Taser Gets Zapped
The Arizona company that makes Tasers, the allegedly “less-lethal” weapons that have killed hundreds of people around the world, has lost another lawsuit. This...
The Great Tyrant
The ominous mood is established by the cover art: a sepia-toned ’20s photo, which seems haphazardly attached to a piece of stained cardboard, depicting...
Yupp’s on High
This one time, my friend and I were comparing stories about growing up in our respective youth ministries, laughing at the absurdities, the ironies,...
Music Comes … and Goes
So a friend of mine’s got a gripe about this Fort Worth Music Festival, né Jazz by the Boulevard, at the Will...
Jeff Mueller’s “Eat the Vegan”
The theme of William Campbell’s grab-bag of a summer show is supposed to be subtlety, though we didn’t pick the image above for that...
I Am You, Man: The Change-Up
I find myself becoming more and more impatient with these comedies about married dads pining for their younger, carefree bachelor days. Don’t get me...
Beats, Rhymes & Life: Rap Promoters
A Tribe Called Quest came along in the early 1990s, when hip-hop music was dominated by murderously petty feuds and aggressive braggadocio. In this...
The Sizzle on 7th
A walk down Crockett Street in the West 7th development on a recent Saturday afternoon felt like a stroll through a ghost town. The...
Shots at Revolver
It’s hard to do the Rojas family justice in a review. Their recently opened Revolver Taco Lounge in the West 7th Street corridor is...
Sweet Salvation
When the original Chow, Baby (a.k.a. Christy Goldfinch) recommended a restaurant for me to review, I jumped on the idea and also invited her...