Houston.BloggersPub http://houston.bloggerspub.com houston's digital pub Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:31:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 en Troy Kimmel returning to KEYE TV 42 Austin http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggerspub/houston/~3/Cr5eDJBQ0Vg/troy-kimmel-returning-to-keye-tv-42.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/2tGFfOUDNAs/troy-kimmel-returning-to-keye-tv-42.html#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:31:00 +0000 mikemcguff Texas Media tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-2935547159613301898 Troy Kimmel might be one of the luckiest men in TV news.

 He seems to float from Austin station to station and never have to leave his home.

 He now is back at KEYE 42 as a meteorologist. READ MORE
]]> Troy Kimmel might be one of the luckiest men in TV news.

 He seems to float from Austin station to station and never have to leave his home.

 He now is back at KEYE 42 as a meteorologist. READ MORE
]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/2tGFfOUDNAs/troy-kimmel-returning-to-keye-tv-42.html/feed/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/2tGFfOUDNAs/troy-kimmel-returning-to-keye-tv-42.html Bruno: A look behind the curtain http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggerspub/houston/~3/oxXb-AwCgPU/bruno-look-behind-curtain.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/IZkVhjccsUA/bruno-look-behind-curtain.html#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:43:00 +0000 mikemcguff video movies tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-226016207435056993 Bruno was number 1 at the box office, but it does not look to have much staying power. Here are some links that give you a look at Sacha Baron Cohen and behind the scenes of his movie making process:

- 'Bruno' and Universal pull back the curtain
- Who is the real Sacha Baron Cohen?
- Sacha Baron Cohen appears as himself on 'Letterman' talks about terrorist interview
- The Sacha Baron Cohen Interview No One Will Ever See
- No Laughing Matter: Brüno Re-sued for Emotional Damages

Now as you might imagine, the crew must shoot a ton of footage and obviously only use what they deem to be screen worthy.  Here is what eyewitnesses and in some cases security cameras captured during Bruno shooting:

- Bruno Movie Crashes Catwalk During Fashion Show
- Bruno Movie backstage at Milan Fashion Week
- Bruno Movie Filming at Prop 8 Rally Sacha Baron Cohen
- Surveillance Video of Bruno Movie Filming in Kansas
- Bruno Movie Filming in Kansas
- Bruno's Set Crashing Secret Revealed!
- Behind the Scenes Bruno Movie

This movie looks to be shot like a reality TV show.  Not expensive by movie standards.  The cost is Cohen and marketing.  Expect more flicks like this one.

(Image courtesy of Flickr user Cine Fanatico)
]]> Bruno was number 1 at the box office, but it does not look to have much staying power. Here are some links that give you a look at Sacha Baron Cohen and behind the scenes of his movie making process:

- 'Bruno' and Universal pull back the curtain
- Who is the real Sacha Baron Cohen?
- Sacha Baron Cohen appears as himself on 'Letterman' talks about terrorist interview
- The Sacha Baron Cohen Interview No One Will Ever See
- No Laughing Matter: Brüno Re-sued for Emotional Damages

Now as you might imagine, the crew must shoot a ton of footage and obviously only use what they deem to be screen worthy.  Here is what eyewitnesses and in some cases security cameras captured during Bruno shooting:

- Bruno Movie Crashes Catwalk During Fashion Show
- Bruno Movie backstage at Milan Fashion Week
- Bruno Movie Filming at Prop 8 Rally Sacha Baron Cohen
- Surveillance Video of Bruno Movie Filming in Kansas
- Bruno Movie Filming in Kansas
- Bruno's Set Crashing Secret Revealed!
- Behind the Scenes Bruno Movie

This movie looks to be shot like a reality TV show.  Not expensive by movie standards.  The cost is Cohen and marketing.  Expect more flicks like this one.

(Image courtesy of Flickr user Cine Fanatico)
]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/IZkVhjccsUA/bruno-look-behind-curtain.html/feed/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/IZkVhjccsUA/bruno-look-behind-curtain.html Swearing makes pain more tolerable http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggerspub/houston/~3/kVvB5YkueLE/swearing-makes-pain-more-tolerable.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/N6Z4TyHRWEQ/swearing-makes-pain-more-tolerable.html#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:20:00 +0000 mikemcguff Media tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-3423996476047323301 go away:

"Swearing has been around for centuries and is an almost universal human linguistic phenomenon," said Richard Stephens of Keele University in England and one of the authors of the new study. "It taps into emotional brain centers and appears to arise in the right brain, whereas most language production occurs in the left cerebral hemisphere of the brain." READ MORE

(Thanks Will-E)
]]> go away:

"Swearing has been around for centuries and is an almost universal human linguistic phenomenon," said Richard Stephens of Keele University in England and one of the authors of the new study. "It taps into emotional brain centers and appears to arise in the right brain, whereas most language production occurs in the left cerebral hemisphere of the brain." READ MORE

(Thanks Will-E)
]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/N6Z4TyHRWEQ/swearing-makes-pain-more-tolerable.html/feed/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/N6Z4TyHRWEQ/swearing-makes-pain-more-tolerable.html VIDEO: Teen freaks after mom cancels Warcraft account http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggerspub/houston/~3/s98v1v20yp8/video-teen-freaks-after-mom-cancels.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/IqpDqmH2Vpk/video-teen-freaks-after-mom-cancels.html#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:02:00 +0000 mikemcguff video internet tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-9159534460721016891 Oh to be a teenage boy. Catch the video of this guy freaking out after he supposedly learns his mom cancelled his online Warcraft account! You won't believe it.

WATCH IT

Is the video real? I say yes. I bet if someone cancelled my Blogger account I might act like this!
]]> Oh to be a teenage boy. Catch the video of this guy freaking out after he supposedly learns his mom cancelled his online Warcraft account! You won't believe it.

WATCH IT

Is the video real? I say yes. I bet if someone cancelled my Blogger account I might act like this!
]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/IqpDqmH2Vpk/video-teen-freaks-after-mom-cancels.html/feed/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/IqpDqmH2Vpk/video-teen-freaks-after-mom-cancels.html ABC stations called out for not entering video sharing agreements http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggerspub/houston/~3/pEpPuZbyujs/abc-stations-called-out-for-not.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/ipPXnVr9PaI/abc-stations-called-out-for-not.html#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:52:00 +0000 mikemcguff Media tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-7873495530581848436 talking about how TV station news departments are sharing video with each other in local news sharing agreements across the country. One station owner has been absent from those posts and now an analyst calls ABC out:

Pali Research analyst Richard Greenfield blasts ABC in a report for not partaking in cost-cutting content pools in markets where it owns a station. "Why Do ABC's Stations Want to Have the Highest Cost Structure in Local News?" is the title of Greenfield's report, issued this morning.
With local news viewing and revenue in decline and the sector seeing increased competition from the likes of new local sites from ESPN and Huffington Post, Greenfield says partnerships such as the Local News Service (LNS) between Fox and NBC and, in some markets, others, makes abundant sense. READ THE REST

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- Dallas-Fort Worth TV news stations now sharing video
]]> talking about how TV station news departments are sharing video with each other in local news sharing agreements across the country. One station owner has been absent from those posts and now an analyst calls ABC out:

Pali Research analyst Richard Greenfield blasts ABC in a report for not partaking in cost-cutting content pools in markets where it owns a station. "Why Do ABC's Stations Want to Have the Highest Cost Structure in Local News?" is the title of Greenfield's report, issued this morning.
With local news viewing and revenue in decline and the sector seeing increased competition from the likes of new local sites from ESPN and Huffington Post, Greenfield says partnerships such as the Local News Service (LNS) between Fox and NBC and, in some markets, others, makes abundant sense. READ THE REST

RELATED
- TV stations are becoming buddies and sharing
- Dallas-Fort Worth TV news stations now sharing video
]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/ipPXnVr9PaI/abc-stations-called-out-for-not.html/feed/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/ipPXnVr9PaI/abc-stations-called-out-for-not.html Houston crime maps http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggerspub/houston/~3/3A_AGkEz_5c/houston-crime-maps.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/tUFl7QnYSGg/houston-crime-maps.html#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:25:00 +0000 mikemcguff Houston internet tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-1106165163281311483 The city of Houston has opened a new crime stats Web site that lets you view crime in your area on a map. It is a good effort. However after clicking through disclaimer after disclaimer you might find the interface a little confusing.

SEE THE SITE

HPD + GIS = hours of looking up your address and seeing burglaries.
]]> The city of Houston has opened a new crime stats Web site that lets you view crime in your area on a map. It is a good effort. However after clicking through disclaimer after disclaimer you might find the interface a little confusing.

SEE THE SITE

HPD + GIS = hours of looking up your address and seeing burglaries.
]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/tUFl7QnYSGg/houston-crime-maps.html/feed/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/tUFl7QnYSGg/houston-crime-maps.html Longtime NBC 5 KXAS reporter Brett Johnson dies http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggerspub/houston/~3/85K41aOoly0/longtime-nbc-5-kxas-reporter-brett.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/BRT4Mk-BTl4/longtime-nbc-5-kxas-reporter-brett.html#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:23:23 +0000 mikemcguff Texas Media tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-2576524279425270307 Brett Johnson who has been a reporter at NBC 5 KXAS in Dallas-Fort Worth since September 1996 lost his battle with pancreatitis and other complications. He was 48.

- Brett Johnson: 1960-2009
- NBC5 reporter Brett Johnson dies at age 48
- NBC5 reporter Brett Johnson dies
- News man Brett Johnson has died
- NBC5 reporter Brett Johnson dies from complications of pancreatitis
- KXAS reporter death

(Thanks Murdock)
]]> Brett Johnson who has been a reporter at NBC 5 KXAS in Dallas-Fort Worth since September 1996 lost his battle with pancreatitis and other complications. He was 48.

- Brett Johnson: 1960-2009
- NBC5 reporter Brett Johnson dies at age 48
- NBC5 reporter Brett Johnson dies
- News man Brett Johnson has died
- NBC5 reporter Brett Johnson dies from complications of pancreatitis
- KXAS reporter death

(Thanks Murdock)
]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/BRT4Mk-BTl4/longtime-nbc-5-kxas-reporter-brett.html/feed/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/BRT4Mk-BTl4/longtime-nbc-5-kxas-reporter-brett.html David Byrne’s Houston ride, NIN, Blur, Lita Ford, Pandora and more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggerspub/houston/~3/2d0eSL2d1P4/david-byrnes-houston-ride-nin-blur-lita.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/M_x0hKZQgbY/david-byrnes-houston-ride-nin-blur-lita.html#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:10:00 +0000 mikemcguff Music tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-735398089896792292 David Byrne of the Talking Heads blogs about his Houston bike ride

867-5309: Pop music's most famous phone number finds a new home with health club chain

The End of NIN Opens Door To Exotic Birds Reunion

Blur releases internet-only live albums of Hyde Park reunion concerts

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of David Bowie's Space Oddity by remixing it from the original tracks

Perez Hilton Confirms Warner Music Imprint: “I Have an Ear”

Inside the lives of Michael Jackson's children
- Paul McCartney “Didn’t Believe For a Second” Michael Jackson Left Him Beatles’ Rights
- When a celebrity dies: Looking at a few front pages of the Houston Chronicle

Lita Ford Returns With “Sexual” LP, Explains Runaways Movie Rift

Chris Cornell Says Soundgarden Talking B Sides, Box Set Releases

Web Radio Companies Reach Deal With Labels: Pandora Survives

OH, SNAP: NO ONE TOLD ZAKK WYLDE HE’S NOT OZZY’S GUITARIST ANYMORE

VIDEO: Metallica playing part of Beat It
- METALLICA: Pro-Shot Footage Of Nimes Concert Available
- METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: I Would Like To Make Another Album With RICK RUBIN

STEVEN ADLER's Guest Appearance On SLASH's Solo Album To Be Recorded Next Week

RATT Guitarist Discusses Forthcoming Album

AEROSMITH Drummer Discusses Autobiography On 'Red Eye'; Video Available

Brett Michaels tour bus involved in multi-vehicle accident in Toronto
]]> David Byrne of the Talking Heads blogs about his Houston bike ride

867-5309: Pop music's most famous phone number finds a new home with health club chain

The End of NIN Opens Door To Exotic Birds Reunion

Blur releases internet-only live albums of Hyde Park reunion concerts

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of David Bowie's Space Oddity by remixing it from the original tracks

Perez Hilton Confirms Warner Music Imprint: “I Have an Ear”

Inside the lives of Michael Jackson's children
- Paul McCartney “Didn’t Believe For a Second” Michael Jackson Left Him Beatles’ Rights
- When a celebrity dies: Looking at a few front pages of the Houston Chronicle

Lita Ford Returns With “Sexual” LP, Explains Runaways Movie Rift

Chris Cornell Says Soundgarden Talking B Sides, Box Set Releases

Web Radio Companies Reach Deal With Labels: Pandora Survives

OH, SNAP: NO ONE TOLD ZAKK WYLDE HE’S NOT OZZY’S GUITARIST ANYMORE

VIDEO: Metallica playing part of Beat It
- METALLICA: Pro-Shot Footage Of Nimes Concert Available
- METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: I Would Like To Make Another Album With RICK RUBIN

STEVEN ADLER's Guest Appearance On SLASH's Solo Album To Be Recorded Next Week

RATT Guitarist Discusses Forthcoming Album

AEROSMITH Drummer Discusses Autobiography On 'Red Eye'; Video Available

Brett Michaels tour bus involved in multi-vehicle accident in Toronto
]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/M_x0hKZQgbY/david-byrnes-houston-ride-nin-blur-lita.html/feed/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/M_x0hKZQgbY/david-byrnes-houston-ride-nin-blur-lita.html American beer consumption http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggerspub/houston/~3/SVEwIGBvD9s/american-beer-consumption.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/GRJVuMjlNCU/american-beer-consumption.html#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:23:00 +0000 mikemcguff consumer food tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-1390229737338616819 SEE IT

(Thanks Brian!)
]]> SEE IT

(Thanks Brian!)
]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/GRJVuMjlNCU/american-beer-consumption.html/feed/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/GRJVuMjlNCU/american-beer-consumption.html Former 105.3 KLLI Dallas host Russ Martin gets probabtion http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bloggerspub/houston/~3/GAnVxxOi_LA/former-1053-klli-dallas-host-russ.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mikemcguff/~3/XexVmxQBsrM/former-1053-klli-dallas-host-russ.html#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:20:57 +0000 mikemcguff Texas Media tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428954.post-2265381604023921678
- Ex-radio host Russ Martin pleads no contest, gets probation
- Russ Martin enters plea on assault charge
- Former KLLI/Dallas Afternooner Martin Gets Probation
- Former radio talk show host Russ Martin gets probation


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- Ex-radio host Russ Martin pleads no contest, gets probation
- Russ Martin enters plea on assault charge
- Former KLLI/Dallas Afternooner Martin Gets Probation
- Former radio talk show host Russ Martin gets probation


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- Dallas 105.3 KLLI radio host Russ Martin arrested
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