By Maxwell Morgan In a season of firsts, the Texans went to New York for their first nationally televised game of the season. They left with a first time ever 5-0 record, winning their first away Monday Night Football game, and suffering their first significant injury of the season. Brian Cushing, our defensive captain, is out for the season with a torn ACL that happened on a seemingly illegal clip away from play in the second quarter. So, even in this win, the Texans have sustained a significant loss. The national pundits had been scoffing at the matchup between the ... Read More »

The good thing about video is it is harder to mis-spell shit. Free Press TV has arrived and brought friends. Join us as we interview Mayor Annise Parker, go to the gun show, visit with Arthur Bates, and enjoy some Lightning Bolt. Watch now, tell a friend, and prepare yourself for tons more to come. Expect an episode every 2 weeks and tricklings of goodness in between. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX3L59ORIFw[/youtube] Read More »

A few practical ways for the City of Houston to increase revenue, decrease the budget shortfall, and make everyone’s lives a whole lot easier by adapting to 15-year-old technology. By Omar Afra Illustration by Tim Dorsey Despite Houston’s relative resilience to the recession and actual job growth, our municipal government is pretty much up shit’s creek when it comes to fiscal responsibility. With an accumulated deficit of 2.5 billion dollars and an annual budget deficit of 130 million dollars, it is critical that the city both finds efficiencies and raises revenue. Mayor Parker has launched a ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’-type ... Read More »

Yes folks, it is finally time for our annual get together where we bring you a bunch of cool bands along the banks of the bayou.  You sweat, you dance, you drink a lot of water, put down some beers, eat a bunch of food, hang out with some awesome folks and Joe Ortiz will go around asking everyone if they want a free hug.  Who knows, Hippie Mike may return to dance for everyone’s pleasure.  The point is, it’s a lot of fun so you should be there unless you are in jail, dead, or your hatred of hipsters is ... Read More »

By Alex Wukman For most people in Houston performance art is a little like a mountain lion: easy to read about but hard to see. The last time performance art received any notice in the local press was in November 2025 when Wayne Dolcefino ran an all-sizzle-no-steak report on the “shady world of taxpayer funded art” that included a couple of clips from the Performance Art Lab with the question “is it art?” Seriously, a guy who thinks including clips from the old Adam West Batman show in his expose about Blood Alcohol Test Vans–because BAT Vans rhymes with Batman–makes ... Read More »

by Omar Afra Channy Moon Casselle is the vocalist for up and coming darlings Polica; the The Twin cities band comprised of Caselle on vocals and a unique arrangement of backing musicians. The atmospheric stew that is Polica is 2 drummers, a bass player, and Caselle singing through a legion of effects and controlling a Macbook Pro which handles the synths and sequences. And no guitar. What you get is a wide open soundscape which gives a airy palette for Casselle’s stellar vocal range. Her vocals are both delicate and powerful while the band focuses on stirring and meditative compositions ... Read More »

By Jacob Calle Photos By Amy Farina Ian MacKaye is most widely known as the singer for Fugazi, Minor Threat, and a handful of other influential hardcore punk bands.  Without a doubt he is a central figure in creating the notion of a ‘do it your self’ punk ethic and is credited with coining the term “straight-edge.” As well as fronting such bands, MacKaye has produced and released works by countless other artists and has dabbled in activism. Since their ‘indefinite hiatus’ in 2025, Fugazi has been dormant and rumors of reuniting, shows, or new records have abounded. But the ... Read More »

WORST OF HOUSTON 2025 ” The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.” - Friedrich Nietzsche They say sunlight is the best antiseptic. They also say a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.  Why those are relevant, I don’t know. But we are proud to offer up our annual Worst of Houston list this year in our continuing efforts to make Houston a better place by exposing some of it’s worst components. We can’t vouch for factual accuracy, positive motivation, or anything else for that ... Read More »

  by M. Martin I am, be it freely admitted, older than dirt. When I first started hanging out in Montrose, Sid Vicious was still alive, Ronald Reagan was merely an embarrassment to the state of California…and Montrose had neighborhood grocery stores.  Oh, there were encroachments by large corporate chains–but there was also Butera’s on Bissonnet, The old Alabama Grocery at Jack Street, Richwood Market (AKA “Freaky Foods”) on Richmond, and numerous small examples of what used to be called “Drive-ins”, like Lankford Grocery (still there, but now just a mom and pop burger stand). One of the biggest “chain ... Read More »

Summer. Houston. Mosquitoes. Man-eating dragons. Sweaty lovers. Dehydration. Man-eating dragons. It is not easy around here in the summer. But alas, your friends at Fitzgerald’s, FPH, and Pegstar are here bring some relief in the form of Fitzgerald’s BIG ASS SUMMER PARTY. We are holding this soon to be venerated event on July 28th and are bringing a stupendous lineup including Turquoise Jeep, B L A C K I E, Limb, Dave Wrangler, Poor Pilot, Mystery Flavor, Free Radicals, Jon Black, Khruang Bin, DJ Meshak, and Nick Greer and the G’s. This shindig starts early at 5PM with $2 beers until 8PM. ... Read More »