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Weekender for Fri., Nov. 6, 2009
Anthony MarianiTonight (Friday) is the last First Friday on the Green, an outdoor concert series at Magnolia Green Park that started, oh, a few months ago. (Gotta shut it down ’cause winter’s coming and stuff.) Fort Worth’s alt-country-...
Titanmoon Opening Orphanage in Pakistan
Anthony MarianiSophisticated indie-pop rock band Titanmoon has just returned from a tour/goodwill mission to Dubai, Japan, and Pakistan. The Fort Worth group will be opening an orphanage/school in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2010, with help from Pa...
There’s A New Sheriff In Town
Jeff PrinceLocal folks who don’t like the way the oil and gas industry is shoving drilling down their throats are breathing a little bit easier today (which is saying a lot in polluted Fort Worth). News that the Environmental Protection...
Buy Some Butterfly Goodies
Anthony MarianiCostumes, ’80s clothing, a JVC digital camera, a Canon Rebel camera, books on tape, bikes, and more will be for sale on Saturday and Sunday between the hours of 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. as part of a garage sale-slash-fundraiser by e...
100 Damned Guns on KXT
Anthony MarianiA week ago, HearSay complained about the lack of Fort Worth bands invited to perform in the studios of KXT (91.7-FM), KERA’s new terrestrial all-music radio station that debuts on Monday. Our grouchy columnist’s grievance i...
Stay Off the Liquor, Twi-Hards
Kristian LinI don’t know about this: Now restaurants and bars with Buzztime are featuring Twilight trivia on Fridays during the month of November. Um, do we want to be giving 12- and 13-year-old girls a reason to hang out in bars? Al...
Koo Koo for Swine Flu
Jimmy FowlerDid you have your bowl of cold, chocolatey antioxidants this morning? If so, it was without the comforting, Mary Poppins-ish promise “Now Helps Support Your Child’s Immunity!” banner. Yesterday, Kellogg announced it was p...
Hip Tips (Thu., Nov. 3, 2009)
Anthony MarianiTo a lot of folks, the late-’90s was a pop-music wasteland. Grunge and rap, two styles that matured in the late-1980s/early-’90s, were going mainstream and, in the process, being grossly watered-down. Grunge was turning int...
Bad Water-Foul Air O’Plenty In Barnett Shale
Jeff PrinceIn addition to the pipeline explosion mentioned in Peter Gorman’s post, there have been all kinds of interesting stuff happening in the natural gas world in the past couple of days: Here’s an Associated Press story about st...
Former Ranger Nut-Job Gets Accidentally Shot
eric.griffeyFormer Rangers’ pitcher Vicente Padilla, who was released from the team late last season for being a jerk and throwing at opposing player’s heads, was accidentally shot in the leg by his body guard while hunting. I&...