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February 27, 2012
In Prog We Trust: Five Progressive Rock Bands You Hate, But Shouldn't
There are some forms of music that struggle to find critical acclaim while others are loved by critics but universally dismissed by the public. Then, there is another group that, despite a loyal and sometimes massive cult following, are disliked by critics and everyday music fans alike. Meet prog-r ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Van Halen, the New Walter's and Radiohead: Things We're Looking Forward to in 2012
Photo by Mark C. AustinRadiohead returns and we're stoked. Do people say "stoked" anymore?There was a lot to be thankful for in 2011 in the world of music, but, in some ways, it was also a pretty tough year. We lost some great people and almost lost one of our own. It's a crazy, topsy turvy w ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
Yoko Ono Just Wants to Be Liked...on Facebook
OK, Facebook finally went too far last night when it casually offered me a chance to "like" Yoko Ono. Six others I'm somehow connected with via F-book (and I'm starting to wonder why I'm connected to them at all) "like" the 78-year old Mrs. Lennon. So when does an "artist" of Yoko's fame and ... More >>
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September 5, 2011
More Labor Day Music: 5 Secret Anti-Labor Songs
Work sucks. You know it, Rocks Off knows it, and just because your boss magnanimously decides to throw you one day off between July 4th and Thanksgiving doesn't change that fact. So you take your solace where you can, in the little things, like music. Musicians are hard workers like you, ri ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Purple, Possessed & Pervy: Rock's Top 10 Houses
harleyslist.blogspot.comJohn Lennon and Yoko Ono in a happy pose in front of their home (and future site of Lennon's assassination).Celebrity homes will always be a source of fascination, offering a glimpse at the intimate, private side of those who live their lives in the public eye. And it' ... More >>
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July 4, 2011
1986: Best Musical Year Ever?
For almost two weeks now, Rocks Off has been obsessed with the year exactly 25 flips of the calendar backward from this one. It started when Steve Earle did one of his "Time Machine" shows, where the singer-songwriter who plays House of Blues Wednesday spotlights a dozen or so of his favorite ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
Zoo Station: A Noah's Ark Of 75 Animal Songs
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
Out Today: Steve Earle Is Alive, Bootsy's Aged Funk, And The Late Poly Styrene's Last Disc
Yep, it's the third week now that we have been listening to the new Foo Fighters album, Wasting Light. We even acquired it on vinyl this weekend, so we are doubly screwed. Now we just need it on cassette tape and one of those toothbrushes that play music in your skull like you are schizophren ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
Shot In The Dark: The Ones Who Got Away (So Far)
UPDATE (3:23 p.m.): Promotional video by Monica Fuentes added after the jump. Jay LeeLittle Joe Washington at the Continental Club's 10th anniversary, July 2010Slowly but surely, Rocks Off has been getting ready for our "Shot In the Dark" photo exhibition at Warehouse Live's Studio next Thur ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
You Talkin' to Me? Seven Musical Moments in Martin Scorsese Films
We scoured the Internet, like we do for at least nine hours a day, for an excuse to embed Scorsese clips into one, organized blog post. Lucky for us, we found that timeliness was applicable: the 35th anniversary edition of Taxi Driver is out on Blu-Ray! We'll probably stick to our used copy t ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
Scissor Sisters
We scoured the Internet, like we do for at least nine hours a day, for an excuse to embed Scorsese clips into one, organized blog post. Lucky for us, we found that timeliness was applicable: the 35th anniversary edition of Taxi Driver is out on Blu-Ray! We'll probably stick to our used copy t ... More >>
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February 8, 2011
Match These Bands With Their Awful Original Names
Provided they didn't take the easy way out and name themselves after a song (Rolling Stones), their hometown (Boston) or each other (Hall & Oates), almost every band that went on to sell millions of records, get tons of radio play and sell out arenas has had some form of the following convers ... More >>
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February 1, 2011
Top 10 Super Bowl Halftime Shows
idontlikeyouinthatway.comThis Sunday, Rocks Off will be live-blogging and tweeting this year's Super Bowl halftime show, which will feature noted scholars The Black Eyed Peas. We are diligently studying the entire BEP canon and that of all of their solo members, like the dedicated pop histori ... More >>
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December 3, 2010
Keith Richards Does Life As Only He Can
Life By Keith Richards with James Fox Little, Brown, And Company, 576 pp, $29.99. Watch this first. It's Keef's own intro to Life: "It starts with a bang." The first chapter of Keith Richards' first-ever memoir, Life, reads like a deleted scene from the Johnny Depp movie Blow. There are kni ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Dr. John & the Lower 911
Life By Keith Richards with James Fox Little, Brown, And Company, 576 pp, $29.99. Watch this first. It's Keef's own intro to Life: "It starts with a bang." The first chapter of Keith Richards' first-ever memoir, Life, reads like a deleted scene from the Johnny Depp movie Blow. There are kni ... More >>
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June 29, 2010
Stones In Exile Still Stuck In 1972
With its recent hugely successful reissue and - depending on how much extra cash you want to shell out - bonus tracks, limited-edition postcards and a 10cc sample of genuine Mick Jagger semen (OK, maybe not), deservedly or not Exile on Main Street continues to be the most lauded and discussed ... More >>
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April 7, 2010
Ode to an Immersion Blender
In the spirit of brevity, here's a simple list to extol the praises of the best kitchen appliance ever (at least for the price). 1. A decent one costs merely $20. Other things you could buy for $20: two combo plates (3 veggie, one meat) at Aladdin, 20 "I heart dorks" buttons from etsy, or ... More >>
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March 17, 2010
Idol Beat: You Can't Always Get What You Want
This is clearly the point in American Idol where the producers start spending a little more money. Now that we're down to the top 12 singers, we get a bigger stage and more taped pieces, and every performer has been given a makeover and better make-up. This is especially noticeable in the girls an ... More >>
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March 17, 2010
American Idol: You Can't Always Get What You Want
This is clearly the point in American Idol where the producers start spending a little more money. Now that we're down to the top 12 singers, we get a bigger stage and more taped pieces, and every performer has been given a makeover and better make-up. This is especially noticeable in the girls an ... More >>
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January 14, 2010
Album Covers You'll Never, Ever See on Any UK Stamps
The UK's Royal Mail recently unveiled a series of stamps based on classic British album covers, including the Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed and The Clash's London Calling. Rumor has it Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here was rejected due to the burning man on the cover, with the Royal Mail electing t ... More >>
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December 7, 2009
Eyeballin: Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! - the Rolling Stones In All Their Late-'60s Satanic Majesty
In late 1969, the Rolling Stones were at a musical crossroads. They were two years away from the deep blues of Sticky Fingers and its follow-up, the majestically scuzzy Exile On Main Street. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were still very much tinkering with their new bluesier direction that would t ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
Sinking Ship
Pirate Radio gets a tame U.S. release, but we still love rock and roll.
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November 5, 2009
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Pirate Radio gets a tame U.S. release, but we still love rock and roll.
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September 10, 2009
Lonesome Onry and Mean: Lying Liars and the Songs Written About Them
After South Carolina representative Joe Wilson's bush-league grandstander heckling of the President last night - imagine the hue and cry if Nancy Pelosi had done the same thing during one of W's inane lie-filled speeches! - what Lonesome, Onry and Mean needs is some songs about lies and liars. On ... More >>
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August 7, 2009
Rocks Off's Brother Once Stepped in Human Shit at a U2 Show... Got a Better Astrodome Story?
Smash Mouth had just finished playing, and not coincidentally, Rocks Off's brother John had just returned from a trip to the bathroom. It was November 1997, and we were watching the stagehands putting the finishing touches on U2's ginormous set in the Astrodome. The Irish rockers were touring behin ... More >>
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June 2, 2009
Happy Birthday Charlie Watts!
Charlie Watts, drummer of the Rolling Stones, turns 68 years young today. The "Wembley Whammer" has been drumming for the Stones since 1962, when he was recruited from his day job at a London advertising firm to play for a group of nicotine-stained, drunken, blues-obsessed teenagers. Watts doesn't ... More >>
Music
April 23, 2009
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
Charlie Watts, drummer of the Rolling Stones, turns 68 years young today. The "Wembley Whammer" has been drumming for the Stones since 1962, when he was recruited from his day job at a London advertising firm to play for a group of nicotine-stained, drunken, blues-obsessed teenagers. Watts doesn't ... More >>
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November 13, 2008
Eyeopener Tour: Music Maestros
The Orange Show shows off Houston’s musical history
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October 28, 2008
Aftermath: Tina Turner at Toyota Center
The Orange Show shows off Houston’s musical history
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August 20, 2008
Tonight: James Jackson Toth and The Dutchess and the Duke at the Mink
The Orange Show shows off Houston’s musical history
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May 29, 2008
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
This 1994 Sundance Filmmakers Trophy winner documents the life of one of Russia’s greatest inventors
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May 4, 2008
Like a Rolling Stone: The Strange Life of a Tribute Band, by Steven Kurutz
This 1994 Sundance Filmmakers Trophy winner documents the life of one of Russia’s greatest inventors
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February 5, 2008
Drenched in Blog I: John Mayer Topless
This 1994 Sundance Filmmakers Trophy winner documents the life of one of Russia’s greatest inventors
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January 2, 2008
Drenched in Blog: Say Ya Want a Resolution?
This 1994 Sundance Filmmakers Trophy winner documents the life of one of Russia’s greatest inventors
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September 6, 2007
Arthur Alexander
Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter
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July 5, 2007
Another Bump
Ten of the best coke anthems, plus a shortlist for the Cocaine Hall of Fame
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January 26, 2006
Dirty Girls
Ten of the best coke anthems, plus a shortlist for the Cocaine Hall of Fame
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August 19, 2004
Rick James RIP, Bitch
Houston DJs pay homage to the funky one
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February 19, 2004
Fab Film
Forty years ago, Al Maysles met the Beatles
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November 27, 2003
Oh, Say Can You See
The Star Spangles regurgitate the best of a punky rock stew
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September 25, 2003
Best Jukebox
Under the Volcano
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February 13, 2003
Protesting Peace
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November 23, 2000
Left Stone Cold
Gimme Shelter
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January 7, 1999
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October 2, 1997
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June 26, 1997
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November 24, 1994
Live Shots
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September 15, 1994
Big Band, Big Press Kit
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