Archive for May, 2013
Queens of the Night
They don’t spare the rhinestones or role reversals at this charity ball.Photos by Byrd Williams IV
The Imperial Court web site says the same thing, but it’s best heard in person from the reigning empress: “We serve the community $1 at a time,” said Bubbles LaRue — or to give her her full title, “Empress XXXII Bubbl...
More FW Blood at SXSW
Anthony MarianiFounded by native Fort Worthian Andrew Kenny, the Austin-based shoe-gazey Wooden Birds are about to release their sophomore effort, Two Matchsticks, and play some shows in Austin during the annual SXSW Music Festival and Confer...
Fishing For Artists
Jeff PrinceLast month, associate editor Anthony Mariani told Blotch readers about this contest involving Fort Worth Weekly and Rahr & Sons Brewing Co. Artists are encouraged to submit original pieces of unpublished art work to be used...
Die, Blockbuster, Die!
Jeff PrinceI can be a boycotting son of a beeyotch when crossed. I went years without watching a Texas Rangers game after the team unceremoniously turned its back on Pudge Rodriguez after his many years of loyal service. So I relish t...
UNT Grad Student Wins at Thin Line
Kristian LinCongratulations are in order for Frederick Dent, who won the Audience Choice award for best documentary short film at the Thin Line Film Fest that ended yesterday. His prize-winning film is One Thing We Did Right, about a Vietn...
Marion The Barbarian Lives Up To Both Nicknames
Jeff PrinceDallas Cowboys running back Marion “The Barbarian” Barber continues his slow and painful fall from grace. Last month, I blogged that Barber was a shell of his former self as a player, a growing pain in the ass in th...
Save Her Crown!
Jimmy FowlerWith all the publicity about the struggles of workers in Egypt and Wisconsin, one injustice right here in Texas has flown under the radar: They’re trying to can Miss San Antonio. Domonique Ramirez, 17, went before a state dis...
“Top Grad” at TCU
Jimmy FowlerIn case you’re worried that today’s college students have mixed-up priorities, relax. They know just where the future lies: Reality TV! The TCU Film/Television/Digital Media department has completed a pilot episode of a rea...
Paradise Center Visitors Protest MHMR
Jeff Prince“Honk for justice!” protesters yelled over and over as cars passed by on busy Hulen Street during today’s lunch hour. Protesters were waving signs in front of the Tarrant County Mental Health and Mental Reta...
Borders Books: A Tragic Love Story
Jimmy FowlerI recently read an interesting column by The Dallas Morning News‘s Jacquielynn Floyd about what may be the slow death of the brick and mortar bookstore. Here are my own thoughts. If you had told me back in the ‘90s that...