Archive for February, 2007
Great show tonight: Sharks and Sailors, Red Sparrowes, My Education
Closed Published by David A. Cobb February 23rd, 2007 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogThis Friday (2.23.07) at Walter’s on Washington is a great line-up, which includes Houston band extraordinaire Sharks and Sailors. Here’s the line-up: RED SPAROWES | MY EDUCATION | SHARKS AND SAILORS…
Erika Wennerstrom from Heartless Bastards on radioACTIVE today @ 2pm
Closed Published by David A. Cobb February 23rd, 2007 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogToday is another of KPFT’s monthly SugarHill Sessions, which features Erika Wennerstrom from Heartless Bastards in a rare ACOUSTIC performance and interview. You can stream the show at www.kpft.org - 2…
KTRU’s Battle of the Bands tonight
Closed Published by David A. Cobb February 23rd, 2007 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogRice radio station KTRU 90.1FM hosts a battle of the bands tomorrow night (Friday, 2.23.07) at 7pm at Lovett College, on the campus of Rice University (6100 Main St. in…
Big plans for 288, but it could be better
Closed Published by Tory Gattis February 22nd, 2007 on Houston StrategiesJust got back from TXDoT’s public meeting on 288 improvements. Unfortunately I didn’t get as long as I’d like - I got there at 7:45, and you’d be amazed how fast they shut down the place at 8pm sharp. Generally good news, although I think there’s on…
Denton’s Midlake at Walter’s tonight!
Closed Published by David A. Cobb February 22nd, 2007 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogTickets to tonight’s Midlake show at Walter’s on Washington are going fast. Get yours at the SuperUnison.com website. Midlake, w/ Tacks the Boy Disaster, St. Vincent Doors @ 8:00 / Show…
Buy this book: Texas Troubadours, by photographer Steve Harris
Closed Published by David A. Cobb February 22nd, 2007 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogLast year, I was introduced to Houston photographer Steve Harris at a show at The Continental Club. A mutual friend told me that he was having a book published in early…
Paul Weller’s Hit Parade
Closed Published by David A. Cobb February 21st, 2007 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogBillboard.com has a great recent article/Q&A with musician Paul Weller (The Jam/Style Council). Yep Roc Records recently released a 4-CD box set, Hit Parade, that includes all of his singles and…
Planning bureaucracy runs amok, picks porn over a church
Closed Published by Tory Gattis February 20th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesI have to pass along this article from the Wall Street Journal’s offbeat front-page center column, which reveals the dark comedy of out-of-control city planning bureaucracies, a recent topic on this blog here and here (highlights mine).
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Music you may have missed…
Closed Published by David A. Cobb February 19th, 2007 on Houston Calling :: Houston Music BlogAs you know, I listen to a lot of music — so much, in fact, that I sometimes forget about a particular band or album that stood out until I come…
In-migration, maps, crime, monorail, and housing affordability
Closed Published by Tory Gattis February 18th, 2007 on Houston StrategiesFinishing off the small miscellaneous items I wasn’t able to get to at the beginning of last week:On an absolute numbers basis, Texas is attracting the second-highest inbound moving vans minus outbound moving vans according to United Van Lines, just be…