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Yearly Archives: 2009

Seconds

In many ways, Z's Café is like any other small restaurant. Block letters spelling "HOPE" sit on the counter. Inside a display case are...

Goodwill Hunting

Chow, Baby got a press release the other day from Goodwill's public relations department announcing the opening of its newest superstore (2100 Altamesa Blvd....

Stringed Instruments

If your mental image of bows and arrows mostly comes from movies like the Lord of the Rings trilogy, you might want to take...

Everybody Wants Some

Lying on my back on the floor of the Kimbell Art Museum the other day, I got to thinking about Van Halen. Unfolding across...

Edward R. Murrow Salutes In Grave

Investigative journalism is a calling card here at Fort Worth Weekly, where we strive to peer deep into the destabilizing cracks that can stagger...

Everyone Knows It’s Wendy

A combination of a “Mad TV” sketch character and an R. Crumb fantasy come to life, the towering, bewigged, and hilariously intimidating talk show...

Sarah Palin’s Attack on the Media: Pandering Nonsense or Sour Grapes?

You decide. My favorite quote from her speech yesterday, as she handed power over to Lt. Governor Sean Parnell: “Democracy depends on you, and that...

Joe Nick Spinning Tunes Tonight

The inimitable writer and raconteur Joe Nick Patoski is the guest deejay from 9 to 11 tonight on 93.5 Marfa Public Radio, which is...

Whatever Will Grunt Will Grunt

An MSN article today mentions five life lessons that come up most among people aged 65 to 104: 1. The simple things matter most. 2. Humor...

Boozing With President Obama

President Barack Obama screwed up royally by saying those Cambridge cops “acted stupidly” when arresting black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. The prez wasn't...