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         <title>Flipping Out: Aiden At The Vans Warped Tour</title>
         <description><![CDATA[We are currently nursing one hell of a sun hangover, but we have a video from yesterday's Vans Warped Tour to hold you over until Monday morning. Have a safe and happy Independence Day from all of us ]]></description>
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         <title>North American Scum: Songs for Independence Day</title>
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Here in America, we enjoy more personal freedoms than most countries. We can say what we want (provided we don't swear on network TV or radio), do what we want (provided we're not one of these peopl]]></description>
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         <title>Five Spot: Lil Keke&apos;s Don&apos;t Mess With Texas</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap. It's five videos and occasional cussing. Send tips to introd]]></description>
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         <title>Things to Do This Weekend If You&apos;re (Almost) Broke: Happy Fourth, Houston</title>
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If you're celebrating independence from a lot of money this Fourth of July weekend, believe us, Rocks Off feels your pain. If you can pry yourself away from the barbecue pit, here's a few other th]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Houstonians Learn the &quot;Thriller&quot; Dance</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Craig Hlavaty Who would have ever imagined just a little over a week ago that Houstonians would be convening on the lush confines of Discovery Green to learn to do the "Thriller" dance? Or in the swel]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Tonight: Rozz Zamorano Jazz Trio at the Big Top</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Big Sir Junior
Super Live
Zam RecordsRecorded during live sessions at Houston's Jet Lounge in early 2006, Big Sir Junior's debut release shows the power of three accomplished musicians firmly in their]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Aftermath: Wooden Birds at Walter&apos;s on Washington</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Craig Hlavaty For a thirsty crowd looking to begin their Independence Day weekend in earnest, there was no better place to be last night than Walter's off Washington. 

As of late, there has been a sw]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Friday Night Noise: Indian Jewelry and Prurient</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Indian Jewelry, "Seasonal Economy"
At its gnarliest, Houston's Indian Jewelry reminds Friday Night Noise of that brief period a few years back where James Toth was transitioning away from being part o]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2009/07/friday_night_noise_indian_jewe.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Slide Show: Uber-Patriotic Album Covers</title>
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America's Independence Day is this weekend, where we salute the courage of our forefathers with controlled aerial explosions and small grease fires in our backyards. Nobody likes a silent holiday, so]]></description>
         <link>http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2009/07/slide_show_uber-patriotic_albu.php</link>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:10:06 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Houston&apos;s Rememberances of Warped Tours Past</title>
         <description><![CDATA[For the past 15 years, the Vans Warped Tour has been barreling through city after city across the globe creating punk rockers out of boy scouts and riot grrls out of band geeks.
The traveling punk, ha]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:47:19 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Cutout Bin: J. Garland McKee&apos;s Laughin&apos; With &apos;Em</title>
         <description><![CDATA[J. Garland McKee
Laughin' With 'Em: Southern Negro Humor in Dialect (Americana Recording, 1969)Amos &amp; Andy.  Stepin Fetchit.  Aunt Jemima.  Jar Jar Binks.  American history is littered with people]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:02:23 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Wild Moccasins Play Live on Cincinnati&apos;s WOXY</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Kim DouglassHey, it's been a couple of days since we used this photo...
Like a mother sending her baby off to college, we here at Rocks Off are pretty proud of the Wild Moccasins for representing Hous]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:29:03 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Rocks Off Goes Live from Sugar Hill Tonight</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Andrew Karnavas
Rocks Off will be the special guest "audience of one" on tonight's Live from Sugar Hill, the monthly hour-long live-music Webcast broadcast from the historic Southeast Houston studios.]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:12:37 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Straight From the Sole: Thoughts on Michael Jackson&apos;s Death</title>
         <description><![CDATA[You know Soledad. He's the vocalist from controversial Houston rap-metal act Daylight Coma. He's got a lot to say. Sometimes it's insightful, sometimes less so, but it's almost always said with convic]]></description>
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         <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:52:39 -0600</pubDate>
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         <title>Do You Look Like Aerosmith&apos;s Steven Tyler or One of ZZ Top?</title>
         <description><![CDATA[Live Nation has come through with a four-pack of lawn tickets to the classic-rock show of the summer, Aerosmith and Houston's own ZZ Top July 18 at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, and Rocks Off s]]></description>
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