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    March 1, 2012

    The Road Goes On Forever, But Top Chef: Texas Definitely Does End

    ​Here it is: the finale. It feels like it's been a longer time than it really has. Is that just me? But instead of drawing out the entire season in a long recap, as I thought the show would, we're instead plunged straight into the action. The elimination challenge: cook a four-course meal and cre ... More >>

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    February 27, 2012

    Adult Entertainment Virtual Convention: Inside the World of Wank-Craft

    Most conventions are pants-mandatory kinds of affairs -- even those of the adult nature. For the world's first virtual porn convention, however, I'm not wearing any (relax...I'm in my PJs). This past weekend, XBiz and Red Light Center hosted the Adult Entertainment Virtual Convention, porn's first ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Kata Robata's Autumn Festival, "Aki no Matsuri!"

    Photos by Mai PhamSuckling pig with buns and sauce, one of the many dishes from Kata Robata's izakaya​Twice a year, Kata Robata transforms its patio into an izakaya, a casual after-work drinking place with Japanese bar food. Izakaya-type food is not fancy. They are the Japanese equivalent to S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    This Just In: SXSW Announces First Round Of 2012 Showcasing Bands, Including Fat Tony and Something Fierce

    Photo By Marco TorresFat Tony at a day show at SXSW '11​Sweet lord, it's not even Thanksgiving yet and South By Southwest is making us excited for March in Austin already. Today the industry festival announced a few bands coming to the capitol city next year, and a few Houston names and Rocks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Houston One Of Top 20 Environmentally Green Cities In North America, Somehow

    Not top 10 material yet​A new study of environmental practices in major cities in North America finds Houston ranked 16th, which is not that bad considering, you know, our air. The study, sponsored by the Siemens Corporation, used 31 criteria involving air, water supply, recycling and all th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Dengue Fever: Nothing Lost In Translation

    Lauren Dukoff​Cambodian pop-rock seems like an odd choice musical genre to try to earn a living, but Los Angeles-area sextet Dengue Fever is closing in on ten years. All signs are that the band is set for a much longer run: They've just released Cannibal Courtship, their fourth album and succ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Narduwar The Human Serviette's 11 Best Interviews

    exclaim.caNarduwar (left) and the patron saint of 4/20​Nardwuar The Human Serviette from "Vancouver BC Canada" knows all of your favorite bands, artists, and rappers better than you, and better than they know themselves. At first glance, he kind of resembles a Canadian Matthew Lesko (the free- ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2011

    Expanding Class Size

    Readers discuss "The Whipping Boy."

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    December 1, 2010

    SXSW 2011 Still Untainted By Houston Artists

    listenlisten: Not playing SXSW 2011... yet.​Rocks Off just got the latest list of names for next year's SXSW conference and festival in Austin, and just like the last time, the conference remains unsullied by any performers from Houston's filthy, rotten, disgusting, in-need-of-quarantine music ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    The Ballad Of Randy Quaid

    Hopefully he learned a few tricks in Midnight Express.​Americans, as a people, are fascinated by stories of outlaws. English bandit Robin Hood has been dead for 500 years (give or take) and they're still making crappy movies about him. And the Old West remains a fertile ground for tales of rom ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2010

    Gemma Wilcox: Shadows in Bloom

    The award-winning actress listens to the ticking of her biological clock

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Recipe: Dairy Oxycontin, a.k.a. Macaroni & Cheese

    Vancouver Bites! ​I attempted to read Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin's Skinny Bitch once, a few years back. They explained what was behind our yearning for Cheddar, Colby, Brie, Havarti, Romano, and Gouda. "Morphine, along with codeine and other opiates are naturally produced in cows' livers a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Twilight Eclipse: Five Questions From A Newbie

    So this is about Frankenstein or something?​Tonight, at midnight, it begins. Another round of Twilight madness.Teens, tweens, moms who are the female equivalents of old dudes going to Hannah Montana movies, all will be there. For the premier of Twilight: Calypso.Set in the bouncy Caribbean and fea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2010

    Pop Rocks: What We Learned From The Olympics

    Another edition of the Winter Games has come and gone, and while the last two weeks have been marked by triumph (the first American medals in Nordic Combined) as well as tragedy (Nickelback's closing ceremony performance), it's time to contemplate the important lessons we'll take away from Vancouve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Texas Traveler Tries Curling

    Photos by Brittanie Shey​Sometimes it's a bad idea to watch the Olympic Games in a bar. When someone shouts over the broadcast of the biathlon "Hey, I could do that," you might not want to challenge them, especially since this is Texas and that bar patron probably already has one half of the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Pop Rocks: One Of Our Boners Is Missing

    ​Andrew Koenig, who played Mike Seaver's best friend "Boner" on Growing Pains, went missing last week in Vancouver. His sister, Danielle Koenig, said he was last seen Feb. 14 in Vancouver, where he was visiting friends, Zap2It reports. He was to have flown out Feb. 16 but didn't make the flight. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Road Trippin': A West Texas/Big Bend Playlist

    ​ Right after Christmas, Rocks Off hopped into our car and headed straight for the bowels of West Texas. It's a long drive to Big Bend, mostly through the middle of nowhere, huge swaths of land where even AM radio can't reach. Twelve hours in the car demands a certain kind of playlist that, like a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    App Your Way Through The Big Easy

    ​Every modern metropolis needs one. An urban playground within weekend driving distance, that is. Where what happens within the city limits stays within the city limits for all eternity. Well, except for the gift that keeps on giving. But it's not a jaunt of any consequence if you don't re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Houston's Best (And Possibly Only) Olympic Luger Makes A Comeback

    Photo courtesy Ruben Gonzalez​Ruben Gonzalez, a three-time Olympic luger, had already come out of retirement twice. It didn't take much to inspire him to do it again. Last year was the 20th anniversary of his first Olympics, the 1988 Calgary games. Which got him thinking: What if he could do it o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Houston Vegans Come Out of Hiding

    Photos by Nikki MetzgarBetween June 20 and 28, cities across the world held vegan bake sales to raise money for charities and show everyone that vegan food can be delicious too. The second task was probably more challenging. It's safe to say that no non-vegan has ever tasted food that doesn't use ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 25, 2009

    Meta-Colonialism

    Inside the CAMH, the works of "No Zoning" lose their power.

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    A Small Colorado Town Becomes "Capital of Transsexuals" And Houston Hears About It

    Photo by Olivia Flores AlvarezMore than three years ago cinematographer/director PJ Raval heard about a small town in Colorado that was "the sex change capital of America." Intrigued, he contacted the doctor, herself a transsexual woman, and began a conversation that resulted in a two-and-a-half yea ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 8, 2009

    Cheech and Chong

    Web exclusive!

  • Culture

    November 6, 2008

    Canadian Questions

    Web exclusive!

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2008
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    March 27, 2008
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    February 7, 2008
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    January 24, 2008
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    November 19, 2007
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    November 6, 2007
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    September 28, 2006

    Party Boy

    Matt Sonzala puts on Houston rap parties all over the world

  • Music

    September 21, 2006

    Nomeansno

    All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt

  • Calendar

    August 3, 2006

    Something Phishy

    All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt

  • Music

    March 18, 2004

    Broken Social Scene

    Saturday, March 20

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Lineup Change

    The pressure is on the Chron's sports columnists

  • News

    September 11, 2003

    Blunt About High Fashion

    Roll up more than your sleeves with this clothing line

  • Music

    August 28, 2003

    Band of Easy Virtue

    Meet the New Pornographers, who change genres as often as porn stars change partners

  • Music

    July 17, 2003
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    March 6, 2003

    The Boob Scotch Tour

    Staying abreast of modern trends in blues with Bob Log III

  • Music

    January 16, 2003

    Strapping Young Lad

    Friday, January 17

  • Music

    December 12, 2002

    November Pain

    Call 'em Guns N' Poseurs if you like, but Axl Rose can still incite riots with the best of them

  • Film

    October 31, 2002

    Fly Spy

    Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson's cash-in pays off

  • Music

    August 1, 2002

    The Last Picture Show

    Now playing At the Drive-In: The Rise of Sparta

  • Music

    December 20, 2001

    The Langley Schools Music Project

    Innocence and Despair (Bar None)

  • Film

    November 16, 2000

    Clone Wars

    In the rousing 6th Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger is not the only one who has been copied

  • News

    December 30, 1999

    News of the Weird

    In the rousing 6th Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger is not the only one who has been copied

  • Calendar

    December 3, 1998

    Holy Body Tattoo, Batman!

    In the rousing 6th Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger is not the only one who has been copied

  • News

    August 27, 1998

    Letters

    In the rousing 6th Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger is not the only one who has been copied

  • Music

    June 11, 1998

    Graduation Day

    In the rousing 6th Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger is not the only one who has been copied

  • Music

    March 26, 1998

    Conference Kudos and Crud

    In the rousing 6th Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger is not the only one who has been copied

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