This post originally appeared on December 17, 2013. Today City Council approved a contract to study locations for a Multipurpose
Author: elrichiboy
Sunday Matinee: Diablo
Here’s a Western starring Clint Eastwood’s little boy, Scott, and that guy with the overbite who was on the Shield,
Public Debt: It’s for the Children
Here’s a question you should ask your candidates for public office: If you are elected, will the City use the
Energy Drinks
Have you ever had a Red Bull? Like maybe that one time you were driving by yourself down the valley
The Mayoral Candidates’ Alternate Universe: We’re Doomed
The El Paso Times today reports on a debate among three of the mayoral candidates, sponsored by everyone’s favorite higher-tax
The Real Costs of the QoL Projects
Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for a the city with the second lowest per
El Paso’s Alternate Universe
Every week, there’s a surprising new story in the El Paso Inc. This week the frontpage story is headlined Montecillo
About El Chuqueño
I’m not against change. Change is the natural state of the universe. Change is as inevitable as gravity. Or friction.
Friday Short: Times Like Dying
Here’s a twenty minute Western about bank robbers and a consumptive sheriff. Check it out.
I Lie When I Drink
The incomparable Dale Watson. Check it out.
Happy Birthday, Hag.
Merle Haggard would have turned 80 years old today if he hadn’t died last year on his 79th birthday. The
Do You Smell Something?
Remember that 2012 Quality of Life bond election? That Bond Proposal movement was a juggernaut. I think they had three
What’s it for, anyway?
I still have some questions about that Multipurpose Performing Arts Center. Like where and when to build it. I know
Jarabe de Palo at Tricky Falls Tonight
Jarabe de Palo is a Spanish rock band, and they’re everything you’d think a Spanish rock band should be, unless
Día de San Ricardo
Today, April 3, is the Día de San Ricardo, the patron saint of truck drivers, according to ElTestigoFiel.org. Tradition dictates
That Explains It.
The El Paso Inc. this week unwrapped the study that HKS Inc. did for the City of El Paso to
Sunday Matinee: Hooligan
Here’s a entertaining documentary about the English disease: hooliganism. It seems that in the seventies and eighties, a certain element
The American Dream Index
Here’s an article from Forbes that rates the 50 states according to the future and viability of their middle class.
Make El Paso Great Again
Lemme tell you how to get us out of that hole that the hubris of misguided city officials, at the
In Hell I’ll Be in Good Company
Here’s a little musical respite from the band Dead South. Also, you can learn how to dance. You’re welcome.