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Weekend music roundup (10-14-2004 edition)

October 14, 2004 Kevin Whited

Smart readers of blogHOUSTON already know that David Cobb provides a great roundup of local rock music each week. This week’s installment was posted yesterday. I like to supplement his list with the alt-country/Americana/Texas music

Sudden Insight, by Ken Hoffman

October 14, 2004 Anne Linehan

Here’s some political analysis that’s worth reading: Roland Mesnier was the official White House pastry chef for 25 years — baking goodies for Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush (41), Clinton and Bush (43). He recently retired

Martinis and manicures

October 13, 2004 Anne Linehan

This is an interesting marketing hook: La Strada, 322 Westheimer, in the Montrose area has “martinis and manicures” on Thursday nights. Owners Aldo and Robbie Catania said the success has turned what began as a

A forthcoming correction

October 13, 2004 Kevin Whited

Yesterday, I emailed Chronicle reader representative James Campbell and letters editor Judy Minshew regarding that letter containing an inaccurate assertion about Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal that ran earlier in the week. Today, both Campbell

Kirkendall comments on the Nigerian barge trial

October 13, 2004 Kevin Whited

Tom Kirkendall checks in again on the Enron-related Nigerian barge trial. Why do we keep linking to Kirkendall on this topic? Because he offers a view we haven’t seen from dinosaur media: Left unstated in

Bach and beer

October 13, 2004 Callie Markantonis

What could be better than a Bach Society presentation of Bach Vespers? A Bach Society presentation of Bach Vespers and beer: The Bach Society will present “Bach Vespers” at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353

The policy of uninformative bylines

October 13, 2004 Anne Linehan

The Chronicle‘s “byline policy” rears its head again. Last week readers were offered an opinion column by one Tarif Abboushi who thinks the U.S. is kowtowing to Israel: A point of contention during Tuesday’s vice-presidential

Benzion returns to the Houston airwaves

October 13, 2004 Kevin Whited

Rumor has it that one David Benzion will be making his return as a Houston talk radio host today. We hear the former executive producer and occasional host from KPRC-950 in its pre-Clear Channel days

The kid will be fine

October 13, 2004 Kevin Whited

Rookie Brandon Backe will start the first game of the National League playoff series against the St. Louis Cardinals tonight. Manager Phil Garner had this to say about his rookie: “Sometimes young people get so

Houston, entrepreneurial city

October 12, 2004 Kevin Whited

Houston has long been regarded as a city where “bidness” gets done. Now, a national study has recognized Houston’s entrepreneurial spirit: Houston ranks No .4 in the nation in the entrepreneur category of Visa International’s