Archive for 2013
Vehicles
HearsayGetting a crack band to back you may seem easy – indie-rock singer-songwriter Kevin Aldridge can count among his backers ex-members of Woodeye and The Black Bonnets. Maren Morris has Cooper Heffley (John Price, John Lamon...
Playing Serious
KRISTIAN LINWhen The Queen came out two years ago and scored a bunch of Oscar nominations and an eventual Best Actress win for Helen Mirren, some people in the movie-related blogosphere thought the film was undeserving. “It’s j...
‘Tego-Mex
LAURIE BARKER JAMESPantego is probably best known as the home of the late, lamented “Dimebag” Darrell Abbot and as a city of speed traps that’s completely surrounded by Arlington. What it’s generally not considered is a hu...
Another Cup of Joe
Chow, BabySo Chow, Baby has this old college buddy, Joe. You met him in this space a few years back when he stopped off in the Fort on his way to spending New Year’s in Barcelona (Spain), on assignment as a travel writer for the Bo...
Tarrant Surprisal District
PABLO LASTRAProperty owner: In these days of volatile housing markets, do you yearn for your property to rise in value while you simultaneously keep the taxman at bay? If so, look no further than the example of Steve Murrin and 806 Irma St.
A Glowing Gift from the NRC
Betty Brink***ONLINE EXCLUSIVE*** For anyone interested in protesting (or supporting) the proposed addition of two new reactors at the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, the news is – time is already running out: A hearing has been ...
Grapevine’s Christmas Break
Last CallThe bar’s smoky, the beer’s cheap – and cold – the shtick on the wall is boys’-tree-house-and-sports-bar-y, and the regulars I’ve seen are pretty diverse and decidedly unpretentious. And sitt...
A Russian Fairy Doll
Leonard EurekaNutcrackers come and go every year, but Metropolitan Classical Ballet’s Russian version is something to which local dance lovers really look forward. This year’s opening, last weekend in Texas Theater on the UTA cam...
Certain Pour Shepherds
Fort Worth Weekly StaffIf you’re enjoying live music, theater, dance, and local clubs this holiday season, give a tip of the Santa hat to the folks who make it possible. By FORT WORTH WEEKLY STAFF As a young man in Ireland, Matt McEntire someti...
Hot Time in Austin
DAVE MCNEELYWith the speaker’s race still sizzling, will the state’s huge funding needs be taken care of? By DAVE MCNEELY As the Texas House of Representatives gets ready for the session that starts in mid-January, with the rac...