See also: Bonnaroo Thursday See also: Bonnaroo Friday Do not, under any circumstances, forget to bring earplugs to a Mogwai concert. Thank the concert gods I didn’t learn this lesson the hard way during their Saturday evening set at Bonnaroo, having just bought a pair from some high-schoolers raising money…
See also: Thursday night at Bonnaroo 2012Saturday or Sunday seemed unlikely to top Friday, with Lake Highlands girl St. Vincent and the sensory overload of Radiohead’s headlining set. Even the day leading up to those shows offered plenty of good stuff, as long as long as one didn’t give the…
Don’t come to Bonnaroo if you aren’t a people person, especially if you are tent camping. It’s a game of Russian roulette, whether you end up next to a party bro tent blaring dubstep at 3 a.m., a family with a crying infant, acoustic-guitar man, tantric orgasmic couple or a…
Summer is just about upon us, and with it lighter session beers, wheats and wits. And while those can be complex, satisfying brews, it’s still nice to take the occasional break from them for richer (and more alcoholic) choices. Or maybe that’s just my too-tolerant liver talking. A few events…
I’m pretty sure there is a holiday honoring some sort of food product every single day, with overlapping weeks and months to celebrate others. They reach a saturation point at which I tune them all out. But American Craft Beer Week, which began yesterday and runs through Sunday, is an…
Gruesome horror flick The Evil Dead and its tongue-in-cheek sequels, Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness, are just about as good as movies can get. So if you’ve ever had the notion that they would be improved by combing all three films into a single theater production and adding…
The buzz for Big Texas Beer Fest on Saturday morning was palpable miles away from Fair Park. From the Mockingbird Station where I embarked, people of all stripes, many sporting T-shirts from breweries and the bars where they’re served, were packed like anchovies into the DART train. Despite the occasional…
Don’t forget: Big Texas Beer Fest is 1 to 6 p.m. tomorrow, and noon for the VIPs who paid $25 more for the opportunity to be first at the taps and close down the event at the Deep Ellum Brewing Co. after-party. But if you haven’t gotten around to obtaining a…
Lots of big beer news happening since I last wrote a post. Sorry for the time away. It’s not you, it’s me. So rather than inundate you with a bunch of short posts, here are a few quick sips of local beer news and upcoming events. First off, San Diego’s…
Squandering a billion dollars is easier than you think. The federal government spends more than that each month trying to keep people from using certain plant products to feel good. It’s just 0.02 of a percent of the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan so far. Mark Cuban…
While I had a great time at Medieval Times celebrating my 13th birthday more than 20 years ago, and again celebrating my son’s 10th last weekend, I now understand why my parents took me there exactly once as a child. There was a specific moment that drove home the realization…
Don’t let presentation names like “Not So Creepy Critters,” “Herping Adventures” and “Glades Herps” throw you off. This is not some kind of conference for people who like to look on the bright side of unsafe sex. In fact, caution is strongly encouraged, as Pete Mimikos will give a “Venomous…
The title Kinda Blue for a comedy night suggests a lineup full of crass, foul-mouthed comics trying to one-up and out-raunch one another. True, the all-local bill will present material that is certainly for adult ears only, but that doesn’t mean the stand-ups have to resort to four-letter words to…
Giving your sweetheart a box of assorted chocolates for Valentine’s Day is a great way to say “I really don’t know all that much about you.” A fine beer, on the other hand, is a bold move all but guaranteed to impress. And if it’s not appreciated? Well, better to…
Shaquille O’Neal is a funny guy. And we’re not just talking about his inadvertent comedy, such as his infamous response when asked if he visited the Parthenon while in Athens (“I don’t know. I can’t really remember the names of all the clubs we went to.”) or his infamously bad…
Lakewood Brewing Company is nipping at the heels of Peticolas Brewing Company and Deep Ellum Brewing Co. to be the third Dallas-area beer maker, but it’s not the only start-up on the way. According to its Facebook page, Reunion Brewing Company last week signed a lease for a space in…
Perhaps the best indicator that your level of fame has peaked is when you are the subject of a comedy roast. But if Andy Warhol’s prediction that in the future each of us gets 15 minutes of fame, that future is here — at least if you’re an American. Jeff…
Del Shores, the playwright responsible for Sordid Lives, Daddy’s Dyin’ (Who’s Got the Will?) and Yellow, is in recent years trying out a new way to write for the stage: stand-up comedy. Wrapping up a 39-city tour in his native Texas, the multifaceted talent — by turns sweet and catty…
Fort Worth’s Hentai Improvising Orchestra, a loose and unrehearsed collective of sound and noise artists who bang, buzz and blare away on an endless array of instruments, never seem to have the same lineup twice. So with flexibility and spontaneity mandated by the very nature of the band, who better…
Yesterday at the Meddlesome Moth, you couldn’t walk three feet without bumping into a brewer, beer blogger or beer-fest entrepreneur. The debut of Peticolas Brewing Company’s first commercially available product brought out an impressively dense crowd, especially for a rainy Tuesday, to try Velvet Hammer. These were some passionate, opinionated…
Tonight, Chef Roe DiLeo oversees her first beer dinner since her return to The Libertine Bar, and her creations will be paired with offerings from the Lyons, Colorado, brewery Oskar Blues — including a two-year-old Ten Fidy for fans of cellared beers. Read on for the full menu.Appropriate that the…
Beginning with a 5 p.m. tapping today at the Meddlesome Moth, the recently launched Peticolas Brewing Company is off to a strong start, or at least starting out with a strong beer. Rather than start out with a lighter, more accessible beer — not to mention one that’s easier to brew…
