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Yearly Archives: 2008

TCC’s Money Machine

Perhaps leaders of the Tarrant County College District thought that their latest grand move would quell the controversy that has been swirling deep and...

Green, with Envy

And we thought we had it bad when the Cigarette Czars stamped out our right to smoke in bars. Up in Seattle, Prohibition -...

Out of the House

Is it true? Did Talladega Nights really come out only two summers ago? It seems like ages, mainly because Will Ferrell has starred in...

Veinticuatro!

Restaurants come and go, and in Southwest Arlington, the turnover is especially pronounced. Two great places where I waitressed in my teens...

Wonderful Whiz

You know how you can simply sign a form at the doctor's office to make your whole medical history an open book to pretty...

A Nosegay of Names

Bice's Florist has been selling bouquets and boutonnieres to Cowtown-area customers for the past 34 years. Starting from a small shop purchased by Buddy...

New Stuff on North Side

If you're looking for something to do this weekend, you can't go wrong heading to the north side of town. The fifth annual Gran...

Move On

I always found ABBA's melancholy ballads more interesting than their better-known disco-influenced hits, but I find those latter songs pleasant enough in small doses. String...

J.W. Jones

Canadian J.W. Jones' fifth CD, Bluelisted, flavors electric blues-rock with bits of old-style R&B and even, from time to time, swaggering rockabilly. When he sticks...

Revivals

With Casa Mañana suddenly going in for the newfangled likes of Spamalot and Avenue Q this summer, it's ironic that this week the most...