Your favorite band brings it back to El Paso this Tuesday, at the Sunset Parlor.
RIP Chalo
Seminal punk rock drummer and El Paso native Charlie Quintana passed away last week in Cancun, Mexico. From the Los
Dueling Commenters
ChucoGeek had this to say in response to the article Times Change: This is why we are stuck following through
Times Change
Lookie here. That chart at the top of this article shows the difference in taxable property values from 1999 to
Sunday Matinee: Framed
This 1947 Glenn Ford film finds our hero in the clutches of a beautiful barmaid who has him figured for
How Are Your Chiles Doing?
Most of my pequin survived the winter (wasn’t it brutal this year?), but so far the habaneros show no signs
Dale Watson Leaving Austin For Memphis
From the Texas Standard: “I make a good living,” Watson says. “But the city has really made it hard to
Murderer of UTEP Grad Faces Life in Prison
Remember that engineer who was shot and killed in a bar in Kansas last year? It looks like the guy
Stuart Blaugrund Drills Downtown
Here’s a letter to the El Paso Times from the lawyer who challenged the Downtown Plan back in the day.
This Guy Got Beat Up By the (Alleged) Kern Place Dog-Killer
That’s Mark Boykin, the proprieter of Mark’s Cantina. Three years ago Mr. Boykin accused his next door neighbor, Carlos Fernandez,
Lie Back and Enjoy It
Some of my friends think that Woody Hunt was suggesting that the proposed arena should be reconsidered when he said
About That Arena
Remember that poll about the arena that KVIA did? Only 26% of the residents of El Paso County who were
Retrovision: The Master Plan
I was going to write about the soccer stadium, but I realized that I already did. This post originally appeared
Sunday Matinee: Farewell My Lovely
Robert Mitchum is one of the Hollywood stars I would have most like to share a bottle of tequila with.
Those poor dears. They try so hard.
This is the sidewalk on Cincinnati Street. You remember. The City just spent money to make it nice. They put
City of Dust: Cedarvale, New Mexico
No Rattlesnakes/No Pinto Beans Let’s stay in central New Mexico for one more post and add yet another piece to
Naysayers, Malcontents, and Liars
Former City Council Representative and Mayoral Candidate and current member of the board of the Downtown Management District Steve Ortega,
Sunday Matinee: Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy
Here’s a Hitchcock film that may have escaped your notice. Here’s the plot summary from IMDb: A serial murderer is
Golf Clubs
Perhaps you saw this story in the El Paso Times about the public golf courses in the city. El Paso’s
Driving Down the Road, Gazing in the Rearview Mirror
I get it. The billionaires are putting a lot of money into spiffing up downtown. And we better jump on
It’s All About the Spin
Did you see this story about El Paso’s newest Public Private Partnership? From the El Paso Times: Fivestars, a San