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If you fancy some Japanese rock, check out Fantasys Core tonight at Walter’s on Washington (our own Motion Turns It On opens). It’s been ten years since Shawn Mullins' “Lullaby” was a big hit. Mullins sound is more on the Americana/folk side these days, and you can hear for yourself tomorrow night at the Mucky Duck. Friday night, Warehouse Live has an eclectic mix of local music, including one of our favorites, Two Star Symphony. If you’d rather punk-out that night, head to Walter’s on Washington, where Something Fierce headlines. Finally, Kinky Friedman stops at the Duck on Saturday night. He’s not running for governor anymore, so he has little incentive to censor himself.

Good morning, Houston. If you'd like a little more Kinky in your life, you may be in luck. Erstwhile gubernatorial candidate and the bane of Chris Bell's existence Kinky Friedman said he might make another run for the office in 2010. This time, though, he's thinking about losing the independent label and running as a Democrat. Consultant Kelly Fero said, "They're going to be looking for real serious, legitimate candidates. Kinky should throw his...

There were some people channeling our sentiments on Missed Connections this week, along with a very cheap Yahoo user and an elusive ice skating cowboy. Read on:

Now Playing Houston: The Liberty Hall Poster Show Houston rocks, but back in the day, we really rocked and Liberty Hall was a premiere downtown music venue. From the late sixties to the mid seventies it hosted such artists as Waylon Jennings, Bruce Springsteen, Lightnin' Hopkins, Johnny Winter, Ted Nugent, Gram Parsons, ZZ Top, the Velvet Underground, The Ramones and a pre-gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman. See a collection of posters from this era on...

It’s tough to make a microbrewery successful in the state of Texas. Brock Wagner, founder and owner of Houston’s St. Arnold’s microbrewery, is hoping to change that. Wagner has teamed up with other microbrewers in the state to form Friends of Texas Microbreweries, which will lobby the states legislature to enact laws that would help microbreweries flourish, like the micro-wineries have in the past decade.

Houstonist stayed up half the night glued to our television just to bring you the latest election results, locally, state-wide, and nationally. Let's look at how things went down yesterday. Locally: Much to the mayor's delight, propositions A-H all passed. This means good things for Houston's libraries, parks, police force, airports, etc. Mayor White is keeping the city moving, literally and figuratively. The Chronicle offers complete election results, but we're going to look at a...

Tuesday Discovered by Peter Gabriel, Akron, Ohio’s Joseph Arthur is a singer/songwriter whose music is full of layered, swirling choruses. While his studio albums are very produced, his live show gives fans to hear his music in a new light. 8 p.m. at the Meridian | tickets and info Wednesday In the late 90’s, Jude came on the scene with a bang – a song on the City of Angels soundtrack, a debut album...

So there's good news and bad news for Gov. Rick Perry. The good news: According to a new poll, he should easily win re-election in November if things keep going like they are. The bad news: According to the same poll, a lot of Texans think he's kind of a sucky governor. Ah, politics.

During a campaign stop in Houston yesterday, Gov. Rick Perry announced his plan for fighting crime in Houston: a $10 million effort to coordinate law enforcement efforts among more than 100 agencies in Harris, Fort Bend, Brazoria and Galveston counties. The joint operations and intelligence center will put more police officers on the streets, improve local agencies' technology and better link state and local intelligence. "We will not stand idly by as our innocent citizens...

We're just a little over two months away from Election Day 2006. (It’s on Nov. 7), which means we can expect to see a lot more of the candidates in the next few weeks. Today, independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Kinky Friedman hits town in the midst of his college tour — he's making a stop today at the University of Houston, and then tonight, you can catch him at the Flying Saucer downtown. Nothing...

A plane crashed in Montgomery County this afternoon; engine failure was apparently the cause Tuesday's police chase by the guy who thought he couldn't be chased had City Council all atwitter this week The Labor Department has proposed a $12 million settlement to cover some Enron workers' claims Kalip Jefferson, 18, was found guilty of murder today for killing a woman when he ran a red light during a 2005 police chase Donations to the...

It looks like Kinky's in and Grandma is out on the November gubernatorial ballot: Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams ruled today that Richard "Kinky" Friedman can use his nickname on the ballot, but Carole Keeton "Grandma" Strayhorn can't because her nickname is actually a campaign slogan.

Lists of people who signed petitions to get independent gubernatorial hopefuls Kinky Friedman and Carole Keeton Strayhorn were sent to state election officials today so the state can begin a final check of signatures to see whether the two will make it on the ballot. Friedman and Strayhorn each had to collect 45,540 signatures from registered Texas voters who didn't vote in the Republican or Democratic primaries; Friedman ended up with 169,574 and Strayhorn had about 223,000. Both are counting on some of their signatures being invalid, which is why they gathered so many.

Today in funny, during this morning's CNN Live Today reported President Bush inserted his foot in his mouth when, during a televised press conference, he teased a reporter for wearing sunglasses when it was cloudy outside. Bush later learned the L.A. Times reporter is blind. In other news ... >> Texas: Thanks in part to a donation from a Houston oilman who died May 30, democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Bell has collected $333,212 for...

This year's governor's race may come down to a matter of nicknames — or so Carole Keeton Strayhorn, who hopes to make it on the ballot as an independent candidate, seems to believe. Strayhorn is asking to appear on the ballot as Carole Keeton "Grandma" Strayhorn, reflecting that she's campaigned as "One Tough Grandma" since 1998. It seems all her name changes — she started her political career as Carole McClellan, became railroad commissioner and state comptroller as Carole Keeton Rylander and has since remarried and become Strayhorn — have confused voters, but everyone knows who "Grandma" is:

New Orleans police arrested Richard Foster, wanted in the murder of a Katrina evacuee in Houston, last night A new report finds more problems in HPD's crime lab, including 23 cases in which the lab reported "grossly misleading" information from its DNA profiling Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson announced today plans for the nation's largest offshore wind farm, which is proposed for 40,000 acres off the Padre Island seashore A woman sentenced to 15 years in...

Wednesday The crawfish has been boiling everywhere lately, so it’s a good night to catch New Orleans’ New Birth Brass Band at the Volcano. And enjoy a frozen screwdriver, of course. Music: “I Got a Woman” 7 p.m. at Volcano | info Cincinnati’s Moth stops in Houston tonight. Sometimes compared to Weezer, especially since they’ve soften their punk roots for mainstream success. Houston’s Slippin’ Mickies opens. 9 p.m. at Rudyard’s | info Thursday Almost...

Even though he was elected governor nearly 150 years ago, Sam Houston's name still holds a lot of weight in Texas. Just ask politicians, who love to compare themselves to the Texas hero — especially Carole Keeton Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman, who hope to follow in Houston's footsteps by getting elected governor as an independent. "He's our greatest governor," humorist, author and gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman readily tells folks. "I just love Sam Houston," said...

Big news on the gubernatorial trail this weekend: Independent hopeful Kinky Friedman apparently violated the state's open container law when he drank a beer while riding in a St. Patrick's Day parade car in Dallas on Saturday. (OK, it isn't really such big news, but Houstonist can't pass up a chance to use the word "gubernatorial.") Friedman was serving as the parade's grand marshal; at some point during the festivities, it seems someone passed him a can of Guinness and he took a sip. As he explained:

Torontoist throws down the gauntlet and challenges all comers: pillow fight, bitch. They also stand up for a fellow blogger taking heat from the TTC and welcome city-wide WiFi. SFist can finally admit it: It's possible that Bary Bonds juiced. Is Bay Area artist (tempted to put quotes around that) Thomas Kinkaid "kinda crappy" or "explosively crappy" or does he just like marking territory? SFist wonders. Technology comes in the form of new Mac goodness...

So here's the thing about this year's gubernatorial race: It promises to be intetesting. On the one hand, we have incumbent Republican Gov. Rick Perry, who has more than $9 million on hand and hair that's feathered like the wings of a majestic mockingbird, and Chris Bell, a Democrat who observers say needs to build statewide name recognition and only has $100,000 in his campaign chest at this point. And then there are the independent...

Today's gubernatorial primaries are the first real electoral step in determining who'll be the 48th governor of Texas — but it looks like most people won't bother voting. In two weeks of early voting, 3.3 percent of registered voters from both parties cast ballots in the state's 15 largest counties, the Chronicle reports, and officials expect an overall turnout of 13 percent. On the Democratic side, Chris Bell and Bob Gammage are battling it...

Independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman testified yesterday in the highly publicized trial of Max Alexander Soffar, who has served more than 20 years on death row for killing three people in a bowling alley in northwest Houston. Soffar's conviction was eventually overturned, and now defense attorneys hope Friedman's testimony can keep their client out of the electric chair.

Andrea Yates will push for a plea deal that lets her serve time in a mental hospital, her lawyer said today Daniel N. DiNardo became the archbishop of Galveston-Houston today after Joseph Fiorenza retired because of age limits Gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman testified as a character witness today in the Max Soffar trial, saying the accused killer has "struggled with his demons and he's conquered them" In southwest Houston, a baby fell out of a...

A large grass fire is burning near Rosharon, but there's no word yet on whether structures are in danger Charles Victor Thompson didn't get the handcuff key that helped him escape from jail from inside, authorities say FEMA will give a $1.5 million grant to help repair the Lake Conroe Dam, which was damaged during Hurricane Rita Police are looking for a man in a U-Haul truck who is suspected of stabbing his former roommate...

Add another independent to the list of candidates for Texas governor: Carole Keeton "One Tough Grandma" Strayhorn. Strayhorn, who was initially expected to challenge Gov. Rick Perry in the Republican primary, declared herself an independent candidate Monday. That move seems to indicate she didn't believe she could defeat Perry (and his gubernatorial hair, which is feathered like the wings of a majestic eagle) for the Republican candidacy, but Strayhorn said she's running as an independent...

Musician thriller writer humorist politician (?) Kinky Friedman made his bid for governor official yesterday, filing a declaration of intent to run as an independent candidate in 2006 and promising to put "a chill up the spine of every politician." Friedman's unofficial campaign has been under way since February, when he stood in front of the Alamo and announced his intention to run for governor. (By the way, Houstonist thinks the front of the Alamo...