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1) Melvins are playing at Trees on Thursday. Do I even have to say anything else about this band to make you want to...
Cover Story Correction
Eagle-eyed reader, Donald B., caught a mistake in my new cover story Trains Rolled On, and wrote to me about it. While he seems...
Mammal Virus: Call the Audio Ambulance Tonight
Instead of at the Ozzie Rabbit, The Mammal Virus will be at The Grotto tonight (Thursday), headlining a stellar-ass 817 bill: prog-rockers Chingalotus, hard-poppers...
Fort Worthology: Aparthomes
In the late ’30s, a Fort Worth cement contractor named C. M. Davis came up with an idea to kill two birds with one...
News Roundup: June 11, 2015
R.I.P., Ornette Coleman
From New York comes the sad news that jazz legend and Fort Worth native Ornette Coleman has died at the age of...
Al Jazeera Profiles Guardianship, Fort Worth’s Dorothy Luck
A probate court judge determines someone is too mentally impaired to handle their own affairs. The judge then appoints caseworkers, attorneys, and bankers to...
News Roundup: June 10, 2015
McKinney Cop Resigns
Eric Casebolt, the McKinney police corporal who had an unbelievable meltdown seen by millions when he went crazy, chasing, cursing and physically...
Former KTVT/Channel 11 Anchor Adrienne Bankert Gets New Gig
Adrienne Bankert loves her some Fort Worth. But she’s flown the coop, landing on the Left Coast with a new job that she starts...
Women’s World Cup Update (The Sour Grapes Down Under Edition)
The sad realities of working in an office meant that I had to miss the Nigeria-Sweden game, which looked like a real barn-burner. Fortunately,...
News Roundup: June 9, 2015
School's Out
Fort Worth school district students are off for summer as of yesterday. If musical theater has taught us anything, high school-aged kids are...
