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Houston Chronicle Publishing Company

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Hard Times Hit the Chronicle: Restrooms Cleaned Just Twice a Day, Unbleached Towels and Defrost Your Own Damn Refrigerators

    It's unbleached towels now....​The Houston Chronicle has been hit with the same rough economy as others in the print media. Sometimes that leads to layoffs. Sometimes it leads to cutting back on the janitorial services. A new memo from management outlines the shocking hardships Chron staffers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Kevin Gonterman: Spent Two Snake-Ridden Days At Bottom Of 30-Foot Manhole

    "Andy crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of shit-smelling foulness I can't even imagine"​A League City man who has been missing since Saturday was found at the bottom of a 30-foot manhole, apparetnly lucid but suffering from a number of snake bites. Kevin Gonterman, 25, was found b ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2011

    The Ima Hogg Competition

    "Andy crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of shit-smelling foulness I can't even imagine"​A League City man who has been missing since Saturday was found at the bottom of a 30-foot manhole, apparetnly lucid but suffering from a number of snake bites. Kevin Gonterman, 25, was found b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Sheila Jackson Lee is Fasting for a Budget Deal

    Fasting for a "moral budget"​You probably didn't know that people are fasting as a call for a fair budget deal in Congress. Among them: our own Sheila Jackson Lee. (We didn't know of the fast until we read about it in the Houston Chronicle's religion blog.) We cannot begin to imagine what so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Tremaine Paul, 18, Bayou Body Count No. 43

    Violence at a girls' football game​A fight at an informal girls' football game at Worthing High turned into a deadly shooting last evening, Houston police say. Tremaine Paul, 18, was shot at least once and was pronounced dead at the hospital; at least five other people were injured. HPD says ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Five Terrible Rap Acts Who Will Never Crack the "Diddy List"

    The Super Broker Shuffle: Your eyes and ears will never forgive you​I'm a sucker for lists, I've said that before. If it makes me a less cerebral person, so be it. I'm not apologizing. For a "list addict" like myself, Forbes magazine is like a big plate of list cocaine. They'll come up with a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    The Most Illegal Wrestling Move of All Time!! (with VIDEO)

    Never violate the international rules​Anyone who knows me well (or listens to me on the radio, which is practically the same thing as my radio persona is not exactly a closed book when it comes to my personal life) knows that I am a huge fan of professional wrestling. I've been to about a hal ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2011

    Texas Independent Film Network: An Evening with Greg Carter

    Never violate the international rules​Anyone who knows me well (or listens to me on the radio, which is practically the same thing as my radio persona is not exactly a closed book when it comes to my personal life) knows that I am a huge fan of professional wrestling. I've been to about a hal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Rocks Off Threw Wrench Into U of H & Rice's Secrecy Plan

    Note: Not an actual Rice or U of H media rep.​This morning the Texas Watchdog published a follow-up to yesterday's story, which released several emails from the consulting firm the University of Houston hired to negotiate its purchase of KTRU. These emails encouraged U of H to concoct a "cover ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    RIP, Fear Factory: Decrepit Building Bites The Dust

    Unlike he building, we hope these guys are still with us​Just two years after winning Best Abandoned Building by us, the old apartments known to everyone as the Fear Factory have been town down.Located a block north of Milam and Elgin, the building has always looked spooky, and a weathered sign ad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Cop-Beating Video Will Stay Under Seal: Judge Agrees It's Gonna Go Viral Big-Time

    Rodney King might be wondering if Houston can get along​A federal judge has ruled that the video of Houston cops beating a 16-year-old handcuffed suspect will be kept under wraps until trial, and his reasoning gives even more credence to the theory that when it finally comes out, it's going to be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    HPD Beating Video: Officials Really Don't Want You To See It

    HPD video: Just waiting to break out big on the net​When word first broke that an alleged Houston police beatdown of a teenage had been videotaped, we speculated that law enforcement officials were dreading the day the video went viral. That day is coming closer, and officials are fighting tooth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Rick Perry's No Coward, Chronicle Ad Department Decides

    Shield your tender eyes, Houston​See that ad over to the right?The Houston Chronicle doesn't think you have the smarts to handle it. Or that it would offend your tender sensibilities so much that you would have the vapors and be required to sit a spell.As pointed out in the Texas Tribune, the Chro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Washington Avenue Open-Mikes: What Would Townes Think?

    Ed. Note: The Houston Press' style is to use "open-mike" instead of "open-mic" unless quoting outside material. ​The recent Houston Chronicle puff piece about trying to create a music scene at Washington Avenue's Salt Bar presents Lonesome Onry and Mean with another example of why the Chron is our ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    iFest Aftermath: After The Rain, A Downpour Of Gulf Coast Soul

    Photos by Eggs/ breakfastontour.comThe Hustlers Brass Band was popular with our writers and photographers.​ As Sunday morning came down in sheets of rain and the crackle of thunder, prospects looked cloudy for Day 2 of the Houston International Festival. Intrepid music fans who dragged out of bed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    The Chronicle Bids Adieu To The Free Weekly TV Section

    ​Houston, you only have a few weeks left to enjoy your free weekly TV section in the Sunday paper. This announcement applies only to the few dozen people who still do so, most of them looking for Matlock reruns.The Houston Chronicle announced this weekend it is joining the hosts of dailies who are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Houston Chronicle's Adoption Joke Falls Flat (Updated)

    ​Bloghouston noticed a brief correction on the Houston Chronicle website this morning: Many readers called to correctly point out that our April Fool's joke on Page D2 of Tuesday's Star section was insensitive and inappropriate. We agree and apologize. See story on Page E1.Well, that whetted the a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Seabrook Elementary School To Parents: Sorry About All Those Bats Flying Around The Place

    ​Here's a sentence you don't like to read in a letter from your kid's school: "We certainly understand your questions and concerns about the presence of Mexican free-tail bats in Bay Elementary."Well, as long as you understand it......Bay Elementary, a school in Seabrook that's part of the Clear C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    New Thai Joint Opens on Bangkokheimer

    ​Thai Bistro, the popular Houston Thai restaurant located at 3241 Southwest Freeway, recently opened a new location at 11660 Westheimer, the former location of Thyme Table Café. The Houston Chronicle's Alison Cook loved Thyme Table for reasons I never understood. I tried it and found it too b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Ask A Rapper: H-Kane Explains Proper Diss Procedure, Demonstrates on Chronicle

    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 them to explain things. Something you always wanted to ask a rapper? Email introducingliston@gmail.com ... More >>

  • News

    December 24, 2009

    Our Stars Have Arrived!

    We totally agree with the Chronicle's ideas on news judgment

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Election Night Parties So Far Are As Scintillating As The Campaign

    Photo by Mike Giglio​Things are very quiet at the vote-watch "parties" tonight, as the candidates and their supporters settle in for what's likely to be a long night of seeing who ends up being the odd person out.This description, of the Annise Parker bash, is pretty much true of the others. Excep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    I'm Just Doing Drugs With This Corpse In A Closet, Officer

    Photo courtesy HCSO​A week ago we had a not-creepy-looking-at-all guy arrested for doing creepy things to a corpse. Today's corpse-related news, courtesy of the Houston Chronicle, involves a passed-out guy druggin' it up with someone who turns out to be dead. While both were in a closet.Not a meta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Journalism, As It Used To Be Practiced In Houston

    ​We've written before of the Houston Chronicle's cozy way of doing pro-bidness journalism in years gone by.Today's Chron offers another charming piece of evidence.The Bayou City History blog, which is always interesting, posts some photos of the development of the North Loop.One of the pictures in ... More >>

  • News

    September 3, 2009

    Jacko's Doc and the Ultimate Stage Mother

    Highlights from the Blog at HOUSTONPRESS.COM

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Why Does The Chronicle Hate People In Wheelchairs?

    Photo by Olivia Flores AlvarezIf you're in a wheelchair, it's almost impossible to navigate the north side of the 800 block of Texas Avenue, home to the Houston Chronicle. There are trees planted in the middle of the sidewalk, splitting the already-narrow walkway into sections as thin as 26 in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Curiouser And Curiouser At The Chron

    We told you yesterday about how the Houston Chronicle was being uncharacteristically modest in writing about federal inspectors criticizing the Harris County jail.Their story mentioned only how the jail "came under scrutiny" without mentioning that the scrutiny in question was spurred by Chronicle s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    Here's A Plan: Fewer People, More Work At The Chronicle

    The Houston Chronicle is having problems, like most big-city dailies, but it might get a whole lot worse. One of the latest rumors sweeping the San Francisco Chronicle would have the deskies in Houston handling headline writing, copy editing and layout for their ailing sister paper by The Bay. The o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    "100 Days Of Change" Coming To The Houston Chronicle

    Hearst is the privately owned company that owns a ton of magazines, TV stations and newspapers, including our very own Houston Chronicle.The longtime head of Hearst's newspaper division recently retired; the guy who replaced him has sent out a long memo to employees full of doom and gloom and re-inv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    We Try To Help HISD's Druggie Teachers, But Get Rebuffed

    HISD teachers, you have been warned: the drug-sniffing dog is coming for you. Superintendent Abe Saavedra told reporters the dog will be visiting every campus to check the employee parking lots.Of course, publicity about the string of teacher-drug arrests hasn't stopped teachers from bringing drugs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2008

    New Year's Resolutions

    HISD teachers, you have been warned: the drug-sniffing dog is coming for you. Superintendent Abe Saavedra told reporters the dog will be visiting every campus to check the employee parking lots.Of course, publicity about the string of teacher-drug arrests hasn't stopped teachers from bringing drugs ... More >>

  • News

    February 15, 2007

    This Blows!

    Houston has a national rep for taking down buildings. So why are these eyesores still standing?

  • News

    August 10, 2006

    Ugly and Slow

    A booster has been messing up downtown for years

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    Stocking Stuffers

    Homeless pols, rail guardian angels and drugs for City Council

  • News

    May 15, 2003

    Profiles in Boredom

    A bright idea, dimly executed, at the local daily

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    Sex It Up

    Spring turns the media's thoughts to racy women

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    Man of the Year

    If Chronicle coverage is any indication, Texans owner Bob McNair is 2002's VIP

  • News

    April 4, 2002

    Criminals Beware

    KPRC has an FBI man to state the obvious

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    Thou Shalt Not Pee

    Yates trial judge makes a captive audience of the media

  • News

    August 30, 2001

    This Modern World

    The marriage of local TV news and the World Wide Web is rocky

  • News

    May 31, 2001

    KPRC Tops Itself

    Dr. Freud, breast obsession on Line 2

  • News

    May 3, 2001

    Holier Than Thou

    Channel 13 and the Chronicle squabble over a pothole story

  • News

    January 4, 2001

    Money Talks

    Mattress Mac's bowl was a joke everywhere but Houston

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Use for the Astrodome

    Mock naval battles

  • News

    July 6, 2000

    Correct-a-mundo

    Fumbling towards reality

  • News

    April 13, 2000

    La Revolución Will Not Be Covered

    Fumbling towards reality

  • News

    April 6, 2000

    Opening-Day Orgasm

    Fumbling towards reality

  • News

    August 26, 1999

    We're Not the Worst!

    Fumbling towards reality

  • News

    May 20, 1999

    News Is Flat, But Yuks Are Up

    Fumbling towards reality

  • News

    January 28, 1999
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