William Shatner

Last Night: T.S.O.L. at Fitzgerald's

T.S.O.L., Spastic Fit, Dead to the World, Crime Wave Fitzgerald's September 4, 2012 It seemed as though I was the only Rocks Off blogger who failed to catch a show over Labor Day weekend, so I was looking forward to Tuesday night. This summer has evolved into something of of a punk-rock history cou ... More >>

Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It

5 Bands George Clooney Likes

Boy, the Houston media is in a tizzy about George Clooney today. The King of Hollywood is in town this evening as part of the "Brilliant Lecture Series" at the Wortham Center. (Celebrity With a Cause Alert: Clooney, who will be interviewed by Houston socialite Lynn Wyatt, will probably discuss his a ... More >>

Distant Early Warning: Dick Dale, Gemma Ray, Lincoln Durham, William Shatner, Meshuggah

Active Child, Balam Acab, Superhumanoids: Sat., May 5. Fitzgerald's, 2706 White Oak Bastard Sons Of Johnny Cash: Thu., March 8. Continental Club, 3700 Main Battery (Metallica Tribute): Mon., April 16. Scout Bar Clear Lake, 18307 Egret Bay Blvd. Black Market Syndicate, The American Heist, Dead To ... More >>

20 Great Versions Of "Bohemian Rhapsody" That Aren't By Queen

This week in 1976, Queen were at the top of the UK singles chart with the epic - taking that word back - operatic, glammy cut "Bohemian Rhapsody" from their November 1975 album, A Night At The Opera. The single is still one of the best-selling releases in the UK, and it even had a resurgence 1991 in ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Damaged Divas of the Decades, Oliver Twist, Once on this Island, Skin Deep, Speed-the-Plow, There Is a Happiness That Morning Is

Capsule Stage Reviews: Damaged Divas of the Decades, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Oliver Twist, There Is a Happiness That Morning Is, Zombie Prom

Capsule Stage Reviews: Damaged Divas of the Decades, Debbie Does Dallas, the Musical, Galveston! the Musical!, Guys and Dolls

Last Night: Skrillex At Verizon Wireless Theater

See pics from the official Skrillex afterparty at Rich's. Skrillex, 12th Planet, Foreign Beggars Verizon Wireless Theater September 29, 2011 Dubstep is to music what the Oakland Raiders are to the NFL. It's as if a gigantic group of people got together and, as a whole, screamed, "Forget your syste ... More >>

Capsule Stage Reviews: Anna in the Tropics, Damaged Divas of the Decades, Ether Dome, Farragut North, Republic Day, Woof

Capsule Stage Reviews: Damaged Divas of the Decades, Farragut North, Goodbye Charlie, Kissless the Musical, Once Upon a Mattress, A Triumph of Love

Capsule Stage Reviws: Damaged Divas of the Decades, Once Upon a Mattress, Sylvia

Diva-licious

Music Box Theater brings big-city, high-style cabaret to Houston.

Johnny Winter's New Orbit: Roots, William Shatner & Sly Stone

bobmargolin.comLondon, 1979 (l-r): Bob Margolin, Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters​Beaumont-born bluesman Johnny Winter is having a very busy year for a man who is 67. Not only is he set to release his first album of newly recorded material in eight years, Winter is also featured on I'm Back! Family ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Bill Shatner And Liz Taylor -- The Throwdown

Two classic thespians at the top of their game.​This week saw two milestones in the entertainment world. The first was the 80th birthday, on Tuesday, of Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner. The second was the unsurprising yet still depressing death yesterday of one of Hollywood's last true ... More >>

William Shatner's Greatest Hits: The Man Transformed

​Rocks Off would like to wish a very happy 80th birthday to the one and only Mr. William Shatner. He may not be the best actor out there, or the best singer, but he is without a doubt the best William Shatner there ever was or ever will be. The way he has totally erased the line between sincer ... More >>

The Ultimate Musical Space Shuttle Crew

​The first man to ever leave the Earth and venture into space was a Russian cosmonaut named Yuri Gagarin, who, if he hadn't died at the young age of 34 in a plane crash he would be 77 years old today. Garagrin was launched into space on April 12, 1961, and orbited once around the planet in 108 ... More >>

The Devil’s Rain

The cast includes Ida Lupino, John Travolta, William Shatner and Ernest Borgnine

Krystal Baggerly: Barentender Sues Over Beer Bottles

Dammit, Bones.....​The life of a bartender can be dangerous, if you work in some club where people come strapped and there's no security doing door searches. Not to mention the beer bottles.Krystal Baggerly was a bartender at a Friendswood bar called Cheers when, just about a year go, disaster str ... More >>

The Week In TV: Lost and Found

​I'm tired, hungry, and probably just experiencing all this in a pleasant purgatory of my own making. This was the week in TV Land: • So, Lost ended. I'd be lying if I said I was completely pleased with the way it went down. I wasn't expecting bursts of exposition to answer every little de ... More >>

Ben Folds

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 >>

This Week in TV: Shatner My Dad Says

​I'm confused by curling, ready for spring, and oh yeah: I got engaged. This was the week in TV Land: • There's a guy out there with a blog called "The Final Season of LOST as Seen by Someone Who Has Never Seen." I think it's missing a word at the end, but whatever. The whole gimmick is th ... More >>

Midwinter Graces

The sounds of Christmas 2009 from Bob Dylan, Sting, Tori Amos, Rob Halford and more.

Ten Cover Songs So Bad They'll Shrivel Your Soul

Two nights ago, while carelessly patrolling the back alleys of the internet, Rocks Off stumbled across Hilary Duff's execrable cover of The Who's "My Generation". Well, what did you think, YouTube commenters? ​ You sure you're not being too harsh? ​ Yeah... ours too. Someday, when we ... More >>

Over the Hedge

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Star Trek's George Takei Cites Houston As One Reason Texas Stereotypes Are True

George Takei, who managed to co-star in a series with William Shatner and survive, was in Dallas over the weekend in support of a Japanese-art exhibit.Takei has famously become an out gay dude, so naturally enough the blog of our sister paper, the Dallas Observer, took the opportunity to ask him abo ... More >>

Warp Factor 10

J.J. Abrams's Star Trek: proof that a franchise can live long and prosper.

Five Reasons Not To Be Geeked About The Upcoming Star Trek Movie

Anyone who's been to the movies in the last month or so has seen the trailer for the upcoming Star Trek movie, which apparently involves people driving motorcycles over cliffs in order to avoid speeding tickets.If you happen to be attending the kind of movie that attracts the wrong kind of fans ... More >>

The Force Is Weak with the Long-Delayed Fanboys

Millennium Albatross

Her One Little Secret

Your Show of Shows

Shell Game

Over the Hedge wants you to feel bad about what it's selling, which is everything

Lord of the Cover Bands

Lonnie Posey rules the retread roost

The Hanukkah Songs

Wherein we find the coining of our new favorite word: Jewpergroup

Made in Japan

The MFAH pays homage to an American's love of Eastern film

Dorkula

Blade confronts the ultimate vampire, and geeks everywhere rejoice

Hip to Be SquarePants

There's nothing absurd about the appeal of SpongeBob's first movie

Tips for Treats

Get a load of ghosts, goblins and goths this Halloween weekend

Wrong Wayans

Do the right thing: Avoid White Chicks in bad masks

Wiley Has Issues

Bet you can't look away from "Bongo Jane" Wiley

Back to the Future

Robert Wise finishes Star Trek: The Motion Picture--22 years later

Eager to Please

Intended as irony, the title of Miss Congeniality really says it all

Evil Dead Cabaret

Creation Entertainment's Salute to Star Trek, Sci-fi, and Xena

Warp Factor Ten

Galaxy Quest is an exhilarating and affectionate parody of all things Roddenberry

Boldly Going

The latest voyage of the Enterprise is a trip worth taking

Press Picks

Loving the Alien

Species mixes sex, sci-fi and screams for some silly fun

Press Picks

For Generations To Come