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  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Magnolia City Mixtape: Roky Erickson, Houston Symphony, BandCamp, Solange, The Vatican, Watermarks, Featherface, Lots More

    Roky Erickson and Will Sheff of Okkervil River at Toy Joy, Austin TX from Roky Erickson w/ Okkervil River on Vimeo. Roky Erickson plays tomorrow night at the Continental Club for the second time in about six months. The Texas Psychedelic Rock blog posted a video last week of Erickson and Okkervil R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    How Sinful Are The Vatican's Favorite Albums?

    ​ The Catholic church has released a slightly tongue-in-cheek list of its favorite albums of all time, via the Holy See's official newspaper L' Osservatore Romano. When first you hear about it, you might think it would be filled with Christian rock (Hey. Petra. Right?) but no, for whatever re ... 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 >>

  • Music

    September 24, 2009

    Butthole Surfers

    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 >>

  • Music

    September 10, 2009

    Ghosts of Washington Avenue

    Noise goes whistling through the scenester artery's music venue graveyard.

  • Film

    May 14, 2009

    Angels & Demons with Tom Hanks

    Another treat for whacked-out male conspiracy theorists

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    Houston Remembers Kurt Cobain, 15 Years Postmortem

    Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of a Seattle electrician discovering the dead body of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in a small room above the musician's garage. The man who busted indie and punk out of their respective undergrounds had killed himself days prior, with a shotgun that Earth fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2009

    Aftermath: Annuals at Walter's On Washington

    Photos by Liz Countryman If you could squeeze music from the udders of a cow, pour it a cup, mix in equal parts chocolate sauce and broken up pieces of stained glass stolen from the Vatican, drink it while on the down-slope of a roller-coaster, go home and sit on the back-porch and listen to your gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    Bring Out Your Dead (Popes)

    Photos by Liz Countryman If you could squeeze music from the udders of a cow, pour it a cup, mix in equal parts chocolate sauce and broken up pieces of stained glass stolen from the Vatican, drink it while on the down-slope of a roller-coaster, go home and sit on the back-porch and listen to your gr ... More >>

  • Film

    July 31, 2008

    Brideshead Revisited Goes Back to the Book

    The movie is shorter and truer to the novel than the TV mini-series

  • Film

    June 26, 2008

    Violence Is Golden in Wanted

    With its secret boys club and bloody good fun, this one has all of the fight with none of the guilt

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2008

    The Wayback Machine: Five, Ten and 15 Years Ago in Houston Music

    With its secret boys club and bloody good fun, this one has all of the fight with none of the guilt

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2008

    Seven Deadly Sins: Celebrity Edition

    With its secret boys club and bloody good fun, this one has all of the fight with none of the guilt

  • Music

    March 13, 2008

    The Judy's Come Back

    Just in time for SXSW, the Pearland New Wavers brush off the mothballs

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2008

    Last Night: NOFX at Warehouse Live

    Just in time for SXSW, the Pearland New Wavers brush off the mothballs

  • Culture

    September 27, 2007

    Stage Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    September 13, 2007

    Stage Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    September 6, 2007

    Stage Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    August 30, 2007

    Stage Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    August 23, 2007

    Stage Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    August 16, 2007

    Late Nite Catechism

    You just might learn something at Late Nite Catechism

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2007

    Holy Rollers

    You just might learn something at Late Nite Catechism

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2006

    Re: Blonde Ambition

    You just might learn something at Late Nite Catechism

  • Music

    February 16, 2006

    Band Suicide

    Why so many Houston music groups self-destruct right on the brink of having it made

  • Film

    December 23, 2004

    Fahrenheit 2004

    Remembering the movies that heated up cinemas this year

  • News

    October 28, 2004

    Outside the Box

    In keeping with the Halloween spirit, we bring you the tale of George Russell, who buries people in cardboard on his property. Welcome to his neighborhood.

  • News

    July 22, 2004

    Sins of Omission?

    The local Catholic diocese gets accused of covering up a '96 sex abuse case

  • Film

    May 6, 2004

    Monster Makeover

    Van Helsing explodes movie legends with hip upgrades

  • Music

    April 15, 2004

    Cobain in Clubland

    Recollections of Nirvana's three Houston shows

  • News

    July 24, 2003

    Holy Father

    When it comes to the Catholic hierarchy, Mel Gibson’s dad is one Mad Max

  • Calendar

    February 27, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    When it comes to the Catholic hierarchy, Mel Gibson’s dad is one Mad Max

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    Man of the Year

    If Chronicle coverage is any indication, Texans owner Bob McNair is 2002's VIP

  • News

    January 17, 2002

    It's Still News

    What's the statute of limitations for rip-n-read violations?

  • Music

    March 22, 2001

    Got Legs

    The perpetually self-doubting Todd Lewis stands tall on the Toadies' long-overdue second album

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Boots and Hoots

    Rocky Carroll crafts footwear for presidents and popes -- but not the Houston Rodeo

  • News

    December 31, 1998

    Virgin Rebirth

    The statue doesn't look like a traditional Our Lady of Guadalupe. But its appearance is just the start of the

  • Music

    September 10, 1998

    Static

    The statue doesn't look like a traditional Our Lady of Guadalupe. But its appearance is just the start of the

  • Dining

    August 20, 1998

    Setting a New Standard

    Tasca, serious about its food and service, delivers excellence

  • News

    July 2, 1998

    Naked Ambition

    Peddling smut is this young man's version of the American Dream

  • Music

    May 2, 1996

    Rotation

    Peddling smut is this young man's version of the American Dream

  • Music

    August 17, 1995

    Short and Punky

    Sad Pygmy just wants to make more noise

  • Music

    March 9, 1995

    Pop Moment

    Sad Pygmy just wants to make more noise

  • News

    July 28, 1994

    Hot Sounds in the City

    The 5th Annual Houston Press Music Awards

  • Music

    July 21, 1994

    Turn Up de Heat

    The Reverend Horton Heat is only the baddest-ass live band coming your way

  • Calendar

    February 3, 1994

    Press Picks

    The Reverend Horton Heat is only the baddest-ass live band coming your way

  • Music

    January 20, 1994

    Doomed or Domed?

    Harvey's Club Deluxe has risen from the ashes of its predecessors. Those ashes just may be some prime real estate.

  • Music

    December 23, 1993

    End Game

    This is the way the year ends, this is the way the year ends, this is the way the year ends, not with a bang but a ... year-end roundup

  • Music

    December 16, 1993

    The Pop Moment

    Astral Dejection The Shonen Knife/Breeders/Nirvana tour blows through Houston's hall of shame

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