Me Elmo" hysteria of the late '90s, well, he's got a lot more competition. Sure, plenty of kids still want to be shown how to get, how to get to Sesame Street, but nowadays there a ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Your KIds Probably Hate The Muppets

Don't even bother.​We had some friends over Saturday night, those with children brought theirs, because when you're my age and you want to interact with your age cohort, it's easier to just throw all the rugrats into a room filled with toys and books and let them Battle Royale it out rather th ... More >>

Avenue Q

Top 20 Throwback TV Theme Songs Part 2

Only a big dummy wouldn't have this show on the list.​Yesterday, we hit you up with the best ten TV theme songs that didn't quite make the top of our list. We heard a few quibbles from fellow television aficionados, but their cries of frustration were muffled by the sounds of "The LOOOVVE BOA ... More >>

Muppet Justin Bieber = World Gonna End

Mason Lankford said, "There will come a day when we forget the Rapture ever even happened," but Rocks Off is keeping an eye out for signs of our impending Armageddon. We were wrong last time, but we're totally right this time! Thankfully we've been able to wean the Kid With One F off Dora the Exp ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Come On People, Bert and Ernie Are Totally Straight

You people are sick.​Pop quiz, PBS. Now that your government is once again threatening to slash funding for anything not related to defense or entitlement spending, and your continued liberal heresies have put you squarely on the chopping block, do you: a) Let Philip Morris start advertising ... More >>

Apocalypse Now: 2 DJs' Playlists For The End Of Days

Lee E. Wright/Sweaty. Sultry. Sandy.​Sand, surf, carnival - and the apocalypse. It sounds like a lead-in to "One of These Things is Not Like the Others" (although probably a little heavy for the Sesame Street crowd), but that was the theme of Sweaty. Sultry. Sandy., an art/fashion show held ov ... More >>

Pop Rocks: The Worst Part Of Parenting? The TV Shows.

Don't believe the hype.​Being a parent is tough, especially when the kids are toddler age or thereabouts. You're basically on 24-7 suicide watch while the little hobgoblins cram everything they find into their mouths and clamber to the top of the bookshelves, while at the same time you try to ... More >>

Top Five Giggle-Worthy Cocktail Names

Caitlinator​I can definitely order a Cosmopolitan or a Sazerac with a straight face (unless I happen to be on my third one). But a "Boob Grabber"? Here are my Five Favorite Giggle-Worthy Cocktail Names. 5. Monkey Piss (amaretto, banana liqueur, pineapple juice). If I ever ordered this dri ... More >>

Rubber Duckie Celebration

10 Music Stories We Wish We'd Ignored This Year

​We in the alternative media - not necessarily the Houston Press and/or Rocks Off, not all the time - enjoy calling out our mainstream brethren. Whether it's ten books that didn't make The New York Times' "Best of 2010" list, or "10 Stories Our Print Version Accidentally Overlooked," us "under ... More >>

Yo Gabba Gabba!'s Greatest Hits

​A year ago, in honor of Sesame Street's 40th birthday, Rocks Off brought you a list of the beloved television program's 10 Best Musical Appearances. But 41 years ago, Nickelodeon didn't exist. Now the network is known for its retro-cool vibe, thanks to bringing back shows from the golden age ... More >>

Why the Tears?

Top Five '80s Cereal Commercials

If the food police wanted to really control childhood obesity, then they would just go into every grocery store in America and set fire to the cereal isle. But, we know that the sugar-coated cereal lobby led by Sam the Toucan, Dig-Em the Frog and their evil leader Tony the Tiger is just too powerful ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: The Complete History of America (Abridged), The Girl, The Grouch, and The Goat, Panic

A Work By Brooke Bartholomew Of Friendswood May Be The Face Of Google For A Day

Courtesy Google"Repairing All the World's Breaks"​ Your Google searches may soon start with artwork from a Friendswood eighth-grader.Brooke Bartholomew is one of 40 finalists out of 33,000 contestants, and she's getting a free trip to Google's New York headquarters out of the deal.You want her to ... More >>

10 Disturbing Food Advertisements From The 1970s

The 1970s gave us many wonderful things that are still culturally relevant to this day: Sesame Street, punk music, the Honda Civic and video games. However, it also marked a period in time where (much like the 1960s before it) food was marketed in perhaps the most unappealing ways possible. Below a ... More >>

Aftermath: Off Night for Girls Is Neither, for Openers or Audience

Photos by Brittanie SheyBennett Foster of openers The Magic KidsGirls first came to Aftermath's attention this fall when we watched the raunchy cut of their video for the song "Lust for Life." No, not that "Lust for Life," and the video is extremely NSFW unless you work at a place where one dude use ... More >>

On Its 40th Birthday, the Top 10 Sesame Street Musical Guests

Sing the blues, Kermit... or greens. We know how you feel. Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Bert and Ernie, Elmo and Grover have something to celebrate. Sesame Street, their fictional New York borough, and the television show probably responsible for everything you knew as a kid, turns 40 today. Created ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: Ghost Mountain

​Rocks Off had heard a lot of great things about Ghost Mountain, but until the Buxton 7-inch release party, the Baytown-based electro duo's merit had yet to be proven. When the two high-schoolers took the stage, we thought it was some kind of joke. No way could tracks like "Good Heart" and "Eye Ri ... More >>

Muppets, Music & Magic: Jim Henson's Legacy: Muppet Fairytales

Web exclusive!

The combat's cuddly in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Fuzzy Fights

Yo La Tengo in Hoboken

A Hanukkah pilgrimage

Pinball Machine and Pool Table Regulations

Some popular games get shut down

Sesame Street: Old School Volume 2, Chinatown: Special Collector's Edition, Sicko: Special Edition and Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who

The Kids Were Alright

Avenue Q

A puppet learns some life lessons — and gets laid — in Avenue Q

“This Old House”

DiverseWorks is in the house

2007 Halloween Guide

Haunted houses, parties, festivals and other trails to terror

2007 Halloween Guide

Trails to Terror

Albert Hammond Jr.

Albert Hammond Jr. performs Friday, January 19, at Verizon Wireless Theatre, 520 Texas, 713-230-1666. Incubus also performs.

The Addams Family: Season One (MGM)

Our top DVD picks for the week of August 1.

Loose Fur

Born Again in the USA

Our top DVD picks for the week of October 4

Freewheelin'

Cub Scouts get ready to drag

Rappin' Up Gifts

A lucky seven underground hip-hop releases to slip into Christmas stockings this year

Bird Brains

Kids learn to use their heads at 1-2-3 Imagine!

Perfect Ten

An art mag has big ideas but a tiny circulation

Good Chomanship

Margaret Cho makes good, going from Polk Street to Sesame Street

Remembrance of Eggs Past

Maybe nutrition isn't a one-size-fits-all proposition

Dish

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