Killer or Filler?
Now that we’ve named our favorite albums, EPs, and songs of the past 365 days or so, let’s march right into 2015 with this...
Second-Chance Stocking
‘Tis the season of giving, right? That’s why Chow, Baby gave a second shot to a couple of the restaurants I panned over the...
Night & Day
WED ▪ 24
Through December, the Omni Fort Worth Hotel has given the locals a reason to visit with readings from children’s books like The...
Dept. of Wish Fulfillment
I went to a dueling piano bar last Thursday, almost a year after my first visit. Compared to Louie Louie’s ridiculously festive décor ––...
Smoke Signals
The $1.1 trillion federal spending bill Congress recently passed is loaded with so many Wall Street giveaways that it’s sick-making — like eating an...
Fallen Empire
Though the loud, raucous, Stones-esque Hanna Barbarians recently announced they were breaking up, they essentially broke up the day they formed in 2009.
“We had...
Owning Up
I’ll always love my Great Aunt Flossie. As a youngster, rocking on her front porch in Galveston, I sat enthralled, listening to her yarns...
Music on the Edge
The artist named Vincent couldn’t have had a good Christmas Eve. His head was bandaged, he’d been in a fight that day, and the...
Beer and Sausage …
Making beer is a heady process, so to speak, full of rich smells and flavors and delicate arts.
Making beer law, on the other hand,...
Film Shorts
OPENING:
American Sniper (R) Bradley Cooper stars in Clint Eastwood’s biography of Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history. Also with Sienna Miller,...