My Dinner With Barbie
When I first heard of Hooters back in the early 1990s, I often wondered what kind of people - what kind of men, naturally...
Bright Future
Daniel Hopkins, 26-year-old drummer for the North Texas synth-pop outfit Radiant, talks in almost spiritual terms about the group’s performance before a million-plus plus...
Radio (Finally) Opens the Airwaves to Indies
On Monday, the FCC and the four major commercial radio conglomerates reached an agreement that will result in more airtime for independent artists.
Giving less...
LaLaLand
In 2004, as Austin singer-songwriter James McMurtry was barricading himself behind a career iron curtain over the Iraq War, a more obscure musical entity...
Secret Devil Sign
A million years ago, Black Sabbath, heavy metal’s original Saurians, electrocuted the blues to invent an ominous breed of devil-courting, mom-scaring music.
Shortly thereafter,...
Classical Gore
I’m always puzzled when my fellow film critics decry the notion of “style over substance” in movies.
Style trumps everything. Style is what distinguishes...
Cold Case
Sheesh, you make one splattery serial-killer flick that turns into a blockbuster hit, and everybody thinks they have you pegged.
It’s been a good...
Dang Good
Danny Dang has worked in the family’s business since he was 11 years old. He’s 30 now, and the hours he spends at his...
Brake Lights
The Trans-Texas Corridor, the Goliath of Texas road projects, is taking a real bruising from the slingshot crowd these days, with so many Davids...
From Bolshoi to Broadway
Metropolitan Classical Ballet greets the spring with a double bill of old and new ballets.
From the vintage repertory will be co-artistic director Alexander...
