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Sunday Matinee: Indiscreet

2017-08-20 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

How long has it been since you’ve seen a movie starring Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant? Indiscreet is the second

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A Streetcar Named Desire at G2

2017-08-19 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do One comment

A hundred years ago there used to be an annual event called Movie on the Mountain. Some lunatics would haul

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Just a Scrap

2017-08-18 elrichiboy City Council, Taxes 2 comments

Mayor Dee Margo seemed to put the blame for the tax increase on incumbent representatives Peter Svarzbein, Michiel Noe, and

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Chango Radio Reventón

2017-08-18 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, What to Do One comment

From El Feis: El proyecto mas problematico, desmadrado, desmadroso, prehispanico, sin calidad, sin futuro, de bajo presupuesto, pero mas amoroso

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La Familia Bigfoot

2017-08-18 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment

Sometimes the ads are worth watching. Watch this video on YouTube You make the call.

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It’s Not As Bad As It Looks. It’s Worse.

2017-08-17 elrichiboy Politics, School Districts, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

Surely (May I call you Shirley?) you saw that EPISD property taxes are going up by an average of $64

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Oh, the Hypocrisy!

2017-08-16 elrichiboy Politics, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 3 comments

Are out-of-towners meddling in El Paso’s affairs? From KVIA: A leader of the Paso Del Sur group opposing building an

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Commissioners Court Shenanigans

2017-08-15 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Politics, Taxes 2 comments

DavidK started speculating last week that Susie Byrd would run against David Stout for Commissioner Stout’s District 2 seat on

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Juan Gabriel: La Frontera featuring Julión Álvarez

2017-08-14 elrichiboy Music, Video One comment

Here’s Juan Gabriel singing a remix of La Frontera, a song that celebrates the border that he wrote maybe a

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They’re Bullies.

2017-08-14 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 15 comments

Did you see this story on KVIA? Texas oilman J.P. Bryan, one of the state’s richest men and one with

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Sunday Matinee: Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious

2017-08-13 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a 1946 flick that has everything: drunk driving, violence, smoking in bed. And the OSS pimping out a chick

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Tonight: Laramie Dean at the Neon Rose/Boomtown

2017-08-12 elrichiboy Music, What to Do Leave a comment

The Neon Rose has an identity problem. Everyone thinks it’s still Boomtown. Maybe it still is.’ Watch this video on

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Things To Do Today

2017-08-11 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do 2 comments

The calendar is full and the moon is gibbous. Here are some of the most El Paso things you can

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A Bar On Both Sides of the Border?

2017-08-09 elrichiboy Mexico, World News 2 comments

Maybe it’s just a PR stunt. From Mexico News Daily: They haven’t any permits yet but a Scottish brewery that

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Tonight! Bravos versus Chivas!

2017-08-09 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, What to Do Leave a comment

Tonight over there at the stadium in Juarez, our hometown Juarez Bravos are taking on the Guadalajara Chivas as part

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City Council is Helpless

2017-08-09 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider, Taxes 7 comments

In this week’s El Paso Inc., Mayor Dee Margo explains why the property tax increase isn’t his fault. Dee Margo

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This Land Is Your Land . . . No, Not Yours

2017-08-09 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Slider One comment

Here’s a comment I received last night, in its entirety. I tried busking in downtown El Paso today for the

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Thanks But No Thanks

2017-08-08 elrichiboy City Council Leave a comment

Tonight I sent an email to my City Representative. Another reader complained that the security guards at San Jacinto Plaza

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Movie Night: Virtuosity

2017-08-08 elrichiboy Movie Night Leave a comment

There are more movies available than I can show one day a week. So I’m expanding my movie offerings. Welcome

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Music Video: Frontera Bugalú

2017-08-08 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment

Here’s a new (?) video I just found on El Feis. Everybody’s favorite ex-El Paso band, Frontera Bugalú. It’s righteous.

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