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It was a postcard-perfect January afternoon in Scottsdale, a winter's day more like a postcard-perfect spring afternoon. Some 60 Stanford Group Company "wealth managers" had...
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By Richie Whitt, Chris Vogel and Kimberly Thorpe Published:
April 9, 2009
"Athletes' Feat?" by Richie Whitt, April 2
Dim Whitt
I don't know who you think you are, but you have no idea what you're talking about. So why don't you keep your...
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Remember Jenny?: Give Margaret Morin credit for perseverance. For nearly a year, the leader of Concerned Citizens for Jenny has lobbied, cajoled and pleaded with city leaders...
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The crisis over the Dallas levee system represents a total failure of the traditional leadership class in this city. We can and will argue for years about why this happened,...
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Like the rest of us, Texas Rangers pitcher C.J. Wilson admitted to being a little confused during Monday's Opening Day.
"It didn't look like us out there," he said after...
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Dear Mexican: For as long as I can remember, Mexicans have been known for doing three things: Drinking lots of cerveza, having lots of niños and saying "¡Ay,...
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The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, The Clash, The Police, Roky Erickson.
Pick one to match your musical flavor, 'cause, no matter, there's a Nervebreakers connection to each; the...
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Steven Patrick Morrissey has, for the last several years, experienced something of a renaissance in his career. His last big radio hit, "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I...
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Smarty-pants Colin Meloy has yet once again topped his prior output, this time bringing his Portland group Decemberists to bear on a 17-song concept album. People will no...
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It's been five years since home recorder Ariel Pink (né Rosenburg) landed on Animal Collective's Paw Tracks imprint, which released his years-in-the-can album The...
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Robert Gomez began writing the songs for his newest record, Pine Sticks and Phosphorus, in July of 2007, during the downtime between gigs as he toured with fellow Denton-based...
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You've heard this sort of thing before: "Your job is safe," or "I was just out with guys." Maybe you believe such assurances the first few times. After a couple trips around...
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Summer's on its way, and that means it's time to bulk up to fit into that bikini, ladies! That's right, I'm talkin' to you, skinny bitch. Last I heard, Abercrombie don't make...
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Observe and Report writer-director Jody Hill makes mean-spirited tragedies that studios market as inane comedies because otherwise no one would pay a cent to see them. That's...
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The stammered, oh-so-polite, made-up telephone conversations. The wry, deadpan, gently satirical delivery. Comedian Bob Newhart is the guy you wanted to be your uncle, the...
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Three is a magic number in popular culture. Trilogies abound in literature (Roddy Doyle's Barrytown Trilogy), film (The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, etc.) and television...
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Ron White, the hard-drinkin', hard-livin', foul-mouthed comedian, is the highlight of the Blue Collar Comedy collaboration, making it (almost) worth your time to sit through a...
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You know that guy at every party who claims to have a degree in "mixology" while turning out the foulest concoctions ever, trying to impress the ladies? He's probably not a...
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Lately, when I'm at art galleries, I find myself thinking, "This piece would be so much better if it had skulls. Or birds. Or birds perched on skulls." I must not be the only...
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Whatever happened to the good ol' days of tossing back booze indiscriminately? Now we have to learn how to taste and savor everything we drink, as though the alcohol content...
