Bringing Heat
Few tv shows are cool. Even fewer manage to define cool. But Miami Vice did when it debuted back in 1984. The show didn’t...
Valhalla
Most rock bands develop respect not by fancy book-learnin’ but by playing holes-in-the-wall for peanuts.
Then there’s Valhalla, a new local indie-rock three-piece whose members...
White Whale
White Whale’s bio reads like a parody of the worst press releases. In a few hundred words, the band is compared to a seemingly...
Pretty Girls Make Graves
“Pop!” goes the hot Seattle-raised quintet Pretty Girls Make Graves, and their fans seem pretty divided. PGMG always resembled a more canny, if less...
Elvis White
On Promise, a seductive reggae album with strong hip-hop elements, Elvis White urges listeners to think positively — and then urges himself to seduce...
Dining In
Why do animators on films like Monster House and The Polar Express spend so much energy trying to realistically render people? The wave of...
Night Swims
Lately, the “M” in M. Night Shyamalan has started to stand for “maddening.” Like his underappreciated previous film The Village, his current movie Lady...
Classy Comfort
Remember the old days, when walking into a fancy restaurant was like wrapping an angry boa constrictor around your neck? I mean, even in...
Stranger in a Strange Land
This should have been one of those heartwarming little tales in which Chow, Baby happens into a place where it clearly does not belong...
Who’s the Nuisance?
Lynda Sauvlet thought she was doing something good for the community in southeast Fort Worth. She and her husband, Tom, opened All My Children...
