Clubs
Conversion Vans v. Texas
Last CallA funny thing happened on the way to the Ridglea Theater last weekend. I got hammered.OK, maybe “hammered” is an exaggeration, but I did do some powerful drinking before my band, Darth Vato, opened for Spoonfed Trib...
You Got ’Em — Smoke ’Em
Last CallI’ve seen them, the humidors – I know they exist. And while I don’t spend a lot of time at the upscale nightclubs downtown, sometimes I get lost on my way to The Moon or Fred’s and end up in a joint near...
La La La, La-Loco
Last CallThere probably isn’t any more to say about Lola’s, the new rock venue in the West Seventh-area building formerly occupied by the blues bar 6th Street Live, but – what the heck – here you go.
Dallas is … Cool?!
Last CallLast Saturday, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars played the Granada Theater in Dallas, and with my wife and I being tireless bleeding hearts and all – and devoted music fans – we trekked all the way out to Big ...
Bait and Switch (and Bait)
Last CallI’m going to go on record as saying that I’ve been getting tipsy on Monday nights purely by accident. The problem (if, of course, I admit that there is a problem) is that there are always cheap-ass drink specials on...
Pumping Iron (Beer)
Last CallThat horrible screeching sound you probably heard about two weeks ago was the Fort’s party scene coming to a halt. Your boy had strep and could barely get out of bed. When I finally started feeling a little better, I real...
Posh Pick-Ups?
Last CallBowling has always been a weeknight time-waster for the common man: Head out with the buds, pound a few brewskies, roll a few balls at some milk bottles, and do it all in weird-looking shoes. Nothing hip or trendy here, just a ...
Help Them, Rhonda!
Last CallIf you happened to be driving down Hemphill Street last Sunday evening, you might have noticed that the parking lot and patio of the Stampede was unusually packed.
Sundancing the Night Away
Last CallA couple of Saturday nights ago, a co-worker had her wedding reception downtown at Bass Performance Hall’s McDavid Studio, which gave my wife and me an excuse to dress like grown-ups and get out of the house, with the cha...
An OD on Holiday Glee
Last CallI must have just heard a weepy Christmas ballad on the radio or seen It’s a Wonderful Life or some other irrepressibly inspirational holiday flick the night before, because for whatever reason I was in a freakishly, dange...