Media
Just Can’t Get Enough
As this week’s ”Eats” review attests, a burger shack – in this case, the downtown Jake’s location – needn’t commission a multi-million dollar ad...
A Day Without (Blank)
If you noticed something has been missing today, then you can thank (straight) men’s interest websites like Asylum, which helped instigate a 24 hour...
Everyone Knows It’s Wendy
A combination of a “Mad TV” sketch character and an R. Crumb fantasy come to life, the towering, bewigged, and hilariously intimidating talk show...
Sarah Palin’s Attack on the Media: Pandering Nonsense or Sour Grapes?
You decide. My favorite quote from her speech yesterday, as she handed power over to Lt. Governor Sean Parnell:
“Democracy depends on you, and that...
NBC5’s Mike Snyder Demoted
A year ago TV critic Ed Bark suggested Thomas Ehlmann at NBC5 needed to “make his mark” when he took over as the local...
Wacked-up Over Jacko
“Breaking News: Michael Jackson Still Weird and Still Dead!”
CNN plays continuously throughout the day at my house as a kind of background noise. The...
Hardware Haul
Fort Worth Weekly rocked in Houston last weekend –– even though none of us were able to be...
DFW Versus FWD
Fort Worth’s longtime rivalry with Dallas isn’t as contentious as it was in the old days, but the feud still percolates now and again.
On...
Barry Barry Quite Contrary
Star-Telegram business writer and chili cookbook author Barry Shlachter and local blogger Robert McKee are engaged in a bizarre battle of words involving a...