A lot of great songs on their list. A few I could do without. You can chase the link on the guitar and vote on the National Anthem of Texas (as anointed by Lone Star beer).
Boogie Back to Texas — Asleep at the Wheel
Miles and Miles of Texas — Asleep at the Wheel
Colors Are All the Same — Bill Pekar
San Antonio Rose — Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
I’ve Been Everywhere (In Texas) — Brian Burns
Llano Estacado — Cooder Graw
Texas Time Travelin’ — Cory Morrow
That’s What I Like About Texas — Dale Watson
Way Down Texas Way — Dale Watson
Lone Star Blues — Delbert McClinton
Rolling Stone from Texas — Don Walser
Beautiful Texas Sunshine — Doug Sahm
Texas Me — Doug Sahm
Yellow Rose of Texas — Ernest Tubb
Waltz Across Texas — Ernest Tubb
Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio — Flaco Jimenez
London Homesick Blues — Gary P. Nunn
What I Like About Texas — Gary P. Nunn
I’m a Texan — Gary Stewart
Deep In the Heart of Texas — Gene Autry
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September 19th, 2007
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bshirley |
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Saturday afternoon - a nail-biter with UT barely taking home the win from Central Florida.
Went to the Astro Arena for a concert Friday night. Free tickets + $10 to park. The Killers were the main act. They added a super sucky opening opening band. Louis IV played second.
Louis IV was good, but like the entire night, the balance was super crappy. I think it’s indigenous to all large venues - pumping too much bass and sub-bass to inappropriate music, and leaving the vocals inaudible.
We left soon after the Killers started. I continue to be underwhelmed by them. They are now enhancing their tepidness with gaudy stage theatrics (which were at least a little cool).
I ran into Richard Naudin, Law, and Wiley at various times. Law: “The Killers? Really?” Me: “free tickets”.
Then I tried to get as much sleep as possible, then spent 11+ hours at Verison Wireless for The Governor’s Cup of Roller Derby - 4 bouts. Then several more hours at the after party. I slept hard after that.
Apparently while I was doing derby, the Texans won their game to be 2-0 for 2007. The 8-8 season may be within their grasp.
September 18th, 2007
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bshirley |
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Having seen Lisa Novak and Felipe Galvan y Sus Carnales last weekend and seeing Louis XIV and The Killers this coming Saturday, and in lieu of actual content, I give you the concert meme (ganked from Big Al):
Copy this list. Leave in the bands you’ve seen perform live. Delete the ones you haven’t and add new ones that you have seen until you reach 25. An asterisk means the previous person had it on their list. Two asterisks means the last two people who did this before you had that band on their list.
1. Flame Trick Subs****
2. ZZ-TOP*
3. Willie Nelson*
4. Knitters*
5. Los Lobos**
6. Kinky Friedman and The Texas Jewboys**
7. Southern Culture on the Skids*
8. Wayne The Train Hancock**
9. Steve Miller Band*
10. Hank III*
11. Grupo Fantasma**
12. Los Skarnales**
13. Rush
14. Yes
15. Phil Collins
16. REM
17. Jane’s Addiction
18. Oingo Boingo
19. The Pixies
20. Nirvana
21. The Breeders
22. Frank Black & the Catholics
23. The Specials
24. Ziggy Marley
25. Michelle Shocked
September 12th, 2007
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bshirley |
meme, music |
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The print article in the star section is considerably longer than the online version. KLOL died a few years ago, KIOL tried to resurrect it and failed (20th of 37 stations), so now they’re going with the “fresh new thing”. I’m sure it will spike up for it’s newness, but will again grow stale and old. Instead of updating their play list with time, they’ll rebrand it again.
Jack FM to make Houston debut
By DAVID BARRON
Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle
The eclectic, iPod shuffle-like music format known as Jack FM makes its Houston debut at 10:37 a.m. Friday at 103.7 FM.
The Cumulus Media station, now known as KIOL or Rock 103.7 FM, will be reformatted as KHJK, said Pat Fant, Cumulus’ Houston market manager.
Houston will be the seventh market in Texas and the fifth top 10 market in the country to add Jack FM, which formats about a thousand songs by 500 artists in 18 genres of music dating from the late 1960s through today.
Jack FM operates without live DJs, so Cumulus will attempt to find positions elsewhere in the company for Rock 103.7’s current on-air personalities.
others: Houstonist, McGuff
I love that the impending axe will fall in less then three hours and the website says “This Labor Day Weekend Rock 103.7 is counting down the Top 500 Rock Songs of All Time, and you get to pick the songs…”
And their Babe-of-the-Day gives you super-hyphenated information on who their target audience was. Radio station or soft-core porn portal?
And, according to the FCC, the KHJK call sign was registered ten days ago to 99.1 in Sioux Falls.
August 31st, 2007
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bshirley |
houston, inthenews, media, music |
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Last Friday, Tricia (aka Ruth Ann) and I had a one-day road trip to see James McMurtry at Gruene Hall. We first went to my dad’s place on Canyon Lake. Hung out and chatted. The water is very high and the gates are wide open, so we went down the 306 side of the river.
We met up with Faithe, who recently moved to San Antonio, at the Grist Mill and had a nice meal. We noticed that James was eating a few tables away. Tricia had a chat with him for a while, and we all said hi before we left. He mentioned we should go down to the river to check it out.
The Guadalupe was flowing over the bridge just down the street, and quite a torrent it was. We headed back and caught the Ded Ringers. We both quite like this young band from Austin. Good songwriters for being so young.
Most of the perimeter and picnic table seating was taken when we went in, so we stood back from the stage near the sound board. Becky (aka Lynn) and several other friends (including James’ girlfriend) showed up during the opening band. Between sets a very tall boot wearer asked us if there was “any reason we were standing here?” It being the implication that we were blocking he and his wife’s lazy asses view in the back of the room.
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August 30th, 2007
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If you’re a fan at all of live music, this is the weekend you have to go out. . . on Sunday!
The Houston Press Music Awards Showcase is the best bang-for-your-buck on music anywhere in Texas! I’ve been to many a SXSW, this year it cost me $130. I’ve avoided many an ACL Fest - they’re overcrowded and underserved. 
At $10 (2 for $15 if you buy early), the HPMAS is a 6-hour, 13-venue juggernaut. It provides a great cross section of the huge variety of music that can be found week-in week-out in this city, but here you don’t have to go looking for it. If you miss this one, you lose all authority to whine about Austin getting good music festivals come Labor Day.
Here’s a map I made - couldn’t find one on the Press’ site.
A quick reading of the one paragraph descriptions of bands should help you on your way. Or, you can hit your old favorites. I guarantee that at least one act/venue won’t be what you want, so be ready to exit and hit the second one on your list. Or know where all the venues are and go to the next closest one. See a random band. You might just like it.
The Houston Press has once again shown an inability to grasp that the grid is the ideal layout for a festival lineup. I sent them a nasty email last year. I guess they sent that to the bucket.
Oh, and if this alien mascot is on the t-shirt for this year, I’m gonna hafta get one.
From their site: “Band names, venues & times subject to change”. Be warned, the bands’ names are subject to change!
July 26th, 2007
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bshirley |
houston, music, weekend |
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