Fort Worth Weekly Classifieds // January 11-17, 2023

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en’t quite what I’m looking for, and “resuscitated”’s implication of urgency is silenced by the yawn of 15 years. “Resurrected” kind of works, though that word’s messianic baggage is perhaps too grandiose for any rock band, let alone Flickerstick — though who am I to doubt or downplay the enthusiasm of thousands of longtime fans from all over the world?

Flickerstick

8pm Sat, Mar 25, w/Valve at Tannahill’s Tavern and Music Hall, 122 E Exchange Av, Ste 200, FW. 817-900-9300.

the now-defunct mod-rock station The Edge, Kreig and company were big fans of Brutal Juice, Doosu, all of the One Ton Records bands, and their “all-time favorite,” Hi-Fi Drowning.

corded a song that Kreig and Lea wrote in 2002. The band tried to record “Shine On” a “couple” times while laying down 2004’s Tarantula, Krieg said, but “it just wasn’t working at the time.”

BY STEVE STEWARD

I’m trying to find the right adjective to encapsulate Flickerstick in the wake of both the band’s 2021 reunion and their quick pivot to — of all things — touring again, as well as their return to local stages, including Tannahill’s Tavern and Music Hall in late March. “Renewed” and “revived” ar-

Flickerstick’s return has been a welcome surprise to everyone involved on both sides of the stage, a community that includes keyboardist and former guitarist Cory Kreig. For the band’s co-founder, watching his old band melt faces again is the culmination of both a friendship with and love of local music that goes back nearly 30 years.

Kreig formed Flickerstick (or what would become Flickerstick) with singer/ guitarist Brandin Lea in 1995 when the two were both at UNT.

“I kinda peaced out of UNT,” Kreig said, “but Brandin was still there, so I stayed and lived in Denton.”

Despite that geographic origin, Krieg said “every rehearsal” was on Trail Lake Drive at Bruce Lea Dance Factory, the studio owned by the father of Lea and younger brother Fletcher Lea, who played bass in the band. “We wrote music in Fort Worth. We were Fort Worth. We all graduated from Fort Worth high schools.”

Local music was a huge deal for him and his bandmates. Along with listening to Tales from the Edge compilation CDs from

Kreig dropped a bunch of other names that conjured mental images of Buzzoven comps and the KTCU booth circa 1998, and during that jog down memory lane, Kreig said, “It hasn’t really been announced, but our opener is Valve.”

I flipped out a little, because that band — an early-2000s power-pop vehicle for producer Casey Diorio — was one of my favorite bands from way back then, but I digress.

Nowadays, Kreig claims he goes only to “Flickerstick shows and whoever my daughters listen to.”

Though he played guitar in the two reunion shows this summer at House of Blues in Dallas, he has since handed over the position to Beau Wagener, who, oddly enough, was a candidate for the band’s original lineup. His name came into the mix last year, when the reunion started to be a real thing.

While Kreig’s parts are now performed by Wagener, he still works for the band. “Technically speaking, I work for the band. I guess I’m the de facto manager-slash-social media guy. I work closely with Ryan Higgs, who is the touring manager. I help with booking shows, kinda help keep the guys moving forward.”

Regarding forward motion, Kreig sat in with the band last summer when they re -

After announcing the reunion, he continued, their thoughts immediately turned to recording again, which sent Kreig, Lea, and company to near Austin and the studio of Taylor Tatsch (Maren Morris, Cut Throat Finches, Shadows of Jets).

Though he himself didn’t play on it, Kreig sat in as a producer. “I thought it was important, more in the service of the song, if I didn’t play on it, but if I could help from a writing or directional standpoint, I was there to give input. Otherwise, I was like, ‘You guys are the band.’ ”

Serving the song is often musicianspeak for shelving one’s ego, which is another way of letting water be under the bygones or whatever. Kreig and Lea were sort of known for butting heads way back when, but in the fullness of time, both have reconciled and, according to Kreig, even share the occasional “two-hour phone conversation.”

Kreig still relished the rush from revisiting his band’s hits during the two shows he did play. “It was amazing. I was a little nervous because, from a playing perspective, my chops … I had to really work. If you don’t stay proficient, you lose it. I had the muscle memory, but I was worried about letting fans down. I wanted to do the songs justice. So many people flew in from all over — places like Chicago and Ireland — and that blew my mind.

Though their big reunion was in Dallas this summer, the Flickerstick folks are a Funkytown band and will mark their return by headlining Tannahill’s this spring.

“The big thing was my wife and daughters were there,” he continued. “My wife never really knew me as a musician, and it was really cool watching my daughters learn about the music as we went through the process and then see the concert. In a way, it was like watching them become fans. And at those shows, we saw old friends, people we’d known for decades.”

Former owner of now-defunct TCU-area venue The Aardvark, Danny Weaver and former Aardvark bartender Peter Link were two guitar techs.

“It was just decades of family,” Kreig went on. “Higgs tour-managed the show. [Wife] Jenna [Hill-Higgs] was the stage manager. We were surrounded by friends. Everything was very familial.”

Reflecting on the renewed trajectory of his old band, Kreig was enthusiastic. “It’s cool to be old. I got to relive a little bit of being 25 again, and that was nice. It’s funny, because when we started talking about doing the band again, Brandin said, ‘Hey, man. I would really like to get out and play. I love those songs, but I’ll just do ’em solo,’ … and I was like, ‘No way, man. Do it as Flickerstick!’ And that’s the thing that I’m passionate about: getting to watch Brandin, a guy I’ve known since I was 15 through ups and down … this is where he belongs. I’m excited for him and the rest of the band. The feedback has been really good.”

And as for my search for the correct word to describe the 2022 version of Flickerstick, given their single, their plans to record more singles, and now this headlining show at Tannahill’s, I think the one I’m looking for is “relevant.” l

Frontman Brandin Lea (center) will lead Flickerstick in their first F-Dub headlining show since reuniting this spring.

Todd Guhn

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Texas Commission on environmenTal QualiTy

NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO OBTAIN AIR PERMIT (NORI) PROPOSED AIR QUALITY PERMIT NUMBER 170526

APPLICATION. Rhino Health USA, Inc., has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for: Issuance of Permit 170526

This application would authorize construction of a Disposable Gloves Manufacturing Plant located at 273 West Everman Parkway, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 76134 This application is being processed in an expedited manner, as allowed by the commission’s rules in 30 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 101, Subchapter J. AVISO DE IDIOMA ALTERNATIVO. El aviso de idioma alternativo en espanol está disponible en https://www.tceq.texas.gov/permitting/air/newsourcereview/ airpermits-pendingpermit-apps. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/ public/hb610/index.html?lat=32.625195&lng=-97.327204&zoom=13&type=r. The facility will emit the following contaminants: lead, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, organic compounds, particulate matter including particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less and sulfur dioxide.

This application was submitted to the TCEQ on September 27, 2022. The application will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and the City of Fort Worth Central Public Library, 500 West 3rd Street, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The facility’s compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review in the Dallas/Fort Worth regional office of the TCEQ.

The executive director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application.

PUBLIC COMMENT. You may submit public comments to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. The TCEQ will consider all public comments in developing a final decision on the application and the executive director will prepare a response to those comments.

PUBLIC MEETING. You may request a public meeting to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or ask questions about the application. A public meeting about the application will be held if requested by an interested person and the executive director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing.

After technical review of the application is complete, the executive director may prepare a draft permit and will issue a preliminary decision on the application. If a draft Air Quality Permit is prepared, a Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision is required and it will then be published and mailed to those who made comments, submitted hearing requests or are on the mailing list for this application and will contain the final deadline for submitting public comments.

OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING You may request a contested case hearing if you are a person who may be affected by emissions of air contaminants from the facility. If requesting a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, and daytime phone number; (2) applicant’s name and permit number; (3) the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing”; (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the facility; (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility; and (7) a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period. If the request is made by a group or an association, one or more members who have standing to request a hearing must be identified by name and physical address. The interests the group or association seeks to protect must also be identified. You may also submit your proposed adjustments to the application/permit which would satisfy your concerns.

The deadline to submit a request for a contested case hearing is 30 days after newspaper notice is published. If a request is timely filed, the deadline for requesting a contested case hearing will be extended to 30 days after the mailing of the response to comments.

If a hearing request is timely filed, following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for contested case hearing to the Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material air quality concerns submitted during the comment period. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the Commission’s jurisdiction to address in this proceeding.

MAILING LIST. In addition to submitting public comments, you may ask to be placed on a mailing list to receive future public notices for this specific application by sending a written request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.

AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. Public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address and physical address will become part of the agency’s public record. For more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the Public Education Program toll free at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.

Further information may also be obtained from Rhino Health USA, Inc., 273 West Everman Parkway, Fort Worth, Texas 76134-5304 or by calling Mr. Frank Gaudet P.E., Consulting Environmental Engineer, Regulatory Compliance Services, Inc., at (214) 500-4081. Notice Issuance Date: October 7, 2022

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