Fort Worth Weekly // August 21-27, 2024 by Fort Worth Weekly

A visit to “Secret Bar” is always a good idea, darts or not.

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METROPOLIS

To the woman brutalized by police, the DA’s only tacked on two more charges. BY ANTHONY

NIGHT & DAY

Tickets to Leon Bridges’ Dickies show are on sale now, Ginny Mac at McFly’s, and more. BY

SCREEN

The Bear is still great TV even if nothing new happens. BY

MUSIC

One-Eyed Monsters will darken the Boiled Owl Saturday. BY

STORY

PHOTO BY STEVE STEWARD

MARIANI

JENNIFER BOVEE

WYATT NEWQUIST

STEVE STEWARD

Insult to Injury

By Anthony Mariani

Sauron Calls

By Steve Steward

Musical Spell

The

By Cole Williams

Lizard

By Reese Pierce

Anthony Mariani, Editor

Lee Newquist, Publisher

Bob Niehoff, General Manager

Ryan Burger, Art Director

Jim Erickson, Circulation Director

Emmy Smith, Proofreader

Michael Newquist, Regional Sales Director

Jennifer Bovee, Marketing Director

Stacey Hammons, Senior Account Executive

Tony Diaz, Account Executive

Sarah Niehoff, Account Executive

Julie Strehl, Account Executive

Wyatt Newquist, Digital Coordinator

Clintastic, Brand Ambassador

CONTRIBUTORS

Christina Berger, E.R. Bills, Jason Brimmer, Buck D. Elliott, Juan R. Govea, Patrick Higgins, Laurie James, Kristian Lin, Cody Neathery, Wyatt Newquist, Steve Steward, Teri Webster, Ken Wheatcroft-Pardue, Elaine Wilder, Cole Williams

EDITORIAL BOARD

Laurie James, Anthony Mariani, Emmy Smith, Steve Steward

Cover photo by Steve Steward

SCREEN

Bear-ing It

While still great TV, the FX culinary drama peaks after only the first few episodes this season.

BY WYATT NEWQUIST

Why do we do what we do? I’m sure everyone’s thought that once or 100 times in their lives. For the people in The Bear, they are constantly given reasons not to be in the culinary industry — loss of sanity chief among them. However, the characters remind us and themselves why they slave for art of the entrée, whether it’s for hospitality, selfworth, or the people they serve or because there is nothing else they know how to do.

The FX series’ third season begins after the chaotic opening evening of The Bear, the new Chicago restaurant helmed by Carmy (Jeremy Allen White). After breaking up with his girlfriend Claire (Molly Gordon) and getting into a friendship-nuking argument with co-worker Richie (Ebon MossBachrach), Carmy is pushing even harder to make the dining experience unique, and this takes the shape of crafting a new menu every night, cleaning the kitchen after every service, and using only the best ingredients that can be bought, all in the hopes of earning a coveted Michelin star. This puts a lot of pressure on sous chef Syd (Ayo Edebiri) to remain in lockstep with Carmy, who’s also sweating a pending review from the Chicago Tribune which might possibly tank his lifelong dream. Oh, and Carmy is also trying to quit smoking.

Everyone’s future is in flux. In Syd’s and Richie’s cases, it’s a matter of whether they want to work for someone as toxic as Carmy. But it feels like everyone is at a standstill until this food review comes out. And there isn’t a whole lot of growth after the first few initial episodes.

The series is at its best when showcasing the nerve-racking job of working at a restaurant. From the constant bickering of getting those damn onions ready to suffering a mini panic attack when finding out someone forgot to turn off the pre-order option on the to-go service, The Bear demonstrates how an already huge problem can spiral out of control, which makes Season 3’s premiere a bit jarring, since most of the episode is a melancholic flashback of different places where Carmy has worked, from Copenhagen to New York, then back to Chicago. The episode also doubles as a reset of the status quo from the madness of Season 2’s finale and as a preview of the rest of Season 3.

Though still superb TV, Season 3 can seem repetitive. There are numerous scenes and shots where Carmy or one of the other chefs are making their signature dishes. The camera zooms in on the character,

then focuses on the food they’re preparing, then goes back to them again while intercutting to different points in time where they’ve done the same thing. Because Season 2 dedicated an entire episode to Carmy’s dysfunctional family, there isn’t much catharsis left to experience, aside from a reunion between his sister “Sugar” (Abby Elliott) and their mother Donna (Jamie Lee Curtis).

Allen White is excellent as always in the lead role of a rising star wanting his business to succeed at the cost of potentially everything and everyone else. Just with his eyes alone, Allen White shows just how obsessed Carmy is about the craft — his face wrinkles with anxiety and self-loathing at the thought of failing in his professional and personal life. Edebiri’s Syd is Carmy’s anchor. Though cool and levelheaded, the potential co-partner is always on the verge of a panic attack, which makes you think she doesn’t want to do this much longer. And as Richie, Moss-Bachrach has gone through a pleasant transformation, from a repugnant sad-sack to a self-respected member of the team.

Like before, the cinematography in Season 3 remains top-notch. The way shots hold on a chef’s intense look

as they prepare a dish to serve or test is hypnotic, and blue is a common color, though not always the warmest-feeling — Carmy is frequently bathed in a dark-blue light to show his current mental state post-breakup. Blue is also used for interiors and cooking aprons paired with white stations and walls. It’s at once soothing and a little bittersweet. The soundtrack has always been exceptional, and it’s no different now. Along with the frequent appearance of Nine Inch Nails’ moody “Tomorrow,” there’s Eddie Vedder’s cover of The English Beat’s rollicking “Save It for Later,” which is used to highlight various aspects of the culinary world, from dinners and coffeehouses to high-end gourmet spots and food trucks.

By the end of this solid but all-around uneven season, some characters, like Syd, are still wondering whether it’s worth it to run The Bear if it is draining money and sanity. Carmy thinks that getting that Michelin star will make all the hurt, all the family baggage, and all the abuse worth something, but I feel like he needs to let all that go to heal from everything that came before so his restaurant can truly thrive. If he can learn to communicate his feelings to those he has hurt the most, like Richie and especially Claire, his pursuit will definitely be worth it. l

Ayo Edebiri and Jeremy Allen White give everything they have at the cost of their own health in The Bear Courtesy FX

The Bear

Created by Christopher Storer. Starring Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach. TV-MA.

METROPOLIS

Beyond the Dunderdome

The future’s fury road will be paved by fossil fuels and our social-media likes.

BY E.R. BILLS

Greetings, fellow dunderheads. And grim tidings.

We’ve been slack, and the repercussions are no longer hiding.

Most of us love us some Road Warrior, or Mad Max, or Beyond the Thunderdome, or Fury Road, or maybe even Furiosa. (Streaming now!) And what’s not to like? The setting and context transport us to a desolate afterworld that postdates us, our absolution baked in.

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Furiosa would like to thank us for making her bleak future come to life.

Photo by Jasin Boland

The plotline for every iteration of the Mad Max movies has already begun.

There’s never a lot of talk about how we get there. The world of the films simply becomes a hardly inhabitable postapocalyptic wasteland brought on by a systemic regimen of ecocide and a nuclear war over the dwindling resources, leaving us in a place where, curiously, persons of color — in this case, Australian aborigines — have no serious presence, even though the entire Mad Max run is filmed in Australia!

You and I aren’t in the credits, but let’s not kid ourselves. The plotline for every iteration of the Mad Max movies has already begun. You and I. We. Us. We have pivotal, supporting roles.

We’re creating the before with every increasingly labored breath and every continued false step. We’re way past the prologue. We inhabit the early, little-explained backstory. We are the living precedent. The characters in the Mad Max flicks are simply navigating the after.

The cold-blooded, pit-faced rush on petrol has already begun. And fresh water.

We’re becoming more clannish and mistrusting. Chronically xenophobic. Definitely tribal.

We’re already more savage. We hiss at the growing homeless population. We pity the profit-mongers more than the poor or the myriad victims of the precursors of Immortan Joe, Dementus, or the earlier Lord Humungus. Capitalism requires a bad guy, an enemy, and, ultimately, a denigrated “other” that can be openly and clandestinely exploited. And we can’t have the enemy being the entity behind the lucrative enterprises in which we are privileged to serve as dutiful cogs. We do what we’re told. We don’t ask questions. Doubt might demand soul searching or have us reconsider our soullessness. It might even require us to be brave.

We’re not.

We already have some sense of this. It’s clichéd, really.

We care more about our own self-preservation and personal comforts than our collective survival. We are a smirky gaggle of shortsighted miscreants more worried about retirement than reality and especially the future reality that our descendants will inherit. Which is great news for gaming outfits and online streaming services.

The virtual world is an ingenious, uber-addictive escape. It’s about the only place where we still have any real control. And we know more about our favorite characters on Netflix than we do our neighbors or our own children — who are weaned on the same streaming services that we now rely on to decompress or vegetate.

We exist in a meticulously constructed and carefully monitored dunderdome, oblivious to the consequences of our apathy and willful ignorance.

A terrifying, unavoidable reckoning is already bearing down on us. And bypassing the signs of the calamities to come are the occupation of the odious and reprehensible, but few of us know what either word means. We’re 21st-century troglodytes, a disgrace to our species.

We don’t care.

Disregarding our culpability obviously demands the abandonment of all conscience and decency, but even our binary political system is a sycophantic accomplice in plain sight. Our pep-rally politics have utterly failed us. Pointing a finger in either direction is a half-measure because both roads lead to Rome. Both parties are well-polished sides of the same coin. As long as the coin spends, we, again, don’t care. In fact, we prefer pandering spin that promotes and glorifies our spending rather than forthrightness or honesty.

The “pox-eclipse” has already started, and there will be no “Tomorrow-Morrow Land.” In this coming November’s dunderdome, we will chant, “Two people enter, one person leaves” — but we know they will both leave.

It’s all theater.

The spectacle masks the corporatocracy that pays for the stage. Our ambivalence and ambition doom the age.

Dr. Dealgood said it best: “Dyin’ time’s here.”

Welcome to the Dunderdome. l

Fort Worth native E.R. Bills is the award-winning author of Tell-Tale Texas: Investigations in Infamous History and The 1910 Slocum Massacre: An Act of Genocide in East Texas

This column reflects the opinions and fact-gathering of the author(s) and only the author(s) and not the Fort Worth Weekly. To submit a column, please email Editor Anthony Mariani at Anthony@FWWeekly. com. He will gently edit it for clarity and concision.

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METRO

More Pain for Cop Watcher

She got her face slammed by police, but now Carolyn Rodriguez has been charged with two more offenses.

BY ANTHONY MARIANI

When Carolyn Rodriguez appeared in court last Tuesday, she thought it was for a charge against her to be thrown out. How could she

“I’ve been arrested six or seven times,” Rodriguez said. “I don’t resist, because it hurts.”

The DA’s office could not be reached for comment, but we will update this story accordingly if we receive a response.

Video from surveillance, bodycam, and personal devices captured the moment when Officer M. Krueger grabbed Rodriguez by the arm and whipped her forcefully to the ground. Rodriguez suffered a disjointed shoulder and elbow, assorted lacerations, and a concussion. She was filming Krueger and several other police officers conducting an investigation in the West 7th corridor when Officer Krueger injured her.

In the charges, the DA’s office says Rodriguez “did intentionally prevent or obstruct” Officer Krueger from performing his duties “by using force against said peace officer, namely by pulling or pushing her body away” from his.

to get one charge to stick, so I can’t sue them civilly. We can beat all three [charges]. This is ridiculousness.”

Rodriguez has been representing herself so far, and she feels it’s working to her advantage. When ADA Lloyd Whechel allegedly told her she could meet with his assistant, Rodriguez said, “ ‘Whoa, hang on. The manual says I can meet with you, not your assistant.’ He got so mad. It’s so much fun to make them mad.”

Rodriguez said the next step in the legal process is discovery, and “when they give me all that [information], it’s going right online.”

She’s also convinced law enforcement despise cop watchers like her. “If I was just a regular person, [Officer Krueger] would be fired. … We expose a lot of stuff. He came out of his car after me. I didn’t go after him. It took 17 seconds for him to come out of his car to get me.”

have been “resisting arrest,” she thought, when her June encounter with police began and ended with a male officer smashing her face-first to the pavement (“Takedown Blue,” June 28)?

What happened in court shocked Rodriguez, but the 60-year-old self-described cop watcher with 93,000 YouTube subscribers was not surprised.

District Attorney Phil Sorrells’ office had tacked on two additional charges: false reporting and interference with public duties.

Internal Affairs and an outside monitor are investigating Krueger, and the department has reassigned him from patrol pending the outcome of the investigation. The department says he’s been with the force for seven years.

“I’m the bad guy,” Rodriguez told Fort Worth City Council Tuesday night. “I’m being charged with three crimes, and I got my ass kicked by the cops.”

For her planned lawsuit against the Fort Worth Police Department, Rodriguez is now assembling a team that includes Fort Worth attorney Ben Westbrook.

The DA’s office, she said, is “just trying

Police brutality has gone up nationwide over the past 30 years, with the most killings in more than a decade occurring in 2023, and most officers are not held accountable for applying excessive force. The nonprofit Mapping Police Violence says that from 2013 to 2022, 98% of all police killings did not result in charges against the officers. l

This column reflects the opinions of the editorial board and not the Fort Worth Weekly. To submit a column, please email Editor Anthony Mariani at Anthony@FWWeekly. com. He will gently edit it for clarity and concision.

Multiple videos captured the moment when a Fort Worth police officer slammed a cop watcher to the ground, badly injuring her. Courtesy YouTube

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Leon Bridges: The Leon Tour with Charley Crockett and Hermanos Gutierrez lands at Dickies Arena (1911 Montgomery St, Fort Worth, 817402-9000) at 8pm Fri, Nov 15. Hitting the road in support of his forthcoming fourth, self-titled album, Bridges will wrap up his North American tour of intimate venues in the city where he lived for so long and got his start: Funkytown. Artist presale tickets are available now (see LeonBridges.com) and general public tickets go on sale 10am Friday at Ticketmaster.com.

This election season feels like sports hype, am I right? Those debates, if they actually happen, may draw Super Bowl-sized audiences. We’ll see. Meanwhile, today marks the midway point of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. You may have already seen President Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton on the first night and President Barack Obama on Night 2. Tonight, President Bill Clinton and Gov. Tim Walz will speak. Then, tomorrow evening, Vice President Kamala Harris will accept the party’s nomination. Network and cable channels like ABC, CBS, CNN, C-SPAN, FOX, NBC, MSNBC, and PBS (pick this one), will cover the proceedings daily throughout the week, plus speeches

that start every evening at 7pm. Afterward, enjoy the angry orange man’s responses via late-night television programming, YouTube, and your Trumper cousin’s Facebook page.

A little more than a month after the closings of all Alamo Drafthouse locations in North Texas, we now bring you the happier news that every spot is reopening. Per a statement on the theater chain’s website, the five locations that shut down last month are opening their doors again, with the Drafthouse in Denton (3220 Town Center Tr, 940-4414233, Drafthouse.com/Theater/Denton) recently taking its turn. There will also be a new location in Hillsboro opening for the first time soon. — Kristian Lin

The fantastic and fabulous Ginny Mac will bring her accordion, perhaps her keyb’s, and definitely her lovely voice to McFly’s Pub (6104 Lt Jg Barnett Rd, Fort Worth, 817-744-8272) starting at 6pm. No cover, and there’ll be a food truck for all your happy-houring needs. With 50 people already responding to the Facebook invite, it’s bound to be a party.

Did you know local journalist Zac Crain? If not, do yourself a favor and Google him. After his stint as Music Editor and a staff writer at the Dallas Observer, he became an associate editor at American Airlines’ in-flight publication and a senior editor at D Magazine, where he worked until his recent death. He was 50. Crain also authored three books, including Black Tooth Grin, a biography of “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, and even ran for mayor. By all accounts, every writer Crain edited felt he had made their writing exponentially better. (If he could edit me right now, I’m sure this obit would be shorter and much more concise.)

At 2pm, the Texas Theatre (231 W Jefferson Blvd, Dallas, 214-948-1546) will host a Celebration of Life for Zac Crain. “Expect live music from local bands that don’t sound like someone standing on a sack of kittens,” said former Observer-ite and host Jeff Liles. “If you’re inclined, the family points you toward the Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center for donations in Zac’s honor.” For more info on the DEAC or to donate to their cause, visit DallasEAC.org/donate.

In 2022, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (3501 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, 817-738-1933) launched an outdoor sculpture space on the museum grounds. Current exhibit The Tipping Point: Echoes of Extinction is the continuation of the third installation of that program. Elizabeth Turk’s works are vertical sound sculptures of bird species that are endangered or extinct. The Carter says each piece is a “sculptural visualization of the call of a bird that has reached, or surpassed, a tipping point” and “stands as a totemic memorial to a particular species, reminding us of our role in the precious and delicate — and quickly changing — environment.”

Utilize the accompanying QR codes to hear each bird’s song. Tipping Point is on view thru today. The museum is open noon-5pm Sun and 10am-5pm Tue-Sat.

Oh, you think you’re funny?

You can test that theory at the new comedy club Big Laugh (604 Main St, Ste 100, 512-817-9535) every Monday at 7:30pm at the Big Laugh Open Mic. Cover is only $2. In the late 2000s, Weekly contributor

Watch the Democratic National Convention and join the #SwiftiesforKamala call this week. “I, like millions of women, am revitalized!” I agree, Rita Moreno.

Steve Steward dabbled in standup and participated in several open-mic nights around town. Naturally, when this one recently launched, he wanted to check it out for himself. Read about his experience in the piece titled “Belly Achin’ ” at FWWeekly.com.

Ever since it was announced that Kamala Harris would be the Democratic party’s presidential nominee, groups of people who you’d never think would rally to support her totally have. The “for Harris” Zoom call groups have included Black women, Black men, white women, and then white dudes, all raising millions for the campaign while also raising awareness. But the running joke has been that if Taylor Swift and Beyonce endorsed Harris, the Swifties and the Beyhive would take this whole thing home. While there’s no official word from Swift herself, a group of her fans have united to do their own Zoom call. Swifties for Kamala, a fan group posting openly about their support of the vice president, has an official kickoff call at 6pm CT. Join them at bit.ly/switties4k-call. (We have a Swiftie on staff who I hope will be attending and reporting. Looking at you, Emmy.) As actress Rita Moreno says in her post sharing the epic meme pictured here, “I, like millions of women, am revitalized!” I couldn’t agree more.

By Jennifer Bovee

CLOSING WEEKEND

Cast Music Materials

The FWSO will summon Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at Bass Hall this weekend.

Music in video games has gone from memorable 8-bit tunes to masterful, fully orchestrated scores. This weekend, Bass Performance Hall will ring with some of the most unforgettable music ever put in a game by hosting the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra World Tour.

Following the release of 2020’s Final Fantasy VII Remake , which saw the classic 1997 JRPG get the first of three planned games in a trilogy of remakes, came the Final Fantasy VII Remake Orchestra World Tour in 2021 Now, with the release of Part 2 earlier this year, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth , comes the Rebirth Orchestra World Tour. Focusing on music from Rebirth , the tour will give fans of the long-running game series the chance to experience the music of the hit game and beloved series live and in person.

Rebirth Orchestra World Tour will feature songs from legendary composer

Nobuo Uematsu’s score for the original Final Fantasy VII and the songs’ reimaginings for Rebirth from Mitsuto Suzuki and Masashi Hamauzu. The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra will perform the sweeping “Grasslands Medley,” the foot-stomping “Cosmo Canyon — Sanctum of Planetology,” and, of course, the intimidating “Sephiroth’s Theme.” Not only will the music be live, but it will be accompanied by scenes from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth onscreen behind the orchestra.

Guest conductor Arnie Roth is no stranger to either video games or the music of Final Fantasy . He was the music director and conductor of the national concert tour Dear Friends: Music from Final Fantasy in 2004 and 2005, and he followed that up in 2006 with Voices: Music from Final Fantasy in Tokyo with the Tokyo Philharmonic. Saturday’s show is sold out, but tickets to Friday’s performance are still available. Cosplay is welcome, but headgear and full facemasks are prohibited. — Cole Williams

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra World Tour

7:30pm Fri-Sat at Bass Performance Hall, 525 Commerce St, FW. $38.50-110.00. 817-212-4280.

Scenes from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth will accompany the FWSO’s performance of the game’s music.

EATS & drinks

Always, A Great Notion

A visit to

“Secret

Bar” is always a good idea, darts or not.

STORY AND PHOTO BY STEVE STEWARD

I think I first went to A Great Notion in 2009. Back then, unless you lived on the West Side and/or came of age in the last quarter of the 20th century, the Ridgmar Boulevard

neighborhood pub was something of a secret — so much so that the friend who took me there simply called it “Secret Bar.”

While it was not exactly hidden, its location between a florist and a salon in a ’70s-era strip mall was somewhat off the well-trodden stumbling grounds of Fort Worth’s larger nightlife scene, so for me, it did kind of feel like a place where you could hang around and enjoy a drink without anyone bothering you, the kind of joint that was dim and quiet, conducive to both silent ruminations and conversational contributions usually informed by cheap drinks and in response to the ambient chatter of the bar’s gregarious regulars.

At the time, I had mostly taken over a recurring column for the Weekly entitled Last Call, a series of bar reviews that former editor Gayle Reaves more accurately (and with equal parts concern and dismay) referred to as “drunken travelogs.” In that space, I wrote about that bar more than a few times, and here I am again, 15 years later, still enthused and effusive about it.

Certainly, I wrote about it a lot in part because I lived within walking distance for nearly eight years, and every time I dropped in, there was always someone who said something that sent my eavesdropping-brain down a rabbit hole to the Fort Worth of the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations. But mostly I wrote about the place because I just loved it.

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This cozy Ridgmar bar will be expanding mostly to accommodate the dart-throwing community but regulars, too. And possibly you.

I’ve been to neighborhood dive bars all over America, from Los Angeles to D.C., Las Cruces to Rochester, Portland to Birmingham, Galveston to Chicago, and all over Arlington and the Mid-Cities. And out of all those places and the ones in between, A Great Notion is still tops. There’s just something about it that hits the spot.

Perhaps my affinity for this retreat stems from the fact that its environs have remained relatively unchanged since it opened in the early ’70s. You can see where the space was extended at some point in the bar’s

But even if the only dart you’ve been interested in is the train that takes you around Dallas, A Great Notion is worth dropping by for a drink or three.

history, but otherwise, the shingles around the back bar and the half of the bar top made of decorative acrylic tiles illuminated from below hold fast to the decade that birthed it — if you’ve been to Down ’N Out on the Near Southside, these are the old vibes that that newish bar unabashedly replicates. The vibes are cozy, the staff is nice, and the crowd is affable.

It’s also a popular place to play darts, and it’s one of the bars included in the Fort Worth Dart Association’s list of official venues. While I am uninformed about the size and import of Fort Worth’s dart-playing community, I do know that A Great Notion is expanding physically to accommodate it. In a recent post, the bar announced that a planned expansion had been successfully permitted.

I stopped in during happy hour and asked the bartender, a woman named Ali, about these renovations, and she said they’re going to be knocking down the west wall and moving the dart area into the part of the property that used to house the salon, adding a beer bar so that players don’t need to walk so far to get a drink. The construction will hopefully begin in a month.

But even if the only dart you’ve been interested in is the train that takes you around Dallas, A Great Notion is worth dropping by for a drink or three. Whether you turned 21 in the last century or this one, getting a beer at this gem of a dive bar should be on your Fort Worth bingo card, if for no other reason than to see what I’ve been going on about all these years. l

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Winging It

BY ELAINE WILDER

In honor of the glorious chicken wing and the servers who bring them to you, we have two (sort of) wing-related items for you at the top of this week’s food-and-booze event list.

Thu,

Aug 22

As one of Hooters’ regional offices is in North Texas, it’s no surprise that the 27th annual Miss Hooters International Pageant will be in Fort Worth this year at Billy Bob’s Texas (2520 Rodeo Plz, 817-624-7117). What is surprising is that for the first time since before the pandemic, it will be open to the general public. Watch as 30 of the top Hooters Girls from more than 18,000 of them worldwide — including Dallas native Cassidy Welch, Anna Garrison from Grand Prairie, and Carielle England of Lewisville — compete for a spot on an elite team. Like the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, this group of women will make high-profile appearances, attend various local philanthropic events, and appear in the organization’s popular annual calendar. General admission tickets start at $25 on AXS.com. Premium GA tickets are $40 and include reserved seating and two drink tickets. This event is open to those 18 and older, with a valid photo ID required for entry. (And if you find yourself at a Hooters and are not in the mood for wings, try the Buffalo Shrimp. #TrustMe)

Now thru Sep 15

Speaking of wings, while the ones at Hooters may be delicious, their chain restaurant and servers are ineligible to win any of our Good Grub categories in Best Of 2024. If you have opinions about who has the best local wings and local waitstaff, let your voice be heard by completing a Best Of 2024

ballot on FWWeekly.com. The food categories include Bakery, Barbecue, Breakfast, Brunch, Burger, Burrito, Cajun Food, Catfish, Chef, Chicken-Fried Steak, Chinese Food, Coffeeshop, Deli Sandwiches, Food Truck, Fried Chicken, Hot Dog, Italian Food, Japanese Food, Mediterranean Food, Mexican Food, Pizza, Plant-Based Dish, Queso, Ramen, Restaurant, New Restaurant, Salsa, Seafood, Soul Food, Steak, Street Tacos, Sushi, Tamales, Tex-Mex Food, Thai Food, Vietnamese Food, and the aforementioned Waitstaff and Wings.

Sat, Aug 24

Riff ram bah zoo! Mule Alley is getting in on the back-to-school action with a TCU spirit night. From 7pm to 10pm as part of The Backyard Unplugged at Hotel Drover (200 Mule Alley, Fort Worth, 817-755-5557), Cory Michael will perform, Pour Horse will whip up themed cocktails, and assorted vendors will offer game day-inspired pop-up shopping. There is no cost to attend.

Now thru Sep 30

Arlington Convention & Visitors Bureau is hosting its third annual Save the Tacos event. Now thru the end of September, Arlington restaurants will serve limited-time specialty tacos to compete for the title of “Arlington’s Favorite Taco.” Locations include Boiling Tails, Cut & Bourbon, Grounds & Gold, M’Jay’s House of Smoke, Papaya Mexican Grill, Prince Lebanese Grill, R Bar and Grill, Rocketbelly, Tic-Taco,

TJ’s Catfish & Wings, Tom’s Burgers & Grill and Zack’s Bistro. For more info, visit Arlington.org and search by #SavetheTacos.

Mon, Sep 30

In kill-it-and-grill-it news, it is time for you anglers and hunters to renew your annual licenses. Those who do so by today can purchase an entry in the contest for a Lifetime License. Three lucky winners’ names will be drawn, and each gets a Lifetime Super Combo License, meaning they’ll never need to buy a Texas hunting or fishing license again. Entries are only $5 each. They can be purchased online, at any license retailer, or by phone. A good place to start is TPWD.Texas.gov/digitaltag. While you’re at it, please consider adding a small $1-20 donation to help support Hunters for the Hungry. This program allows hunters to donate legally harvested deer to participating processors, who then supply the processed meat to local food banks to feed Texas families in need.

Sat, Oct 5

Usually held at Panther Island Pavilion, the annual Lonestar Cigar & Spirits event has a new home — and name. Presented by Enthusiast Report, the Texas Cigar, Wine & Spirits Tasting will be at Cigars International (12853 Cabela Dr, Fort Worth, 817-562-1150) from 6pm to 9pm. Savor and take home an assortment of premium cigars while immersing yourself in samples of some of the finest wine, beer, and spirit brands from around the world, all while enjoying live entertainment, food, giveaways, and more. Tickets start at $50 on Eventbrite.com.

Now Open

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the mayor is glad they’re here. “I love the Sprouts on Camp Bowie Boulevard, and you can find me shopping there just about every week, so I am excited to welcome another Sprouts Farmers Market to Fort Worth,” Mattie Parker said. “In addition to bringing healthy grocery options to enhance the quality of life for residents, Sprouts also creates valuable job opportunities and builds onto the thriving business environment in our fast-growing city.” For more info and weekly deals, visit Sprouts.com.

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Not Beneath the Monsters

This stoner-riffic trio’s new EP trades in the stars for the dungeon.

BY STEVE STEWARD

For fans who’d seen One-Eyed Monsters earlier this year, the local riff lords’ studio debut, the six-song 34-minute album Ambrosia, documented the trio’s near-telepathic live-jam alacrity in digital (and analog, because they also released it on cassette) form, capturing their fuzz-heavy sound in all its massive, smoky majesty.

And then, shortly after they put that album out, they wrote another three songs, self-producing them in the spring. The result, the three-song EP Beneath that the band will release at a show at the Boiled Owl Tavern on Saturday night, keeps its predecessor’s heavy, hoary guitar tones and stoner-riffic atmospherics but otherwise veers in the direction of another realm.

“It’s very different,” said guitarist/ vocalist Sam Stevens. “It’s a lot moodier, darker, more intense. It’s a lot more technical. We got a lot deeper into different time signatures and time changes.”

Indeed, where Ambrosia’s music and lyrics meandered into the haziest regions of the cosmos across multiple movements and many minutes, Beneath’s three tracks are comparatively short — next to the solo-covered expanse of a 9-minute Ambrosia track like “Bongilogy,” Beneath almost seems like it happens in the blink of a weed-reddened eye.

This is not to say that One-Eyed Monsters are suddenly a thrash-metal band, though given the complexity of their

“We are seeing more people show up at shows. I’m excited to see what the response

will be for Beneath, because I think these songs have legs.”

arrangements in the three new songs, the band could probably shred at high velocities if they wanted to. The speed on Beneath never crosses the mid-tempo barrier, but instead of the riffage drifting outward to space between the stars, the EP’s songs are circumscribed by a sense of impending doom.

That ominous feeling isn’t a concrete theme as much as it is a vibe. The music still sizzles with brain-searing riffs, but the songs sound threatening in the way that they crunch and crack through your headphones and end before five minutes are over. Those vibes are underlined by drummer Nathan Alec Walters’ words. In “Europa,” he imagines Jupiter’s frigid moon as duplicitous “abominations” that “freeze their friends in the ice and snow and hold you in the depths below.” In “Trial by Fire,” he seems trapped in his head with his own intrusive thoughts, and in “The Greatest Truth,” he realizes that notions of reality, truth, and freedom are all subjective and often the opposite of how they appear.

“I don’t think the words for any of these songs were written until after we’d recorded the music,” Walters said. “The form kind of presented itself … and writing the lyrics was like piecing together a poem. … We would get the music going and come up with a [lyrical] concept and then bring it back to the jam room, and everyone came up with ideas.”

Stevens said that he and his bandmates had been

listening to “a lot of different music” when writing Ambrosia, “a lot of early Tool stuff, still a lot of Sleep, but also a lot of old country music and the Byrds, in particular that Sweetheart of the Rodeo album. … That’s where the melodic ideas I contributed to the new songs kind of came from, but as for the darker, moodier side … that came from how the three of us were feeling, in the band, in our own lives. … It’s been a very hard year for everybody.”

Bassist Tyler Lee Ryan didn’t go into too much detail, but he agreed that the three of them had done some soul-searching over the past six months, the kind of thing that plagues every band that’s been a band for a few years. But, ultimately, writing, recording, and listening back to Beneath reaffirmed for them the power of their music.

“What we got here,” Ryan said, “it’s incredible. All of us listening to it, we just thought it was amazing.”

Stevens added, “It’s not like we have a hard time being in a band together. We’re all best friends.”

Their camaraderie is part of what makes them such a tight band, and it engenders a lot of good ideas.

“We are good at actively listening to each other,” Ryan said. “It ends up making something that couldn’t happen otherwise, and it’s incredible seeing ideas come together [among us] spontaneously.”

So, while the outside world might be oppressive and difficult, at least the time One-Eyed Monsters spends making music is productive and positive. And in terms of building a following, the bond they’ve formed around riffs has put them on a lot of listeners’ radars.

“We are seeing more people show up at shows,” Walters said. “I’m excited to see what the response will be for Beneath, because I think these songs have legs. Seems like the people who’ve checked out [the new songs] really like them.”

Walters recalls learning a lot from listeners at a recent show at Doc’s Records & Vintage in the Foundry District. “People I didn’t know who heard the new songs were like, ‘The new stuff is the best!’ ”

That kind of affirmation is well-deserved. Beneath shows a band willing to push the limits of their established sound — as long as it still sounds good loud. l

One-Eyed Monsters EP Release Sat at the Boiled Owl Tavern, 909 W Magnolia Av, FW. 817-920-9616.

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Ricki Derek ‘Reprised’

I can’t remember exactly when I saw Ricki Derek for the first time, but I do know it was at Scat Jazz Lounge, the intimate and classy 17-year-old Sundance Square spot that Derek co-owns. The occasion was one of his popular Christmas concerts, replete with an orchestra and Rat Pack-style comedy bits. These shows have long since become part of the holidays in Fort Worth for my wife and me and no doubt countless others.

Though these winter seasonal runs might arguably be what he is best known for, Derek performs year-round in various formats, whether as the Ricki Derek Big Band, with his Vegas Six, or his Quartet of Four. For the uninitiated, his act lies somewhere between Rat Pack revivalist, comedian, and lounge singer, and I don’t mean the last as a pejorative. But as his new album shows, he is capable of taking the lounge vibe into some interesting directions.

Derek’s self-titled debut LP from 2008 was a slight departure from his usual Sinatra-style classics, and he used his big band to venture out and cover Duran Duran and Modern English but stay safely within the confines of the genre he so deftly recreates from night to night onstage. Four years later, he offered Here’s to Christmas, which covers a lot of the same ground as his annual Yuletide concerts. Now, 12 years later, Derek is finally dropping his third record.

The seeds for Reprised were planted back in 2022, when Derek put out three separate black-and-white videos of live performances of some of the songs that would eventually make it onto the new LP. Filmed at the Scat, the vids were directed by comedian Nick Gibbons, who has been working with Derek since the latter’s days performing at The Cavern, a now-defunct bar off Lower Greenville in Dallas. These stripped-down lounge versions of songs by Amy Winehouse, Dolly Parton, and

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The Fixx also feature comedic sketches, providing Derek with the new direction he would eventually take in the studio.

The nine-song Reprised also includes covers of artists such as The GoGo’s, The Lemonheads, and Thompson Twins, to name a few. Heading into the studio to record a Blondie track may not sound like a serious endeavor, but Derek said it was “so fulfilling to come in with a sketch and flesh [the tunes] out as artists with what we thought would sound cool while trying to keep it very minimal.”

This sentiment holds true throughout Reprised. As you make your way through the album, there is something unique to the translation of these pop tunes that proves Derek has a penchant for reimagining more than the classic Sinatra Songbook.

Unlike schmaltzy artists like Richard Cheese, who wears the title of lounge singer as more of a bit, Derek presents these songs in earnest, and he and his talented band add some jazz and lounge-oriented musicality that really liven things up. It’s honestly hard to pick a favorite, but the Men at Work tune “Overkill” certainly sticks out, with its melancholy overtones, and the closer, Blind Melon’s “No Rain,” pushes this album and Ricki Derek as an artist into new ground — this ’90s radio staple suddenly seems like it has always been a jazz song.

Vinyl copies of Reprised are available at Good Records in Dallas and at Derek’s album release show Thursday at the Scat. — Reese Pierce

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NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO OBTAIN AIR PERMIT (NORI) RENEWAL

PERMIT NUMBER 18948

APPLICATION. Gemini Industries, Inc., has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for renewal of Air Quality Permit Number 18948, which would authorize continued operation of a Solvent and Water Based Specialty Coatings Manufacturing Facility located at 2350 114th Street, Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas 75050. 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. https://gisweb. tceq.texas.gov/LocationMapper/?marker=-97.037777,32.789722&level=13. The existing facility and/or related facilities are authorized to emit the following air contaminants: hazardous air pollutants, carbon monoxide, exempt solvents, 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 July 24, 2024. The application will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth regional office, and the Arlington Public Library - Northeast Branch, 1905 Brown Boulevard, Arlington, 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. In addition to the renewal, this permitting action includes the incorporation of changes in emission factors related to this permit. The reasons for any changes or incorporations, to the extent they are included in the renewed permit, may include the enhancement of operational control at the plant or enforceability of the permit. The TCEQ may act on this application without seeking further public comment or providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.

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. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the TCEQ’s jurisdiction to address in the permit process.

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, 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 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 15 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 mailing of the response to comments.

If any requests for a contested case hearing are timely filed, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for a contested case hearing to the Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. Unless the application is directly referred to a contested case hearing, the executive director will mail the response to comments along with notification of Commission meeting to everyone who submitted comments or is on the mailing list for this application. 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 for this application by sending a request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. Those on the mailing list will receive copies of future public notices (if any) mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk for this application.

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 Gemini Industries, Inc., 2300 Southwest Holloway Street, El Reno, Oklahoma 73036-5773 or by calling Mr. Jeffrey Thomas, Purchasing/EHS Manager at (405) 345-2079.

Notice Issuance Date: July 30, 2024

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Notice of Draft Federal Operating Permit Draft Permit No.: O4487

Application and Draft Permit. Terra-Vaults, Inc., 4701 S Edgewood Ter, Fort Worth, TX 76119-8202, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for an initial issuance of Federal Operating Permit (herein referred to as Permit) No. O4487, Application No. 35574, to authorize operation of the Fort Worth Facility, an All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing facility. The area addressed by the application is located at 4701 S Edgewood Ter in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 76119-8202. 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 the application. You can find an electronic map of the facility at: https://gisweb.tceq.texas.gov/LocationMapper/?marker=97.252777,32.693611&level=13. This application was received by the TCEQ on September 8, 2023.

The purpose of a federal operating permit is to improve overall compliance with the rules governing air pollution control by clearly listing all applicable requirements, as defined in Title 30 Texas Administrative Code § 122.10 (30 TAC § 122.10). The draft permit, if approved, will codify the conditions under which the area must operate. The permit will not authorize new construction. The executive director has completed the technical review of the application and has made a preliminary decision to prepare a draft permit for public comment and review. The executive director recommends issuance of this draft permit. The permit application, statement of basis, and draft permit will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ Central Office, 12100 Park 35 Circle, Building E, First Floor, Austin, Texas 78753; the TCEQ Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Office, 2309 Gravel Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76118-6951; and the Fort Worth Public Library – East Regional, 6301 Bridge St, Fort Worth, Texas 76112-0823, beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The draft permit and statement of basis are available at the TCEQ Website: www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/tvnotice

At the TCEQ central and regional offices, relevant supporting materials for the draft permit, as well as the New Source Review permits which have been incorporated by reference, may be reviewed and copied. Any person with difficulties obtaining these materials due to travel constraints may contact the TCEQ central office file room at (512) 239-2900.

Public Comment/Notice and Comment Hearing. Any person may submit written comments on the draft permit. Comments relating to the accuracy, completeness, and appropriateness of the permit conditions may result in changes to the draft permit.

A person who may be affected by the emission of air pollutants from the permitted area may request a notice and comment hearing. The purpose of the notice and comment hearing is to provide an additional opportunity to submit comments on the draft permit. The permit may be changed based on comments pertaining to whether the permit provides for compliance with 30 TAC Chapter 122 (examples may include that the permit does not contain all applicable requirements or the public notice procedures were not satisfied). The TCEQ may grant a notice and comment hearing on the application if a written hearing request is received within 30 days after publication of the newspaper notice. The hearing request must include the basis for the request, including a description of how the person may be affected by the emission of air pollutants from the application area. The request should also specify the conditions of the draft permit that are inappropriate or specify how the preliminary decision to issue or deny the permit is inappropriate. All reasonably ascertainable issues must be raised and all reasonably available arguments must be submitted by the end of the public comment period. If a notice and comment hearing is granted, all individuals that submitted written comments or a hearing request will receive written notice of the hearing. This notice will identify the date, time, and location for the hearing.

Written public comments and/or requests for a notice and comment hearing should be submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087, or electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/ and be received within 30 days after the date of newspaper publication of this notice. 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.

A notice of proposed final action that includes a response to comments and identification of any changes to the draft permit will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments, a hearing request, or requested to be on the mailing list for this application. This mailing will also provide instructions for public petitions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to request that the EPA object to the issuance of the proposed permit. After receiving a petition, the EPA may only object to the issuance of a permit which is not in compliance with the applicable requirements or the requirements of 30 TAC Chapter 122.

Mailing List. In addition to submitting public comments, a person may ask to be placed on a mailing list for this application by sending a request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address above. Those on the mailing list will receive copies of future public notices (if any) mailed by the Chief Clerk for this application.

Information. For additional information about this permit application or the permitting process, please contact the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Public Education Program, MC-108, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087 or toll free at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.

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