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New Council Member Delivers On Our Prediction He'd Be Entertaining

Photo courtesy city of Houston​Some thought we might have jumped the gun a bit when we selected Al Hoang as one of our five most entertaining council members of the decade, seeing as he wasn't sworn in until today.But his campaign, which featured him running for and eventually winning in a d ... More >>

Born to Runoff: Playlists for Saturday's Mayoral Election-Night Parties

​ Thursday evening Houston mayoral candidate Annise Parker, clearly anticipating a weekend of celebration, posted the following message to Twitter asking for playlist suggestions for her election night party. So far the official suggestions are pretty lame, so Rocks Off is coming to the rescue ... More >>

A Bad Weekend For Gene Locke

Who would have thought that after it was revealed that the "anti-gay" activist Dave Wilson donated $2,000 to the Gene Locke campaign that it would be the catalyst for a bad, bad weekend for the candidate?It didn't help that Locke forgot to attend the first highly anticipated debate since the Novembe ... More >>

That Christian Group Has A Most Christian Runoff Endorsement

​Talk about a ballsy endorsement: local group Christians For Better Government announced today that it definitely thinks you should vote Annise Paker for mayor. Or maybe Gene Locke. Come to think of it, wouldn't it be swell if we could have two mayors?? This is after the non-profit, Pentecostal-C ... More >>

Why Rename Hillcroft Only Once? A Modest Proposal

View Larger MapThe proposal to rename the stretch of Hillcroft  that courses through the heart of Little Bombay is ginning up a surprising amount of aggro in the blogosphere. (Or is it a surprising amount of blogs in the aggrosphere -- sometimes it's hard to tell.)Under the headline "We'll give ... More >>

Blog on Blog: Greg's Opinion's Greg Wythe

Each week Hair Balls interviews other area e-writers to explore what they're writing about, why they write about it and why you should read what they write about. This week it's Greg Wythe of Greg's Opinion. His blog covers a healthy dose of political opinion, high-school sports updates and fun ... More >>

Blog on Blog: Off the Kuff's Charles Kuffner

Hair Balls introduces a new regular feature: Blog on Blog. Each week we'll interview other area e-writers and explore what they're writing about, why they write about it and why you should read what they write about. Starting things off is Off the Kuff's Charles Kuffner, who we gave Best Blog in ou ... More >>

Strange Shape: Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo Named to Texas Monthly List

Ask, and Ye Shall Receive

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Play It Pretty for Cabaret Voltaire

A Rice grad stakes his claim as the inventor of the ironic "Freebird" request; also: there's a Lanky new kid on H-town's burgeoning pop-rock scene

The Blog Age

Matt Mullenweg helps usher in the real information revolution, one Web log at a time

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