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  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Cattle Prices Doubling, While Experts Predict the Beef Industry May Need 5 Years to Recover

    The bustling East Texas cattle auction that the Washington Post recently featured in an article about cattle prices couldn't have been more different from the near-empty auction that I attended last fall, during the worst of the 2011 drought. "Since we've gotten rain and everything, the price has r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2012

    App of the Week: The Annoyance That is the Facebook Reader App

    One of my favorite things about Facebook is the ability it provides users to share information. I tend to think of Facebook as a place to share articles, photos, videos and the like whereas I view Twitter as a place to share some of the same things, but more often just random thoughts and musings. F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    New Horsefly Species Named For Beyonce: 5 Better Names It Should Have Gotten

    There's bootlicious gold in them thar hills​The Washington Post reported that an Australian researcher had discovered a new species of horsefly and, because it's backside was gold and therefore "bootylicious," he was naming it after Houston's own Beyonce. The species will henceforth be known ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Chron's Richard Justice Leaves for New Job

    Richard Justice leaves the Chron.​Richard Justice, the Houston Chronicle sports columnist who might have the highest profile at the paper, is leaving after 11 years to write for MLB.com, the online service of Major League Baseball. "MLB.com made me a great offer. It's a place of such energy," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Hippie Costumes, The Awful Scourge Of Halloween: Seven Telling Examples

    Wear an unimaginably big turtleneck instead​Hippies. Proof that anything can become nostalgic. We're nit sure kids in the `60s dressed up like Roaring Twenties flappers -- although, judging from what we posted recently, it would be an improvement -- but people today apparently try to dress up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Football! The Weekend's Best Bets (w/ Token Palin & Brown Hand Guy Videos)

    Still dreaming of Glen?​In the quest to have my posts appear in the list of most viewed, certain weekly topics that I do have a ceiling. For example, this Friday post during football season where I give my best bets likely only appeals to a certain degenerate segment of society (despite how am ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Jay-Z & Kanye's Throne Tour Stop Delayed To December 5

    Toyota Center's Web site is now listing the Houston date of rap titans Jay-Z and Kanye West's joint tour to promote their forthcoming album Watch the Throne as Monday, December 5, rather than the previously announced Wednesday, October 26. Promoter Live Nation confirmed the change, but has not se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Ingredient of the Week: Duck Breast

    Photo by John SuhHe ate it with some veggies. I ate mine straight up.​Last week, I discussed my latest addiction to Revival Market's duck. This week, I bring you the duck dish itself. What is it? Part of the poultry family, duck is fattier and and thus more succulent than its cousin, the ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    EPA Hits Texas, Other States With Tougher Air Pollution Regulations: Cue Outrage From Rick Perry, Greg Abbott

    Feds up the ante in battle against TCEQ, Perry​The Environmental Protection Agency announced stricter rules on air pollution, rules that will especially affect Texas, whose politicians have been fighting tenaciously to avoid federal regulation of the state's many pollution producers. The EPA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    John Hunsucker: Stilll Making Waves With Controversial Lifeguard Classes

    Daniel KramerUsing the Heimlich on drowning victims not a good idea, experts say.​Four years ago we wrote about John Hunsucker, a retired UH professor who owned a company that taught lifeguards to use the Heimlich maneuver on drowning victims, something that has been widely discredited in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Idol Beat: The Dirty Two Dozen

    ​The fallout from Jennifer Lopez's Wednesday night freakout only ate up about ten minutes of last night's show. At least, that's how much it looked like as I was fast-forwarding my DVR. You've got to hand that much the producers of American Idol, they can milk even the most trivial of incident ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 17, 2011

    Come and Bake It

    Local movement fights for cottage food bill.

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2011

    T. Jefferson Parker: Border Lords

    Local movement fights for cottage food bill.

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Bad Teachers Consigned to the Flames in Fiery Manifesto Signed by Terry Grier

    Terry Grier goes national ​In a story already online and due to come out in the Sunday print edition of the Washington Post, our own Terry Grier joins other superintendents in blaming teachers (well, the bad ones) for the poor state of our schools and children.He also pushes charters and endorses ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Al-Jazeera Headed For The Houston Airwaves?

    Al-Jazeera: But first, a look at traffic on the Katy Freeway​The Washington Post broke a story this morning on previously undisclosed negotiations between Pacifica and Al-Jazeera that would see Pacifica's five self-owned stations broadcasting content from the controversial Arabic network.One of th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Courtney Love Helps Christmas Come Early

    Photos by Groovehouse/ Click here for a slideshow​Not that it ever happened to Rocks Off growing up, but can you imagine turning in your wish list to Santa Claus a few weeks before Christmas and getting everything you asked for? The new Playstation, Star Wars toys, the go-kart, new little brot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    The Hole Review We'd Like To Write Next Week

    Craig Hlavaty​"As we all waited, sweat-covered and parched, for the encore, something flashed over us in the crowd. Courtney Love had finally kicked her demons into the gutter, and we were all there witnessing it together. "The lights dimmed a little more and Aftermath spied that shock of bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Is The Westheimer Block Party Done For?

    Bun B For Lafayette - ATLiens Freestyle from Decatur Dan on Vimeo. • Dave Bry at the witty pop-culture blog The Awl writes about rap music's eternal embrace of consumerism, using Bun B's most recent release, a rap written in honor of Japanese clothing company Lafayette, as an example. It's a great ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Free Passes To The MacGruber Preview, And How Will It Stack Up Against All The SNL Movie Bombs?

    We know we're not supposed to admit this -- "Saturday Night Live sucks!!!" and all that -- but we kinda like the MacGruber sketches. They're short, unlike too many SNL skits dragged out beyond all point, and -- what can we say? -- they're usually funny.Now, however, we are dealing with MacGruber th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    They're Modifying The "Bible Of Psychiatry": Five Houston-Specific Disorders They Should Consider

    ​The DSM, the so-called "Bible of Psychiatry," is getting a re-do. More mental disorders will be included, as the Washington Post says: Children who throw too many tantrums could be diagnosed with "temper dysregulation with dysphoria." Teenagers who are particularly eccentric might be candidates f ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2010

    Poison Pen Reading Series with Paul Otremba and Andrew Porter

    This recently published poet is toning up

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Comparing Imperial Stouts

    ​On this day in 1916, Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, a Russian mystic who entranced the czar's wife, was assassinated by aristocrats wary of his growing influence. It's an intriguing tale and a fitting historical excuse to sample Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout, an offering from North Coast ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    More ParkerMania Continues: An Obama Phone Call, Roller-Skating Drag Queens

    Photo by Daniel Kramer​The media fallout from Annise Parker's mayoral victory continues to roll in.President Barack Obama called to congratulate her (he didn't mention the gay angle), but he called while she was giving an interview to Fox 26. And really, what's more important, Obama or Fox 26? So ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Turning the Screw: Killa Kyleon, Destiny's Child, New Boyz, Lil' Flip, Devin, Trae, Cham, Freddy Gibbs, Weezy, Jeezy, Gucci Mane, Rihanna, etc.

    Welcome back to Turning the Screw, Rocks Off's weekly rap post. It probably won't rhyme, at least most of the time. E-mail tips to introducingliston@gmail.com. Thanks, homies. Single of the Week: "H-Town State of Mind," Killa Kyleon Killa is so, so, so good at flipping at other people's songs. Wire ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 12, 2009

    Trey McIntyre Project

    The former Houston Ballet choreographic associate shifts shape

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Tom DeLay Goes Dancing With The Stars

    ​It's nice to know that the dignified, studious, classy Tom DeLay we all knew and loved in the Congress is alive and well...and appearing on Dancing with the Stars.Because that's what serious people do.ABC announced today that the former King of Sugar Land will be a contestant along with such nota ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 12, 2009

    Pilobolus Dance Theater

    Enjoy the body beautiful

  • Calendar

    December 27, 2007

    The Big Lebowski

    The hero of this Coen Brothers cult classic is an icon to burnt-out Gen Y-ers

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2007

    Broadway, Baby

    The hero of this Coen Brothers cult classic is an icon to burnt-out Gen Y-ers

  • Calendar

    August 23, 2007

    The Subject Was Roses

    Country Playhouse presents an award-winning war drama

  • Culture

    August 9, 2007

    Setting the Stage

    2007–2008 promises a year of provocative productions

  • Culture

    February 15, 2007

    Hey, what do you know, Joe?

    2007–2008 promises a year of provocative productions

  • News

    January 18, 2007

    Sunny Side Up

    An egg-seller's defense gets strange

  • News

    November 9, 2006

    Lights On or Off?

    The fight for a TV show about truth, justice and high school football

  • Culture

    June 1, 2006

    What Have You Got Against "Hispanic"?

    The Mexican replies

  • Music

    March 16, 2006

    Oscar Pimpin'

    Dirty South rappers make the Academy Awards their bitch

  • Culture

    October 21, 2004

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • News

    April 10, 2003

    War Is Not Hell

    The Chron's embedded reporter is far from the action

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    Summer Games

    Everyone's a front-runner in the race to land the Olympics

  • News

    May 24, 2001

    How Dare You?

    The White House gets offended by a Chron question

  • News

    October 5, 2000

    Jailhouse Crock

    Spanish-language media cries foul over Railcar Killer interviews

  • News

    August 10, 2000

    Subpoena Envy

    A legislative panel summons local GOP leaders to a show-and-tell

  • News

    February 17, 2000

    News of the Weird

    A legislative panel summons local GOP leaders to a show-and-tell

  • News

    May 20, 1999

    School Outings

    Forcing all the retarded from institutions may not be in anyone's best interests

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    News of the Weird

    Forcing all the retarded from institutions may not be in anyone's best interests

  • News

    November 12, 1998

    News of the Weird

    Forcing all the retarded from institutions may not be in anyone's best interests

  • Calendar

    March 26, 1998

    Night & Day

    March 26-April 1, 1998

  • News

    September 8, 1994

    Changing Channels

    For decades, 13 ruled the Houston airwaves. Now 11 is coming on strong. Is KTRK's broadcast dynasty losing its hold?

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