Unca Darrell

JULY 5, 2019 / Houston's Star-Spangled Salute

 

MAIN COURSE: Chelsea Cymone sings, Steven Reineke conducts Houston Symphony Orchestra, at Houston's Miller Outdoor Theatre, Independence Day, 2019

DESSERT: Bombs burst in air

THANKS to the artists, the pyrotechnicians, the city, ExxonMobil, and thousands of Houston patriots who showed up to celebrate the music, the fireworks, and America the good and the beautiful.

More of Unca D's celebratory photographs here.

AUGUST 5, 2017 / Another reason . . .

. . . Houston Public Media, National Public Radio, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting deserve not one penny of your money. Not as a contribution. And not by the involuntary contributions known as taxes.  

APRIL 5, 2017 / Weeding out the audience at the Alley is . . .

. . . a feature, not a bug.

Houston's Alley Theatre is running "An Act of God," a loosely dramatized collection of irreverent one-liners about God by New York comedy writer David Javerbaum, late of "The Daily Show." 

The script is troubling, writes critic Robert Donahoo.

Like so much stand-up comedy today, it is wickedly funny, but the humor depends on audiences weeded out . . . 

Now to NOVEMBER 8 / Closed: Unca Darrell will vote for . . .

. . . one of the worst human beings and presidential candidates in American history, Donald John Trump. Here's why: 

JULY 2 / Good riddance

GARY EDWARD KEILLOR, who adopted the fancy-pants name "Garrison," taped his last "Prairie Home Companion" last night in Hollywood. It will be broadcast in Houston today in its usual spot, late this afternoon on public radio.

Mr. Keillor is a gifted man, no doubt. Thought he's four years too old to be a Baby Boomer, himself, he spoke for the boomer generation with . . .

JUNE 17 / (Bumped) A note to readers

Dear friends,

I'm honored that you stop by occasionally to read Unca Darrell. And I deeply regret that I have posted very little in recent days. Believe me, as Mr. Trump is fond of saying, tiny right hand chopping the air, index finger aloft -- Believe me, I'm sitting on a bunch of really good stuff. Absolutely first class stuff. The best stuff ever. Everybody says so. But life is more important than blogging, and I have reached a point where . . . 

MAY 28 / A must-read Chronicle takedown over at . . . .

. . . Big Jolly Politics.  

MAY 10 / Michael Berry on Houston bloggers and the wonder of it all

From Michael Berry's morning radio broadcast of May 10, from about 84:30 to about 86:10 on the podcast.

WE LIVE in such a good time. 

MAY 7 / Charity day

LET'S GIVE a few bucks to Yellowstone Academy, one of the best and most important charities in Houston, 100 percent locally run.

Send your check to . . .  

APRIL 8 / Our progressive intelligentsia who pooh-pooh the "Texas Miracle" have only two problems

Facts and arithmetic.

From its peak in January 2008 through today, the United States has created 750,000 jobs. Texas created over a million jobs during the same period -- meaning . . .