Random Stuff
High School Playwrights at Circle
JIMMY FOWLERCircle Theatre is known for its commitment to staging fresh playwriting voices, and you can’t get any fresher than the high school crowd. Circle’s ninth annual High School Playwriting Project readings happen 3pm this Sunday...
Local Music Videos
ANTHONY MARIANISouthern Train Gypsy rocks terrifically hard. Kickass song. Great visuals, proving the band has a sense of humor –– more hardcore acts could stand to lighten up a little. “The Healing” is off the band’s sophomore albu...
Museum Swap: Bernini
ANTHONY MARIANIThere’s this really ridiculous, rarely fun game I play called Museum Swap, in which I try to picture an exhibit at one of our major museums –– the Carter, Kimbell, or Modern –– in either one or both of the other two. ...
NRA, NASCAR, Fox: The Redneck Gods Are Smiling
JIMMY FOWLERFile this one under “Good Luck, Pal”: A U.S. senator from Connecticut has asked the Fox Network’s famously right-wing chief exec Rupert Murdoch to cancel his channel’s broadcast of tomorrow night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup ...
Beer and Tacos at The Where House
JIMMY FOWLERIn 2013, smart phones and digital tablet devices can supply virtually everything an adult needs to be happy. Except beer. And face-to-face conversation. And tacos. The 21 and up crowd needs its own playground where beer-fueled ...
VELVEASL!: Velvet Paintings for a Good Cause
ANTHONY MARIANIAdmit it. You’ve always wanted a velvet painting. You know that every time you walk into The Gold Standard, you’re eyein’ up that part of the bar where all of those kitschy matadors and poker-playing dogs –– and that ...
QLive! Presents Josh Johnson
JIMMY FOWLERStandup comedy is a dangerous art form, and not just for the standup comics who risk their necks by baring their souls at the mic. Audiences who give unknown comics a try run the serious risk of paying admission to be bored, an...
Dark Matter: Why Should We Care Again?
JIMMY FOWLERA lack of scientific curiosity is allegedly one of the many things wrong with American Kids Today. Young people would rather be reality TV stars or professional athletes than scientists and engineers, lament the pundits. Meanwh...
I Want to Kill King Joffrey!
Kristian LinI’m waiting with bated breath for the season opener of Game of Thrones this Sunday. Though I should say that my breath is a little less bated because I don’t have HBO, so I’ve had to catch up to this show on disc and will...
Farewell, “Companion”
JIMMY FOWLERThis Sunday (March 31) is the last day you’ll be able to catch the outdoor sculpture called Companion (Passing Through) sitting at the front doors of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Then the New York artist known as KAWS...