Archive for December, 2006
Toward a General Plan for Houston’s Future - Almost
Closed Published by David December 18th, 2006 on ProcessA new report passed by the Houston Planning Commission last week skirts around the issue of beginning a general plan for the future
Rankings, rankings, rankings
Closed Published by Tory Gattis December 17th, 2006 on Houston StrategiesAn Otis White post alerted me to this report by St. Louis comparing itself to 35 other cities over a huge range of statistics - over 80 in fact. If you want to fully see how Houston measures up, I recommend opening it and doing a search on “Houston.”…
Top 20 favorite Houston albums of 2006
Closed Published by David A. Cobb December 17th, 2006 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogDespite what the rest of the nation thinks, Houston has a decent music scene and a lot of musicians that make great music. In fact, I was recently told by a…
Free Press Holiday Bash and Staff Infection this Wednesday at Numbers
Closed Published by David A. Cobb December 17th, 2006 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogThis Wednesday (December 20th), Houston’s Free Press hosts the Free Press Holiday Bash and Staff Infection at Numbers. Scheduled to appear are Southern Backtones, The Riff Tiffs, Million Year Dance, Nosaprise,…
The Scattered Pages at The Daily Grind tonight
Closed Published by David A. Cobb December 16th, 2006 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogA show I forgot about is happening at the most happening coffee shop on Washington Avenue, The Daily Grind (right next door to Walter’s). Come check out The Scattered Pages tonight…
dUNETX xMas freaKout tonight at The Big Top, tonight in Houston rock
Closed Published by David A. Cobb December 16th, 2006 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogdUNETX’s 10th xMas freaKout is tonight (Saturday, 12.16.06) at The Big Top (3700 Main St., next to The Continental Club. Free show, 21+, 10:30pm. More on dUNETX online here. Also, Pale…
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Great show tonight at Rudz, Envy issue release party
Closed Published by David A. Cobb December 15th, 2006 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogSomething Fierce, Zipperneck, and Flowers to Hide play Rudyard’s tonight. Something Fierce’s Come For The Bastards made my year-end favorites list, which you can read here. Also, Envy magazine has its…
The shotgun marriage of Continental and United
Closed Published by Tory Gattis December 14th, 2006 on Houston StrategiesAlthough in this case, the bride (United) is the one holding the shotgun. Most of you have probably heard the rumor news by now about the potential merger. If you want more detailed background, Tom’s got it. I’m not going to repeat the media stori…
Favorite albums of 2006
Closed Published by David A. Cobb December 14th, 2006 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogMy list of my 20 favorite albums of 2006 is posted on the main donewaiting.com page (direct link here). It was a real chore narrowing it down to even 20–there’s so…