Good Service? Shinjuku Station
My wife Dana is a strict vegetarian, and no matter where we are on the globe –– Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, Arlington –– eating...
D/FW NORML Holiday Bash
Thanks to this year’s contentious campaign, we learned that Barack Obama is America’s first foreign-born gay Muslim socialist president. But did you also know...
R.I.P. Mike Scaccia
Mike Scaccia died doing what he loved.
The Arlingtonian shredder suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 47 last Saturday at The Rail,...
“Ghostbreakers” Viewing Party at Texas Theatre
The satirical “paranormal reality” comedy Ghostbreakers –– broadcast Thursday nights on the basic cable network Youtoo –– is energetic, goofy, rough-edged, and utterly sincere...
NRA, Obama Attack Movie Violence
The national gun debate has officially gotten surreal: President Obama and the National Rifle Association agree on something. At a news conference earlier today,...
North Texas “Freak of the Week” Goes To…
No matter how horribly your day goes –– even if your boss cans you, your significant other dumps you, and your ferret dies ––...
If The Newtown Massacre Doesn’t Change Us, No Shooting Ever Will
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine -- who teaches freshmen English at Texas State University -- noticed a new sign installed near...
SXSW is Complete … Again
More than 800 bands (and counting) from all over the globe have been selected to perform as part of the 2013 South-by-Southwest Music Festival...
Velvet Taco Taking Over Gold Standard
If you think the West 7th corridor is nothing but a warren of Uptown-aping, high-end mixed retail and over-priced eateries, you’re probably not going...
SceneShop’s “A Fifth of Christmas”
For certain kinds of people –– single, or childless, or those who’ve lost or are separated from loved ones –– the holiday season can...