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Tom Jones

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Rest Of The Best: Houston's Top 8 Jukeboxes

    Along with pickled pig's feet and a steady supply of Slim Jims, a good jukebox is a prime element for any great bar. But, like dinosaurs, jukeboxes are a vanishing breed. Unlike digital jukes, iPods or DJs, jukeboxes require love, care and maintenance, as well as -- among the truly great ones -- som ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    10 Awesome, Awful & Odd "Hey Jude" Covers

    ​This week in 1968, The Beatles inaugurated their Apple Records label in a most auspicious fashion, releasing "Hey Jude" as a 45. The B-side was "Revolution." Written by Paul McCartney and employing a 36-piece orchestra, "Jude" did nothing to dispel the perception that Paul was the "soft" Beat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Idol Beat: American Idiots

    Spoiler alert: the smug one wins.​Thanks to Shea Serrano for taking the bullet yesterday. After what felt like eons, the 10th season of American Idol lurched to its inevitable anticlimax last night. It was as especially torturous affair, stretching well over two hours and mixing performances ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 31, 2011

    Capsule Stage Reviews: A Fertle Farewell, I Do! I Do!, The Miracle Worker, The Pearl Fishers

    Spoiler alert: the smug one wins.​Thanks to Shea Serrano for taking the bullet yesterday. After what felt like eons, the 10th season of American Idol lurched to its inevitable anticlimax last night. It was as especially torturous affair, stretching well over two hours and mixing performances ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 24, 2011

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Gone Missing, I Do! I Do!, An Inspector Calls, OVO, Shards of Love

    Spoiler alert: the smug one wins.​Thanks to Shea Serrano for taking the bullet yesterday. After what felt like eons, the 10th season of American Idol lurched to its inevitable anticlimax last night. It was as especially torturous affair, stretching well over two hours and mixing performances ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2011

    I Do! I Do!

    Spoiler alert: the smug one wins.​Thanks to Shea Serrano for taking the bullet yesterday. After what felt like eons, the 10th season of American Idol lurched to its inevitable anticlimax last night. It was as especially torturous affair, stretching well over two hours and mixing performances ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    A Musical History Of The Color Green

    ​It's St. Patrick's Day, and as many of you have discovered, it is the only day out of the year when our normally free and enlightened society requires you to wear a certain color lest sudden and shocking violence be inflicted upon you. Every year on March 17, pinch-related emergency room visi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    What To Do When The Crowd Yells "Free Bird!"

    ​Sooooooo.... Thursday, the U.S. Constitution was read aloud on the floor of the House of Representatives, an act that Rocks Off views as the government equivalent of doing your homework on the morning bus, but whatever. Just as Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J. was reading the bit about the eligibi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Plus-Size Songs For Those Post-Holiday Pounds

    ​One of the reasons Lonesome Onry and Mean's local waterhole is our local waterhole is its excellent, eclectic, even exotic jukebox. There's truly something for everyone. For the novices and/or narrow-minded, there are easy defaults like Willie Nelson & Family's Live, the Stones' Exile on Mai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    Music's Top Five Hottest Trends For 2011

    Photo illustrations by John Seaborn Gray​Every year-end Rocks Off prognosticates the likeliest trends in music for the upcoming year. So far, we've got a 100 percent success rate, although since the FBI made us take down all of our previous predictions, we have no way to prove it. So you'll j ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 21, 2010

    Paul Anka

    From '50s teen idol to master composer, the writer behind "Diana" takes the stage

  • Culture

    June 10, 2010

    Capsule Stage Reviews: The Complete History of America (Abridged), The Girl, The Grouch, and The Goat, Panic

    From '50s teen idol to master composer, the writer behind "Diana" takes the stage

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: The Rockabilly Country Soul of Big Al Downing

    Maybe the most successful African-American country artist of the post-Charley Pride period was Big Al Downing. Talk about a guy who could blur the line between country and soul. An affable Oklahoman, Downing had a huge baritone voice that could melt hearts. Downing's career began in rockabilly. Aft ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Aftermath: More Drums and Drummers Than We Ever Thought We'd See at an Intercontinental Airport Hangar

    Videos by Craig Hlavaty Any drummer jokes, say the one about Ginger Baker and coffee both sucking without Cream, pretty much have to go out the window when you enter an expansive warehouse that includes over 100 boys and girls, and men and women, pounding on their respective kits. Sometimes in tand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    My Ding-a-Ling: Iggy Pop, Tommy Lee and Rock's Other Dirk Digglers

    This album isn't called Fore! because Huey Lewis likes to play golf...​So the other day, Rocks Off wrote briefly about Huey Lewis in regards to the Back To The Future soundtrack, not even thinking to chime in just a little bit about his reportedly huge male member. You know that certain part of th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2009
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    April 13, 2009

    Aftermath: Morrissey at Jones Hall

    Craig HlavatyTropical Storm Morrissey blew through Jones Hall Saturday night, leaving a full house of hyperventilated fans - never more so than when, during "Let Me Kiss You," he removed his shirt to reveal an enviable set of abs - and more than a few moist eyes in its wake; after the sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    Five Biggest Houston Deaths This Year

    One thing about being famous and dying -- you don't want to do it too late in the year.Early December, great; you'll be fresh when every media outlet puts together its "They Will Be Missed" list (We're looking at you, Van Johnson). Late December and you find yourself left off the lists that are put ... More >>

  • Music

    December 11, 2008

    Raul Malo

    One thing about being famous and dying -- you don't want to do it too late in the year.Early December, great; you'll be fresh when every media outlet puts together its "They Will Be Missed" list (We're looking at you, Van Johnson). Late December and you find yourself left off the lists that are put ... More >>

  • Music

    July 31, 2008

    Tony Joe White

    One thing about being famous and dying -- you don't want to do it too late in the year.Early December, great; you'll be fresh when every media outlet puts together its "They Will Be Missed" list (We're looking at you, Van Johnson). Late December and you find yourself left off the lists that are put ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2008

    The Wayback Machine: 15, 10, and five years ago in Houston music

    One thing about being famous and dying -- you don't want to do it too late in the year.Early December, great; you'll be fresh when every media outlet puts together its "They Will Be Missed" list (We're looking at you, Van Johnson). Late December and you find yourself left off the lists that are put ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2008

    Over the Weekend: Radiohead, Gyro Eating, Tom Jones Memorial and Astros

    One thing about being famous and dying -- you don't want to do it too late in the year.Early December, great; you'll be fresh when every media outlet puts together its "They Will Be Missed" list (We're looking at you, Van Johnson). Late December and you find yourself left off the lists that are put ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2008

    Over the Weekend: Art Cars, Rice Village and Astros, Astros, Astros

    One thing about being famous and dying -- you don't want to do it too late in the year.Early December, great; you'll be fresh when every media outlet puts together its "They Will Be Missed" list (We're looking at you, Van Johnson). Late December and you find yourself left off the lists that are put ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 1, 2008

    Tom Jones

    The author of Sky Walking: An Astronaut’s Memoir definitely believes they put a man on the moon…it was him

  • Music

    January 31, 2008

    Bobby "Blue" Bland

    The author of Sky Walking: An Astronaut’s Memoir definitely believes they put a man on the moon…it was him

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2008

    Last Night: Van Halen at Toyota Center

    The author of Sky Walking: An Astronaut’s Memoir definitely believes they put a man on the moon…it was him

  • Calendar

    September 6, 2007

    Whistle Down the Wind

    Andrew Lloyd Webber tackles Jesus

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2007

    Time Warner Giveth, Time Warner Taketh Away

    Andrew Lloyd Webber tackles Jesus

  • Music

    February 1, 2007

    The H-Town Blues Festival

    The H-Town Blues Festival will be held Saturday, February 3, at the Reliant Arena, 8400 Kirby Drive, 713-667-1400.

  • Culture

    September 21, 2006
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    July 6, 2006
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    May 18, 2006

    Husband Wanted

    TUTS's 110 in the Shade may be old-fashioned, but it's a charmer

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2006

    One Hot Show

    TUTS's 110 in the Shade may be old-fashioned, but it's a charmer

  • Music

    November 17, 2005

    Neil Diamond; Bobby Bare

    12 Songs; The Moon Was Blue

  • Culture

    September 1, 2005

    Setting the Stage

    August is over, and a new theater season is upon us

  • News

    December 2, 2004

    Party On, Dan

    Who knew HPD gave away free heroin shots?

  • Culture

    August 19, 2004

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    August 12, 2004

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Music

    October 5, 2000

    Death Rap

    Heart attack survivor Everlast stares down the Grim Reaper on his latest

  • Music

    February 3, 2000

    Playbill

    Experimental Folk: Shawn Phillips, Tom Jones

  • Music

    May 6, 1999

    Best of Burt

    Experimental Folk: Shawn Phillips, Tom Jones

  • Culture

    September 3, 1998

    Outdated Dinner

    The Fantasticks falls flat with stale themes

  • Music

    January 23, 1997

    Wicked Rush

    The Fantasticks falls flat with stale themes

  • Music

    February 15, 1996

    Dutch Treat

    The Fantasticks falls flat with stale themes

  • Calendar

    June 22, 1995

    Press Picks

    The Fantasticks falls flat with stale themes

  • Music

    June 15, 1995

    Rotation

    The Fantasticks falls flat with stale themes

  • Music

    February 16, 1995

    Rotation

    The Fantasticks falls flat with stale themes

  • Music

    December 22, 1994

    Live Shots

    The Fantasticks falls flat with stale themes

  • Music

    December 15, 1994

    Bill-bored

    At least Tom Jones left the mesh shirt at home

  • Music

    March 3, 1994

    Celting Point

    Plus: Less Donna McK., archiving Texas folk music, and Iggy's eats Jelly

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