A Music-Lover’s Manifesto
I'm worried. There's this book out now by famed socio-economist Francis Fukuyama that confirms everything I've feared about hipster retro-culture.
See, as technology makes possible...
Fair to Midland
During the first notes of “Dance of the Manatee,” the opening track on Fair to Midland’s new disc, Fables from a Mayfly: What I...
The Black Keys
The bloozy garage-rock duo known as The Black Keys — singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney — are town-proud: specifically, of their hometown...
Drew’s Clues
When feminism was still known as “the women’s movement” and associated with corset-wearing suffragettes, along came Nancy Drew.
The plucky, defiantly modern girl detective was...
Team Manager
Daniel Del Purgatorio has never attended a horror-movie convention, which may sound odd for a self-confessed horror enthusiast who speaks glowingly of Takashi Miike’s...
Ol’ Scratch
Golf, like poker, is a deliberative sport that demands grace and calm under pressure.
Odd then that it has gained a surprising number of...
Superior Homecooking
As much as Chow, Baby loves a good taqueria taco, it had never thought to try making them at home - until a recent...
Watch the Shiny Object
When the National Football League tries to sell cities on the concept of public tax money being used to build stadiums, they trot out...
Faces
Contrary to what you may think, the advent of photography didn’t do away with the tradition of painting portraits, even of photorealistic ones.
What...
Found Objects
There’s still one weekend left to catch two of the shows at Fort Worth Community Arts Center.
Steve Wiman meticulously arranges groups of found...
