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  1. I know it was mentioned above in the Grady Spears post, but we went to Fort Brewery for brunch on Saturday inbetween MTB rides. Brunch (chilaquiles) and beer were both stellar, and the vibe was great. I’m not in FW nearly as often as I used to be, so it’s nice to see more stuff popping on White Settlement. (Separate question: is the Mexican Inn on Henderson on the edge of downtown closed for good? It was closed up tight at noon on a Saturday).
  2. They're trying to avoid flooding - and the fact that everything will be covered with a layer of moisture and/or rust all the time.
  3. The house is still there, but now it’s surrounded by a housing subdivision on the back and side… and a Kroger on what used to be the large sloping front lawn.
  4. Because TCU was a solid team, won 13 games, almost won a 14th, and generally figured out how to get out of jams better than UT. Michigan couldn’t get out of their own way, and Georgia was utterly dominant at the line, had a size/speed advantage and did amazing scouting work to exploit the Frogs’ weaknesses. It’s not rocket science.
  5. I just have the skycam feed on via ESPN News. No commentary - it makes the score bearable.
  6. I don’t think Greggo would be up to that and I worry it would fall apart quickly - but I think a weekly segment or two a la Joel Klatt (Fridays with Greggo or somesuch) could work well.
  7. Eh, the second incarnation of the podcast (Your Dark Companion) was actually pretty good, and probably would still be going if he hadn't gone to The Freak.
  8. Meanwhile, up the dial...
  9. That sucks, and I've been there. I ended up doing a fair amount of (paved) trail riding when I was trying to come back after a month off due to Covid, and it really worked. I'm now trying to ride in to work (North Dallas to Uptown area) at least once a week, via WRC/SoPac/Ridgewood/Katy trails.
  10. <bear trap>Well, Chief Kunkel has dementia and wouldn’t be able to do any follow-up conversation</bear trap>
  11. Interesting couple of very frank segments just now about Greggo’s history with Rhyner. And tomorrow they’ll be on live together 3-7 - at a remote. That’s definitely one way to counterprogram White Elephant Day. 🍿 Edited to add that the show has been much more listenable with Danny in the mix, especially when they’re doing more sports and music now instead of strained lists and topic-wheel random banter. Sounds like they’re also introducing their own versions of E-News and CQH. Smart to make the show a little more clock/format-driven.
  12. Kind of funny how they’re now trying to sing over Danny’s voice to kind of hide it on segment opens, ad spots, etc.
  13. Since WRR is now all-Classical Christmas until Jan 1, that should help them in the ratings.
  14. It varies. Some stations put their streams on a separate PPM encoder (which bakes a non-audible signal into the broadcast that the Nielsen people meters pick up), while others put both broadcast and stream on the same encoder so they're all counted together. You can tell the stations that encode separately on the ratings reports because the streams show up with "STR", as in "KTCK-STR". Based on the latest 12+ reports, Cumulus and IHeart have combined the reporting for their stations while Audacy has not. https://ratings.radio-online.com/content/arb024
  15. Honestly, if they'd mix in more sports and get shows on a fixed rundown I think they'd be better off. I love hearing Rhyner in the afternoons but the endless parade of lists and random banter just isn't meaty enough.
  16. I don’t mean just this season. I mean over the past two decades.
  17. I realize We’re Surly and this is how we’re supposed to respond, but interest in the Frogs is definitely higher than it’s been. Ratings-wise, their games have done well nationally (https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/college-football-tv-ratings/), and their profile has risen - the school has seen record applications and giving, and they’re getting more publicity than ever. Winning works.
  18. Baylor is as hyped as ever, at home, already showing multiple looks on the ground, with TCU struggling to stop the run, and it’s still 14-14? Yeah, bad take. Are they NC material? Probably not. But not shitty and Duggan isn’t a “scrub ass”.
  19. DOMi and JD Beck were just nominated for two Grammys, one for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, and even bigger, for Best New Artist. Cool to see that for some Texans (JD, anyway, who hails from Allen). They also got the Tiny Desk treatment:
  20. Same thing up in Wylie as well - similar slate of far-right candidates with outside funding - and they were all soundly defeated, even in a relatively conservative community.
  21. Finally made it down to Spider Mountain this weekend, and it definitely lives up to the hype. Given that I'm still on a hardtail, I mainly stuck to the greens; I tried all but one of the blues and made it down one of them without stopping, but had to walk certain points on the rest (and honestly, there's too many stairstep rocks to get any kind of speed on a hardtail without it being so rough that I almost lost grip on my handlebars a couple times). Overall, it provides some gorgeous Hill Country scenery, seems to be well run and has a decent bar on property with wood-fired pizzas and a solid beer selection. I also learned the lift is the old Lift 1 at Taos Ski Valley (replaced in 2018), which is pretty cool. We topped off the day at Barrow Brewing in Salado before heading back to Dallas. Great day, and hope to do it again soon.
  22. It was full at end of 1st half, but they have those massive lounges under each side that fans disappear into and don’t leave. Sure, they’re really nice, but they don’t belong in a stadium. It’s stupid and detracts from what the experience is supposed to be.
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