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I told you last year how Houston filmmaker Alex “PR!MO” Luster was working on a documentary about street artists who are into wheatpasting in the Bayou City. The project is called Stick ‘Em Up! The films latest trailer is out.

WATCH IT HERE (NSFW!)

Here is a description of the documentary:

Stick ‘Em Up! is an alluring and captivating film that delves into the little known world of wheat pasting, an inner city art form that’s as provocative as it is misunderstood. Documentary filmmaker Alex ‘PR!MO’ Luster delves into the minds and motivations behind several guerilla street artists capturing the lifespan of their art… conception, creation, placement and ultimately the removal by the city abatement enforcement.
With commentary by legendary street artists and from top local law enforcement officials, “Stick ’Em Up!” is a gritty, street smart documentary that reveals the secret truth behind some of the prolific images you see everyday.

http://www.stickemupmovie.com

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TV Weatherman is back but still sore from motorcycle wreck
Garry Seith, chief meteorologist for KTXA/Channel 21 was in a neck brace for three weeks and off the air for a month.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Houston photos
The workers have had a muddy time.

The Single Most Epic Pest-Control Ad Ever Heard On Radio
​Houstonians who listen to 1560 The Game occasionally get to hear the most epic pest-control commercial of all time.

Local TV dream team launches indie news site
If there were a dream team of Utah’s most well-known television news anchors, it would be the group of personalities behind Salt TV Network.

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The biggest cliffhanger in television this week is what prompted combative ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson to throw in the towel and make a swift exit.

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One of the folks who had a major impact on KPRC 2 in recent years is heading for Dallas-Fort Worth. KPRC creative services director Gary Wann has accepted the job of vice president of marketing and brand development for KXAS 5 NBC.

This is actually a homecoming for Wann who came to Houston from KTVT CBS 11 in 2007.

Wann tells me he enjoyed working at KPRC and living in Houston but is looking forward to returning to the DFW area. We can forgive him.

On a personal note, Gary hired me on a consulting basis to develop KPRC’s Facebook presence and I really enjoyed working for him. He clearly loves the TV business, knows his stuff and I wish him well in North Texas. Houston, we lost a good one this week.

His last day at channel 2 is this Friday.

http://www.tvpromoguy.com/

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Back before it was country, 93Q KKBQ was a popular top 40 station in Houston battling it out with 104.1 KRBE which is still around today. Here is a TV spot with John Lander from the Q Morning Zoo from 1988.  By the way, Jammer deejayed a middle school dance of mine at TH Rogers.

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I know Lady Gaga is one of the biggest stars in the world. So I figured you might enjoy some of the blog coverage of her Houston visit - from on stage to around the Bayou City.

AROUND HOUSTON
- Tracking Lady Gaga’s Houston adventure: From the St. Regis pool to Dirt Bar
- Lady Gaga dines late at Spanish Flowers and goes unnoticed

THE CONCERT
- Backstage with Lady Gaga: Only Lynn Wyatt and her lucky friends get to share the love
- Lady Gaga’s “Monster” show is a perfect mix of theater, dance, sex, scandal, horror & parental dysfunction
- Lady Gaga At Toyota Center - Again

FANS AND FASHION
- “Monsters” dress to impress their idol, Lady Gaga
- Lady Gaga Style Tips From Two Houston Experts

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If you are a viewer of Channel 8 KUHT PBS Houston and want to know how the station chooses which shows we see, then pause the Nova special you are watching and continue reading.

Channel 8 has alerted me to an upcoming online conference in August that will put you in touch with the KUHT programming staff:

Due to an overwhelming demand from HoustonPBS’ first online conference and PBS fall preview, they have brought it back for a second installment. Do you have a question or comment about Channel 8 programming? Want to be the first to see shows coming to PBS this fall? Join HoustonPBS online for an interactive Chat with the HoustonPBS Programmers on Thursday, August 19 from 6:30-7:30 P.M.

Viewers can log on from their home computers to participate in this free, interactive, video web conference. Participants will have a chance to learn about scheduling choices, find out about upcoming programs, watch exclusive clips from the PBS fall line-up and interact with the HoustonPBS staff in real time. Space is limited.

To sign up, visit www.houstonpbs.org/chat.

I need to ask them why I was addicted to The Charlie Rose Show for about two years.

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Johnny Depp in character talking to the camera as Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean 4 - On Stranger Tides. Sparrow denies that he is looking for the fountain of youth and lets talk of alcohol distract him.

At the end I swear he says, “Bloody Marys all around - it’s on the Mouse.” The Mouse being a reference to Disney who produces the film!

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The 1st edition of Abby’s Book Corner Houston benefiting the Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center is coming to an end.

Hurry and drop off your books at the following locations:

Amy’s Ice Creams - 3816 Farnham Street | Houston, TX 77098-4002 | (713) 526-2697

Nick’s Place (near Westheimer and Gessner)- 2713 Rockyridge Drive | Houston, TX 77063 | (713) 780-8338

http://www.abbysbookcorner.com/houston.php

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Last April I reviewed the RedEye by Thinkflood. It’s a device that lets you control your TV, cable box, stereo…etc from an iPhone or iPod Touch.

Since there are constantly new phones on the market, Thinkflood has joined the crowd and just released a new product too. RedEye mini is a portable universal remote adapter for Apple iOS devices. The mini plugs into the headphone jack of the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The hardware costs $49 and requires the free download RedEye app.

The company says the RedEye mini can operate anything controlled by infrared signals anywhere such as TVs, cable and satellite receivers, gaming consoles, Blu-ray, DVD and digital media players.

The company really wants to help dudes out who always want to control the remote (at least that is what our wives and girlfriends say about us). I’m told you can turn down the volume on that terrible video in the waiting room at the doctor’s office, switch the TV at the bar to the game you actually want to watch or change the channel at your friend’s house when they won’t hand over the remote. One day someone might even change the channel on KIAH 39’s NewsFix newscast.

Coming later this summer, the app will get a free in-app TV program/channel guide too.

http://thinkflood.com/products/redeye-mini/

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I believe former TV weatherman and Bachelorette contestant Jonathan Novack made an appearance on ABC last night. But let’s go way back and see a younger Novack in 2001 at KCBD in Lubbock, TX. Based on his Halloween story, the Lubbock audience probably didn’t know how to react. It’s pretty funny for small market TV.

We have more Novack TV stories from KPRC 2 also.
- Art of Collecting - Action Figures
- Action Figures Outtakes

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