The hip-hop world is a less than sensible place -lots of times, you're even required to clarify when bad means bad and when bad means good- so once a week we're going to get with a rapper and ask ... Continue reading "Ask A Rapper: 2 Man Army's Praphecy Talks Nelly, Tribe, Arrested Development and Journey" >
Dear Rum, Sodomy & the Lash, Who wrote the book of love? - The Monotones, Newark, NJ Dear Monotones, I'm going to make me a big sharp axe, shining steel-tempered in the fire. I'll chop you do... Continue reading "The Pogues' Rum, Sodomy & the Lash Answers Famous Musical Questions" >
Rocks Off has seen some strange stuff in our time, but this ranks pretty high up there. Evidently, a routing error caused several emails intended for longtime syndicated advice columnist Dear Abb... Continue reading "In Email Mishap, L.A. Slipknot Wannabes Hollywood Undead Answer Dear Abby Queries" >
Back in Rocks Off's younger, less enlightened days, when we enjoyed polluting Houston's atmosphere, draining the Earth's dwindling petroleum resources and talking or texting while changing lanes ... Continue reading "Houston Sports-Talk Callers Ask the Butthole Surfers' Independent Worm Saloon" >
Dear Full-Custom Gospel Sounds,I am a multiplatinum rap artist and producer who has won several Grammy awards. You'd think this would be enough to satisfy me, but I am unable to allow other peopl... Continue reading "MTV VMA Celebrities Ask The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds of the Reverend Horton Heat" >
Dear The Essential John Anderson,Should you ask a girl out if she likes you but you are not sure if you like her? This chick is hot I guess, but her husband just died and she seemed to be kind of... Continue reading "Need Some Advice? Ask The Essential John Anderson" >
Rocks Off enjoys reading The New York Times on Sundays. It's one of the few things in our topsy-turvy lives we can count on. However, several stories in this past Sunday's paper gave us serious c... Continue reading "Names In the News Ask Collective Soul's 7even Year Itch: Collective Soul's Greatest Hits 1994-2001" >
This is the first in a series of blogs where readers ask major albums by artists passing through Houston for advice in love, money and other quandaries related to the human condition. Email your q... Continue reading "Need Some Advice? Ask The Essential Heart" >
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