Archive for April, 2007



Early voting starts today

Here’s where and when to vote between now and May 8. I’ll be casting my ballot for Melissa Noriega, and…

BOR reminds us on the next assault on the right to vote that will come up in the House today,…

Robb Fickman of the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association has written an open letter to Mayor White asking that Houston…

Lisa Gray uses her new column space to make a plea for saving the River Oaks Theater, River Oaks Shopping…

Disco Expressions (again)

Disco Expressions had their second “official” gig last Friday at the Continental Club this past Friday.
By all accounts, it was a huge success.
My best picture of Jim performing to date:

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Paul Beebe was a little bit frightening:

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One of my posts last week inspired quite a debate in the comments on whether land-use planning or zoning has any impact on the restaurant scene in a city - interesting enough I thought the topic deserves its own post. The post noted that Houston was r…

Big Sandy and Los Straitjackets

Big Sandy joined forces with Los Straitjackets last week at the Continental Club.
Los Straitjackets did their usual thing with Big Sandy joining them a few times during the night to sing some songs.
There’s just something compelling about an instrumental band that plays surf music while wearing Mexican wrestling masks.

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Given the headline “Race to replace Sekula-Gibbs a blip on the radar” and the fact that it was buried inside…

Chron endorses Melissa Noriega

Outstanding. The Chronicle endorses Melissa Noriega, a candidate with a diverse range of useful experience and a demonstrated commitment to…

This does not sound good. Those who are raising funds to purchase 5 acres of the West 11th Street Park…