Off Asides on Dallas Cowboys vs Philadelphia Eagles, Dancing Monkeys
Don’t tell the Sportswriters Guild, but Off Asides took the night off.
For years, I’ve written this column in real time during Dallas Cowboys games....
On Tap in Fort Worth: Second Annual Homebrew Throwdown
This year’s Homebrew Throwdown (November 20 at Panther Island Pavilion’s Shack) is bigger, better, and boozier than ever. At the heart of our event...
A Landslide Victory for Ann
We thought we’d never chuckle at politics again, and then Ann (The Ann Richards Play) landed at Stage West Theatre –– our sides splintered...
Top 5 Shows
1) I was “Early s’90s Andre Agassi” for Halloween last year because I had a mullet and waited until the last minute to throw...
Film Shorts
OPENING
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (NR) Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan star in this Indian film about a long-running love triangle. Also...
Whole Foods Has Baby Food — In A Bar
It’s probably fairly glaring to Last Call readers that I’m not a native Texan. My formative years were split between Chicagoland and a tiny...
Jacob Furr’s Sierra Madre
Jacob Furr
Sierra Madre
(Self-released)
On 2014’s Trials and Traces, Jacob Furr delivered a heartbreaking work of staggering darkness in the wake of losing his wife...
Our Tribe’s Fall Classic
Jerome 57 has been in his band longer than he hasn’t. Now 35, he cofounded Spoonfed Tribe when he was at the tender age...
High-Toned
Cameron Smith wanted to be a songwriter in his early teens, he said, after first hearing Bob Dylan. In fact, War Party originated as...
Classical Music Roundup
There are so many music events going on this week that there isn’t room enough for them in this space, but we thought we’d...