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Yearly Archives: 2008

People and Politics

Thing Tarrant County NeedsCritic's choice: A revolutionary with moxieLots of folks are whining about how the gas drilling companies are taking over Fort Worth,...

Fairness in Print

A recent ruling by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission might finally signal the beginning of the end of the struggle for a former...

Cancer in the Country

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant rests on a concrete-dome-penetrated hilltop a few miles above Glen Rose, which was described in a Fort Worth Weekly...

Ballet Rocks

Singer-songwriter Brandin Lea's got rhythm, both in terms of, y'know, being able to play guitar and sing awesomely and also in the George-and-Ira-Gershwin, Ethel-Merman...

Big Balls

Karaoke. The word itself looks like it might be the name of some frighteningly conceived, poorly designed, rubber-suited star of a Japanese monster movie....

Smells like Chain Spirit

Boy, what's not to like about Yucatan Taco Stand (909 W. Magnolia Av.)? It recently took over the old BJ Keefer's space, which did...

Bar Convo Tips

I'm tired of people telling me "Never talk religion or politics at a bar." Well, why the hell not? Especially now that the most...

Ballet Rocks

Singer-songwriter Brandin Lea's got rhythm, both in terms of, y'know, being able to play guitar and sing awesomely and also in the George-and-Ira-Gershwin, Ethel-Merman...

Mashups

Like polyphonic ringtones, mashups are the real underground music. Any DJ who's able to lay, say, Christina Aguilera's vocals over a Scorpions song and...

Big Balls

Karaoke. The word itself looks like it might be the name of some frighteningly conceived, poorly designed, rubber-suited star of a Japanese monster movie....