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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...
Pay Dirt
Austin Allsup is a complex guy -- tough, tender, lost, confident, sane, crazy -- but what he isn't is lazy. A couple of weeks...
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,...
Pour House to Re-Open on Halloween Night
So the already changing landscape of the W.7th-Carrol corridor will be adding another bar this weekend. After 13 years in their downtown location, the...
Readers Speak: Best Rains Songs
I promised to post videos of all-time best rain songs suggested by Blotch readers, and here they are:
Bryan F said, “ 'Thunderstorms and Neon...
