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Cold Comfort

The Future Unlived's music is "built upon revenge," according to frontman Danny Future. Case in point: "Machine," a blues-rock stomp in which Future, whose baritone is reminiscent of Ian Astbury's (The Cult) and Josh Homme's (Queens of the Stone Age), swaggers through a tale... Read more...

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Wheel Right

Four years ago, Amber Herndon was volunteering at a banquet being held at her church. The event was a fund-raiser for a new program started by the church's Sunday school class, which took donated cars, fixed them up, and gave them to needy students. The 20-year-old, who was ... Read more...

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Snowbyrd

Loyalty to home and love for departed friends are themes that resonate at my house, which is what motivated me to repeatedly spin this disc by a San Antonio outfit I'd never heard before. Read more...

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The Cat's Ass

After last week's harrowing voyage to Sports Mountain , a.k.a., the Fox & Hound at Cityview (" Kissing the Frog ," Oct. 28), I decided I needed a break from giving things I patently dislike the benefit of the doubt. On Friday night, I steered my booze cruise toward the compara... Read more...

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Scaling Heights

It took a few years, but Dallas has finally caught up with Fort Worth and Houston and now has a world-class opera space, the Margo and Bill Winspear Opera House. The inaugural production was the Dallas Opera's new take on Verdi's Otello . Read more...

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Survival

The Star-Telegram recently published a story about the Ridglea Theater , one of Fort Worth's oldest live music venues and a heavy-metal haven. The story got me thinking about that perennial hobgoblin of local scenes everywhere: empty seats . Long story short: The Ridglea, the Star-... Read more...

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Gallery

Lou Chapman intentionally used a faulty Chinese-made toy camera with a plastic lens to take the pictures in his show at Gallery 414, Metaphors and Dark Corners . The aim is to give his photographs of buildings and landscapes a spooky, numinous quality. How well does it work? Y... Read more...

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I Taped an Alien

If The Fourth Kind had come out next spring, we could have dismissed it as a Johnny-come-lately rip-off of Paranormal Activity . Coming out now, this alien-abduction flick will likely receive a fairer hearing because writer-director Olatunde Osunsami clearly came up with the sam... Read more...

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Local Films Shine

Fort Worth's historic Como neighborhood has been a source of great stories for decades, and now it's the subject of a short independent documentary by the local husband-and-wife team of Carl and Betsy Crum. Read more...

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Home Sweet Studio

"I would love to record my album in a million-dollar studio," said local musician and music producer Zaq Bell. "But why? I can do it at home in my underwear." Read more...

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Meat Market

When the real estate market started crumbling a couple of years ago, Joseph Armstrong and his buddy, smokemaster Marion Culton, took a trailer-mounted smoker and started driving all over town selling barbecue. They stuck mostly to the East Side but occasionally made trips to... Read more...

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My Three Sons

Update to the peeves log: Chow, Baby has finally decided to stop punishing Lanny Lancarte for serving chicken surprise at Restaurant Week 2007. Now, two years into Chow, Baby's boycott of Lanny's Alta Cocina Mexicana (3405 W. 7th St.), the old parental plaint that "This hurts me mor... Read more...

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Talk It Out

The most interesting events happening this week are all on the lecture and author appearances circuit. At UNT, Cary Peppermint and Leila Christine Nadir (and no, those aren't pseudonyms) will discuss their work as founders of EcoArtTech, a collective that aims to raise conscio... Read more...

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An ACL Recap

**ONLINE EXCLUSIVE** Two weekends ago at Austin City Limits, about 65,000 official ticket holders and thousands more who managed to infiltrate Zilker Park without paying a dime became a temporary small town. This year's lineup featured some of the grunge-era's finest, along w... Read more...

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Sacrificed to Shale

Lloyd Burgess owns the Lucky B horse farm in Denton County. He made a good living raising and boarding horses there from 1993 until 2006, good enough to pay for a $350,000, 45-stall barn a few years back. These days though, it's not so lucky. Read more...

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Best Of 2009 On The Town

Click here to read more and see who won best Happy Hour, Wine Bar, Cheap Margarita, and more. Read more...

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Best Of 2009 Culture

Click here to read more and see who won best Artist, Art Gallery, Theater Troupe, and more. Read more...

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Best Of 2009 Good Grub

Click here to read more and see who won best Brunch, Late-Night Dining, Burger, and more. Read more...

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Best Of 2009 People & Politics

Click here to read more and see who won best Sportscaster, Morning News Show, Hot Local Celebrity, and more. Read more...

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Best Of 2009 Getting & Spending

Click here to read more and see who won best Hair Salon, Spa, Customer Service, and more. Read more...