Kansas

Look for the Return of the Twinkie in July

It's a tale filled with corporate greed, union strikes and cream filling. But no matter how much it may appear that things have gone over an edge into a fiery pit below, there is one thing that we can rest of assured of: The American snack industry will always rise again. See also: Was Hostess' Dea ... More >>

It Came From Below

Vegetarians on Notice: Showdown in the Freezer Aisle

Yesterday the meat processing industry's trade magazine, Meatingplace, posted a new article for their "Activist Watch" column about a much needed communication plan for American farmers after a year of pink slime, gestation crates and slaughterhouse headlines. Certainly the industry has taken a punc ... More >>

Lost and Found

She's a Demon On Wheels

Kendall Schmidt of Big Time Rush: "Having Four Guys in the Band is Going to Bring Out the Teenage Girls"

Being in a successful boy band and having a hit TV show is hard work. Just ask Kendall Schmidt of Big Time Rush. Born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, Schmidt was singing by the age of three and acting by the time he was ten. In 2009, Schmidt was cast as the leader of the band Big Time Rush. Over the ... More >>

The Farm-to-Table Movement (of Massive Scale) Has Its Own Video Now, Courtesy of the Peterson Brothers

Guess what Kansas boys are doing this summer? Promoting the farm-to-table movement with their own tantalizing farm video. In a parody to LMFAO's "I'm Sexy and I Know It" the three Peterson brothers, wearing purple K-State shirts, of course, made a video and rewrote the words to "I'm Farming and I Gr ... More >>

Chef Brian Luscher of The Grape on the Kansas Beef Council's Bus Tour

Recently Sara Blakenship reported that chef Brian Luscher was embarking on summer camp tryst with the Kansas Beef Council. As proprietor and chef of The Grape on Greenville Avenue, undisputed burger master and barbecue pro, what better person to represent Texas out on the ranch? So, with permissio ... More >>

The Battle of Winfrey Point is an Opportunity for the Dallas Arboretum to Prove it Likes Plants

Hey, Dallas Arboretum: Do you really not see how this is shaping up? You have one of two things staring you in the face. A great opportunity. Or a well-deserved black eye. You are in court this very moment, hauled there by citizens trying to stop your plans to decimate a rare patch of virgin blackl ... More >>

Sometimes 1 Percent is Enough. If, That Is, You're Willing to Stand Up.

​Hey, one last shout out here for the Occupy Dallas people who camped at City Hall. I know you took a lot of grief from people who didn't understand why you were doing what you were doing, including me a little bit at one point. I hope you took note of the president's speech yesterday in Kansa ... More >>

Feds, Researchers Raise More Questions About Texas's New Voter ID Law

​The voter ID law passed by Texas lawmakers in May continues its circuit among activists, lawmakers, academics and social commentators as a discriminatory, unjustified and absolutely necessary measure, depending on who's yelling. Words like "voter fraud" on the right and "disenfranchisement" o ... More >>

Productions reliving the '80s miss the decade's dumb fun.

Watch: Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights Talk About "The Heart" Behind Their Music.

Speaking of North Texas bands popping up on television, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights have also been involved in that game lately, stopping in to record a couple acoustic songs and an interview for Beta TV, which is a nationally syndicated TV show that airs in 146 cities, although I'm pre ... More >>

Reverend Horton Heat, Split Lip Rayfield

Friday, February 11, at the House of Blues

How Much Do Packers Like Highland Park?

​The Green Bay Packers were supposed to practice at SMU. Yeah, not so much. Instead, they wound up using the Highland Park Scots' relatively new indoor practice facility, which, from the looks of this glowing press pack, is worth every penny of the $4.5 million spent. From The Packers' Official Te ... More >>

TGI Friday's: No More In NorthPark; Yes More in the Middle East

​T.G.I. Friday's, a place known for its red-and-white stripes and flair for shrugging off the work-week, may be feeling the crunch just like everyone else -- or it may just be changing its game. Within the last week, the location at NorthPark Center shuttered its doors amidst numerous T.G.I. ... More >>

Bonus MP3: Black Stone Rangers -- "Plug It In"

Black Stone Rangers​A couple weeks back, we caught the very tail end of a performance from new local duo called Black Stone Rangers. It wasn't much, but it was enough to pique our interest in the outfit, which, apparently, is named after an infamous 1960s Chicago gang. So we did as we do, and we c ... More >>

No Mysteries, No Surprises as "Eater X" Edges Sonya Thomas for Lewisville Tamale Title

Photos by Patrick MichelsSonya "the Black Widow" Thomas puts away one of 56 tamales she ate Saturday -- good enough for second place.He set the world tamale-eating record here three years ago, downing 71 in a 12-minute bout on the steps of Lewisville City Hall, and even with a dozen fewer tamales la ... More >>

NCAA Basketball Tournament: Let the Madness Commence!

Substitute me for Dickie V, and you're looking at my next three weeks.​It was pitch dark this morning when I woke up. Must be Spring. Spent an hour this morning sweating over a bracket. Must be March. If you want to come have a beer and talk hoops and maybe punch me in the face, I'll b ... More >>

Travelin' Ballers

The RoughRiders take on Arkansas' best

Parking a Plenty

Marty Walker has some Vacant Spaces

Weekend Roundup: Ghostland Observatory, the Roots, the Cardinals, More

Weekend Roundup: Hospital Ships, The Presets, Terri Hedrix, Jars of Clay

Follow, Follow, Follow

Try songs in the key of Oz

Ask a Mexican

El Rey lives south of the border, if only on black velvet

Van Halen

Thursday, April 24, at American Airlines Center

Corndoggle

Dallas Is Banking On Ethanol, But Is It The Fuel Of The Future Or A Barrel Of Pork?

Repeat Offender

A second, slimmer Capote movie fails to improve on its predecessor

Gabriel & Dresden

Gabriel & Dresden (Organized Nature)

Odds & Ends

The Golden Falcons are reeling after their encounter with a super trooper

Daddy-Daughter Day

The Appleseed Cast makes the best of death and horror in their latest post-emo record

Dropping the Ball

The Appleseed Cast

Friday, March 17, at Rubber Gloves

Genteel Fans

Sonata Arctica

Wednesday, February 15, at Ridglea Theatre

Writes and Wrongs

In Capote, a murder leads to a masterpiece leads to an undoing

Koufax, Man Factory

Thursday, August 18th, at Wreck Room

Rockin' Around

Holiday gifts for the music lover in your life

Best Team to Never Watch

Texas Rim Rockers

The Back Page

I would tell you about the Big 12 tourney, but my stomach hurts

Tahiti 80

Wallpaper for the Soul (Minty Fresh)

Get Blasted

A rousing tribute to halftime shows will hit you right in the kisser

All Grown Up

At 32, the USA Film Festival proves it can still play ball

Best Place to Be Perfectly Frank

Gifted

If they only had a brain

DISD's Wicked Witch of the West may be going, but we're not out of the woods just yet, Dorothy

Out Here

Space Cadet

Hash Over

Fish story; Real blarney; Flipping out of burgers

Out Here

The man who knew too much

Meet Arthur Griesacker--the mysterious fellow who allegedly masterminded the Republic of Texas' funny-money schemes but always seems to escape prosecution

Sweet ode to convoy grub

But Truckers grinds the breakfast gears