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A hot, dusty Rio Grande Valley day gives way to twilight as people sit in their yards, shaded by wilted mesquite trees. Smoke from outdoor grills hangs in the air, children...
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John Congleton and Matt Armstrong, otherwise known as one half of the pAper chAse, sit in a tiny, cluttered recording studio, otherwise known as one of the rooms in Congleton's...
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Beau Nash is a Crescent Court bauble, a patinated little room enclosed in glass and attached to a stylish bar planked with marble and squirted with brass. Tightly arranged...
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Joe Versus the Volcano ran on cable last week, and contained within that misguided, unmemorable film was a small scene that only now resonates. Tom Hanks, who believes he has...
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It may seem like we just got the neon revolution terminated and the spiral perms grown out, but already the '80s are back. Bands are being influenced by '80s music, parties are...
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Nobody dozes off during Blast! Several times during the high-concept marching-band event now playing at the Fair Park Music Hall, the blare of dozens of horns and the pounding...
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Tom Gilley had been through it before: the termination, the humiliation, the uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach that something just wasn't right. At 52, he was fired as...
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He may be a bald, vegan, gospel-loving peacenik, but ask him the wrong question and Moby turns into one combative little dude. Witness:
Me: So, new record, new songs, new live...
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Mass-market restaurant chains often take extraordinary steps to stress their particular ethnic identity. Cracker Barrel, for example, oozes Southern charm--that is, the South...
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If there's any truth to reincarnation, the spirit of Napoleon may walk among us today. It's not unreasonable to conjecture that he has taken up residence in Bill Gates or Joel...
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Comedian Neil Hamburger evokes a sort of sympathy as he slouches about the stage mumbling anti-jokes. Much like Charlie Brown he gives off a sad-sack vibe that makes one root...
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It seems odd to call Pillsbury and Peters Fine Art's new show of Leon Kossoff's work "timely." But it is, even though the London-based painter remains, at 75, what he has...
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Don't tell me we can't fight City Hall. So what if they're all a bunch of suits down there, they're goofballs, they're numbskulls, they're going to do what they want to do...
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To be honest, most (OK, fine, all) of what we know about how our city works--or doesn't, usually--comes from what we hear star columnist Jim Schutze say in staff meetings....
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Salve Ristorante Italiano, the 9,000-square-foot, 170-seat restaurant launched by Mi Piaci founders Phil and Janet Cobb and Mi Piaci partner David Stubblefield, is closed....
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For centuries, Western philosophies have interpreted the dragon as a symbol of explosive violence, and, frankly, that's rather one-sided. By (Saint) George, there has existed a...
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A pal asked last week, "Who you writing about?" Told him, "Art Linson," which screwed his face into a big ol' question mark. "He's a movie producer. He made Heat, Fight Club,...
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After racking up an impressive record of about a dozen wins and no losses defending low-level Dallas porn-store clerks accused of violating anti-obscenity laws, lawyer Andrew...
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The OK trio's second disc since reimagining itself on 1997's Zaireeka, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is casually electronic and curiously acoustic, sounds from either end of...
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It's daunting to hear that John Sayles' new film, Sunshine State, is almost two and a half hours long and mostly consists of calm conversations. Don't be deterred or you'll...
