Springsteen delivers a ‘Wrecking Ball’ to restore

Leave it to The Boss to craft a masterful musical ode to the plight of working people in a frightful economy.

WikiLeaks’ Assange: Journalist, Source, Activist or Peter Pan?

Is Julian Assange, the co-founder and public face of the whistleblower organization/website WikiLeaks, a source for news organizations, a journalist himself, or an activist/provacateur? According to one prominent journalist who worked with him, Assange himself is seldom very sure.

TV or not TV? That is the question

I haven’t watched television with any regularity for several months now, the longest period in my life without the tube playing a major aspect of my routine since, well, forever.

How I remember 9/11

I was in bed, listening to the radio.

Of newspapers, storms and whistleblowers

What a difference a decade makes.

Forsooth, Houston, the play’s the thing

Last night, I took in the Houston Shakespeare Festival’s production of The Taming of the Shrew at Miller Outdoor Theatre. The production, like most I’ve seen by the festival, was first-rate, reminding me once again how vital the festival and the theater are in Houston’s cultural scene.

Welcome to the new Houston talk radio scene

So, it’s just been just over a month since KUHF, Houston’s largest public radio station, split into two: KUHF, featuring round-the-clock news and public affairs programming, and KUHA, a fulltime classical music station. Here are a few thoughts on the changes to the Houston radioscape.

The Art Car Parade: Keeping Houston weird

What is it about the Art Car Parade that makes it the quintessential Houston event?

A Houston weekend: Dragon boats, Cinco de Mayo, and the Silk Road

Houston political and civic leaders often speak of how the city is a model of diversity for the nation. And while some radio commentators seem to treat “diversity” as a virtual four-letter word, it seems most Houstonians have embraced the multicultural stew that the city has become in the past few decades.

So long, KTRU and “Blues in Hi-Fi”

Tonight, as I write this post, the radio program “Blues in Hi-Fi” is spinning its last tunes over the free airwaves on KTRU, the student-run station at Rice University.