Voter Up
Static loves the smell of democracy in the morning. On Nov. 5, Texas will be holding elections on nine proposed constitutional amendments. For the...
Slumberbuzz Awakens
Last January, Slumberbuzz had changed its name, solidified its sound and lineup, and written enough material to fill an album. At the time, the...
Easy, Shannon
Listen: A giant lived here.
Ronald Shannon Jackson was born in Fort Worth on Jan. 12, 1940. He died here on Saturday, of leukemia, in...
O Bury Not the Last Prairie
On the grounds of Fort Worth’s Botanical Research Institute of Texas is a patch of land that looks out of place next to the...
High Times
I learned three important facts this weekend. The first was that you can, in fact, get beer at the air show, but there really...
Dr. Wu’s Diagnosis? More Blues
Like commercial-radio country, heavy metal, and hip-hop/R&B, the blues gets a bad rap. “It’s boring,” some people cry. “It’s too noodly,” lament others. And,...
We Shall Be Free
I screamed at somebody after I saw 12 Years a Slave. I don’t usually do that after a movie, but this fellow critic just...
Carrie On
A lot of moviegoers were outraged at the idea of making a second movie version of Stephen King’s novel Carrie. I understand the attachment...
Disaster in Waiting
Southeast of Dallas lie two major reservoirs that provide 80 percent of the drinking-water supplies in and around Tarrant County. Below each of those...
Billy’s Oak Acres: Open Wide
Given the popularity of a show like Diners, Drive-ins & Dives, it stands to reason that a good way to get people into your...
