Gary

Balinese Room artifacts are being searched for:

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/kho...m.90c23d02.html

Thanks for the link Sevfiv. I''m hoping a barber chair or two will be found, I always loved those.

Link: http://balineseroom.net/historyofBalinese.htm

Very, very sad. My buddy (drummer Steve Candelari) just played The Balinese two weekends ago, and he's pretty broken up about it.

Muddy, welcome to HAIF! My husband is from England, too, and moved here six years ago. He started out in Clear Lake (and is very glad he's no longer there, due to the hurricane) and we now live on the west side. He loves it over here, and I expect you would, too.

Here's a website I would suggest familiarizing yourself with: www.har.com. You can search for homes and/or rentals throughout the Houston area and you can narrow it down by nearly any search feature you can think of. I would suggest that you look at "Residential Lease" first, since you'll be renting to start out. In the search page, put in "Georgetown" as the subdivision. There are several very nice townhomes for rent in this neighborhood and I think it would be right up your alley. Great neighborhood, very low crime, easy access to lots of shopping (you can walk to the shops from here, unlike most outer Loop neighborhoods), and it's right off Beltway 8 so you could get to BMC in about five minutes in the morning. It's a better area overall than Westchase.

Also, to briefly correct KristinKamas above, Westchase does not extend north to I-10. Its northern boundary is Briar Forest. Once you get above Briar Forest, you're in the Memorial area of town, which is much nicer than Westchase. It also doesn't extend to Highway 6, either. Its western boundary is Woodland Park. Westchase is great for business, not so great for living. The apartments and houses in that area are quite run down for the most part, although there are always exceptions to the rule.

Other places to rent in the area can be spotty, so check with us if you have any hesitations at all. We're friendly, happy to help and -- most importantly -- we're honest.

Good luck!

Agreed... My wife and I lived in Memorial Townhomes (Memorial and Beltway 8) and it was a great area for just about everything you could want. Our rent for a 3 bedroom townhome with 2 car garage was about $1200.00.

My family's beach house in Bolivar is gone. My dad built it in 1962 and sold it when he retired in 1982 to his younger brother. Nothing visible from the NOAA satellite photo except a slab. We always knew we were at nature's mercy. It was a nice long ride while it lasted.

Sorry to hear that Plumber. Do you think your uncle will rebuild?

For those of you that don't mind the drive, there are a number of gas stations in the Katy area open, and with short lines (15 to 20 minute waits). A few are: Shell (99 & Kingsland/east side), Exxon (99 & Kingsland/west side), Valero (Mason & Cimmeron Pkwy), HEB (Mason & Highland Knowles), Randalls (Mason & Highland Knowles), Kroger (99 & Highland Knowles)

Looks like Boliver, and Crystal beach were destroyed outright. Also, Crystal beach suffered 6 feet of beach erosion.

There are a number of stations open on South Mason as of 2:00pm.

Damn:

"Paul's dead, I burried Paul"... You old folks should get that one.

Funny that you mention the "mom & pop shops", I was just thinking how devastating this must be for them. I wonder if it will change the culture of the island since the chance is, that many didn't carry proper insurance, and can't afford to rebuild.

Niche, i hope your folks are ok.

Thought I would start up some discussion on what affect Hurricane Ike will have on Galveston in the coming months, and even years.

I'll start with the devastating loss of The Balinese Room... This was in my opinion the coolest and most unique venue in the country, and can never be replaced. How do you guys think this will affect the natives, and those of us that love Galveston and her history?

We've got power in Katy. And, God bless Galveston, especially The Ballinese. It's always shared a place in my heart, and I'm sick to my stomache that it's gone. Quite possibly the most unique club in the States.

Saturday October 11th at the Arena Theater: The Legends of Funk Tour

Featuring The Bar-Kays, ConFunkShun, Slave and The Ohio Players.

Freakin cool!! I'll have to check into that.

No comments about the shakeup at MSNBC? Damb liberal bias. It's obviously worked on some of yall.

To me it's unfortunate that the term "Liberal" is always associated with Democrats, although many Dems today do lean liberal. I say that because I don't dissagree with several things they've tried to accomplish over the last number of years. For instance, health care. health care is grossly overpriced, I just dissagree with the Dems on how to reform it.

Edit: rediculous spelling.

When was the last time a Republican president left office with a smaller government than the one he started with?

When was the last time any modern president left office with a smaller government.

Come on Verti, you forgot Earth Wind and Fire.

Sly and The Family Stone

James Brown

Super Booty

confunkshun

Tower of Power

Average White Band

Edit: Cool and The Gang. Although not super funk, they were still funk.

I am still waiting for ONE of you to tell me why you are supporting McCain/Palin. That post has been up for awhile...

To name a few... No late term Abortion, smaller government (yeah I know what Bush has done), drilling, no socialized health care (see tort reform).

correct! they are under the piles of near fading New Wave threads & Plasmatics albums.

You wanna unload some of those "New Wave threads"? I'm starting a cover band with Steve Candelari of "The Octanes", and I need some new stage clothes.

Most likely not to get photos of early 80's Westheimer on HAIF.... Vertigo

Ragin' Cajuns place on Gessner and Westhiemer is as good as the Richmond one.

Haven't been to that one. Is it as old as the Richmond location?

Don't know about Katy, but I've always enjoyed Rajun Cajun on Richmond.

I believe they are aren't they?

Gary could probably answer this question. If a band plays a cover they have to pay royalties, don't they?

Technically yes, but it's impossible to monitor in the public arena, and most publishing companies don't care anyway. However, Churches they do care about and they must pay an annual lump sum to various publishing companies ASCAP/BMI etc, in order to have the unlimited use of a particular artists song.

I knew it...

LOL!!!! I've got a good shrink, if you need his number let me know.

Is that a permanent setup?

No. As Meme said, it looks like the rodeo.

Willowbend @ Stella Link. Brutal.

flipper

LOL!!! I was going to post the same thing. When exiting to Willowbend from Main, I now turn right on Stella Link and make a quick u-turn to continue down Willowbend.

Many acts are OK in the studio but terrible on stage.

Ain't that the truth. It surprizes me how little the listening public understands the role of a producer in writing and arangement. Much of what you hear on decent studio albums is because of a good producer. They can make a crappy band sound great , thus the reason many sound uninspiring on stage, especially today.

Most of these bands today should thanks the gods of Pro Tools (NLE editing).