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Wear Wars
This much is indisputable. Texas is redneck territory. The flipside: Texas is also becoming browner, gayer, and more feminine every day. I had never...
Royal Sons
If there’s one thing that’s been depressingly absent in popular music since basically the turn of the century, it’s rockstar mystique. Where stages were...
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Fraud Gigging
Few issues stir up the right-wing base like anchor babies, universal healthcare, and voter fraud. While newborns and public health seem like curious targets...
Music
The Orange Years
In the entire history of musical expression, from the first repeated notes uttered by a caveman to whatever Brock Lesnar puts on to start...
Girls Rock Again
Insecurities made 14-year-old Rosie want to hide when she performed on stage for the first time in July. She was among about 30 youngsters...
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Back to Matagorda Bay
Tricky Fish, 5917 Convair Dr, FW, 817-731-5882. 9am-10pm Sun, 11am-9pm Mon-Thu, 11am-10pm Fri, 9am-10pm Sat. All major credit cards accepted.
French explorer René-Robert Cavelier sailed...
Smoke in the Barbecue Desert
We’ve all heard the term “food desert,” referring to an urban area devoid of grocery stores, farmers’ markets, or reasonably priced restaurants that offer...
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Last Call
Nowhere to Hide at Dr. Jeckyll’s
“A man walks into a bar – ouch!”
This is one of the first jokes I learned from my always word-playing janitor granddad. It also...
Blotch
Modern Cinema Festival Report
Between the Modern Cinema Festival and other screenings I attended for the Weekly, I've basically been watching movies for the past four days straight,...
Top 5 Shows on Saturday 10/20
1) Beto O’Rourke is speaking on Saturday morning at the Ridglea Theater (6025 Camp Bowie) from 8:30 to 10:30. I implore you to support...
Toast & Jam with Devon Dawson
Devon Dawson -- aka Miss Devon -- is artistic director at Cowtown Opry located in the Livestock Exchange Building in the Stockyards. But she...
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The Hate U Give: All Eyes on Me
Sometimes in life, you just need a black girl standing on the hood of a car telling you to burn down this whole rotten...
Halloween: Back on the Mike
“Are you afraid of the Boogeyman? You should be.” — Laurie Strode, sole Michael Myers survivor
If you’re reading this, you know who the Boogeyman...
First Man: Moonshot
I always respect directors who try to prove that they can do more than one thing, so as much as I’d like another musical...
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