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Hip Tips (Thu., Nov. 3, 2009)
To a lot of folks, the late-’90s was a pop-music wasteland. Grunge and rap, two styles that matured in the late-1980s/early-’90s, were going mainstream...
Not That It Will Ever Happen Here
Not that it will ever happen in Fort Worth, but a gas pipeline explosion early Thursday morning rocked the panhandle town of Bushland, TX,...
Cold Comfort
The Future Unlived's music is "built upon revenge," according to frontman Danny Future. Case in point: "Machine," a blues-rock stomp in which Future, whose...
Eaton Lake Tonics
Prolific indeed is Eaton Lake Tonics frontman Domenic "Tony" Ferraro, who's already released two of this year's most intriguing local discs under his literary-inspired...
Snowbyrd
Loyalty to home and love for departed friends are themes that resonate at my house, which is what motivated me to repeatedly spin this...
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...
Weekender for Fri., Oct. 30, 2009
Pianist/singer/bon vivant Paul Slavens –– whose live jazz-tinged improvisational pop, which includes hilarious made-up-on-the-spot lyrics, can be heard every Tuesday night at Lola’s Saloon-Sixth...
Chesapeake Bows Out, Gracefully
On Oct. 27, the New York Times repored that Chesapeake Energy, which holds 5,000 acres of land in upstate New York's watershed under lease...
Hip Tips: Slight Return
It’s been a long time, but Hip Tips is back, with more brain-melting indie-rock and sundry other faux-intellectual, artful goodies for your listening/reading/observing/getting-hip-finally pleasure.
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Mayor Moncrief Whimpers About Criticism
The thin-skinned hypocrisy and borderline absurdity exhibited by Mayor Mike Moncrief at yesterday’s Fort Worth City Council meeting was extraordinary even for this ethically...
