Friday woke up with charcoal gray clouds camped to the north. The polar vortex was coming, the weathermen said. Winds.
Author: elrichiboy
Hal Marcus’ Hippie Holidaze
Don’t you just love Christmas shopping? Going to the mall, and looking for a parking spot, and then elbowing your
Our Local Government In Action
Well, it looks like the City of El Paso will do a better thing than kick poor people out of
Nick Waterhouse at Tricky Falls Tonight!
Whooee! Nick Waterhouse will be bringing his soulful, retro, boozy rhythm and blues to Tricky Falls tonight. Tickets available at
Hip City at the Pizza Joint
Punkabilly rockers Hip City play the Pizza Joint downtown tonight at 10 PM in a FREE all-age show. Here they
Nick Waterhouse at Tricky Falls on Friday
This cat Nick Waterhouse is playing at Tricky Falls on Friday. Highly recommended. Tickets available from TicketFly. Check it out.
Who’s driving this truck?
It looks increasingly like City Staff are giving direction to City Council instead of the other way around. Like this
Life in the Echo Chamber
Here’s what District 3’s sweetheart Emma Acosta had to say in this week’s El Paso Inc. “You keep hearing that
Never Give Up
Remember Jack Handey? He went to Eastwood, and wrote Deep Thoughts for Saturday Night Live, back when SNL was good.
Día de Nuestra Señora
Yesterday I went to Juarez for the feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the
Journalist Murdered in Ciudad Chihuahua
According to news reports, a radio journalist was shot dead in his driveway in Ciudad Chihuahua on Saturday morning. From
Urban Revitalization, Winston-Salem Style
Here’s an article about Winston-Salem from Politico, from a series called What Works. The series is dedicated to exploring the
The K Club is Open Again
According to reliable taxista Benjamin, the Kentucky Club is open again. “They’ve been open about eight days,” he told me
Curiouser and Curiouser
Isn’t it weird that self-professed Chicano political blogger Jaime Abeytia is in favor of evicting the abuelitas from Duranguito so
Cichon to D.C.?
Do you ever shop at Albertson’s? I only shop there sometimes. I run in for a bottle of wine, maybe,
Glasbox Speakeasy Show: Ross Fleming and Omar Cuellar
Tonight at the Glasbox: Ross Fleming and Omar Cuellar play a Speakeasy show. I dug up a video or Mr.
Retrovision: Sanctuary
This post originally appeared on June 6, 2012. Just like drinking at home I went to my favorite bar last
Mexican Boxer Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. Murdered in Guadalajara
Mexican boxer Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. was found murdered in a jeep near his home in Guadalajara this morning. Mr. Gonzalez
College Ultimate: UNC vs. Pitt
Here are 28 minutes of two of the best pretty good college Ultimate teams in the country duking it out
Juarez Sunday Afternoon
I’m sitting in a cowhide chair at a cowhide table in the Mariachi Bar, just off Avenida Juarez, a block