Scene 2 for Scenesters
Fort Worth movie fans may well remember The Scenesters as the opening selection of the Lone Star Film Festival last November. Now the movie's...
Taking the Lead
When local muso Matt Skates formed the Fort Worth Music Co-Op last year, he couldn't have guessed all the directions it would take. The...
The Quality of the Test
Question: When does air quality testing not clear the air?
Answer: These days, almost any time that Texas' lead environmental agency is doing the testing...
Drug Mountain
One wonders if Lester Bangs was foreseeing this when he wrote that rock 'n' roll is a "raw wail from the bottom of the...
More Hell to Pay
To the editor: Thank you for reporting on the payroll audit mess at the Fort Worth school district ("Payroll Hell," Jan. 20, 2010). It's...
Irk Edition
So there's this other weekly paper in town. It's called DFW.com: Ink Edition, and it covers entertainment. If it strikes you as odd that...
Fort Worth Sings For Haiti
For people grief-stricken by the Haiti earthquake, who don't think that donating $10 to Red Cross is enough, and who love local music, a...
U.S. to Blame for Haiti?
As grim accounts of the earthquake in Haiti came in, the accounts in U.S. news media all carried the same sentence: "Haiti is the...
Breaking Bad
Somehow, the upper reaches of stardom have always seemed to just elude Jeff Bridges' grasp despite all his advantages as a well-known actor's son...
Domestic Conflict
When I was a boy, I visited relatives in South America and noticed that all my uncles and aunts seemed to employ maids. I...
