Joey Green Hits Red Dirt
It's one of the oldest stories in music: Local boy grows up singing and playing guitar in talent shows, coffee shops, and church camps,...
A Federal Case?
Joey Daniel Retana and Elmer Duane McMichael were lovers for about six years. For about three of those years they shared a two-bedroom rental...
Tom Waits
Waits has had quite an odyssey, from Troubador doorman to protégé of Frank Zappa manager Herb Cohen (who sponsored the recordings released as two...
Snaky Situation
To the editor: Betty Brink's article ("Cash-Trapped," Dec. 9, 2009), about the malignant leeches who prey on others' misfortunes with their pawn and payday...
Kimbell in Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal has reviewed the Kimbell Art Museum’s current exhibition, From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern. WSJ...
About to Blow Up?
My favorite movie of all time is American Graffiti. If you've seen it, you won't be surprised to know that my second favorite movie...
KXTeed Up
OK, so everybody's favorite new radio station, KERA's KXT/91.7-FM, is playing a lot of good stuff, stuff that can't be heard anywhere else on...
More Latex Gloves?
It is the duty of public officials to "do something" whenever a new threat appears, even if there is nothing sensible to be done....
Gallery
Gallery 414's current show is entitled Showdown, in which the work of eight artists with divergent artistic philosophies is placed in dialogue, with Harmony...
Film Shorts
OPENING:
Leap Year (PG) Amy Adams stars in this romantic comedy as a woman whose plans to follow Irish tradition and propose to her boyfriend...
