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Middle-Finger Johnny Cash Painting Missing from Lola’s Saloon
An iconic piece of Lola’s Saloon has gone missing.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of the venue’s black-and-white painting of Johnny Cash giving the...
Circling Fortress Festival
Near the end of his Saturday set at Fortress Festival, Dallas rapper Bobby Sessions asked the audience crowding the stage to raise their hands...
Fort Worth Opera’s Porgy and Bess Is a Multisensory Treat
There’s merit to the idea that music is a universal language. Cultural references and dialogue weigh heavily on a work’s immediacy and ease of...
The Sweeter the Music
Ever try rocking “Free Bird” with arthritis? Carrying a keyboard with a bum back? Climbing stage steps with creaky knees? Squeezing your thighs together...
Deep Cuts
Among the many matter-of-fact statements that accompany the imagery on display in Van Halen’s “Right Now” video, the one that has stuck in my...
Radioville, Simon Flory (Self-released)
It’s fair to say Simon Flory is comfortable being old-fashioned. Flory, a native of rural Indiana, purveys a sound that is a melting pot...
Phantomelo’s Baby Ghosts
Somewhere in Garland, graffiti covers the dingy walls of an abandoned maternity ward. Silence is most likely the only thing to be found behind...
Mean Motor Scooter
On the east side of town, the members of Mean Motor Scooter file out of their jam room into the cool dusk air to...
Metal Up Your Ox
Most so-called indie rockers– especially those of a certain age, old enough to have memories of the Challenger explosion or when Pizza Hut was...
From the Top Rope
“Who’s Bruce Magnus?” That’s a question I asked the four dudes sitting around the table at a local coffee shop recently, thinking perhaps he...
