Alverson’s Broken (and Repaired) Heart
By a stroke of good luck, Tommy Alverson was almost poisoned to death.
Alverson, wife Amy Alverson, and their two young kids ––...
The Flickerstick Test
Welp, I did it. I managed to stay awake past midnight. Then again, catching some winks would have been impossible. I was at the...
Open-the-Bars Rally Saturday
Nearly 800 bars across Texas are prepared to swing open their saloon doors Saturday as part of a protest launched by a Fort Worth...
R.I.P. Wesley Hathaway
On Sept 26, longtime club owner and eccentric local music emissary Wesley Hathaway, 69, finally succumbed to cancer. I first met her in the...
Go Yayo and the Randomness of Stardom
You probably haven’t heard of him, because you’re not in high school in Fort Worth and aren’t addicted to social media, but Go Yayo...
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Things are crazy, we know. With the election looming, prickly nerves over the fate of democracy are being thrown into relief by minor infractions or...
Twisted Black Ties
As I first Tweeted this past Monday morning, one of the biggest North Texas bands of the ’00s, Black Tie...
Pimpadelic: Still Hear
A long time ago, I was close friends with a guy who was pretty deep into the local punk/metal scene, which was helpful to...
Leroy the Prophet Frontman Free on Bond
After being charged with sexual assault of a child under the age of 17 and sexual abuse of a child under 14, according to...
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...
