It’s been a few years since the world has heard Bob Schneider–on album, at least. The clubs are another story. Schneider may be one of the hardest-working men in the music biz. And that should work to his favor, because it takes seeing the guy live to appreciate his spastic…
The book was gray and dingy, and on its cover a leering miscreant glared at us from behind prison bars. The simple title, Crime, was depicted in red in that ever-recognizable typewriter-style font. The contents of the book–subtitled “A Pictorial History of Crime 1840 to the Present” and peeked at…
To travel is to learn. And we’re not talking about knowledge you can glean from any book. We’re talking about experience–the teacher you curse with all your might yet call up again after graduation to see if there is any more wisdom to be imparted. Our travels, for instance, have…
The relationship between yoga and writing seems like a natural correlation. One twists the body while the other twists the mind, and the result is a feeling of release and relief. Much like exercise, putting thoughts on paper can be a daunting task, but what you get in return is…
It’s New Year’s resolution time again, and now we have to revisit the same goals we set last year. Our personal favorite is to lose weight, and we’ve succeeded–and failed, and succeeded again, and failed again. Oddly enough, though, we never could yo-yo for real. But maybe you understand our…
In 1999, when the annual Out Takes gay and lesbian film festival made its first appearance in Dallas, the fest screened a handful of films over four days, including two episodes of a controversial British TV series called Queer as Folk. This was before the Fab Five taught everyone how…
4/3 We tried to read Great Expectations twice before giving up and buying the Cliffs Notes. Charles Dickens just never really appealed to us. If you’re of the same bent, or even if you like Dickens, you’re bound to enjoy The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a “music whodunit” based on…
4/5 Heads up! You’re smack-dab in the middle of our brief, semiannual window of opportunity for all things al fresco. You know, right now and for about 72 measly more hours, the days are warm, not sweltering; the nights are cool, not cold; and the West-Nile-virulent skeeters are just beginning…
4/4 Question: What do you get when you mix a serious lack of productivity with a bunch of crazies who make too much money and who take themselves far too seriously? Answer: The Texas Rangers (though the United Nations or any French diplomat would have been acceptable answers). The good…
