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June 29, 2000
The Final Frontier
Sci-fi conventions are where movie stars go to burn brightly one more time
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October 15, 2008
Aftermath: Neil Diamond at Toyota Center
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June 29, 1995
Full Nelson
With a new disc and a boxed history, Willie Nelson wonders who'll buy his memories
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January 22, 2009
SXSW Update: Watch Out for Devo; Peter, Bjorn & John; Justin Townes Earle; Hungry Villagers and More
Devo on the BBC's Top of the Pops 2 With the big bad final band announcement coming next week, all is quiet on the SXSW front. For now. This past week was slow, with the biggest names confirmed being Devo, Cursive, Peter, Bjorn & John, and Justin Townes Earle. Devo will be clos ... More >>
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October 24, 1996
Rotation
Devo on the BBC's Top of the Pops 2 With the big bad final band announcement coming next week, all is quiet on the SXSW front. For now. This past week was slow, with the biggest names confirmed being Devo, Cursive, Peter, Bjorn & John, and Justin Townes Earle. Devo will be clos ... More >>
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February 27, 1997
Sound Check
Devo on the BBC's Top of the Pops 2 With the big bad final band announcement coming next week, all is quiet on the SXSW front. For now. This past week was slow, with the biggest names confirmed being Devo, Cursive, Peter, Bjorn & John, and Justin Townes Earle. Devo will be clos ... More >>
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June 5, 1997
Rotation
Devo on the BBC's Top of the Pops 2 With the big bad final band announcement coming next week, all is quiet on the SXSW front. For now. This past week was slow, with the biggest names confirmed being Devo, Cursive, Peter, Bjorn & John, and Justin Townes Earle. Devo will be clos ... More >>
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September 25, 2008
Welcome to Never Ever Land
Devo on the BBC's Top of the Pops 2 With the big bad final band announcement coming next week, all is quiet on the SXSW front. For now. This past week was slow, with the biggest names confirmed being Devo, Cursive, Peter, Bjorn & John, and Justin Townes Earle. Devo will be clos ... More >>
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July 3, 2008
The 2008 Vans Warped Tour, with Angels & Airwaves
Devo on the BBC's Top of the Pops 2 With the big bad final band announcement coming next week, all is quiet on the SXSW front. For now. This past week was slow, with the biggest names confirmed being Devo, Cursive, Peter, Bjorn & John, and Justin Townes Earle. Devo will be clos ... More >>
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February 7, 2008
Spazmatics = Revenge of the Replicants
Did you know that '80s cover band the Spazmatics has clones from coast to coast?
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April 27, 2006
No More Pussy
Fabricated pop groups are nothing new, but these Dolls are more than bad -- they're a threat
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April 13, 2006
Pretty Girls Make Saves
As video games go indie, Wack imagines a few likely pairings
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January 12, 2006
Bayou City Music Mindbender, Part II
Another chance to test your knowledge of local lore
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December 8, 2005
Overlooked in '05
Ten great discs that were underserved by the media but are more than worthy
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November 17, 2005
Neil Diamond; Bobby Bare
12 Songs; The Moon Was Blue
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October 6, 2005
Rock and Roll Bestiary
You already know all about this year's crop of wolf bands. We examine the tiger, bear, shark and lion bands, and offer up a rock zodiac.
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November 25, 2004
How to Dismantle an Atomic Mom
A critic debates the merits of U2's latest with his mother
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November 11, 2004
Feelings, Nothing But Feelings
The New York Times misses the point in its attack on "rockism"
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November 4, 2004
Blizzard of Oz
Dubya, Ashlee and Bill O'Reilly have spun Racket's mind into the twilight zone; also, two local retro-cool institutions bite the dust
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August 7, 2003
Alphabet Soup
The Colour Clear knows exactly where it should be filed in the record store. But what about in real life?
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October 24, 2002
True Dat
A Run-act play starring the Simmons brothers, Russell and the Rev
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May 5, 2009
Lost Tuneage: Sweet (Formerly The Sweet)
wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_(band)Who 'Dat? From the land of England in 1968 came a band called The Sweetshop, featuring singer Brian Connolly, bassist Steve Priest, drummer Mick Tucker and guitarist Frank Torpey slogging it out on the pub circuit. By 1970, Andy Scott had replaced Torpey, and the band ... More >>
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June 11, 2009
Girl Star, Grown Up
Still proud of her family band, Susan Cowsill does her own thing now.
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August 24, 2009
Aftermath: Fastball at House of Blues
Chris Gray It hasn't been that long since the '90s ended, but it sure seems like it sometimes. Like going to a concert sponsored by a radio station, in Saturday's case Mix 96.5. It doesn't matter what the station is, or who is playing, you're immediately struck by two things: "People still listen ... More >>
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December 29, 2009
The Great Green Room In the Sky: The Grim Reaper's 2009 Musical Roll Call
Thankfully, 2009 was a sorry year for the Greil Marcus Rock Death Meter. Aside from the not terribly unexpected (but still weird) demise of the King of Pop, few bona fide legends went on to the Great Green Room Beyond the Sky. The Rock Death Meter rates rock deaths on a ten-point scale in three c ... More >>
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March 30, 2010
Beyonce Baby Rumors Freeze Internet; Allen Oldies Band Wows New York Times; Justin Bieber, Future Bull Rider
This ROCK SOLID SOURCE claims Beyoncé is preggo. Uh huh. However, it's being re-reported by publications like the New York Post and The Daily Swarm... so maybe it's legit? Speaking of rock solid sources, the Allen Oldies Band got a nice little write-up in this New York Times SXSW recap: "L ... More >>
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April 2, 2010
How Ex-Runaways Manager Kim Fowley Stole The Mayor Of The Sunset Strip
The Runaways opens nationwide next Friday and one of the things Hollywood Shuffle is most looking forward to when the film hits Houston theaters is how delicately director Floria Sigismondi will treat the character of Kim Fowley, whom HS likes to refer to as the Creepiest Man in Hollywood. Hey! A ... More >>
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May 20, 2010
4 Summer-Movie Soundtracks We Already Hate
Last week, we told you of some upcoming summer-movie soundtracks that look like they're going to be fantastic. If positivity is your thing, go read that article. This one is going to be all about the upcoming soundtracks that make us wince so hard it feels like someone's chopping our balls with a ... More >>
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June 4, 2010
5 New Pop-Star Sitcoms We'd Like To See
Today marks the 43rd anniversary of <>The Monkees winning an Emmy for Best Comedy Series, making them the first musical act ever to win that award. 1967 also marked a transitional period for the band, which was moving toward creative freedom on the television show in which they started out as ... More >>
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August 10, 2010
Justin Bieber's Autobiography: The Lost Introduction
Today Rocks Off got word that pop sensation Justin Bieber was finishing up his first autobiography. The 16-year-old is set to release Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever: My Story in October - in print, not tweet by tweet, no less. Following in the footsteps of other poppers like Miley Cyrus, ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
What Is Classic Rock Today?
What is classic rock in 2010? 15 years ago, it was was the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, anything Eric Clapton touched and every band your dad played in his car while he was making out with the girls he met before your mom. That's how we know classic rock: Big riffs, big voices, in ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
Friday Night: Batusis At Mango's
Photos by David EnsmingerCheetah ChromeBatusis feat. Sylvain Sylvain and Cheetah Chrome Mango's December 10, 2010 "Everything was as it always had been ... the years were a mirage and there had been no years," E.B. White once wrote, describing the collapse of time. This is what Batusis effor ... More >>
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January 18, 2011
Don Kirshner, Late-Night Rock TV Mogul, Dies At 76
Don Kirshner, the music-business impresario responsible for hits by the Monkees and the Archies, as well as introducing scores of pre-MTV American youth to rock via his late-night network program Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, died Monday. Kirshner, a songwriter, producer and publisher, was 76 and ... More >>
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January 24, 2011
Neil Diamond's Top Six Pop-Culture Moments
Happy Birthday to the undisputed "Jewish Elvis," Mr. Neil Diamond, who can make a grown man weep with a few bars of "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," swiveling his hips and swaying his hair while wielding a deadly acoustic guitar. Diamond turns 70 years young today, and he seems to only be get ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
10 Uncool Artists Primed For Hipster Rediscovery
Tumblr"Aw, dammit, I grabbed Dad's iPod by mistake. Paul Simon... is that one guy, or two Beatles?" Remember emo kids? Only a few short years ago, the nation's venues of the nation were filled with kids in all black, wearing ultra-skinny jeans, eyeliner, white belts, and identical chopped-mea ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Hangin' Tough
A New Kids on the Block crush leads to a lifelong obsession with music.
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June 23, 2011
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 >>
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September 21, 2011
Glen Campbell's 15 Greatest Hits - As A Guitarist
Yet another reason to love Pet Sounds.In a few hours, Rocks Off will be down at the Stafford Centre, watching the sold-out first Houston-area stop on Glen Campbell's extended "Farewell Tour." It might be the only one, but the tour is booked well into 2012, so we figure there's got to be a Dos ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
G N' R, The Cure & Chili Peppers Could Be Hall Of Famers Next Year
Oh, this will be a fun induction ceremony...This morning, The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland announced the list of nominees for its Class of 2012: The Small Faces & The Faces, Freddie King, The Cure, Guns 'N Roses, Heart, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Spinners, War, Joan Jett and the Bl ... More >>
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October 26, 2011
The X Factor: Learning To Let Go
Photo by FOXWednesday night The X Factor extended its two-hour format to two and a half hours, allowing us to see each team - Boys, Girls, Over 30s, and Groups - perform, as well as the judges' elimination decisions. While 2.5 hours is quite long, the fact that the show didn't get crazy and m ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
No Surprises: Rock Hall Set To Induct Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys
Photo By Marco TorresGuns N' Roses are Rock Hall bound, but which version of GNR will show up? This morning (well, it leaked last night) the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland announced their 2012 class of inductees. Included on the list are Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Bo ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Snubs Rush...Again
Photo by Jeff BalkeA couple years ago, I was sitting on the back porch at the Continental Club talking music with a fairly well known music writer who seemed to believe that anything with a big hook or the slightest inkling of musicianship beyond the garage band aesthetic was utter garbage. I ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Top 10 Carole King Songs Written for Other Artists
Carole King is a woman who has played a major part in creating numerous classic hit songs. She has helped to shape popular music since she and then-husband Gerry Goffin (they divorced in 1968) wrote "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" in 1961. Her songs have been covered by such diverse artists as Sm ... More >>

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