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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Local Scene Dying? Not so Fast

Industry Contractions?

Darstar Redux

Heartfelt

Eric Osbourne’s “I’m the Bear”

Hearsay

Hearsay

Packing Gatts, Clocking SAT’s

Nerdcore reached its nadir, to use a geeky term, a few years ago, with the debut c.d. from novelty act MC Hawking. The make-believe...

Breaking In, Out

Several weeks ago, when local musician John Zaskoda opened Sessions Music, a boutique guitar store on White Settlement Road near downtown, he had grand,...

PlayJazzPlay

Just when you thought the days of major labels' swooping down from above and plucking obscure bands from the bowels of local music scenes...

Will Rogers, Sludge Metal, and You

As you may (or may not) have noticed, Will Rogers Memorial Center Auditorium is on its way to becoming a bona fide rock venue,...

FWCBGB’s

In reading about the recent demise of CBGB's, the legendary rock club in New York City, I got to thinking about all the intangibles...

Getting Older, Cooler, and Hotter

For some folks, the big 5-0 is tragic. (Don't they know that 50 is the new, um, 45?!) For local country-western singer-songwriter Bodie Powell, those...

Teen Scene, TTF, Ornette

A few years ago, retro indie label Norton Records released a three-volume c.d. called Fort Worth Teen Scene. Featuring local '60s-era psych-garage-pop giants such as...

MacHenry’s Moves … Again

Have you ever known a friend who was dating a manipulative, loser chick, and then goes and falls in love with her, and then...

Avant-Garde, um, Explosion

Fort Worth isn't normally thought of as a progressive arts town. Yes, there are a few folks here who do some amazing, edgy stuff....

Howling at the Moon

Before I took over this column about five years ago, I decided not to be negative. Spewing vitriol about local/struggling bands, clubs, and events...