Archive for December, 2006
The week in new year rock
Closed Published by David A. Cobb December 31st, 2006 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogLots going on around town tonight. Be safe. Here’s a list of New Year’s Eve shows in Houston: Us & Them (Houston’s Pink Floyd tribute band)/Black Dog (I assume a Zeppelin…
Attention Wilco fans
Closed Published by David A. Cobb December 30th, 2006 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogJeff Tweedy is coming to Texas in January. The Dallas and Marfa (yes, Marfa) shows are already sold out, and unfortunately, instead of playing a night in Houston he chose to…
The Christmas week in Houston rock
Closed Published by David A. Cobb December 25th, 2006 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogHopefully your family’s not so bad that you have to venture forth on Christmas, but if you do–and I’ve done it before, so no worries–know that there’s plenty of shows this…
It’s time yet again to catch up on what has become a very long list of small miscellaneous items. I’m not sure how much posting I’ll be doing over the holidays, so hopefully this will keep you well set with plenty of reading material over the break.A …
Metro narrows down the University Line options
Closed Published by Tory Gattis December 21st, 2006 on Houston StrategiesA Metro board meeting today narrowed down the potential routings of the east-west Universities light-rail line. The early version of the Chronicle story is here, along with a link to the map. Metro’s official document is here, with summary evaluatio…
Twas the weekend before Christmas…
Closed Published by David A. Cobb December 21st, 2006 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogSome of the shows going on around Houston this weekend include: Tonight (Thursday, 12.21.06) Dirty Leg/Savoy Special/Snowbyrd @ Rudyard’s The Scattered Pages @ Brasil Amos Lee/Mutlu @ Warehouse Live Boogdish @…
Metro today narrowed its choices for the University light rail line, eliminating Afton Oaks from consideration
Galveston trying to upgrade tourism
Closed Published by Tory Gattis December 19th, 2006 on Houston StrategiesCNN has a story about Galveston’s attempt to upgrade it’s tourism image based on the recent consultant’s report (thanks to Chris for the link). The article is quite vocal about Galveston’s downsides, especially the dirty water and sand. Some excerpt…
The General Plan Subcommittee Report from the Planning Commission to the City Council of Houston is now available.
Astrocast show 11
Closed Published by lambo@astrocast.net (Lambo and Sketkar) December 18th, 2006 on AstroCastShow 11 is on enjoy!
Show notes:
Guess who’s back?
Show format changes - new voice mail number is 206-203-1695.
Cincinnati Reds Podcast-Red Hot Mama
Bagwell retires
Key Astros trades/additions and departures
New Pitching Coach
Other stuff and Pertinent questions - what about roger? backe, biggio.
– sketkar