Anthony Mariani
Local Music Christmas
Life got ya down? Well, what's new. As in previous years, the Music Awards Festival is a good time to get good and sweaty. This...
We’re No. 3!
The math is pretty simple. As the oldest big city in North Texas, Dallas is the center of the universe. Denton is the tiny...
O Holy Night (and Day)
For about a year, my wife had been telling me the same thing that my 6-year-old son said to me in the car the...
Primary Runoffs Underway
Yes, we know you voted in 2016, and then had to do it again in 2017, and then again in March in Texas’ primary...
Toothless
I rarely felt at peace. Even — or especially — when lying down for the night. And when I did manage to hit the...
Cheering TCU’s Ballpark Brew
Don’t drink it.
Love Texas Christian University baseball but *makes sign of the cross* hate the thought of beer at Lupton Stadium? Just keep your...
Truman Talks: Texas Politics
Confidence is high among Democrat-supporting folks across Texas and has been since they emerged from the doldrums of their post-2016 election toxic shock. Yes,...
Complaint Filed Against Varsity
The City of Fort Worth is coming after Varsity Tavern.
After we wrote the initial story about allegedly racist dress-code enforcement issues at the popular...
Varsity (Tavern) Blues
They’re fairly typical sneakers. Air Jordan 3s, to be exact. Clean, puffy, and black with white and red trim, they don’t look terrifically grungy...
Fort Worth Now or Later?
Back during South by Southwest’s halcyon days (circa 1998-2008), I’m pretty sure that for most of us visiting journalists and other, much less cool...
