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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
