He-Man Knows “What’s Up”
As the bass thumps intensely and a rattling snare grows louder, He-Man pumps his right arm back and forth awkwardly, robotically. The camera draws...
Flyover Spillover
Every year around the middle of March, Fort Worth - and probably every other alleged flyover town in the Southwest - gets spillover from...
Packed Houses
On Saturday, The Burning Hotels, Telegraph Canyon, Stella Rose, The February Chorus, and a few other local heavy-hitters will play Lola's Saloon (3267 W....
Big Bertha
The last time I saw local fusion pioneers Bertha Coolidge play, I admit, I was a little underwhelmed. Could have been the venue: the...
Grazin’ in the Grass
The jaunty trad-bluegrass standard "We've Got Franklin D. Roosevelt Back Again" is one thing (i.e., awesome), but young folks playing it today is a...
R.I.P., 3726 W 6th St
I had a moment a couple weeks ago, standing on that deck in the northeast corner of Lola’s Trailer Park, when I concluded that...
Jazz Week
For every great movie Spike Lee serves up, he drops a clunker or two. For every Do the Right Thing (1989) or Summer of...
Burning Celluloid
The folks at Walden Media were having a helluva time finding the right Texas band to play a small performance bit in one of...
The Soft Parade
I hate noise pollution. Dogs barking all damn day long, hoopties pumping bass drums, loud office chatter when I'm trying to compose my spellbinding...
On the Cusp
Not sure what it means, but at Calhoun's packed show last week at Lola's, when the Fort Worth rock 'n' roll quartet/quintet played "Kick-Drum...
