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Bailout Sponge Says ‘Thanks Suckers!’
Here’s how my naïve, trusting, Texas brains works: I figured one good thing about the collapse of the financial institutions and the resulting massive...
Coochie Coochie Coo!
What better way to welcome the unofficial beginning of fall than this clip of Charo performing a Rihanna song on Sunday night’s Jerry Lewis...
First Friday on the Green Cancelled
Tonight’s show is a no-go. The next First Friday will be October 2 and feature The Burning Hotels and The Campaign. Luke Wade, who...
Obama School Talk Brouhaha
President Obama is going to be giving school kids across the country a talk next week via television. It's going to be about staying...
Weekender, Thu., Sept. 3
Tonight’s Central Market show with The Burning Hotels and Chatterton has been canceled due to inclement weather and rescheduled for early October and may...
Chesapeake’s ass
My daughter and I were out in the yard on Tuesday night trying to get the chickens and ducks back into the coop...
Goodbye Charles Gibson, Good Grief Diane Sawyer
The retirement of Charles Gibson is a bummer. He was one of my favorite news anchors because he had charm and humility and he...
New Avenue
When Luke Wade sits down to write a song, he often starts with nothing more than a melody. A cappella, he can concentrate on...
Dennis Gonzalez
This latest outing from the prolific Dallas-based trumpeter - his second for L.A.'s Furthermore Recordings - features an all-star cast of musicians. Besides his...
America’s Original Art Form
It's jazz, but can you define it? I guess I'm left paraphrasing Potter Stewart's response to pornography: I know jazz when I hear it....