Island Notes - July 27 2010

Island Notes for July 27 2010

Goat Island Weather

Surf: Knee, Bumpy, Building...

Forecast: 86 Partly Cloudy/70% Rain

Wind Forecast: 10-15 MPH/SE

Low Tide: 10:49 PM (-0.03 FT)

High Tide: 6:08 AM (+1.89 FT)

Water Temp: 87.7

Surface Condition Gulf: Slight Chop

Sunset: 8:14 PM Sunrise: 6:37 AM

Goat Island’s Best Happy Hours

Tuesday – The Boiled Crab, $2 well drinks, 5-7PM

Wednesday – The One Eyed Lizard, $2 20 oz drafts, 4-7PM

Thursday – The Coughing Dog Saloon, 2 for 1 drinks, 4-7PM (Excludes specialty drinks)

Goat Island’s Best Live Music

Tuesday - Billy & The Jets @ The One Eyed Lizard 8PM-12AM

Wednesday – Bar Tab @ The Coughing Dog Saloon, 9PM – 1AM

Thursday - Chezebergs Tast Gud @ The Smoking Drummer Grill 7-11PM

Around The Island

Around the island is a ongoing feature that profiles a bar, restaurant, or other establishment on Goat Island.

Place – The One Eyed Lizard

Address –225 Ouachita

Type of Establishment -  Bar

History – Opened in 1979,and is located in Old Town GITX. The building that currently houses the One Eyed Lizard was a well known brothel during the islands infamous "Red Light" period.

Happy Hour –  The One Eyed Lizard is has a daily happy hour that runs from 4-7PM with specials that change on a daily basis.

About – One of two GITX establishments that remain open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The One Eyed Lizard has live music every night during the tourist season, with acoustic sets filling in the happy hour slots on Friday and Saturdays. The bar is known for its award winning jukebox and it’s famous T-shirts.

Live From Goat Island - Episode #1

Episode #1 of “Live From Goat Island” with Jon Boy & Dammit Earl. Episode #1 is brought to you by Piratehead Sailing and features lots of great Trop Rock Music. Check www.goatislandtx.com to learn more about Goat Island, TX.

SHOW NOTES

0:00 - Intro

0:22 - John Reno “Magic Chair”

4:25 - Segment #1

9:23 - Dennis Davis “Hot Texas Nights”

13:18 - Segment #2

18:35 - Eric Stone “Gone With The Wind”

22:14 -Segment #3

26:33 - Latitude “Blown Away” 

You can listen to the show below or click HERE to download it. 

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Island Notes for July 20 2010

Goat Island Weather
Surf: Knee/Thigh

Forecast: 97, Partly Cloudy

Wind Forecast: 10-15 MPH, ESE

Low Tide: 5:56PM

High Tide: 3:00AM

Water Temp: 87.8

Surface Condition Gulf: Smooth

Sunset:  8:17PM Sunrise: 6:33AM

Goat Island’s Best Happy Hours

Tuesday – The Coughing Dog Saloon, $1 Jeager shots, 5-6pm.

Wednesday – Scared Mongoose, $1 domestic cans, 4-7pm

Thursday – The One Eyed Lizard, $2 20 ounce domestic drafts, 4-7pm

Goat Island’s Best Live Music

Tuesday – Dry County @ The Scared Mongoose, 7-11PM

Wednesday – Billy & The Jets @ The Smoking Drummer Grill, 7-10pm

Thursday – Bar Tab @ The Coughing Dog Saloon, 10PM-2AM

Meet A Kid

Meet A Kid is a ongoing feature that profiles a citizen of Goat Island in each edition.

Name –Emmanuel Mendez

Born –1968 (Age 42)

Occupation –Sheriff of Goat Island. 

About Me – "I moved to Goat Island 12 years ago and became Sheriff in 2002. Before moving to the Island I worked for the Victoria and Rockport Police Departments. I’m married and have

Island Notes - July 16 2010

Island Notes for Friday, July 16 2010

Goat Island Weather
Surf: Knee, Blown In

Forecast: 93 Sunny/Windy

Wind Forecast: 11-15 MPH/SSE

Low Tide: 12:20 PM (-0.50 FT)

High Tide: 7:15 PM (+1.60 FT)

Water Temp: 87.5

Surface Condition Gulf: Fair, 4-6 Inch Visibility

Sunset: 8:17 PM       Sunrise: 6:31 AM

Happy Hour on Goat Island

The Coughing Dog Saloon - $1.00 Margaritas, 5-6PM

The Brass Parrot - $10.00 buckets of domestic beer, 4-7PM

The One Eyed Lizard - $2.00 20 ounce domestic  drafts, 4-7PM

The Boiled Crab - $2.00 well drinks, 5-7PM

Live Music on Goat Island

Tumba & The Conga Circle  @ City Pavilion, 7:30-9:30PM

Frankie & The Jets @ The Brass Parrot, 8PM-12AM

Chezebergs Tast Gud @ The Scared Mongoose, 9PM-1AM

THURSDAY HEADLINES from the GOAT ISLAND SIGNAL

Here's some headlines from this weeks edition of the Goat Island Signal

According to reports obtained from the Goat Island Sheriffs Department, local troublemaker Pedro is suspected of stealing bicycles from 3 separate tourists, only to return them to their real owner, Goat Island Rentals.  A similar situation also occurred with a rented golf cart, but Pedro cannot be linked to that incident.

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Commodore Richard Norton announced the dates for this years race for Lafitte's Cup. The sail boat race, which begins in Grand Isle, LA and ends at Goat Island, will start on October 19. The traditional post race party will be held at the City Pavilion on October 23. Lafitte's Cup will be held as originally scheduled despite fears that the Gulf Oil Spill would cause it to be modified or canceled completely. 

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The Goat Island Summer Concert Series will continue this Friday when Tumba &; The Conga Circle will be perform at the City Amphitheater from 7:30-9:30PM. 

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The Goat Island Alcohol Commission is looking into complaints that bartenders at the Brass Parrot have been pouring light or even non-alcoholic mixed drinks. The investigation follows more than a dozen complaints over the past month, most of them from tourists. Linda Post, owner of the Brass Parrot, denies any wrongdoing. 

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The Goat Island Signal is published each Thursday by Coastal Media, LLC, which also owns and operates KGTX 108.1.

GOAT ISLAND COASTAL CONDITIONS 7/15/2010

GOAT ISLAND COASTAL CONDITIONS AT A GLANCE:10:00 AM   7/15/2010
 

Surf: Thigh/Waist, Blown Out, Current

Buoy 1843: 5.6 FT - 6 Sec - SSW

Current Temp: 85 Sunny

Current Wind: 11-15 MPH/SSW

Forecast: 91 Sunny/Windy

Wind Forecast: 11-15 MPH/SSW

Low Tide: 11:22 PM (-0.44 FT)

High Tide: 4:12 PM (+1.53 FT)

Water Temp: 87.5

Water Clarity Gulf: FAIR/4-6 inches

Water Clarity Bays: GOOD/8-10 inches

Surface Condition Gulf: Light Chop

Surface Condition Bays: Choppy

Sunset: 8:18 PM       Sunrise: 6:30 AM

GOAT ISLAND COASTAL CONITIONS 7/14/2010

GOAT ISLAND COASTAL CONDITIONS AT A GLANCE: 
10:00 AM   7/14/2010

Surf: Knee/thigh, Bumpy, Current

Buoy 1843: 3.6 FT - 7 Sec - SSW

Current Temp: 84 Sunny

Current Wind: 11-14 MPH/SSW

Forecast: 91 Sunny/Windy

Wind Forecast: 10-15 MPH/SSW

Low Tide: 1:06 PM (+1.03 FT)

High Tide: 5:37 PM (+1.45 FT)

Water Temp: 86.4

Water Clarity Gulf: BAD/2-4 inches

Water Clarity Bays: GOOD/8-10 inches

Surface Condition Gulf: Choppy

Surface Condition Bays: Choppy

Sunset: 8:20 PM       Sunrise: 6:29 AM

GOAT ISLAND COASTAL CONDITIONS 7/13/2010

GOAT ISLAND COASTAL CONDITIONS AT A GLANCE:10:00 AM   7/13/2010
 

Surf: Thigh/Waist, Blown Out, Current

Buoy 1843: 5.2 FT - 6 Sec - SSW

Current Temp: 84 Sunny

Current Wind: 16-20 MPH/SSW

Forecast: 89 Sunny/Windy

Wind Forecast: 15-20 MPH/SSW

Low Tide: 11:19 PM (-0.48 FT)

High Tide: 4:11 PM (+1.51 FT)

Water Temp: 87.2

Water Clarity Gulf: BAD/2-4 inches

Water Clarity Bays: GOOD/8-10 inches

Surface Condition Gulf: Heavy Chop

Surface Condition Bays: Choppy

Sunset: 8:20 PM       Sunrise: 6:29 AM

Greetings From Goat Island!

Welcome to version 0.1 of GOATISLANDTX.com For now we are just going to run things from this blogger platform until we have a chance to setup our "real" website. It's not the fanciest way of doing things, but it'll get the job done.

We've got lots of plans and ideas for Goat Island, starting with a "Live From Goat Island" podcast featuring myself and Dammit Earl. We plan on recording the show in the next day or two and have the finished product out to you by next week. Lots of our friends have already been asking about Goat Island T-shirts, and that's definitely something that will be happening sooner rather than later, but it will take a little time before we get to that stage of the game.

Please be sure to keep in touch with us. You can join our facebook page HERE or go HERE to sign up for our email list. Either way will keep you updated on everything we've got going on here on Goat Island, TX. Thanks for visiting!

-Jon Boy