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What the Hell Are These "Human Directionals" Listening To?

Ed. Note: Some people in this article chose to only be identified by first name. James Minor's workday begins a lot like yours. He arrives at a work station, checks his materials, puts on a smile and readies for another day of being the face of his employer. For the most part, that's where the si ... More >>

The 10 Worst Holiday Cover Songs Ever

It's the thought that counts, right? Because they had the common decency to make original garbage, this list pardons holiday atrocities like New Kids on the Block's "Funky Funky Christmas" and "Last Christmas" by Wham! The ten "artists" on this list couldn't even be bothered to wrap their own turds ... More >>

Sonia Whitford Charged in Shooting Death of Her Husband Troy Whitford: Bayou Body Count #185

Houston police say Sonia Whitford, arrested today in the early morning shooting of her husband at 6521 Jackwood, has been charged with manslaughter in his death. Police arrested the 48-year-old woman in the shooting that occurred around 2:25 a.m. October 24, Her husband, Troy Whitford, was 43 year ... More >>

Met Opera Live in HD: Berloiz's Les Troyens

Bartender Chat: Greg Dean of Khon's Wine Darts Coffee Art

Earlier this week while walking back to my car after having lunch at Red Pier, I looked across the street and spied the sign for Khon's Wine Darts Coffee Art. Oh, so that's where it is. The first time I had ever heard the name was about a year ago during a KUHF spot that said "Support also comes f ... More >>

Awesome Discoveries in Bobby Petrino's Phone Records

Well, Bobby Petrino has officially been fired as the head football coach at the University of Arkansas. His coaching future is, at best, on life support, his marriage is in shambles and his mistress is supposedly in some sort of "other woman" witness protection program. In your classic story of "mi ... More >>

Friday Night: Childish Gambino At House Of Blues

Childish Gambino House of Blues April 6, 2012 "Real G's only; don't fuck up my alphabet." -- Childish Gambino, "It's On" Childish Gambino is Donald Glover and Donald Glover is Troy from a television show called Community and Troy from a television show called Community is funny as eff and that's g ... More >>

Donald Glover & Childish Gambino

Troy Colt Griffin: Lost His Cellphone Full of Child Rape Pics

Johnson County JailTroy Colt Griffin: Future Lifetime movie subject?​The "hubby's dark secret" meme is one of the most prevalent subgenres of Lifetime Network movies. Most of them seem unbelievable. How could that guy who seemed so nice up until the wedding day (usually with a couple of omin ... More >>

Concert Pub's Battle Of The Bands Wages War On Autism

​Autism is a developmental disorder that currently affects nine out of every 1,000 American children, a number that has steadily risen since the 1980s. Symptoms usually appear by age three, and often encompass difficulties in communicating within normal developmental and social parameters. La ... More >>

OPI's Texas Nail Colors: Some Ideas They Missed

Texas hair and Texas nails​If you have ladyparts and have ever had a mani/pedi, odds are pretty good you've been adorned with OPI nail polish, and probably even bought some to take home. OPI's built a strong reputation on not only its high-end but affordable and durable products, but also its ... More >>

The Dead Revolt: Howling, Lizard-Free Indie Rock

​Rocks Off loves four things: The Dead: Zombies rock tits, there are no two ways about it. Revolts: As long as they are not aimed at the Rocks Off contingent, a revolt is just about the most interesting that can happen on any given day. People who collect ceramic cows. Genuine indie r ... More >>

NBC's Thursday Night: She's The Ark Of The Covenant!

The role of a lifetime.​Sometimes TV shows are forced to interact with each other in crossovers or network-wide branding initiatives like NBC's Green Is Universal (itself parodied on 30 Rock). But sometimes a group of episodes just happen to be about the same thing, and those happy accidents h ... More >>

The Week In TV: NBC Comedies Are Finally Back

We've missed you.​My parking lot's flooded, I had my first crawfish on Friday, and I feel like funkin' it up. This was the week in TV Land: • Ah, the joys and frustrations of the endless news cycle: Not a couple hours after last week's round-up column went live -- in which I ruminated on C ... More >>

Down on the Farm

The Humane Society and big agriculture slug it out over animal rights.

Artist of the Week: Can You Guess What PincheGringos Sounds Like?

Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to sheaserrano@gmail.com. ​ Heavy metal is good. Spanish ... More >>

Game Time: Five Biggest College Football Title Game Implosions

It's almost here. After wading through the sludge of bowl season, with just one more "go get me some popcorn" match left tonight between Troy and Central Michigan (Admit it, ninety percent of you reading this have no idea what state "Troy" is in), finally tomorrow Alabama and Texas will meet for a ... More >>

UH Struggles Against Troy, Exam Schedule

Photo courtesy UH​One of the myriad NCAA justifications for the lack of a Division One football playoff is the distraction that such a playoff would provide to players attempting to write papers, take finals and just get through the end of the semester. ut maybe the NCAA should check with Houston ... More >>

This Week in TV: Last Flight of the Conchords

I'm tired of shopping, ready for sunshine, and I need you to bring me some pens. This was the week in TV Land: • Blah blah blah obligatory paragraph about how awesome Community is. Maybe you're tired of reading it, but I'm not tired of writing it. It's consistently good, and it just keeps gettin ... More >>

This Week In TV: Oprah to Resign in 2011, World to End Shortly Thereafter

Tom Cruise is not taking the news well...​The sun's back out, I'm ready for turkey, and I can't believe I sold my DeLorean to Mr. T. This was the week in TV Land: • So, Oprah resigned, but not really, or something. Just to make sure we all have time to prepare our families for the ritualist ... More >>

The Week In TV: Art of the Dushku

We'll always have Bring It On...​I'm waiting for winter, I'm tired of Joseph Fiennes, and I can't stop raving about Wade Boggs' Carpet World. This was the week in TV Land: • I've been a little remiss in advising you to watch Parks and Recreation, which is my bad, as I heard a kid say the o ... More >>

The Music of True Blood, Episode 1.5: Playing Chicken With the Train, and an AIDS Burger

Alan Ball was known for his masterful use of music in Six Feet Under. He's lost none of his touch when it comes to his current HBO series, True Blood - which happens to be set in the Louisiana swamps, not terribly far from Houston. With Season 2 just completed, Rocks Off is now working our way backw ... More >>

The Week In TV: The World Series Ruins Everything

Parks and Recreation, yet another reason to love NBC​The weather is cool, Halloween is in the air, and I just redesigned the Pontiac Aztec. This is the week in TV Land: • For being a weak network overall and the home to some truly awful medical dramas, NBC can bring the funny. This week it ... More >>

Straight from the Sole: Houston's Best Metal Bands

You know Soledad. He's the vocalist from controversial Houston rap-metal act Daylight Coma. He's got a lot to say. Sometimes it's insightful, sometimes less so, but it's almost always said with conviction. This week, in honor of the fast-approaching HPMA, we asked him who he thinks are Houston's fiv ... More >>

For This Year's Graduates: Five Memorable Ceremonies

Class of 2009, as you go out into the real world, you'll be welcomed by a sputtering economy, rising consumer debt, and increased threats from abroad. It's just like the 1970s, except you'll have the added fun of spending the next 30 years paying off your student loans. Congratulations! Here are so ... More >>

College Bowl Game Preview: Picks by A Real Expert, Part Two

The college football bowl season is here, and it's become such a confusing mess of odd-sounding games played in smallish towns with mediocre teams that you need an expert to figure it out. And nothing says "expert" more than a teen-aged kid, whether the subject is football, driving, or how inutterab ... More >>

College Bowl Game Preview: Picks by A Real Expert, Part Two

The college football bowl season is here, and it's become such a confusing mess of odd-sounding games played in smallish towns with mediocre teams that you need an expert to figure it out. And nothing says "expert" more than a teen-aged kid, whether the subject is football, driving, or how inutterab ... More >>

The John Royal College Football Top 25, Week Four

Football U: Texas Roundup, and Then Some

College Football Preview, Scarlett Johansson Edition

Never Mind the Blackface. What About When Robert Downey, Jr. Played Jesus?

Aftermath: Cruefest at Toyota Center

Empire Strikes Back in Mongol

The film paints a historically hazy but kickass picture of everyone's fave emperor, Genghis Khan

Empire Strikes Back in Mongol

This film paints a historically hazy but kickass picture of everyone's fave emperor, Genghis Khan

Mike Gundy, Jenni Carlson, Bobby Reid and Chicken. Which One Is Not Like the Others?

Um, This Box Is Baroque

Killing Time

In the profound Jarhead, a soldier can be his own worst enemy

Best Beats from the Bayou

H-town's top ten rap jams

Cowboy Troy

Loco Motive

Thunder Rolls

A '60s British TV series gets an extreme makeover

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Big Fat Greek Bloodletting

Brad's ripped and The Iliad's shredded in the scintillating spectacle Troy

Letters

Clear Channel Cajun Invasion

April 5 through 7

Kristi's Gift

She gave up her infant son to two strangers who became her friends. Now, more than two years later, she's still in his life, visiting regularly. In an open adoption, they're all doing their best for Ryan.

Mommy's little angel

Marshall Ball can't talk. So he listens to God. Everyone else listens to Marshall.

Real Life

Merry Matzo Ball. Houston's Jewish singles mambo away the Christmas blues

Myth and Reality

The Alley's Greeks is grander in notion than in execution

More than Dough

The city's ongoing bagel explosion gives us a few things to chew on

City Life, Family Strife

Spike Lee returns to old haunts, and old ways, in Crooklyn