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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Hanna Barbarians at the Gate

There’s rock ’n’ roll. And then there’s rawk ’n’ rolllll!, a peculiar species of music-centric living that fills parents’ rapidly graying heads with nightmares...

Thai Steak House: Yum

Here’s a sign of great service: The owner of a recently opened restaurant on a busy Bedford freeway spends long minutes on the phone...

Yawn-N-Out

Some time ago, an out-of-town houseguest asked me about Whataburger. “It’s amazing,” I told her. “You will never be so satisfied by a burger...

Stars and Stripes

On Friday, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra will launch its annual pre-season festival, this year saluting popular American composers Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, and George...

Becky’s Naughty “New Car”

This week’s “Stage” page has a review of Circle Theatre’s sometimes melancholy, sometimes zany comedy of infidelity Becky’s New Car, which has just one...

Jen Floyd Engel Dodges Balls Of Hate

The last we heard of Jennifer Floyd Engel -- the Little Ball of Hate, as she was known as Fort Worth Star-Telegram's longtime sports...

Concert Raises Nearly $4,000 for Yocom

The best news in recent memory is that Lance Yocom, recently hospitalized for severe pneumonia, is on the road to recovery. The good news...

Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys vs San Diego Chargers

Separated at birth: Also separated at birth: Ryan's blitz-happy defense and... A team from sunny San Diego that wears ugly uniforms with cartoon lightning bolts on the...

School Days, School Days

  Today's the first day of a new school year for a lot of kids in Fort Worth and around North Texas. Given all the...

My Adventures on Spotify

Last month, the European online music service Spotify became legally available to American users. I’d heard about the much-heralded site before, but only yesterday...