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Flying Rats Live Another Daynew
My thoughts on the head flying rat are well known: He’s a thug who obstructed the investigation of a double homicide in 2000 and yet somehow is regarded with the same reverence normally reserved for non-murderous professional athletes who’ve enjoyed long careers.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
01-16-2013 |
Sports
Copeland’s Timenew
The 41-year-old Fort Worthian’s excellent new album could be a national debut.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
11-02-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Crazy Heart, Scott Copeland
Pimpadelic ... Seriouslynew
Like last night's Whataburger, Pimpadelic is back, though the band never really went away, only changed styles. Based on Drink! Drugs! Sex!, the Fort Worth quartet's 650th album, the style du jour is Motley Crue and Hank III.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
10-17-2011 |
Reviews
Tags: Pimpadelic
Fort Worth Library's Contem?orariesnew
Big names — and even bigger ideas — abound in this impressive group show at the Fort Worth Library.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
08-18-2011 |
Art
Fort Worth, PAnew
As black and gold Steeler fans descend upon Fort Worth, a native Pittsburgher assesses the pluses — and minuses.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
02-02-2011 |
Sports
How Vernon Fisher Came to K-Mart Conceptualismnew
Artist Vernon Fisher escaped the bland certainties of a rural life through a fissure in his parents' Protestant facade -- and emerged into a life of art and ideas that have brought him, full-circle, back to the cold-War images he grew up with.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
11-02-2010 |
Art
Tags: Vernon Fisher, Modern Art
Twisted Black Rhymes On . . . From Behind Barsnew
In 2007, Twisted Black (Tommy Burns) was sentenced to 30 years on federal drug charges. A couple of months ago, he performed the vocals for his new CD, Hustle or Go Broke Vol. 5, over the phone from prison.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
04-14-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Andy Warhol in the '80snew
Based on a new exhibit -- and despite common perception -- Andy Warhol reached his creative zenith in the 1980s.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
04-07-2010 |
Art
After a 10-Year Hiatus, Shea Seger is Back.new
Shea Seger released her debut album on RCA when she was 18 ... and then disappeared. Now she's back with a new album and renewed vigor.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
04-07-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Shea Seger, Shea Seger Redux
South by Southwest's Loss was Fort Worth's Gainnew
This year's SXSW in Austin was the best in several years even though a lot of clubs were empty... because where Fort Worth bands were playing, plenty of folks showed up.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
03-26-2010 |
Music
In a Coup, Texas Museum Acquires 'The Torment of Saint Anthony'new
The Kimbell Art Museum's relatively recent acquisition of Michelangelo's earliest known painting, The Torment of Saint Anthony," was a real art-world coup. North Texas' only museum devoted to world art effectively beat out the Met.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
01-25-2010 |
Art
TCU Professor's Memoir: Happy, Poetic, But Slightnew
Titled after his college nickname, Alex Lemon's Happy is another in a slew of memoirs in the vein of Boy Meets Obstacle, Boy Overcomes Obstacle, Boy Finds Redemption. Typically in such books, a self-destructive young man is thrown into exigent circumstances that force him to confront the selfish asshole in the mirror.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
01-25-2010 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Alex Lemon, Happy
Collin Herring is Tearing Up Rootsnew
The Fort Worth singer-songwriter's Past Life Crashing has been a long train running and a long time coming.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
03-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Collin Herring, Past Life Crashing
Why the Hell Not?new
As two new albums indicate, Kinky Friedman's music may prove too complicated for our simple-minded voting blocs.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Anthony Mariani |
10-19-2006 |
Music
