Subject: The Beatles

• Yoko Not Included

  June 7, 2007

• This Just In: We Are Doomed

  August 1, 2007

• Rotation: Ringo Starr, Photograph: The Very Best of Ringo

  August 31, 2007

• Give Us a Hand

  October 9, 2007

• Drenched In Blog: Seeking Help! from the Beatles

  November 5, 2007

• Get Lit: Can’t Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain and America, by Jonathan Gould

  November 20, 2007

• Get Lit: Doo Wop: The Music, The Times, The Era, by "Cousin Brucie" Morrow with Rich Maloof

  December 21, 2007

• Reverberations: Beatles, Stones, Dirtbombs and Fleshtones

  March 26, 2008

• Slideshow: Things that Took Less Time than Chinese Democracy

        As many of you no doubt know by now, what passes for Guns 'N' Roses these days did the unthinkable Sunday and released Chinese Democracy (available exclusively at Best Buy), disappointing thousands of critics who are going to have to think of some other metaphor for something that takes a really, really, really, long time. For example, Axl Rose and friends took two years longer to make the album than the Beatles' entire career (including the Quarrymen). See what else he ou

  November 24, 2008

• Get Lit: Beatles for Sale by John Blaney

  Another Beatles book? Doesn't the world already know everything it possibly can about the Fab Four, from the nickname of their favorite Hamburg pill dealer to the mustache style of the cab driver who took George through the streets of Rishikesh? Well... no. And as long as interest in the band continues to flower - and pass along to new generations - Ye Olde Beatles Bookshelf will continue to groan under the accumulated weight of its tomes. Beatles for Sale, though, is the first one to make

  December 2, 2008

• Static

  November 7, 1996

• It Was 45 Years Ago Today...

  If you're more than about 50 years old, today is most likely the anniversary of one of your most powerful memories. In the early evening hours of February 9, 1964, more than 73 million people sat glued to their televisions as the course of American pop culture was altered forever. It all started with these two words... "All My Loving," "'Til There Was You," "She Loves You" More Beatlemania after the jump. But first, tell Rocks Off what you remember about watching

  February 9, 2009

• Sound Check

  February 27, 1997

• Static

  June 26, 1997

• Static

  October 30, 1997

• Who Stole the Roll?

  August 28, 2008

• Tino Ortega's Matagorda Island Discs

  June 5, 2008

• Pete Best

  Pete Best performs Friday, June 29, at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar, 1031 E. 24th St., 713-862-8707. Kozmic Pearl opens.

  June 28, 2007

• Whodini, Big Daddy Kane, Kool Moe Dee, Willie D

  January 31, 2008

• Stove Blow

  Locals lean on video games for instrumental inspiration

  September 27, 2007

• Paris Falls

  Paris Falls Vol. I

  August 9, 2007

• Bring On the Backlash!

  Flinging poo at the haters with the Arctic Monkeys

  June 8, 2006

• Primary Season

  Check out some of the new candidates for this year's Houston Press Music Awards

  May 11, 2006

• Letters to the Editor

  April 6, 2006

• Letter to the Editor

  March 23, 2006

• Oscar Pimpin'

  Dirty South rappers make the Academy Awards their bitch

  March 16, 2006

• Old Folks Rock

  McCartney doesn't pretend to be anything but a sap. And Jagger still acts like he's God's gift to sexdom.

  December 1, 2005

• Paul McCartney

  Saturday, November 19, at Toyota Center, 1510 Polk, 713-758-7200.

  November 17, 2005

• Various Artists

  This Bird Has Flown

  November 17, 2005

• Super Furry Animals

  Love Kraft

  October 27, 2005

• Supergrass

  Road to Rouen

  October 6, 2005

• The Kids Are All Right

  Classic rock lives on in the hands of youngsters the Redwalls

  August 18, 2005

• Color Me Impressed

  Houston's Spain Colored Orange drops the Charade and inks an indie record deal

  June 2, 2005

• Jet

  Get Born (Elektra)

  February 12, 2004

• Free Tickets for Led Zeppelin, The Beatles and G.G. Allin... Sort Of

  It's a veritable tribute band meltdown at the House of Blues this weekend, and we have a handful of free tickets up here at Rocks Off HQ to get you into three sure-to-be drunken shows starting this evening. Come pick 'em up at the front desk at 1621 MIlam, Suite 100, until 6 p.m. On the bill tonight is California-based Led Zeppelin tribute band Zoso, who pull off Robert Plant and company's monstrous mythic blues-rock scarily accurately. The band has been plugging away on the Zep tip for 14 years

  May 8, 2009

• Nerd Alert: Trailer for "The Beatles: Rock Band" Debuts

  After almost two years of programming and tinkering, the developers of the Beatles edition of the "Rock Band" videogame have released a trailer for the game in advance of its release in the fall. The visuals in the trailer are faithful to the boys from Liverpool, down to every detail. We were astonished at how close the designers got the avatars to look like the actual Fab Four. The game chronicles the band as it crawls out of obscurity in the Cavern Club, changes the world on the Ed Sulliva

  June 5, 2009

• Aftermath: Susan Cowsill at Discovery Green

  Photos by Chris Gray A sloping hillside full of people on blankets, kids running around, dogs lolling, and a fine band playing "Yellow Submarine" - this truly was what the whole Discovery Green concert series is about.Susan Cowsill and her band powered through a short set of their own material - as well as crowd-pleaser "The Rain, The Park, and Other Things" before launching into a spirited rendition of the entire 1966 classic Revolver by the Beatles. The band smoked its way through "Taxman" and

  June 12, 2009

• Slide Show: Day of the Duos

  Today marks the anniversary of the day in 1957 that John Lennon met Paul McCartney, when Paul happened to take in John's pre-Beatles band, the Quarrymen, at a Liverpool church picnic. Exactly seven years later came the London premiere of A Hard Day's Night, the manic movie whose soundtrack cemented Lennon & McCartney as one of the greatest songwriting duos of all time. Here's a look at some other great songwriting duos who got by with a little help from... each other, we suppose.

  July 6, 2009

• Bayou Beat: Live Nation Goes All In, ZZ Top Tickets Up for Grabs, Meridian Rocks the Sabbath and More

  Courtesy of Stephen "Rube" Sager Live Nation has outdone itself on its latest "No Service Fee" Wednesday. All day, $29.99 buys a lawn ticket - one lawn ticket, mind you - parking, all those pesky fees, a hot dog and a soda for any participating show at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Once they figure out how to make beer a part of this (stupid TABC), it's really going to go through the roof. Speaking of, Rocks Off still has a four-pack of lawn tickets up for grabs in our ZZ Top/Steven Tyler

  July 8, 2009

• HPMA Aftermath: Glenna Bell, Beetle, Fat Tony, Free Radicals and Plump

  Photos by Brandon K. Hernsberger​ A good way to kick off the HPMAs is to see a musician who makes you daydream about cheese grits on a holiday, preferably one that takes place in wintertime. Or reminds you of riding a horse at sunrise alongside your best friend John Denver. Glenna Bell, you made it happen. This longtime local favorite earned her due at Dean's, the paltry to not-so-paltry audience basking in the folky goo of a hootenanny. The folksters hummed and swayed with straight teeth and

  July 27, 2009

• Not So Fab: Five Songs You Won't Find on The Beatles: Rock Band

  ​Sorry, Joe Strummer, but "phony Beatlemania" hasn't bitten the dust yet, not with the release of both the remastered Beatles catalogue and The Beatles: Rock Band this week. Rocks Off knows this all to well, having flung down the gauntlet of challenge to all those who would test their video-game chops against us at Coffee Groundz tomorrow night. But even a band as successful and influential as the Beatles didn't get it right all the time. For every "Day in the Life" there's a "Mr. Moonlight."

  September 8, 2009

• Get Your Beatles Rock Band On Tonight With The Houston Press

  ​If you're a Beatles fan -- and who isn't? (Besides me, and maybe that's just because I've heard the music too much, although I've never gotten into Sgt. Pepper, and some of the early stuff is really...but I digress) -- tonight's the night to show your chops.The Houston Press has its hands on a Beatles Rock Star game, and we're hosting a competition tonight to see who can....ummmm...."hold its hand" the best? Who can "make it gently weep"? Who can "do it (not) in the road"? We give up.But it s

  September 9, 2009

• Meet the Beatles... Again: Live From the Sam Houston Coliseum, August 1965

  ​ More Beatles for you (and more to come). While researching the group's Texas history, Rocks Off stumbled across this gem: a live recording of the Beatles' one and only Houston appearance - though they played a matinee and evening show - at the Sam Houston Coliseum on August 19, 1965. Listen to those screams... Find links to parts 1, 3 and 4 of this recording here.

  September 9, 2009

• Five Direct Beatles Connections to Texas

  Four postcards included in the limited edition of The Beatles: Rock Band​ Looks like Beatlemania 2.0 is in full swing. Rocks Off may have mentioned how excited we are to play The Beatles: Rock Band at Coffee Groundz tonight, with prizes, drink specials and much laughter as we try to gnash our way through "I Saw Her Standing There." Shortly after noon, we called over to Cactus Music to see how the freshly released remastered Beatles catalog was selling. The complete box set sold out in pre-sale

  September 9, 2009

• Five Unfairly Underappreciated Beatles Songs

  Between the early bubblegum pop of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and the epic sentimental balladry of "Hey Jude," the Beatles were always about much more than just the songs you hear on the radio. Even the biggest band there ever was has a few high-quality little gems that the masses aren't aware of and the radio ignores. To somewhat counteract the tough but fair shellacking the Fab Four received from Pete Von Der Haar Tuesday, and while we recuperate from Wednesday night's Beatles: Rock Band smac

  September 10, 2009

• Art Rock: The Fab 40 Does Abbey Road at Discovery Green

  [Note: Rocks Off will resume posting non-Beatles-related entries...eventually.] ​

  September 10, 2009

• When We Was Fab: Rocks Off's Beatles: Rock Band Night Was a Smashing Success

  [Update: Click here for a slideshow.] The Pi Studios "blackshirts," sitting on a corn flake... Hate to quote Nickelback, but what the hell: We all wanna be big rock stars, live in hilltop houses and drive 15 cars. Rocks Off is still working on the hilltop house and 15 cars part, but we got a little taste of what it must feel like Wednesday evening at our Beatles: Rock Band party at Coffee Groundz. The Midtown java joint shut down its drive-thru so we could set up the game, and a good 75 to 90 p

  September 10, 2009

• Aftermath: Houston's "Fab 40" Does Abbey Road at Discovery Green

  Photos by Groovehouse​Something about these Fab 40 concerts at Discovery Green makes Aftermath swell with pride at the mere fact of being a Houstonian. Seeing several dozen musicians of every age and race on stage together recreating a landmark album note for note, all in the shadow of the skyline, in front of thousands of fans of every age and race would do that for anybody. ​What's more, the weather cooperated. Although there were dark clouds rollin' in every direction, scarcely a drop of

  September 15, 2009

• Westheimer Block Party Listology: The Live Lights Choose 10 Albums to Take Into Space

  All this week, Rocks Off is previewing Saturday and Sunday's Westheimer Block Party by asking WBP performers to fill out a list from Lisa Nola's Music Listography book we're so fond of. It's not too late for your band to be up here, either; just email chris.gray@houstonpress.com by noon Thursday if you want to play. Next up, in a twist on the evergreen "Desert Island" meme, recent Artist of the Week the Live Lights choose ten albums they'd take with them should they ever leave the Earth's atmosp

  November 10, 2009

• Sinking Ship

  November 12, 2009