Subject: Whitney Houston

• Where Will They Be?

  A look at the rock scene in 2020

  December 30, 1999

• Puff, Puff, Pass

  July 10, 2006

• Do We Have to Play the National Anthem Before Every Single Sporting Event?

  April 4, 2008

• The Real Diva

  Nancy Wilson returns from jazz-pop limbo

  August 26, 1999

• I'm Pretty Sure Balki Was Supposed to be Gay

  Is it, like, horrible of me to say that I think Balki on Perfect Strangers was supposed to be gay? I mean, did you buy the straight part? Larry Appleton, okay. He was a straight guy who couldn't get women. That I could understand seeing as he was a total tool. But Balki straight? Balki "Dance of Joy" Bartokomous straight? Please. Head down to Pacific Street and they're doing that dance right now as I type this. Why wasn't he allowed to come out? Why couldn't he have been the gay weird

  December 2, 2008

• Hot Sounds in the City

  July 28, 1994

• American Idol Returns Tonight... Yawn

  Come back Kelly Clarkson, all is forgiven... If you've been lucky enough to spend the past several months in a media-deprivation tank - or maybe you just don't read the Houston Chronicle - then you no doubt know Fox's shrill-singing flagship series American Idol returns tonight at 7 p.m. (As opposed to its torture-sanctioning flagship series 24, which returned Sunday.) Rocks Off realizes many readers will greet this occasion by turning off their cell phones and instructing family members

  January 13, 2009

• "I Do Solemnly Swear": Five Best Swearing-In Scenes

  Our 44th (and first African-American) President will be sworn into office today, and we at Hair Balls felt the best way to honor such a solemn and historical occasion would be to show some examples of other great Americans swearing similar oaths.5. Jimmy Malone and Eliot Ness (The Untouchables) It's convenient that Ness' "blood oath" results in the death of nearly everyone around him while he went on to a later career as Whitney Houston's bodyguard, though I may have that last part wrong.

  January 20, 2009

• A Few Rejected Inaugural Ball Theme Songs

  Eminem feat. Dr. Dre & 50 Cent, "Crack A Bottle" The Good: Many bottles will be popped during tonight's festivities, we imagine, if not quite as many models. Also, the ongoing partnerships between this trio of rap titans says something about the present state of race relations in this country, right? Or about how while people are no longer the sole exploiters of assorted cultural traditions? The Bad: Fitty's already got a head as fat as Epcot Center; no need to inflate it any further. The

  January 20, 2009

• All the Colors of Jazz

  June 15, 1995

• Sound Check

  July 27, 1995

• Rock & Roller Coaster

  January 18, 1996

• Oh, God

  December 12, 1996

• Press Picks

  April 17, 1997

• Rotation

  June 19, 1997

• Out of the Swamp

  September 4, 1997

• Rotation

  December 4, 1997

• In the Groove

  August 13, 1998

• Idol Beat: Wild Card Wildout

  Frank Micelotta/ Fox Lucky 13: the American Idol season 8 finalistsFirst off, I'd like to extend a hearty Idol Beat way-to-go to the Fox minion or technological gremlin responsible for causing last night's episode of American Idol to cut out while Simon Cowell and Tatiana Del Toro were quibbling over the latter's decision to re-visit a particular Whitney Houston song. (Personally, I'm of the opinion that singing any given song more than once on this show shouldn't be allowed, but come on

  March 6, 2009

• The Sound of Money

  January 7, 1999

• Selecting The Proper Valentine's Day Soundtrack

  February 12, 2009

• Artist of the Week: Benjamin

  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 introducingliston@gmail.com. It didn't strike us until recently, but there are no real poppy male R&B singers of consequence from Houston. There's Marques Houston, but he's from California. There's Houston Summers, who sang "I Like That" with Chi

  April 15, 2009

• Lucky Star

  The brass ring fell in Kirk Whalum's lap. He's kept it in his pocket ever since.

  July 19, 2001

• Death Race 2008

  Amy Winehouse, Chuck Berry, Bobby Brown: Who'll be the first to go?

  January 10, 2008

• Another Bump

  Ten of the best coke anthems, plus a shortlist for the Cocaine Hall of Fame

  July 5, 2007

• Spamalot

  Spamalot's hilarious high jinks ransack the Hobby Center

  June 7, 2007

• Björk

  Middle-aged pixie

  June 7, 2007

• Musical Food Groups

  If singers were cheese, what kind of cheese would they be?

  February 22, 2007

• The Essence of Gordon Chambers

  From journalist to songwriter to singer

  February 15, 2007

• Comeback Clips

  A music-video renaissance is afoot -- but it's strictly on the download

  December 29, 2005

• Whitney's Dookie Bubble

  Being Bobby Brown is not all fun and games

  July 14, 2005

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  May 5, 2005

• Mariah Carey

  The Emancipation of Mimi

  April 28, 2005

• Where's the Beef? Right here in H-town

  T.I. and Lil' Flip rumble in Cloverland, bringing one of the great rap feuds of recent years to a head

  April 7, 2005

• Summary of a Bad Black Movie

  Tyler Perry's Diary will make audiences mad

  February 24, 2005

• Flirt for the Cure

  Peddling flesh in the fight against cancer

  December 2, 2004

• Pop-Up Pop Stars

  With the help of city government, Matthew Knowles hopes to find the next Destiny's Child. You got a problem with that?

  August 19, 2004

• Meow Mixed

  Catwoman prompts both purrs and hisses

  July 22, 2004

• Chaka Khan

  Friday, April 9

  April 8, 2004

• Stoot Session

  Corey Stoot's jazz guitar brings live music back to the club scene

  December 18, 2003

• Fear Factor

  But just think, no one hates TV more than Trent Lott

  December 26, 2002

• Black Gold

  A gusher lay beneath the surface, but you had to drill deep

  December 26, 2002

• Maura O'Connell

  Saturday, July 27

  July 25, 2002

• Mate and Match

  Chess gives a dated but dramatic look at cold-war pawns

  November 9, 2000

• Touchy Subjects

  E. Lynn Harris

  August 17, 2000

• Who R. You?

  The enigma that is R. Kelly keeps audiences enthralled, guessing

  May 27, 1999

• Rotation

  January 14, 1999

• Jekyll & Hyde, Together (Groan) Again

  February 2, 1995

• Songs Slightly Less Inappropriate Than R. Kelly's Latest Single, "Number One"

  So R. Kelly's newest single is called "Number One." Seriously? Okay, we know Kelly was found innocent of all child-related golden-shower charges by a jury of 12 idiots, but when the subject of Dave Chappelle's "(I Wanna) Piss On You" releases a single called "Number One"... sorry, but we have to believe he is now simply taunting us. We taxed our brains to their very limits, and we were able to think of ten (as-yet) fictional songs that would be only slightly less appropriate. Have a look - you

  September 15, 2009

• Fix Your Face

  September 24, 2009