Old, Traded Rockets Tweet Goodbye; New, Traded Rockets Don’t Really Tweet Hello
Big news coming out of the Toyota Center with the Rockets making a big multi-team trade that saw them pick up, among others, Sacramento power forward Thomas Robinson. The Rockets bid adieu to starter Patrick Patterson, rotation players Marcus Morris and Toney Douglas, and back-up center Cole Aldrich. This being…
Local Musician Norma Zenteno Fighting Stage II Breast Cancer
UPDATE: It is now my sad duty to report that Norma Zenteno passed away Friday evening at the age of 60, according to updates on her Facebook page. She was surrounded by her family and her husband as she expired. The originally-scheduled benefit will continue in honor on Sunday afternoon…
Cake Stuck to the Pan? Don’t Panic; Here’s How to Salvage It
There’s nothing more disappointing than baking a cake and having it stick to the pan as you flip it out onto a cooling rack. You worked so hard to make the perfectly fluffy, moist and delicate cake — but all of that excitement and joy disappears when the cake comes…
The Rocks Off 100: Felipe Galvan of Los Skarnales
Welcome to the Rocks Off 100, our portrait gallery of the most compelling profiles and personalities in the far-flung Houston music community — a lot more than just musicians, but of course they’re in there, too. See the entire Rocks Off 100 at this link. Los Skarnales front man Felipe…
Enjoy Full VIP Status for Half Price at Houston Press Haute Wheels Food Truck Festival
We’re here to urge you to rev up your appetite and act fast to take advantage of today’s Houston Press Voice Daily Deal, good for half off ($35 for $70) on VIP tickets to the 3rd Annual Haute Wheels Houston Food Truck Festival, March 23 and 24. Join us at…
The Americans: A Push From The Left, And A Shove From The Right
There’s an obvious problem with a show that attempts to weave suspense around past real-life events. Can you guess what it is? Of course you can, it’s that we already know the answers. So while the Jenningses were running around like “cut off chickens” (oh, Nina) trying to determine if…
Antonio Salazar’s Sad Death: Beaten with Baseball Bat By Homeless Man; Body Is Then Run Over By Car
About 10 p.m. February 13, Houston police received a call from a driver who told them he’d just accidentally run over someone and likely killed him. A sad enough ending, but further investigation showed even odder events led to the death of Antonio Salazar, 51, and the arrest this week…
Rounding Up the Best Rodeo Dining Deals in Houston
With the Rodeo headed to town starting this weekend, plenty of local restaurants are featuring dining deals all season long. We’ve rounded up some of the biggest steals below, many of which even include parking deals. (And as anyone who goes to the Rodeo will tell you, parking is by…
Discovery Green Announces 2013 Thursday Concert Series with The Suffers, Billy Joe Shaver and Chase Hamblin
Discovery Green has formally announced the performers for the venue’s weekly Thursday night shows, starting May 2. These free weeklies have everything you need, from beer and food to plenty of grass to stretch out on and, of course, great music. This year’s acts include The Suffers, Billy Joe Shaver,…
We Concoct the Worst Time Capsule Ever
Hundreds of years from now, anthropologists will stumble upon a time capsule. They’ll marvel at the contents and then call their historian buddies, who hold advanced degrees, to talk shop. All of these nerds, together in one room, will be awed. All of these nerds will also be completely hoodwinked…
Win-Win: Harden Blisters Former Team on the Court, Morey Does the Same to Sacramento off Landing Robinson
The NBA trade deadline is always a weird time. It comes on the heels of the NBA’s most glamorous weekend and right in the middle of the season. Most years there are trades here and there. Occasionally, there’s a blockbuster. Since Daryl Morey has taken over as the general manager…
5 Ways Bands Could Make Compilations Actually Interesting
Recently my colleague Nathan Smith cobbled together the Destiny Child’s compilation Beyoncé doesn’t want you to see and it gave me an idea. Compilations are both the most necessary and aggravating albums in an artist’s catalogue. One the one hand, it’s always nice to have a good, definitive greatest hits…
Thrash Supergroup Pasadena Napalm Division Musters Debut Album
Hold on to your flip-brim hats: New music by Pasadena Napalm Division, the local thrash-metal supergroup featuring members of D.R.I. and deadhorse, is on the way. The band announced last week that it has signed a deal with San Francisco-based Minus Head records to release its debut album this year…
Experimenting with Vine and the Social Experience of #Art
When Twitter’s companion video app Vine launched last month, the initial draw of the social media tool was how it can “turn us into artists” (even some of the porn variety). Just how Instagram turned us all into photographers, Vine has the potential to turn us all into stop motion…
15 More of the Worst Astros Baseball Cards Ever
Houston Astros 2013 spring training season kicked into high gear this week in Kissimmee, Florida, and fans are ready to see how the team fares in their new American League digs, which more likely than not means copious losses, beer bottles broken over televisions and the testicular fortitude of a…
Pop Rocks: Everybody Relax, Here Are Your 2013 Oscar Predictions
The Academy Awards are this Sunday (6 p.m.), like you weren’t already stocking up on wine and making sure you have E! and ABC on your “last” channel presets for comprehensive red carpet coverage. Or maybe not. Perhaps, like certain bloggers who prefer to remain nameless, your interest is financial…
Florida Atlantic University Sells Stadium Naming Rights to Horrible Private Prison Company GEO Group
Before rapist and kidnapper John Enard clipped off his monitoring bracelet and strolled out of his Houston halfway house, he had it made it clear to state authorities: he would offend again before ever being sent back to prison. One of the best ways to allow Enard to run off…
Discovering a New Old Favorite at Joyce’s Seafood and Steaks
One of the best things about grand tasting events like the Rodeo’s Best Bites competition or our own upcoming Menu of Menus is the opportunity to sample food from restaurants you may have never heard of, or restaurants you’ve always meant to try but never got around to. Joyce’s Seafood…
Booty Drumming Is Not Nearly As Awesome As It Sounds
If you take Jorge Perez’s word for it, four bouncy asses and a lone cymbal are proof that music can be found anywhere (as long as you have four willing women to bare their bums in the name of art, of course). Solidifying his status as the envy of dudes…
Charter-Friendly HISD Doesn’t Like Sen. Dan Patrick’s Charter School Bill
Sen. Dan Patrick’s charter school bill has drawn the ire of the one school district that probably would have been the most favorably inclined to support it: Houston. The Houston Independent School District was charter friendly long before other school districts were, mainly due to the influence of then-superintendent Rod…
Doctor Who: An Alternative History of 11 American Doctors
Alasdair Stuart over at Sci Find recently did an amazing article that looked at Doctor Who as if the show had always featured a female Doctor throughout its history rather than the male one we have all come to know and love. It’s a fantastically deep work of pop culture…
13 Houston Chefs Who Have Celebrity Doppelgangers
Check out which local chef sure looks a lot like a Spice Girl, who might be hosting a game show in his spare time, and who we think is a long-lost triplet: See also: – 12 Celebrity Chefs Who Have Cartoon Doppelgangers – 13 Celebrity Chef Doppelgangers 13. Kaz Edwards…
Ask Willie D: Is My Girlfriend Too Immature?
Welcome to Ask Willie D, Rocks Off’s advice column, where the Geto Boys MC answers reader questions, be they, in his own words, “funny, serious or unpredictable.” Something on your mind? Ask Willie D! LADY TROUBLES Recently my girlfriend of a year moved in with me. She is a great…
Is Kate Middleton “Plastic?”
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Except what it the woman scorned is Kate Middleton who is seemingly not allowed to have any fury, and the scorning done was to point out that she is furyless? Earlier this month, multiple Book Prize winning author Hilary Mantel gave an…
Move Over, Johnny Football! Kevin Sumlin to Be Named WWE World Champion on Sunday
Last year was an unbelievable whirlwind for Texas A&M head football coach Kevin Sumlin. After quickly making the transition from Houston to College Station last spring, Sumlin went to SEC Media Day in July and basically learned that the respect level from the rest of the SEC for his Aggies…
The Rest of the Best: Houston’s Top 10 Coffee Shops
The last time we compiled a list of Houston’s best coffee houses was in February 2011, and things have certainly changed since then. In just the last several months, Houston’s caffeine scene has benefited from several new entrants, all of which are determined to raise the city’s coffee profile just…
