Rip-it
What better place than by TCU to open a restaurant named after Old Rip, a once-famous horned frog who, in the early 1900s, was...
Stupid Is
Whenever Chow, Baby muses, as it often does, on how well-educated it is (Hook 'Em Horns!), how widely traveled it is (Hail Colombia!), how...
Dark Color
Two important, nearly diametrically opposed exhibits are opening on Saturday. Both are well worth close inspection.
One is at William Campbell Contemporary Art on the...
NFL Pass Rush
While I was on vacation I heard about Rush Limbaugh being dropped from the ownership group that wants to buy the St. Louis Rams....
President Obama Inhales Common Sense
What a difference a president makes.
Under President Obama, the Justice Department said today that people who toke the ganja or distribute weed for...
Porky Pickled
I have an acquaintance with inside knowledge of the international wine and spirits industry. (Okay – I know someone who knows someone who works...
Is Breast Cancer Over Exposed?
For weeks, I’ve been watching NFL football players wear pink -- shoes, gloves, towels, whatever -- to honor October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This...
Stockyards “Lame In”
Aw, man! Last week when I endorsed Queer Liberaction’s Saturday ”Queer Kiss In” at the Stockyards, I sure didn’t have the lame result in...
Weekender Fri., Oct. 16, 2009
The Great Tyrant has a couple of shows coming up, starting tonight (Friday) at Lola’s Saloon Sixth (2736 W. 6th St., in the West...
Balloon Boy A Star In Making
This balloon boy has star potential. First off, his name is Falcon. How cool is that? He’s the center of national attention. He’s got...




