‘Tis the Season For Thievin’
Chances are if you're reading this column, you at least appreciate local music and musicians (and maybe artists in general). You probably won't mind...
Fort Worth, P.A.
First off, there are a helluva lot worse places to live than Fort Worth. Ever hear of a little ol' ville called Youngstown, Ohio?...
Between Nothingness and Eternity
Other than the annual Bertha Coolidge show, there's little to zero jazz fusion in the Fort. I guess most local musos are too time-strapped...
Exit the Highway
There are a lot of things I don't "get." Coconut flavoring is one. Who in the hell wants to eat anything that tastes even...
New Albums Hitting
Collin Herring is back. On Thursday, (yes, Thanksgiving), the alt-country singer-songwriter who decamped for Austin a couple of years ago is playing The Moon...
KXT Saves?
Since KXT/91.7-FM's inaugural broadcast last week, local musos seem to have rediscovered the wonders of the ol' wireless telegraphy box. "Hey, 2009! The 1940s...
Peace and Harmony
"Ambition is the last refuge of failure," according to everyone's favorite legendary smarty pants Oscar Wilde. "Not so fast, my dead friend!" I say....
Survival
The Star-Telegram recently published a story about the Ridglea Theater, one of Fort Worth's oldest live music venues and a heavy-metal haven. The story...
Fort Worthless
Sigh. Once again, Fort Worth isn't part of the North Texas music conversation, and, naturally, my boxers are in a wad. A while back,...
Kickin’ It Old-School
The Fort Worth Cats, one of the premier bands from the nigh-legendary Fort Worth "teen scene" of the 1960s, never technically broke up, at...