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Though Purely Anarchic, a North Texas Art Collective has Unifying Qualitiesnew
Most acts at Wasted Words craft their cacophony through nontraditional means, often with electronics. Performers heavily alter equipment, warping or degrading pre-recorded material — such as political speeches, clanking machinery, and movie clips — or making bizarre, entirely new instruments.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Cole Garner Hill |
03-22-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kristen Stewart Rocks Out in 'The Runaways'new
An uneven music bio is made compulsively watchable by Stewart's performance as someone who is rapidly figuring herself out musically and sexually.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
03-19-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: The Runaways, Floria Sigismondi
A New TABC policy is Aimed at Convincing Drunk Teens to Get Helpnew
A new policy from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission gives teens a pass on minor liquor violations if they are reporting a serious crime or getting medical help for themselves or others. The goal of the policy is to bring awareness of the problem of alcohol poisoning.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Susan Costa |
03-19-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Family Ties Trump Tough Times for Barry Corbin, a Vagabond at Restnew
Actor Barry Corbin spent years in New York and Los Angeles during his well-traveled life. In 1990, however, he got a call that brought him to North Texas, where he’s put down some of the deepest roots he’s ever planted.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
03-19-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Barry Corbin
No Crown for Kay: Hutchison Found Herself the Heir-Unapparentnew
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison had repeatedly postponed her gubernatorial ambitions while Rick Perry became the longest-serving governor in Texas history. Hutchison reportedly thought she needed a gubernatorial merit badge to win a spot on a presidential ticket.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dave McNeely |
03-19-2010 |
Politics
Tags: Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Rick Perry
Pandora's Wells: Do You Know What's Going Down That Disposal Well Near You?new
n 2006, with drillers poking gas wells into the Barnett Shale beneath Fort Worth as fast as they could get mineral leases signed, Fort Worth granted a permit for the first well in this city of another kind, forcing back underground millions of gallons of toxic, salty wastewater.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Gayle Reaves |
03-19-2010 |
Environment
Despite a Long Record of Abuses, GEO is Still Running Texas Prisonsnew
GEO has one of the world’s worst track records in inmate care: The horror stories range from rapes to suicides to murders to deaths due to inadequate medical care. The company once hired a convicted sex offender as a guard in a facility for juvenile females.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Peter Gorman |
03-12-2010 |
Crime & Justice
An Analysis of Oscar's Not-So-Major Categoriesnew
Hey, look! It’s an Oscar ceremony in March, just like we used to have every year. With all the attention on the Best Picture and acting races as usual, I’m running my third annual rundown of some of the lesser-known categories to help you with your Oscar pool.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
03-07-2010 |
Movies
Fort Worth and Dallas Filed a Joint Application for Federal Funds but Dallas Got the Nodnew
Although Fort Worth and Dallas had submitted a joint application for modern streetcar lines, the U.S. Department of Transportation handed $23 million to Dallas and not a red cent to Fort Worth.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
03-07-2010 |
Commentary
Tribes, Tracks and Casinos Push to Widen Texas Gamblingnew
The economic crunch could mean 2011 will be the year that gambling promoters finally open up Texas (the biggest untapped market in the U.S.) to casinos and racetrack slots. If that happens, the economic effects will be felt in Oklahoma, Louisiana... and maybe even Nevada.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
02-17-2010 |
Policy Issues
Taser Deaths Lead to Founding of National Memorial, Regional Coalitionnew
The parents of a young man killed in April by a Taser-wielding Fort Worth police officer are hoping that, finally, something good may have come from his death. North Texas opponents of the controversial weapons have also begun a national memorial, with crosses in a church yard for every one of the 471 people who have died after being tasered.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Peter Gorman |
02-17-2010 |
Crime & Justice
New Experi-Indie Album Shinesnew
Review of Cave Syndrome, a new experi-indie album by a Seattle-based project fronted by a North Texas artist, Transient Songs.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Ken Shimamoto |
02-17-2010 |
Reviews
The Pennsylvania Documentary 'GasLand' Drills for Answersnew
A Pennsylvania filmmaker's documentary about the perils of urban gas drilling, GasLand includes interviews with people from all over the country and recently earned the filmmaker the Special Jury Prize for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
02-17-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Baristas Say the Fight for Better Conditions is Uphill but Necessarynew
In December, Starbucks employees blocked the drive-through window at the company's coffee shop at Rosedale Street and 8th Avenue for about 20 minutes, in protest of the rising cost of their healthcare insurance, low wages, and a litany of other issues.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Eric Griffey |
02-09-2010 |
Business & Labor
Weapons of Choicenew
There are a few rules for the fans. No hitting in the head and no hitting with the buckle. The fans are supposed to stay on their designated side of the ring (two per side), though that idea quickly disintegrates. When one wrestler gets thrown out, all eight run to where he lands.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
02-03-2010 |
Sports
