Fort Worth Weekly
Redneck Poetry
William Bryan Massey III doesn’t play music anymore. The former drummer for the Fort Worth punk band The Playthings hung up his sticks a...
Self-Inflicted Wounds
Fraud! Shameful!
There seemed to be a contest between Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst to see who could make the more outrageous...
Royal Pains
Don’t get me wrong; I love my nieces. I just fear for them a little. One is seven and the other is four (I...
Grapefest 2012
Alexander Fleming, the bacteriologist who discovered penicillin, was quoted as saying: “Penicillin cures, but wine makes people happy.” Since biblical times and well before,...
Lycan Licks
A little over a year ago, in the thick of one of the hottest Texas summers in recent memory, three dudes squeezed into a...
On the Green
It started out as a vanity book celebrating a historic country club, but River Crest Country Club: the First 100 Years evolved into something...
Gallery
With school back in session, the colleges all have art shows up for September. Among them is the biennial at TCC’s Southeast Campus, which...
Arbitrage: High-Risk Bonds
One thing about New York City: In no other place on Earth are the very rich, the very poor, and everybody in between thrown...
Bill W.: Demon Drink
The title of Bill W. refers to William G. Wilson, the former Wall Street securities analyst who lost his livelihood to alcoholism and the...
K8 in Your Face
For nine days in mid-July, K8 Hardy was marooned. On an island. She made the best of it, taking long walks on the deserted...