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Houston’s former KLOL, a station that had been around for years and years, was forced into a format change a while back. Indignant, the station’s management and talent started a new station, KLOI, and continued the tradition of mostly boring slog-rock and predictable bathroom humor morning shows.
I guess fewer listeners wanted them to stick […]

I’m not always a big fan of Houston’s only daily. The lack of competition since the Post shut down makes for pretty lopsided reporting. But, I’ll admit that I like Chron.com. I think the folks on their web staff have done a very good job of providing a usable site with features […]

After 30+ years as Rockets radio broadcasters, Gene Peterson and Jim Foley have signed on for one final season before retirement.
“We’re excited about doing another year together,” Peterson, 66, said. “And I’m hoping for one more championship. My sons (Todd and Paul) have my championship rings (from 1994-95), and my daughter (Jennifer) needs one.”
Foley said […]

The city is wrestling with an ordinance banning parked cars in the front yard of residences. There are decent reasons for the ban such as problems with utility lines and leakage of auto fluids into the topsoil, but, honestly, this has nothing to do with that.
“It looks very ugly and detracts from the beauty […]

Woo hoo!
Got this from Nancy Greig regarding the recent concern over matching funds for the park.
I finally spoke “face to face” with Lara Wendler, Sen. Whitmire’s executive director.
She emphatically assured me that the allocation of $3.75 million for the W. 11th Street Park was 1) intended to pay for the PURCHASE (not improvements) of the […]

A friend of mine once told me that when he worked for a news organization, one of the head people there told him, “Our job isn’t to report the news. Our job is to scare people.” That quote reminded me of Bill Murray’s character in Scrooged when he told his staff that he […]

About a week ago, I posted a press release from Senator John Whitmire’s office stating that the remaining monies needed to save the 11th Street Park from development had been added to the state budget and the park was now safe.
Um…cough.
I got an email from a VERY reliable source stating that Councilwoman Toni Lawrence said […]

Nancy Greig, the wonderful woman in charge of saving 11th Street Park, recently gave me a t-shirt for the park efforts (I still owe you $20, Nancy!) to wear at a gig I had with my band a few weeks back. I wore it. I guess it worked.
Senator John Whitmire Secures Funding […]

How appropriate. I screen capped these two areas of the Chron.com front page. Not only did the Rockets bow out in game 7 to the Utah Jazz, but the “Rocket” Roger Clements has decided to return and pitch for another year…with the Yankees.
To cap it off, it appears the Rockets offseason will get […]

I don’t know if anyone has seen this. I’m guessing I’m the last to roll in on this bandwagon if this follows the norm, but, if not, it is very cool. It’s an interactive map of downtown showing every building, tunnels, retail, restaurants, etc. Just click the menu on the left to […]