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April 17, 2012
Readers Poll: The Most Underrated Rock Albums Of The '90s
For this week's readers poll, I asked our Facebook and Twitter chums their choices for the most underrated and unsung albums of the '90s. We all agree on things like Nevermind, Harvest Moon, Mezzanine, The Soft Bulletin, Odelay and OK Computer, but what about albums that fall through the cracks of ... More >>
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March 14, 2012
Food Poison(ed): A History of Death By, For and From Food
On December 16, 1916, the Russian monk, mystic and politically polarizing figure Grigori Rasputin was invited to a bit of a soiree, one which ended with his body being bound, wrapped in carpet and tossed into the frigid Neva river, but only after he was beaten, stabbed and shot. All of this, becaus ... More >>
Culture
March 1, 2012
Capsule Stage Reviews: Dinner with Friends, Late Nite Catechism, Oscar in the Box, Whatever Happened to the Villa Real?
On December 16, 1916, the Russian monk, mystic and politically polarizing figure Grigori Rasputin was invited to a bit of a soiree, one which ended with his body being bound, wrapped in carpet and tossed into the frigid Neva river, but only after he was beaten, stabbed and shot. All of this, becaus ... More >>
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February 24, 2012
Sister's Holy Humor Is Back with Late Nite Catechism
The setup: Denise Fennell, as the teaching nun "Sister," starred in Easter Catechism last year in an extended run, and she returns again with fresh material in a one-person show, Late Nite Catechism, to chide us for our sins, offering the joy of laughter and the forgiveness of holy humor. The ex ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2011
Bummer, Dude: The 10 Big Musical Disappointments of 2011
Photo by Marc BrubakerThis guy's crazy rant at Fun Fun Fun Fest made the list.All things considered, 2011 was a pretty bitchin' year for popular music. It wasn't all high-fives and Grammies for our musical heroes, however. More than few steaming flops, blown gigs and sour notes made the yea ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Cover Story: Uncle Charlie Is Houston's Poster Boy
Uncle Charlie isn't just a Houston legend. Ask anyone in the poster-art scene the world over, and they'll know his work. Charlie Hardwick, the subject of this week's cover story, designs posters advertising some of the biggest names in music - from Wilco to Green Day to The Decemberists. But ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2011
Parishioners At Holy Rosary Church Will Hear More About Their Predatory Priest on Sunday
Acknowledging a predator, 30 years laterThe head of the religious order in charge of a Houston priest accused of molesting eight girls and young women is scheduled to address parishioners at Holy Rosary Parish in midtown Sunday. As part of a confidential settlement between six of the accuse ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
Dan Shea, The Man Who Sued the Pope, Sounds Off on Joe Paterno
Penn State and the Catholic ChurchBella figura can mean many things, but at its core is presentation...how one looks, how one comports oneself, how one makes the best possible impression in all things. That such a concept is hardwired into the Italian psyche is no surprise: what else could be ... More >>
Blogs
October 4, 2011
Top 5 Musicians Whose Art Trumps Their Politics
Once again we have yet another example that if a musician opens his or her mouth without the benefit of a guitar or piano close by, trouble is usually not far behind. In this case it's Rockin' Randall Hank Williams Jr., who compared this year's Obama/John Boehner "golf summit" to Adolf Hitler hittin ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
“Valentin Gertsman — 30 Years in Art”
Once again we have yet another example that if a musician opens his or her mouth without the benefit of a guitar or piano close by, trouble is usually not far behind. In this case it's Rockin' Randall Hank Williams Jr., who compared this year's Obama/John Boehner "golf summit" to Adolf Hitler hittin ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2011
Bartender Chat: Mike Marquez of Big Star Bar
If you haven't been to Big Star Bar but think that Mike Marquez looks familiar, it may be from one of his previous gigs in Houston. A California native, Mike has been in Houston off and on for about 20 years, working in establishments such as Emo's, the Vatican, and Griff's. In fact, he's b ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
Walter's No Longer On Washington, But Not Gone Either
Matthew Keever...And then there were none.Nearly two years after the club first said it was planning to relocate from Washington Avenue, Walter's on Washington has finally shut down, owner Pam Robinson told Rocks Off this afternoon. After Robinson gave her landlord a 60-day notice on March 1 ... More >>
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May 6, 2011
Last Night: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion At Warehouse Live
Photos by GroovehouseJon Spencer Blues Explosion Warehouse Live Studio May 5, 2011 A few months back, when the White Stripes finally officially broke up, Aftermath made the inference that had it not been for the duo that most of the new rock music hitting the charts, namely the rootsy and bl ... More >>
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April 1, 2011
This Week in Deliciousness
"Hi there! We're a squirming mound of tiny Lovecraftian horrors who live in stagnant muck! Put us in your face!"Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where if it can't be eaten with gravy, it's not worth eating. Luckily, everything can be eaten with gravy, even frozen d ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2011
More Local Music News Than Open Drummer Jobs
Magnolia City Mixtape might have taken the week off in order to cover SXSW last week, but Houston's music scene kept right on rolling. That means that we've got not one, but two full weeks of news wrapped up in this installment. For our soundtrack this week, we've a brand-new album from Buxt ... More >>
Music
February 3, 2011
When We Ruled H-Town
Doc revisits Houston's '90s music scene.
Blogs
December 28, 2010
Top 10 Worst Top 10 Lists Of 2010
Now that's a headline, ladies and germs. It has the added benefit of being succinct as well. That's exactly what we're summing up here, the worst Top 10 lists our peers have written this year. Let's get started, as we've got a lot of ground to cover. 10. This One Not really, this is just t ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
Dennis DeAcetis: Brazoria County Man Loses Houses In Divorce, Sues Everybody Again And Again
A lawsuit never diesWhen Marianne Whitley and Dennis DeAcetis got divorced in 2003, Whitley got the house. Or at least she thought she did, with good reason. After all, it was so ruled by the judge in their divorce case, and DeAcetis had not disputed the property settlement. But according t ... More >>
News
October 7, 2010
Money and Mercy
Readers comment on Bolivar's loss of Our Mother of Mercy Church
Blogs
September 21, 2010
Last Night: The Pixies At Verizon Wireless Theater
Photos by GroovehouseThe Pixies Verizon Wireless Theater September 20, 2010 For more images from Monday's show, see our slideshow here. The Pixies are Costanza. In one episode of Seinfeld, a woman who had recently made George Costanza's acquaintance remarks to Jerry Seinfeld that there mus ... More >>
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September 9, 2010
Pop Rocks: What Books Would Jesus Burn?
Talk about your (mostly) lone nuts. Terry Jones, reverend of something called the Dove World Outreach Center (sounds like a rehab facility that uses soap enema therapy), is going ahead with his planned "International Burn-A-Koran Day" on September 11. This in spite of mounting criticism from ... More >>
Blogs
August 27, 2010
Happy 32nd Anniversary, Rudyard's
Mark C. AustinJandek (right) at Rudyard's, April 2009Sunday, Rudyard's celebrates its 32nd anniversary with an afternoon barbecue buffet and night of free music with sharp-witted singer-songwriter Teresa Kolo, holy terrors the Hell City Kings and the stuff Rocks Off's dreams are made of, an a ... More >>
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July 23, 2010
Dan Shea: The Man Who Sued The Pope Not Mollified By Vatican's Latest Sex Abuse Plan
The hits keep coming"The Pope and the Vatican just can't stop showing their ass, can they?"So asks Daniel Shea, the former Roman Catholic deacon turned plaintiff's lawyer who once hoped to put the Pope in a Houston court docket.Shea is referring to the Church's latest official directives on the o ... More >>
Calendar
June 10, 2010
One Was Nude and One Wore Tails
It's an attack of the wardrobe in Dario Fo's satire
News
May 6, 2010
The Pope Problem
Readers respond to "The Man Who Sued the Pope."
Blogs
May 4, 2010
Five Memorable Artist-Audience Altercations
Chris GrayWilco's Jeff Tweedy in a much better mood, March 2008There may be a very good reason Van Morrison said practically nothing from the stage Saturday night at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Judging from the plentiful comments here, here and over at the Chronicle's review, it would have ... More >>
News
April 22, 2010
The Man Who Sued the Pope
Houston's Daniel Shea thinks Joseph Ratzinger has a lot to answer for if he'd talk.
Blogs
April 21, 2010
This Week's Cover Story: The Man Who Sued The Pope
Most times when you ask Houston lawyer/theologian Daniel Shea a question, you get a treatise in response, one that can take in everything from the Edict of Constantine and to the deeds of Admiral Rickover to the sins of many a modern-day bishop in the ongoing sex abuse scandal roiling the Rom ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2010
Pop Rocks: Five Fictional Pedophiles Who Could Teach The Vatican A Thing Or Two
It's hard out here for a priest. The sex-abuse scandals rocking the Roman Catholic Church refuse to go away, with more cases coming to light and casting doubt on the actions of those in the highest offices of the Vatican, including Big Pope-a himself: Critics have charged that Pope Benedict XVI, ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2009
Enjoy This Fine Selection of Uncle Charlie Posters - and Buy One Saturday
All artwork by Uncle Charlie In our alter ego as a print journalist, this week Rocks Off sits down with Uncle Charlie, whose vibrant posters have been adorning Houston concert halls and living-room walls (like ours, for example) since the Vatican and Unicorn days when Charlie did gig flyers for h ... More >>
Music
October 1, 2009
Meridian Primed
Hate sports bars? Then you'll love the Old Chinatown rock venue's new sports bar.
Music
September 3, 2009
Walter's on Washington Leaves Its Namesake Avenue Behind.
Moving on up!
Calendar
August 27, 2009
"A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People"
A pontiff bridges a centuries-old divide
Blogs
December 18, 2008
Meryl Streep Is Pretty Much Scaring the Hell Out of Me Right About Now
So I get the fact that this new movie Doubt starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman is really supposed to be about faith and trust and, well, doubt (duh), but am I the only one who is totally and completely freaked out by the trailer / commercials and the image of Meryl as a mean, nasty nun ... More >>
Film
December 18, 2008
Doubt Wags the Finger of Moral Relativism
J'Accuse!
Culture
December 11, 2008
Why Are Mexicans Obsessed with Scarface?
J'Accuse!
Music
July 10, 2008
Peeking Inside the Shadowy Crypt of Houston's Goth Community
J'Accuse!
News
October 26, 2006
Haunts
They'll scare the crap out of you
Culture
October 19, 2006
Whistling Mexicans
They'll scare the crap out of you
News
March 9, 2006
Letters to the Editor
They'll scare the crap out of you
Culture
October 23, 2003
The Eclectic Company
Inman Gallery's latest show offers an assortment of West Coast artistic souvenirs
News
August 21, 2003
Letters
Inman Gallery's latest show offers an assortment of West Coast artistic souvenirs
News
July 24, 2003
Holy Father
When it comes to the Catholic hierarchy, Mel Gibson�s dad is one Mad Max
News
April 18, 2002
Telling Secrets
Child victims of sex abuse put their pain on T-shirts for all the world to see. Do not avert your eyes.
News
January 4, 2001
Letters
Last Chance, Revival of the Fittest
News
December 23, 1999
Dance Fervor
Postmodern theologian Matthew Fox wants to get religion back on its feet again with the Techno Cosmic Mass
News
April 29, 1999
Left Standing at the Church Door
Bering Methodist stops all weddings if there can't be gay marriages
News
April 13, 1995
Transformation of Robert Campbell
From Panhandle flatlands to Guatemalan mountains, Houston doctor and artist Robert Campbell searched for a life with meaning.When he died, many said that life was his.
News
December 22, 1994
Pastor to the Port
In the changing world of the Houston Ship Channel, one thing remains constant: Father Rivers Patout.
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