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Remembering Bo Powell
ANTHONY MARIANIOne thing’s for certain: Bo Powell lived a full life. Though best known as a painter and muralist, Powell, who died Wednesday night at home at the age of 74, also worked as a roughneck, radio DJ, train conductor, long-haul tr...
Fort Worth Film Festivals Join Forces
Kristian LinSomewhat buried in the Lone Star International Film Festival’s recent announcement of its headlining films is the tidbit that this year, the LSIFF has joined forces with Modern Cinema: Great Movies You Haven’t Heard...
Top 5 Shows
ANTHONY MARIANI1.) Has anyone mentioned that chill electronic dance music is the new yacht rock? Most of the lyrics (if there are any) are lovey-dovey, and if you trade the turntables and synths for guitars and pianos, you’ve got early Kenn...
More On Willis Alan Ramsey And His Fort Worth Gig
Jeff PrinceThe Outlaw era of the 1970s exploded just as I was becoming a rebellious teenager obsessed with music. Before long I was hooked on Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Steven Fromholz, Michael Murphey, and other artists who grew l...
Free Lyft from DrinkedIn
STEVE STEWARDDid you know that “Blogger Relations Representative” is an actual job? Did you also know that bloggers apparently require the sort of careful, fawning engagement normally reserved for foreign dignitaries? What a world we li...
Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys vs Houston Texans, JJ Watt
Jeff PrinceSportwriters today are talking about how the Dallas Cowboys kept Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt hogtied on Sunday, limiting the man-beast to a measly four tackles and no sacks. While that may be true, Watt was successfu...
Top 5 Shows
ANTHONY MARIANI1.) Shonen Knife used to be my favorite band –– for a minute. Not long after the all-female Japanese trio that formed in 1981 arrived with a bang into my world about a decade later, bassist Michie Nakatani, frontwoman Naoko...
2014 Tarrant County Gay Pride Week
JIMMY FOWLERThe 2014 Tarrant County Gay Pride Week festivities happen Oct 2-12 at different venues around the city. Here’s a complete guide to the times, dates, and locations of all the events, but it’s a good idea to highlight the wee...
This Week in Love: Consensual Sex App, Uniform Dating
Eric GriffeyLove Contract A few years back, The Chappelle Show aired a skit about two people signing a contract of consent before sex. In an instance of life imitating art, a company called Sandton Technologies has created an app called Go...
ALERT! No Off Asides On Dallas Cowboys vs Saints
Jeff PrinceOff Asides is out of the office this week. Thus, the Metroplex’s most heralded sports column (note: no heralds actually heard) will not be entertaining you with the wit, insight, non sequiturs, puns, and pathos you’ve come ...