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Chron Admits Journatic Stories May Have Had Fake Bylines

Tucked neatly beneath a photo of Pitbull and next to the lotto numbers in Tuesday's Houston Chronicle A section (page 2, if you're curious) was a "Note to our readers" that detailed the Chron's recent discovery that stories provided to them by Journatic and affiliate Blockshopper had used pseudonyms ... More >>

Hot Band Alert: Lumineers Light Up Fitz Tonight

A few times a year, word of mouth about a band spreads at an unusually rapid pace. You can almost track the buzz in real time. First you hear a murmur or see a headline on some music blog this band or that one might be good, then somebody you know tells you they think you would like them. Then you s ... More >>

Why Texas Should Reopen Its Horse Slaughterhouses

It's been five years since the nation's last horse slaughterhouse was shut down. The Cavel horse slaughterhouse in DeKalb, Illinois, closed after Congress banned USDA inspections of horse meat -- effectively ceasing operations at the few abattoirs in the United States that dealt in horses. If the me ... More >>

Vegetarian Day is October 1, Celebrate with a Burger!

Omnivores, grab your favorite herbivore and head to The Counter. The Washington Ave. burger joint, as well as the Woodlands location, will be celebrating Vegetarian Day on Saturday, October 1, with their "Veg Out at The Counter" promotion. Customers will receive a complimentary mini veggie burger wi ... More >>

ICP Orchestra

KUHF Head Mocks GOP

As if NPR wasn't in enough trouble.

KUHF CEO John Proffitt Thinks You Are Stupid, Rejoices He Is No Republican

John Proffitt gives ammo to the NPR hatahs​KUHF John Proffitt thinks you are a moron.Well, that's what you could say if you saw his Facebook page a little earlier this week.With NPR dealing with the fallout from its recent right-wing sneak attack, you'd think everyone even remotely in a position ... More >>

KIAH's "NewsFix": The Anticipated TV News Revolution Begins Saturday, But We Won't Be Covering It

What NewsFix is...will be revealed Saturday​The world, or at least that portion of it peopled by journalists, is mightily anticipating Channel 39's Saturday night newscast. Why would they care about a weekend newscast that Houston barely watches? Because most of them will be gleefully hoping ... More >>

Top 10 Musical U.S. Presidents

"The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music." - Gerald Ford gwu.eduWhen else are we going to use this picture?​Today is President's Day, and if you'll think back to high-school U.S. History, you'll remember that potential Commande ... More >>

Two Timing: The 11 Best Rock Duos

Todd Cole​Wednesday night, noisy indie duo No Age (above) pulls into Fitzgerald's. The two-piece of guitarist Randy Randall and drummer Dean Allen Spunt, starting making waves in 2007 with their debut Weirdo Rippers. 2008's Nouns brought them even more acclaim, and along the way they gained fo ... More >>

Sampler Plate: This Week in Food Blogs

Each week, we put together a sampler plate of the most interesting links from both local and national food blogs. Know a blog we should be paying particular attention to? Leave the address in the comments section below. Great Food Houston: Former EOW blogger Ruthie Johnson posts on her personal foo ... More >>

Texas Bowl: Two Very Different Views Of Houston From Illinois

He's just looking for the Menil Collection​If you're not a Baylor alum, you might not yet have caught Texas Bowl Fever, but you will, you will. Baylor and Illinois are in town for the Wednesday game at Reliant, and that means, in the case of Illinois at least, fresh impressions of Houston. J ... More >>

Channel 39's New TV News: Good Lord, The Help-Wanted Ad

Living on the edge, with Channel 39​The lowly rated Channel 39 newscast, as we've discussed, is switching this fall to an innovative style imposed by its owner that features no anchors and lots and lots of cutting-edge stuff.No, check that -- not cutting-edge, bleeding-edge.That's the term used in ... More >>

Channel 39's "Groundbreaking" TV News Format: A Preview

No room for Ron Burgundy here....​The Tribune Company sneak-peeked a look at how Channel 39 here will present news in a groundbreaking way starting this fall, and it sounds awful.Variety talked to Tribune execs and some people who saw the preview and had this description:The prototype, produced wi ... More >>

Channel 39 Maybe Doesn't Want You To Watch Mia Gradney

Don't listen to the billboards!!!!​You know all those semi-sultry billboards with Channel 39's Mia Gradney asking you to watch her?Forget them.As we noted a month ago, Channel 39's owners, The Tribune Company, were looking to "bust the TV cliches" on its chain of local stations.And Houston gets to ... More >>

Channel 39 Will No Longer Be Like The Onion's TV News

ONN's Brandon Armstrong: not wanted in Houston​Big, bold changes are coming to television news in Houston. For the fourth, fifth, 18th time? Who knows?Next up in the bold-changes batting box will be Channel 39, KIAH, which is owned by the Tribune Company. And the Tribune Company has a "chief innov ... More >>

Maureen McLane

A poet’s job description: Put pen to paper

Who's Leaving First: Ed Wade, Cecil Cooper or Roy Oswalt?

The Astros were able to actually win a series this weekend, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in two of three games. And the good news is that they should be able to win a couple of games this week as their next four games are against the Colorado Rockies, another losing team, like the Astros, but on ... More >>

Follow Friday for Foodies

The group collective on Twitter, the increasingly popular micro-blogging and social networking platform, has developed a recent tradition called Follow Friday.  Follow Friday is part circle jerk, part honest and helpful advice from your Twitter friends on who to follow if you're new or simply l ... More >>

Inside Africa: Three Hidden Wars

Journalist and former detainee Paul Salopek talks about the wars in Africa

Houston Sports, Hurricane Ike Update

Fourth and Inches: Leatherheads

George Clooney's ode to screwball comedies of yore is sooooo close. But yet.

Barack Obama and Me

It was the year 2000 and I was a young hungry reporter in Chicago covering a young hungry state legislator

Elizabeth Alexander and Taha Muhammad Ali

Inprint hosts African-American and Palestinian poets

Get Lit: First Assistant, Second Assistant

Diana Jones

Diana Jones will be performing Thursday, May 17, at Mojo Risin' Coffee Shop, 1600 Shepherd, 713-426-1505

Perchance to Dream

Who's in Charge Here?

Karachi Rock

Haven't heard of Junoon? They've sold 20 million albums, and they're at the Meridian this week.

Tango and Cash

Chicago dances its way through the origins of the celebrity crook

Bow-Tied Wonder

Plus: Boola Boola, Fault and Pepper, On Blue Berryhill

Bursting Bubbles

Someone sabotages a Channel 13 report

You've Got Killer Mail

Who's the "Railcar" slayer writing to now? Inside Houston magazine.

Folk Art on Bread

Yes, we visited that Original New Orleans Po' Boy

Energy Rules

The Chronicle performs a boosterism triple play

Letters

Shining Example, KTRU Blues, Not So Nice

Money Talks

Mattress Mac's bowl was a joke everywhere but Houston

Meltdown at Fox

Several staffers move over to Channel 39's start-up effort

Surefire Plan

Inside Houston

Starting from Scratch

News of the Weird

Cryin' Shame

Too sweet tears turn Message into mush

News of the Weird

Press Picks

Press Picks

Would You Buy a Revolution From This Man?

Is Quanell X the new Malcolm? Or does he just want you to think so?

Cook Gets Two Beards

A Slight Omission