This week:

Sign the petition to put a moratorium on high-impact gas well variances!

Arlo Guthrie is appearing at Bass Hall Wednesday. Bernie has tickets, but he doesn’t know much about the guy except that he wants to go see it.

Central Market and The Fort Worth Weekly are resuming their “Burgers and Bock” concert series this week. (I can’t find a damn thing on that black hole they call a website, so I’m just going to link to it, and you can give it a go.) One of my favorite local celtic rock bands (OH MAN am I white!), The Killdares, will be the headliner for the annual Paddy O’ Party, this Saturday, the 15th. It must not be that big of a deal, though, since NEITHER website says a damn thing about it.

We probably talked about other things, too, but I’m too tired from following Bernie (and everyone else who went) on “The Official Monday Night Group Ride.” Here’s a tip, kids, for living comfortably after YOU have turned 30. If your idea of exercise is trotting up the 9 stairs between your sub-basement cube and the main office in the slightly-less-basementy part of the building, DON’T try to jump back into fitness with a 20 mile bike ride. Take it from me. I’m still numb in the you-know-where.

 

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This week on the show:

• Discussion of the recent events at the Lone Star Film Society, as well as our coverage of the possible effects on the Lone Star Film Festival.
• The Stock Show is going on downtown. Pete took some awesome pictures, and the Star-Telegram is providing some excellent coverage. Think of them as the play-by-play and us as the color commentary.
• Budget Travel magazine writes up the 25 things they love about Fort Worth, MSNBC picks it up, and while we like some of it, we’re all bothered by the fact that our WORLD-CLASS museums (how many times do we have to say that before people take notice?) come in at number 8.
• Steve sat down with Darren Woods, Managing Director of the Fort Worth Opera, to talk about the upcoming season and where he thinks the Opera in Fort Worth is headed. Look for his writeup on that interview later this week. Also, I commit to going to one of the shows with Steve, despite my general avoidance of all things opera.

We had a good time recording this one, we hope you enjoy it, and thanks for listening!

 

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All good things must come to an end, and when they do, there’s nothing else to do but talk about it some more.

Join PeteG, Bernie, Steve-O, and me as we go over the things we liked and other highlights of the first annual Lone Star International Film Festival.

 

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This week:

Don’t forget to vote on Tuesday, November 6th. We’d like you to vote for Bernie if you’re undecided.

Also, the Lone Star International Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday the 7th and runs through the 11th. We still haven’t heard from Bill Paxton yet, but I’m looking at the list now, and I think I’d MUCH more like to meet Jay Chandrasekhar, so if anyone from the LSIFF publicity machine is reading this and can hook that up, drop us a line.

The more I’m seeing about this thing, the more excited I’m getting. Check out the events page for a list (and ticketing) of all the movies, dinners, panels, etc. Also, be sure to take a look a the parties page for a list of where you might rub elbows with a celebrity around town. Of note: local group Theater Fire are playing at the closing party at The Flying Saucer on Sunday at 8:00PM. You know I’m going to be there for that!

(edit - 3:30 PM) I forgot to mention earlier that we’re all looking forward to Ricki Derek’s new club, The Scat Jazz Lounge opening. We discussed that a bit during the show, too.

 

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Eerie Industries and Rahr Brewing are having a Hallowe’en costume party at the Brewery tonight, from 8 - Midnight.  The $25 entry charge includes free BBQ, a Rahr Pint Glass, 2 bands, and all the scary entertainment you can handle.  Oh yeah, and you also get free beer.

Shake off the cobwebs this Saturday with the Clean Air Rally that Bernie mentioned earlier.  Come out and support better environmental policy in your city and this great state!

Take a break by doing whatever it is you do on Sunday mornings and afternoons, then come out to meet Bernie (and probably the rest of us) at Rahr on Sunday at 7:00PM.  We hope to see you there!