Live Oak Re-branding
Hiring Kinser and Knight, Live Oak owner Bill Smith said, is part of an overall re-branding of his venue/restaurant/bar.
Blake Barker, former general manager of...
UPDATE Blackbox Booking Live Oak
Easily the biggest deal in the local music scene since Lola’s Saloon came along in 2006 was the opening several months ago of Live...
Tabula Rasa Reunites
Back in the early ’90s, Dallas ruled rock. Not just in North Texas but arguably the entire Southwest. Dallasites Edie Brickell & The New...
Four Obituary Notices
A number of people whose work has caught my interest over the years have passed away recently, and while I let a couple of...
New Booking at Live Oak
The beautiful new Live Oak Music Hall & Lounge and its in-house booking agent, Clint Simpson, have parted ways.
“Basically, it just wasn’t a good...
Randy Travis Arrested Again
Randy Travis is a very talented, even legendary country artist, but the last couple of years he’s been on a downward spiral of “bad-worse-worst”...
UPDATED Comptroller Storms Lola’s
For the second time in about a month last Saturday, agents from the state comptroller’s office stormed Lola’s Saloon (2736 W. 6th St., 817-877-0666)...
Don’t You Forget About Mimir
Due to an oversight, I neglected to mention the Mimir Chamber Music Festival in this week's print edition, so I'm here on Blotch to...
F-ing Bands Have F-ing Fun At F-ing Awards Show
Winners were announced at the Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards Ceremony last night at Piper Hall in the West 7th Street entertainment district.
The annual...
“Wonderful Wizard” at Where House
L. Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is great because it can be used for so many things: Commentary on...