Graffiti Punks May Get Green Light
A favorite shortcut of mine when traveling from the Stockyards to the Near East Side involves taking some back roads that lead to an...
Annual Frightfest Returns
You know how most of us consider drinking and smoking a “hobby”? Well, there are actually people out there with real hobbies such as...
FW Weekly Movie Reviewer Is A Stinkin’ Liar
I was re-reading “No One Here Gets Out Alive” the other day and was amused by the recollection of how Doors singer Jim Morrison...
“Did You Hear That Lonesome Whippoorwill…”
Here’s an interesting “Newsweek” piece on loneliness in the age of online social networking. To see how the definition of “socializing” has changed over...
R.I.P. Hildegard Behrens
Opera fans are mourning the death of Hildegard Behrens at the age of 72. The native of Freiburg, Germany studied to be a lawyer,...
“Crude” Is Right
Crude oil’s jump in price indicates the recession is weakening. That’s good. I guess.
The problem is, few people are receiving pay raises anymore. This...
Plaxico Runs Deep Route To Pen
For anyone who thinks celebrities can buy their way out of legal jams, this two-year sentence just handed to New York Giants WR Plaxico...
Frank Talk
Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank, you’re my hero. My fat, gay, speech-impeded, fearless, brilliant, and dedicated hero. Check out last night’s tasty exchange at a...
Boycott? Whaddya Got?
Regular reader(s) of Blotch know all about how I boycotted the Texas Rangers in 2002 after they dumped Pudge Rodriguez, but then rescinded my...
Texas Rangers Getting Pudged
This report that Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez is returning to the Texas Rangers is a shot of fresh air to this ornery old boycotter.
See, I...
