Browsing Issue: Wednesday, January 07, 2009

News: Feature: Phases and Stages A flawed but beloved North Texas promoter left his stamp on Texas Music, for those wise enough to see. By JEFF PRINCE News: Letters: The Bus of Practicality News: Metropolis: Snooze-o-Gram? In an industry fighting for its life, two North Texas dailies have reached a partial détente. By DAN MCGRAW News: Second Thought: Adrift A near-drowning makes life insurance pass before your eyes. By E. R. BILLS News: Static: Déjà Nuke Music: Featured Music: Cheers and Jeers ’08 Looking back on the year that was in local music – and the years that may be. By SOME LOCAL MUSIC KNOW-IT-ALLS Music: Last Call: Bar 9 v. Cops … v. Another Previous Owner By Eric Griffey Music: Listen Up: The Killers Day & Age (Island/Def Jam) By Justin Press Music: Listen Up: Walter Lure Live In Berlin (Nicotine Records) By Ken Shimamoto Film: Film Reviews: Guilty as Charged Stuffy and incoherent, The Reader bores you with Nazi sex. By KRISTIAN LIN Film: Film Reviews: Scrap This Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino is a relic that looks better than it runs. By KRISTIAN LIN Eats: Cafe Reviewed: Heart, Smart, Hearty From low- to high-cal, Fernandez Café has it all, and it’s good and fresh to boot. By LAURIE BARKER JAMES Eats: Chow, Baby: Refrigerator Magnates Calendar: Night and Day: Poetic Justice Arts: Gallery: Radiolaria Arts: Kultur: Diner? Drive-in? Dive?! However you wanna label Fred’s, it’s gonna star in a new show. By LAURIE BARKER JAMES