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  • News

    November 24, 2011

    Hard Times at the Chron

    Unbleached towels in the bathroom.

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2011

    Bin Laden's Houston Connections Prove Fatal

    The hat is out!!​The man who killed almost 3,000 Americans was dead, and Houston played its part. At least we can assume so. For who can forget the Houston Chronicle's zoned edition for the Heights, which in 1999 told readers -- probably along with the fact HISD's menus for that week would in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Lower Life Form Feeling The Love All Over Again

    Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to sheaserrano@gmail.com. Lower Life Form on FacebookR ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    The New York Times Takes Another Shot at the Cleveland Gang-Rape Story

    Take two​Last Sunday, Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times, noted in his column that the paper's original story on the horrific Cleveland gang rape was a "ham-handed article that led some readers to think we were blaming the 11-year-old victim." He said "the only way to make am ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    CNN Celebrates Houston's Brother-Filled Marine Batallion

    CNN has a piece up that celebrates the 1st batallion of the 23rd Marine Regiment that's stationed at Ellington Field. The Texas reserve unit has gathered fame because it has five sets of brothers, as the Houston Chronicle reported a while back. The unit is set to deploy to Afghanistan soon, so kee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Ella Fitzgerald, Jailed in Houston for Shooting Dice: Photo of the Day

    Photo by Pete Vazquez/via Houston ChronicleElla: Shooting dice will get you arrested.​Is this a great picture or what? It's the inestimable Ella Fitzgerald sitting forlornly in a Houston jail, arrested for shooting dice in her Music Hall dressing room with -- get this lineup -- Dizzy Gillespi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    New Galleria Office Towers: You Think West Loop Traffic Is Hellish Now?

    Photo by Warren Pattison via SwamplotGalleria: more traffic on the way​You know what the Galleria area needs? More traffic. Luckily, that need is being addressed by developers who insist on building office towers there, office towers that will daily serve countless commuters who will be clogg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Chron Arts Writer's "How To Deal With Me" Memo Goes National

    NO chit-chat with the critic, please​Douglas Britt is the arts critic of the Houston Chronicle who, somewhat recently, was also ordered to shoulder part of the paper's society coverage.As a result, he's apparently desperate to manage his time better. So he wrote a 1,400-word memo to arts instituti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    More Consolidation For Chronicle And San Antonio

    The Chron-Express News​Hearst's unending efforts to make the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News one and the same continue apace.The latest memo appoints several editors to oversee matters at both papers, and offers tips on how the two can share coverage.Chron editors Laura Goldberg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    "McContent" Coming To Your Houston Chronicle

    Fast and not-so-juicy​Demand Media is a company that churns out reams of copy for which freelancers get paid very little; content is geared toward generating search-engine hits. Reporters sometimes call what it does "McContent" because it's high-volume, quickly done work by low-paid employees.And ... More >>

  • News

    April 22, 2010

    Chron's Feelings Are Hurt

    HBO drama didn't celebrate Houston as best-est place.

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    The Chronicle Gets Its Feelings Hurt By Treme; Possibly Offers A Solution

    ​In case you hadn't heard -- and there's no way you haven't heard, since seemingly everyone who writes for a living in America worships David Simon's TV shows -- Treme premiered Sunday.It's a story about New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina. It contained two passing references to Houston: One, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 25, 2010

    Stop the Presses

    What's next? Holographic newspapers?

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    "Why Can't It Be More Like Jazzfest?" Rick Mitchell Debunks The Top 10 Gripes He's Overheard About Houston's iFest

    All photos courtesy of www.ifest.orgOzomatli: 8 p.m. Saturday, April 17, Bud Light World Music Stage​ A couple of days ago, Houston International Festival Director of Performing Arts Rick Mitchell emailed Rocks Off and asked us if we'd mind reprinting something he wrote for the blog on iFest's Web ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    How To Solve Walden's Deer Problem: Music Hath Charms To Soothe That Savage Beast

    The Montgomery County town of Walden is having a deer problem, the Houston Chronicle reports.And before you get all logical and say "Well, if you're going to build homes in a forest full of deer, you're going to have deer problems," just remember that deer don't worry too much about the resale va ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    We Totally Agree With The Way The Chronicle Writes About Its Reporters

    ​As we noted earlier this week, nothing whatsoever was as important to the Houston Chronicle as the announcement of their new society reporters Sunday. Mayoral race? Texans victory? Meh.The Chron placed a huge photo on its front page, and even-huger photo on its feature-section front, and an equal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    Big Boom In Seabrook, No Injuries Reported

    There was a big, loud boom and plenty of smoke near Seabrook this morning, but it appears so far that there are no serious injuries attached to an explosion at a chemical plant.Shelter-in-place warnings are in effect near the American Acryl plant, which is not extremely close, as these things go aro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Candidate For Dumbest Fundraiser Ever, River Oaks Style

    Dave Rossman for the Chronicle​In case you were worried that the departure of Shelby Hodge would hamper the Houston Chronicle's tireless devotion to covering the inanities of rich, pampered self-obsessives in our town, fear not.Molly Glentzer is on the beat, and among her first offerings is this m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    The Chronicle Has Issues With Delivery

    Something went seriously astray with the printing of Saturday morning's Houston Chronicle. A whole bunch of papers arrived on doorsteps (or in flower beds) throughout the area without the Star (features) or (gasp) Sports section."We had issues with our presses and we had a lot of calls," a Chronicle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    The Chronicle Continues Its Descent Into Porn Hell

    Photo by Chanel JoyYou know, we really, really want to keep ignoring the incredibly silly "MILF" sex column the Houston Chronicle puts out on its oh-so-hip 29-95 website, but it just keeps getting more and more ridiculous.Here's the state of American journalism, 2009: the daily newspaper in a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    We Are All Going To Die. Click Here For More Information!

    Houstonians -- HAVE YOU BREATHED ANY AIR LATELY?!?!Then run for the hills! That seems to be what the Houston Chronicle is saying with this latest splashed headline, sure to show up as a "Most Read Stories" link soon.Let's get this straight -- if you were in the Galleria recently, or talked to anyone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Congratulations To The Chronicle

    There's been a ton of bad news coming out of 801 Texas lately, but those who are left have something to (semi-)celebrate: The paper was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the Breaking News category. The judges praised the "Houston Chronicle staff" for "taking full advantage of online technology a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    The Chronicle's Doll Porn Ignores Houston's Syphillis Threat

    Photo courtesy the proud, hip Houston ChronicleThe godawful sex blogger on the Houston Chronicle's so-hip-it-hurts 29.95 blog has a new bag: Doll porn.Each week she promises to demonstate a new sex position for all the rest of us unimaginative schlubs who just don't know how to bone it like th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    Layoff Tales From The Chron

    The layoff tales are spreading from 801 Texas, home of the Houston Chronicle. Here's one. A former copy editor relates her day: my favorite part of the whole experience was being greeted with an offhand joke about copy editors by the bigwig who told me my copy editing job was being eliminated. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2009

    More Bad News For Newspapers: Rice Cancels Its Student Subscriptions

    As if the journalism world isn't reeling with news of layoffs, buyouts and doing goddamn more to goddamn less, here's more bad news: Rice is canceling all its student subscriptions to the Houston Chronicle and The New York Times.They'll save $30,000 by doing so.We went to UH, not Rice, so we're not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    Chronicle Cuts To Be Stretched Over Two Days

    Good news on the pending Houston Chronicle cuts -- the latest word is that the layoffs will be in the range of 12-13 percent of the newsroom. That's bad, but not as bad as the 30 percent figures that some understandably frantic people were tossing around. The bad news is the cuts will be carried out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    More Job Cuts At The Houston Chronicle

    There's no way around it: It's a sucky time to be a journalist these days. The latest evidence comes from the Houston Chronicle, which is telling its people to expect even more job cutsHere's the memo: As our newspaper continues to report the condition of the economy, we read about companies in all ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2008

    Cinema Bomar: A Bit on the Arty Side…

    Cinema Bomar unleashes a cornucopia of mindbenders

  • Music

    November 6, 2008

    Fund-raiser Blues

    Cinema Bomar unleashes a cornucopia of mindbenders

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2008

    Re: Houston Chronicle Staffers Facing Buyouts, Layoffs

    Cinema Bomar unleashes a cornucopia of mindbenders

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2008

    A Modest Proposal: Teach the Gangbangers Respect

    Cinema Bomar unleashes a cornucopia of mindbenders

  • News

    November 15, 2007

    The Houston Chronicle Cuts, Annotated

    What the editor really meant

  • News

    May 31, 2007

    Hurricane Forecasts, Telemarketers, Evacuation Plans

    Hurricanes a-comin'

  • News

    June 30, 2005

    Pimp My Ride

    Metro's transportation-plan "adjustments"

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    Modeling On The Cheap

    Metro's transportation-plan "adjustments"

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Lineup Change

    The pressure is on the Chron's sports columnists

  • News

    October 2, 2003

    Sultan of Swatch?

    Babe's shirt goes in the cards

  • News

    June 26, 2003

    Pimpin' Ain't Easy

    Tension mounts at the Chronicle

  • News

    November 29, 2001

    Probing Questions

    TV is less goofy on air, but not on-line

  • News

    April 26, 2001

    Quoth the Chron

    The Chronicle runs out another inept marketing campaign

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    Celebrate Good Times

    The Bush inaugural is a wonderful, wonderful thing

  • News

    January 18, 2001

    Ask and Ye Shall Receive

    The missing Chronicle issue

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Trial Story

    The Hearst Corporation

  • News

    November 25, 1999

    Sidebar

    The Hearst Corporation

  • News

    August 12, 1999

    News Hostage

    Shopping for Dummies

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    News Hostage

    Triumph of the Spirit

  • Dining

    July 8, 1999

    The Packed Shack

    Triumph of the Spirit

  • News

    August 6, 1998

    Letters

    Triumph of the Spirit

  • News

    December 1, 1994

    A Slight Omission

    Triumph of the Spirit

  • News

    October 6, 1994

    Letters

    Triumph of the Spirit

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