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The Big Tweet: Houston Sounds Off on Jenny Lewis Guitarist's Scolding

By Kim Douglass in Live Shots, The Big Tweet

Thursday, Jun. 25 2009 @ 3:45PM

Craig Hlavaty

Although Rocks Off agrees with a commenter from our review that people really need to STFU when they go to concerts, especially if the music is intimate and acoustic - if you want to talk at Warehouse Live, folks, Lucky's Pub is right next door - Jenny Lewis' rhythm guitarist Johnathan Rice really stirred up a hornet's nest Wednesday night when he pointed out that Lewis' Austin and Dallas audiences did not feel the a similar need to converse during her set.

It's not like Houston has any kind of chip on its shoulder about those two cities or anything. Here's a brief selection of the Tweets that were flying fast and furious during and after the show. As always, please follow Rocks Off at www.twitter.com/hprocksoff. We promise to follow you back.

chalupamecrazy: "@OfficialAudrina im kinda sad you disrespected jenny lewis by using her music for a freakin burger commercial."

xy22y: "@da7id Jenny Lewis was great. Controversy when she stopped during her acoustic set because the crowd was chatty. @skyl3r @lablakely"

astromark: "'@clickwindrepeat @groovehouse @thehza Better tact would be for Jenny Lewis to say, "Boy you guys are loud, but at least you aren't Detroit!"

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The Big Tweet: Tontons Pictures, Chamillionaire in L.A., Dead Body at Bonnaroo, Yoko Tweets and More

By Chris Gray in The Big Tweet, This Just In

Thursday, Jun. 18 2009 @ 4:03PM

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New live shots of thetontons: "Awesome. Add them to our flickr group. RT @kittenfc got a few photos of y'all at warehouse live last week. http://tinyurl.com/nf4uyy"

A weather report from Morein: "It's just keeps getting hotter in Houston! When will the rain come?"

Words of wisdom from yokoono: "You are water. I'm water. We're all water in different containers. That's why it's so easy to meet. Someday we'll evaporate together."

R.I.P. Dave Rask, via CraigHlavaty: "Will Miss Dave Rask....Thanks for the music and the friendship....http://www.myspace.com/daverask"

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The Big Tweet: Wild Moccasins Tour Edition

By Chris Gray in On the Road, The Big Tweet

Wednesday, Jun. 17 2009 @ 3:02PM

Kim Douglass

It's now been exactly a week since the Wild Moccasins kicked off their first-ever extended tour with a sweaty show before a packed house at Mango's, and like a lot of people (we imagine), Rocks Off is curious how the H-pop heroes are faring on the road. Luckily, instead of having to rely on their finding a pay phone - though the Moccasins may not be old enough to know what one is - or somewhere with wi-fi (which isn't always easy out in the hinterlands), we can keep tabs on them through the miracle of Twitter.

So far the band seems to be faring pretty well. They're eating, which is no guarantee on the road, found some free juice in Florida, saw a rock star walk by in Athens and appeared on CNN while visiting Atlanta Tuesday (hope they plugged their show). On the other hand, they've already had to pawn a pair of sunglasses. Either way, they're certainly taking a lot of pictures...

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The Big Tweet: Special David Byrne Edition

By Chris Gray in Live Shots, The Big Tweet

Tuesday, Jun. 16 2009 @ 12:00PM

Craig Hlavaty

Rocks Off was hardly the only one who enjoyed David Byrne's show Monday night at Jones Hall. His eclectic, polyglot post-punk/funk presentation brought out all sorts of Twitterers, or those who wished they were there...

@CodyScott: "Wilco tonight. Though I think I'd rather be at David Byrne. Jealous."

sorch1: "I feel like I know half of the people at the David Byrne show and the other half is batshit insane."

kingofgrief: "Waiting on David Byrne from the 2nd row of Jones Hall. Hopefully the new material will be kept to a minimum."

immlass: "Summing up the glory of this show: David Byrne sang Burning Down the House in a tutu."

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The Big Tweet: What a Few of Rocks Off's Twitter Friends Are Up To

By Chris Gray in Digitalia, The Big Tweet, This Just In

Monday, Jun. 15 2009 @ 4:04PM

Rocks Off is no less fascinated by the Twitter phenomena as when we began Twittering in earnest back in February. (We still prefer that to the other term for those 140-character-or-less updates, 'tweeting.') Since then, we've built up a Twitter-verse of about 420 'followers' and about 100 more 'followees' (or whatever you call them) and decided to put all that scrolling through their messages to good use. Every day, we'll bring you 10 or so of the funniest, silliest or even most useful Tweets from our page. Be sure to add us here and we may even post yours...