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It’s that time of year again, when we take note of some terrible local decisions and deciders.
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Bon Appétit!
We here at yon Weekly may make mistakes, but we’re not evil, hateful dipshits like the majority of turkeys on this list and in D.C. and Austin. Like most of you, we’re doing the best we can trapped in a terrible general state of affairs in a terribly run state. Republicans have been in control of Texas since 2003, and what do we have to show for that
That’s all they offer, showing up on Election Day, and everyone’s afraid to piss them off. weLL, giVe Us SoMEoNe oR sOmEThInG diFfeRenT tO vOtT foR. Not voting for Kamala Harris because she wasn’t left enough and sharpshooting Gavin Newsom, our only hope for 2028, not only means you’re effectively MAGA. It makes you worse than them because you ostensibly know better yet are choosing spite and personal grievance over reality and progress.
The chief reason many of us choose to stay in this country, in this state — is that we may have some semblance of roots here. Plus, running away doesn’t solve anything. Staying and fighting is ennobling, and in our own little way, calling out the jerks like our rag does every week — especially in this issue — may go toward enlightening an unenlightened mind or three.
So, pull up a metal folding chair to McDumpster’s, give a halfhearted thanks, plug your nose, and dig in. The Fort Worth Weekly’s 2025 Turkey Awards are served, hot and stinky.
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Mayor Mattie Parker has had quite the year. She totally capitulated to Mercy Culture Church when Oakhurst and the surrounding neighborhoods were adamantly against the church’s shelter for survivors of human trafficking, who should remain anonymous and hidden, not trotted out like prized turkeys to generate public support. She has led the cheerleading of the TEA’s ill-advised takeover of Fort Worth ISD. She has been instrumental in keeping our city firmly in control of the Fort Worth establishment by moving to make our government less responsive to the public by reducing the number of sessions when citizens can make public comments to only 10, down from 15. Then after community activist Patrice Jones said Parker was too thin-skinned, the mayor proved it by saying, “I still have your casket,” a borderline racist, undoubtedly insensitive comment for which she still hasn’t apologized. She then met with — of all people — right-wing nut State Rep. Nate Schatzline and the even nuttier County Judge Tim O’Hare, not exactly voices of calm and reason, to insist that her political differences with others who want more public comment aren’t actually political but spiritual. Huh? Then she topped that by requesting ministers and laypeople from Mercy Cult — sorry, “Culture” — come and saturate city council chambers with prayer.
Only a few years back, Parker was this freshfaced, obviously bright chief of staff of Mayor Betsy Price, so you might be excused for not totally getting her, but this past year has erased all doubt about who she really is: a MAGA mayor. So, thin-skinned or not, Mayor Mattie Parker is most definitely a turkey.
When it comes to Turkeys awarded for local sports, we might as well name the trophy after Jerry Jones. Whether the natural-gas baron cosplaying as a football guy is shipping off two first-round picks for Joey Galloway or taking suggestive bathroom selfies with girls a third his age, football-related or not, it seems like every year the Cowboys owner can find a way to put another Turkey on his mantle easily the only trophies he’s managed to win over the last three decades.
intrepid “leadership”? Other than culture-war nonsense that nobody but crazed and crazy Christian Nationalists asked for?
Is Texas safer? Some of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history have happened in this state, and we lead the nation in gun deaths among children, so that’s a firm “no.” Is Texas smarter? We’re ranked 41st overall, so another “no.” Is Texas’ middle class earning more? We’re 31st for average annual salary, so you do the math. But if you’re transitioning, you’d better choose the proper restroom, and if you’re any other minority doing anything else normal and routine, you’d better play by the new rules, or the political-media hate machine — which encompasses every outlet from the StarTelegram to The New York Times, CBS, Washington Post, CNN, and ABC — will prop you up to tear you down. The sane-washing, both-sidesing msm’s point is to suck up to the billionaires really running the show and the GOP’s hateful, mostly poorly educated, clearly subconsciously self-loathing base, who just happen to vote consistently. That’s it.
Who would put a church, no matter how well-meaning or, in the case of Mercy Culture, not-so-well-meaning, over an entire neighborhood’s desire? Who would think it would be a good idea in the middle of a heated city council meeting to talk smack to an upstanding member of the Black community? Who would go along with Texas Education Commissar Mike Morath’s Great White Hope leadership that will fix “woke, DEI-influenced” FWISD? In a country inching toward authoritarianism, who would want less public input, not more? And who would escalate a political disagreement into the cosmic realm, when the decent thing would have been to issue a simple and, we’d hope, heartfelt apology?
In theory, having nonpartisan mayors might not be a bad idea. In reality, not so much. We prefer that city leaders be open about their political leanings. Obviously, Mayor Parker isn’t politically neutral. After all, she’s dependent on a MAGA Republican establishment to contribute to her campaigns and stand by her side, especially in the midst of so-called spiritual warfare, and Trump bootlicker Gov. Greg Abbott endorsed her, so there’s that.
This year’s honor was earned as a result of his handling of the Micah Parsons situation. It’s not so much the decision to move on from the three-time All Pro but in the ugly, protracted process that played out over the year leading up to it. The drawn-out stalemate resulted in a mediocre Cowboys defense in 2024 becoming an all-time bad one in 2025. It’s probably never a good idea to intentionally subtract one of the league’s elite pass rushers from your roster, especially if that one alone can fairly successfully hide many of your defensive deficiencies. Much less so to do it on the eve of Week 1. Moving Parsons to Green Bay was confusing, poorly timed, and reactionary. In other words, quintessentially Cowboys.
One of Jones’ patented folksy expressions is “Don’t let your money get mad.” Solid advice for keeping emotions out of business dealings. However, Parsons’ sudden and unexpected banishment from the warm, nurturing bosom of the Silver and Blue is evidence that Jerruh did in fact do just that. As it dragged on and on, the very public gamesmanship between Jones and Parsons eventually got mean, and the former took it personally.
Again, the decision not to cede $47M a year to a prima donna podcast host daylighting as a perennial NFL Defensive Player of the Year candidate isn’t an indefensible position, but if you’re going to do it, you make the choice early enough to maximize return. In hindsight, the net result of the value of the deal is likely a wash. In return for “The Lion Queen,” Jerry flipped one of our two first-round picks at the deadline for bullrush continued on page 5
defensive tackle Quinnen Williams. It’s too late for Jerry’s deadline scrambling to save the season. It’s all the harder to take because the quarterback he’s paying $65M a year is earning every dollar of it so far this year. A better record would warrant legitimate MVP consideration for Dak Prescott. What a waste.
Though certainly not as egregious a move as the one executed by his basketball counterpart with the Mavs, the Parsons trade suggests Jerry was inspired by the same motivation. Emotion got the better of whatever rational judgment may still exist in his Johnny Walker-addled mind.
To be honest, some of the stuff we’ve seen on the walls of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has made us want to take it down and lock it up. We haven’t done that because that would be art theft. Well, the Fort Worth Police Department did just that this past winter, and when that happens, it’s called government censorship.
After County Judge Tim O’Hare called for a criminal investigation, the coppers seized five photographs by Sally Mann of her own unclothed young children from the Modern’s Diaries of Home exhibit. Never mind that said photographs have been exhibited elsewhere without incident or that those grown-up children approved the pictures’ use in this manner. The police took more action against an art museum than any American law-enforcement agency since Cincinnati tried to ban Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs in the
early 1990s. Oh, and FWPD spent $7,000 of your taxpayer dollars traveling to New York City (and probably dining out at Gramercy Tavern) to investigate leads when scholarly articles about Mann were available at the touch of a button. Fortunately, a grand jury declined to return an indictment against the museum, forcing the police to return the seized artwork. The damage is done, though. How eager are the world’s bigname artists going to be to send their pieces to Fort Worth knowing that their work might well be locked away in some police evidence room just because some right-wing trolls decide to score a few political points? For O’Hare and the cops, a turkey within a turkey for them.
The federal government shutdown that lasted a record-breaking 43 days accomplished nothing on either side, unless you count creating more unnecessary chaos and making it even harder to afford health insurance next year an “accomplishment” on a technical level. The shutdown stopped payments for starving families, forced tens of thousands of government employees to work longer hours for no pay, and somehow made Congress even less productive. The only way the last could be worse is if someone opened the Capitol’s domed roof and poured in enough quick-drying cement to engulf everyone sitting in the House and the Senate. There’s no good angle to the shutdown, including the fact that it outed Tarrant County GOP chair Bo French as an even bigger racist than we all normally thought. During the height of the shutdown, the local Republican Party’s dollar-store Howard Hamlin got on his X account and posted what he probably thought was a hilarious joke about stalled SNAP benefits. The post started with a blatant
The Cowboys’ reactionary, seat-of-their-pants approach to running their organization has again lost them another season.
threat encouraging his followers to arm themselves and ended with a racist crack, “All I can say is avoid city centers, stay strapped, carry spare mags, and have a plan to keep your family safe. When the hoards are chimping out, everyone is at risk.”
You don’t need me to tell you that French didn’t apologize. Far from it. Instead, he went back on X the following day to post this little nugget of numbskullery. “November 1, 2025, is National Chimp Out Day. It’s going to be lit.”
For starters, “chimping” is not a verb, so he’s not only being racist. He’s also proving Texas really needs to overhaul its education system. Then there’s the obvious racist connotation of likening Blacks to primates, which has been happening for centuries, and the application of the hip-hop slang term “lit.” It’s safe to say this guy is a racist POS.
Citizens and political leaders called for French to resign from his chairman position, and he did. But don’t get excited. He stepped down to run for Texas Railroad Commissioner next year.
Nine months ago, now-former Dallas Mavericks General Manager Nico Harrison sat in front of a roomful of reporters, smirking and laughing, and instantly became the most hated man in the history of DFW sports. Perhaps never to be unseated from that ignominious throne. In a world where Jerry Jones exists, that’s really saying something. Harrison’s tone-deaf jocularity came during the impromptu press conference called in February to address the now-infamous trade he pulled off in the dead of night with the Los Angeles Lakers. The offhand way in which he explained himself for sending away phenom point guard Luka Dončić — a beloved superstar just entering the prime of his career and on a trajectory that suggested that when all was said and done, he would likely leave a Top5-player-to-ever-do-it-type legacy — should have been the first indication that Harrison just didn’t understand the magnitude of what he was doing. That lack of realization in and of itself should be considered professional malpractice for a supposed basketball GM, to say nothing of the merits of the move. Now, our little basketball lives will never be the same.
Compounding the vitriol aimed at Harrison for his initial confusion and dismissiveness regarding fans’ anger and heartbreak was his woefully questionable rationale for the jettisoning of the perennial MVP candidate in the first place. It seemed to center on a perception that Dončić, due a massive supermax contract extension in the coming offseason, somehow wouldn’t be worth the money. In Harrison’s mind, a questionable work ethic, consistent injury concerns attributed to a supposed lack of attention to conditioning, and a reported enthusiasm for the party life coupled continued on page 6
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with a perceived stubbornness to changing his habits, had convinced Nico that Luka couldn’t be trusted to be on the court for the majority of the deal. Harrison was apparently successful in convincing a decidedly non-basketball-focused ownership group of the same.
The great irony is the return on the trade: mid-30s Anthony Davis, whose nickname is “Street Clothes” because he wears them during games so often due to injury. Davis has played just 14 of a possible 46 games for the Mavs since coming from L.A. The irony has not been lost on anyone — except Harrison.
Since the trade, “Fire Nico!” has become an area mantra. It’s almost as popular as “Remember the Alamo!” — maybe even more so, because crowds at the AAC when the Stars are playing and at high school football games aren’t chanting that for no reason at all the way they are “Fire Nico!”
Just last week, the pitchfork-wielding mob finally got their pound of flesh. With the Mavericks off to their worst start since 2017, Harrison was finally shown the door, descending his secret crowd-avoiding AAC escape route for the last time.
So now what? Ownership listening to fans and offering Nico up for sacrifice might be the first step toward placating some fans who had abandoned the team, but it does nothing to actually fix the mess Harrison’s ego has put the franchise in. It smacks of the same unfulfilling sense of frustration now being directed at Joe Rogan and the rest of the podcast man-o-sphere for their sudden regret over the influence they had over the 2024 election.
equity manager denied the bit about abortions but admitted to having cheated on his wife and said she had forgiven him. Gee, that sounds really nice for him. He also said he wouldn’t run for reelection but would stay in office for the remaining 18 months of his term, despite calls from fellow House Republicans to resign.
Whether he paid for abortions or not before he wrote the legislation to outlaw them in Texas, this guy sure seems to think that sexual morality applies to everybody except himself. Instead of a turkey, we’re giving him a gift certificate to the Chuck E. Cheese location where he allegedly met Grace to hand her envelopes of cash. Maybe he can slip some money to the staff, and they can put some turkey on his pizza.
While it’s nice, we suppose, when someone admits they fucked up, the damage has already been done, and the rest of us still have to live with the consequences.
We figured that the Republican Party’s push to outlaw abortion would bring a few men’s skeletons out of the closet. Step forward, Giovanni Capriglione. The Keller state rep’s website touts his 100% pro-life voting record and his vote to defund Planned Parenthood, but it seems as though he’s more flexible about it in his private life.
This past summer saw a conservative website air an interview with former exotic dancer Alex Grace in which she alleged a 17-year affair with Capriglione that included him paying for numerous abortions. In response, the former private
Speaking of Capriglione, guess who’s running for his seat in the Texas Legislature? That would be Keller Mayor Armin Mazani. If you’ve heard that name before, he’s the guy who bashed Pride Kel-So as exposing children to so-called highly sexualized content. Wow, that’s a nice set of elected officials that Keller has, right? Gotta hand it to them. They’re making Southlake look as liberal as Portland, Oregon, by comparison.
To be fair, Mazani wasn’t the only Republican spreading lies about the LGBTQ+ event that took place last month on private land owned by a church between the cities of Keller and Southlake. Tarrant County Republican Party chairman Bo French also accused gays of grooming children (a slander as old as saying that Jews are pedophiles) and called trans people mentally deranged. Yes, these guys are probably just out for votes, but what a scummy way to get them, especially when Texas gun nuts are posting on social media about shooting up these events.
We’ll be the first to admit that they have some good restaurants over in Dallas, but are their restaurants six times better than ours? The folks at the famous Michelin Guide to eateries all over the world seem to think so. The French-based publication finally announced (amid much fanfare) they were rating North Texas establishments, but when the 2025 edition of the guide came out, 25 restaurants in Dallas County rated a mention while a measly four on our side of the county line made the cut.
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Who knows? Maybe the Michelin raters canvassed Fort Worth thoroughly and decided that the likes of Walloon’s and Grace and Michael’s and all the others just weren’t up to their standard. It would be fine (although a blow to our civic pride) if that’s what happened, but we don’t know that because the Michelin folks are hush-hush about where they go for dinner. Four listed restaurants makes it look like they gave our town only a cursory go-over to concentrate on the bigger city to our east.
Possibly all our local dining institutions need to raise their game, but we’re betting that the raters made the same mistake as so many out-of-towners and mistook our city for a glorified suburb of Dallas. If that’s how it was, then they richly deserve their turkey. We’re giving them a deconstructed bird cooked sous vide and served with sage foam and apple gel on the side while a server pops a balloon over their heads that releases cranberry scent. We might not get anything like that at our local restaurants, but we know their worth.
Granted, $300 million is a lot to say no to. That’s what Fort Worth City Council was facing this past summer when the urban core-hating Trump White House told cities to end their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives or face the loss of federal funding. At the city council meeting in August, a veritable parade of speakers asked the council to stand up and stand alongside cities like Seattle and Portland that said, eh, no thanks, tRump. Fort Worth had the chance to not only obey the will of the voters but also show the nation that this city would welcome marginalized communities just like those Pacific Northwest villes (and we have a lot more sunshine).
Instead, council backed down. A 7-4 vote ended the city’s commitment to improving the lives of people of color, women, and the LGBTQ+ community. The councilmembers can truthfully claim that they’re being bullied by Jeffrey Epstein’s good buddy in Washington, but that doesn’t do much to help anyone or change the fact that they caved. Would we have voted for those people in May if we’d known they would show so little backbone in August? Since that’s the case, we’re not giving them the backbone of the turkey. Rather, we’re giving them all white meat, because their actions will surely make Fort Worth a whiter and more boring place.
Just mentioning Mercy Culture Church to some fellow residents can produce the kind of massive,
throbbing headache that you’d decapitate yourself with a plastic butterknife just to end. Since the Johnson Amendment, which prevents nonprofits from participating in political endorsements, means nothing anymore, this “church” hasn’t been dipping its toes into the pool of political persuasion. This year, it did a full-on, Ron Burgundystyle cannonball.
The controversial establishment that’s more associated with the word “cult” than Ian Astbury already had a sketchy reputation of inserting itself into local and national politics. A 2022 joint investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribute found three instances in a span of three months in which Senior Pastor Landon Schott openly endorsed candidates in sermons. Last year, a whistleblower who escaped the Northside compound said Mercy Culture not only openly endorsed additional candidates, including Sheriff Bill Waybourn. She
also said she endured two years of harassment and racist remarks by staffers and congregants.
This past year, the holy house of holy shit run by the married team of Landon and Heather Schott stepped out of the shadows with its political persuasion powers and openly embraced its obvious biases. Landon jumped on social media to celebrate the fact that his Mercy Culture preparatory school had the lowest rate of vaccinated students in the state, saying, “We value our HEALTH & FREEDOM!”
The church also not only brought back elder Michael Brown, who was revealed to have engaged in “sexually abusive misconduct” in the 2000s, according to at least two third-party investigations. Mercy Culture celebrated his return during a service with confetti, presumably made from the shredded remains of the sexual misconduct reports.
Most recently, the church created its own online school to train religious candidates on how to run effective campaigns for public office. Mercy Culture even recruited Texas Rep. Nate Schatzline to teach at and release a video ad for Campaign University in which he said the “university” wanted to recruit candidates who would bring “the values that Scripture teaches us into every realm of the Earth.”
We can probably assume Schatzline and the Schotts aren’t referring to Philippians 2: 3-4: “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.” l
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By Texas Recap
In Fort Worth, the Stop 6 community is often underrepresented in access to care. Texas Care Stop 6 (tk) hopes to change that. Its Medicaid-covered behavioral health clinic for children and families is led by Khadijah Johnson, who is rethinking care delivery and making it more accessible than ever. According to TexasRecap.com, the clinic’s mission is to eliminate the barriers that keep families from seeking help. The clinic is reaching those in need directly—at home, in schools, and in the community.
When Johnson opened Texas Care Stop 6, she knew many families in Fort Worth faced a profound yet straightforward problem: they could not access quality behavioral health care for their children. Whether it was long
waiting lists, transportation difficulties, or simply the overwhelming complexity of navigating the health care system, families were left without the support they needed. She had a vision to remove these barriers altogether. “Families shouldn’t have to wait months for help or travel across town for support,” she told TexasRecap.com. “At Texas Care Stop 6, we bring care to you where your child feels most comfortable, and we do it with compassion, respect, and consistency.”
Unlike traditional clinics, where families must adhere to rigid schedules and wait weeks, sometimes months, for appointments, Texas Care Stop 6 is designed to meet families where they are. The clinic focuses on providing in-home and community-based care, ensuring that children and families who need it most can access services without the stress of travel or waitlists. “We’re able to respond quickly and adjust our services to fit the unique needs of each family,” says Johnson. “Our team gets to know the children and their families personally, building relationships that last beyond a single session or program.”
The clinic offers a wide range of services, including counseling, skills training, and family support, all covered by Medicaid at no cost to families. And because there is no waitlist, services are available immediately, allowing families to begin their care without the delays that often burden other providers.
As part of the Texas Care franchise network, Texas Care Stop 6 follows a proven, family-centered model, but Johnson has also tailored her approach to the local community’s needs. “We’re here to build trust and make sure that the families
we serve see real progress,” she explains. “Our team works with the family every step of the way, providing continuous support until we see measurable results.”
This hands-on approach has earned Texas Care Stop 6 the trust of the community’s families. And as part of its commitment to high standards, the clinic is accredited by the Better Business Bureau (BBB), and is a member of the Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce (FWMBCC), further cementing its standing as a reliable and trustworthy service provider in Fort Worth.
For families in Fort Worth, the promise of no waitlist, no cost, and care that comes to them is a game-changer.
Whether it’s providing early intervention for children facing mental health challenges or
offering ongoing support for families navigating tough times, Texas Care Stop 6 is committed to helping every child thrive. “We’re not just a service. We’re a partner in the family’s journey toward better health and a brighter future,” says Johnson.
For those needing support, Texas Care Stop 6 is a trusted ally that delivers high-quality, personalized care right where it’s needed. For more information about the services Texas Care Stop 6 provides, visit their website at Stop6.TexasCareCenter. com. Follow them on Facebook, Instagram, and Nextdoor, and discover how they’re making behavioral health care more accessible for families in Fort Worth.
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BY BUCK D. ELLIOTT
We’re all guilty of it. Part of aging into the finest version of ourselves is an increased willingness to admit our wrongs, stupid decisions, and miscalls. I’m not perfect. I still possess JCPenney stock, cargo pants, and hope for the American middle class. However, unwavering pride that prevents us from reversing course on bonehead calls of the past is one the seven deadly sins — and perhaps the most egregious in college football.
I wasn’t overly optimistic about the Frogs’ chances to pull the upset against once-defeated BYU late Saturday night. The TCU offense hasn’t played particularly well down the stretch, the Cougars still have plenty to fight for, and Head Coach Sonny Dykes and company have won on the road only twice this season. The end result wasn’t the worst defeat of Dykes’ TCU tenure, but it was the third and worst of the season as the Frogs dropped a seemingly uncontested dud 44-13.
The Frogs weren’t exactly boatraced but more freight-trained as the Cougars clearly and consistently steamed ahead for yards in chunks, never slowing down, and kept to a steady and consistent schedule. At the first stop, the score had already climbed to 17-0, and with nearly 20 minutes of game clock expelled, the Frogs’ offense was on the field for just over 3 of those. TCU drew as close as 10-24 late in the first half — mostly thanks to the sheer will of receiver Eric McAllister (#1) — but the 17-point lead held through halftime, and the Frogs were never able to come any closer than a two-touchdown deficit.
The defense, which is still markedly improved over last season, was fully exposed as unable to stop the power run, quarterback run, or midrange passing attack. It’s entirely possible the Cougars could have won this game by more than a touchdown by throwing zero passes, but Bear Bachmeier (#47) completed 23 of them for nearly 300 yards anyway while running and throwing for a touchdown
of each flavor. The Cougars accumulated 28 first downs (nearly twice that of the Frogs) and successfully converted two of three fourth-down attempts. Bachmeier was hurried occasionally, but the point of attack was all BYU as a new line of scrimmage was established on nearly every run between the tackles while the purple defensive front was bullied back.
All the aforementioned is really just window dressing, pre-snap movement, a bait-and-switch for what we should all be discussing. Saturday was the TCU offense’s second-lowest scoring performance and lowest total-yard outing since OC Kendal Briles arrived in Fort Worth. The Frogs’ 41-3 loss to Kansas State during Briles’ first year was the worst scoring effort, but 2023 TCU outgained Saturday’s squad by a handful of yards. No matter where it falls in the statistics, the offense is broken. Injuries to offensive linemen and the backfield aside, there is simply too much talent languishing on this roster for the Frogs to be this inefficient, out of sync, and underachieving.
red-zone scoring, or any predictable future for an offense not completely predicated on outstanding quarterback play to function. Josh Hoover (#10) is an objectively good quarterback, and ignoring such is a dangerous assumption there’s another as good as or better coming down the line or out of the portal. (There probably isn’t.) Despite Hoover’s potential, he’s thrown 10 interceptions this year and put the ball on the turf four times (though none of them were lost) — not a model of efficiency.
Over seven conference games, TCU has five scoreless first quarters. The first frame is where an offense should be rolling off a script, with extremely tight execution and without being stymied by defensive adjustments. During nine “real” games (ACU doesn’t count), the Frogs have scored 24 total first-quarter points and are not even averaging a field goal across the season. That is objectively awful.
I don’t know what else needs to be said, other than: “Stop being too proud to recognize you were wrong, Coach.” I’m not convinced Dykes should pack up shop and the staff should be liquidated, but I’m increasingly among the minority. In the immortal words of Big Tom from the 1995 teenage-boy classic Tommy Boy: “In [college football], you’re either growing or you’re dying. There ain’t no third direction.” That sentiment, though it was originally quoted for auto parts, has never been truer for the college game than it is today. Sending Briles down the road is the least cataclysmic and most restrained response that could possibly be made to a second underwhelming season among the last three.
Sometimes the “I” test is all you need. “I” see Cougar receivers running downfield in open patches of grass. “I” saw Cyclone tight ends using formations to find effective matchups against run-stopping linebackers. “I” see Horned Frogs in tight coverage being locked up by corners and safeties. Either Briles’ play design is ineffective, the calls are ill-timed, the entire system is flawed, or all of the above. Dykes is a good coach and will publicly defend his coordinators, but I know what my eyes see, and as a much greater football mind than me, he undoubtedly does also.
It’s rare for a coordinator hire to draw as many visceral reactions as Kendal Briles did. He also had the misfortune of trying to replace Garrett Riley, who had tremendous success for one season, then bounced for Clemson, which isn’t doing much better currently. Briles also carried unprecedented baggage from a scandal at a rival university. Admittedly, most of this is not fair to the man himself, but we’re past that now. It’s nearing the end of three seasons without a running game, reliable
I’m not privy to what is happening in closed offices around the TCU athletic complex, but if Dykes is not seriously entertaining the notion of retooling the offense with new leadership, then hopefully someone is appealing to the greater good to consider it. If nothing changes, or Dykes is too proud to fix what is obviously broken, everyone, including the staff, players, and fans, will continue to watch this team with ever-increasing, almost comforting apathy.
TCU visits the 8-2 Houston Cougars Saturday afternoon. The Cougs are still in the mathematical hunt for a conference-title-game berth. U of H has a more balanced offensive attack than the Frogs (they actually run the ball effectively) and have lost only to Tech and somehow West Virginia. This is a homecoming of sorts for Briles, who has both coached and played there. You can bet he’ll be pulling out all the stops to save his job or at the very least increase his stock for the next one he senses is coming. Unless Dykes is fully committed to jumping on the grenade the way his predecessor Gary Patterson did, Briles will surely be the fall guy for Dykes to receive one more season with the big whistle — but a short leash. Yet if Dykes doesn’t offer his sacrificial lamb soon, he might be joining the coordinator he’s too proud to fire on the coaching carousel. l
While I do enjoy cooking, I’d much rather show up to the party with my culinary contribution of choice in hand and let the adults handle the #RealMealDeal. That way, I can enjoy the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and settle into my holiday shopping research and my quest to #KeepItLocal. So, I’m quite thankful that local businesses have some tasty-sounding options on deck, she says while whipping out her credit card.
1.) If you’re reading this first thing Wednesday morning, you still have time to order some great sides from Bonnell’s Fine Texas Cuisine (4259 Bryant Irvin Rd, Fort Worth, 817-738-5489), the Thanksgiving go-to for many locals for the past 15 years. Green chili cheese grits, Southwest cornbread stuffing, garlic mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, and green bean almondine are available at $100 for large (serves 12-16), $75 for medium (serves 8-10), or $50 for small (serves 4-6). Place your order now at BonnellsTexas.com. If it’s past noon Wed, Nov 19, move on to No. 2.
2.) I prefer my cranberry sauce as nature intended: straight from the can in jelly form, with can lines serving as slicing guides. For something more creative, especially if the meats are smoked, consider Braswell’s cranberry jalapeno relish for $7.95 at Braswells.com. This nontraditional relish features cranberries and both red and green jalapenos. Serve as a side or pair with brie or cream cheese for an instant appetizer. Texas brand Red River Relish offers Jammin’ Cranberry Jalapeno in three-packs of half-pint jars for $24 at RedRiverRelish.com.
3.) I’m also very picky about my dressing, yes, dressing. If it’s not up the turkey’s butt, then it’s not “stuffing.” When I make it myself, it’s quite a chore, so I’m tempted to pick up a pan of savory cornbread dressing from Central Market in Fort Worth (4651 W Fwy, 817-989-4700) or Southlake (1425 E Southlake Blvd, 817-310-5600). But if I’m buying it instead of slaving over it, maybe I’ll be adventurous this year and try the butternut squash and apple dressing, the Italian sausage bread stuffing, or the jalapeno-pecan dressing, which is my current interest. Each variety is $24.99 and serves 6-8. Order for in-store pickup at CentralMarket.com.
4.) Owned by Keller native Naomi Hale, cottage caterer Crafty as Hale (817-915-6444) is making turkey-shaped chocolate-covered strawberries this year. Order boxes of eight to 24 for $35-60 by messaging her at Facebook.com/CraftyasHale.
5.) Grazing the Bar (121 Olive St, Keller, 817675-8651) is making Thanksgiving-themed charcuterie boards that will be available at the bar’s commercial kitchen, but there are delivery options, too.
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Main, Fort Worth, 682-233-3785) is offering handcrafted family sides for $45 each. A standout is the sweet tater casserole, made with toasted marshmallows, spiced pecans, and honey. You can also order a pan of Golden Oreo Banana Pudding, featuring homemade dulce de leche, fresh whipped cream, and sliced bananas.
7.) If you can’t decide what kind of pie to bring, consider Pie Petit Fours in three flavors from Swiss Pastry Shop (3936 W Vickery Blvd, Fort Worth, 817-732-5661). This family-owned European-style bakery offers chocolate, lemon, and raspberry for $28 per dozen. To ensure availability, order these — along with the shop’s other Thanksgiving offerings — as soon as possible by calling the store.
8.) Word has it that specialty grocer Vending Nut Co. (2222 Montgomery St, Fort Worth, 817-7373071) has an amazing pecan pie. They tend to sell out quickly, so it’s best to call ahead and preorder as soon as possible. The deep-dish 9-inch version is $26.95, and individual 3-inch pies are $3.95 each.
By Elaine Wilder
Yoichi’s high pedigree is matched only by the excellence of the cuisine.
Yoichi Omakase and Handroll Bar, 711 W Magnolia Av, Fort Worth. 682-326-1994.
4:30-9:30pm Sun-Thu, 4:30-10:30pm Fri-Sat.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY CODY NEATHERY
The blade tip of the knife in the hand of Chef Ian Kim gently glided into the yellowtail meat with a precision that translated into meticulous
experience to Fort Worth’s dining scene, and we are grateful.
presentation for each dish served from the staff manning the open kitchen at Yoichi (meaning “night market” in Japanese). West Magnolia Avenue’s newest Asian eatery in the former Shinjuku site softly opened in early October with a focus on the omakase and handroll experience that locals are familiar with due to fan favorite Hatsuyuki in the West 7th corridor.
Along with Chef Ian are two partners: Chef Won Suhr, who trained at Tsuji Culinary Institute in Osaka, Japan; and Chef Mark Kim, with 20 years of sushi craft experience. All three have established their reputations by working in some of Dallas’ premier sushi restaurants, including Nobu, Uchi, Crown Block, and Sushi by Scratch. These masters of their profession have brought their collective
The slices of the mild yellowtail came served in a scalloped bowl, resting in a shallow pool of tangy mustard-garlic ponzu topped with crunchy onion chips and Thai chili. This dish of hamachi was an encouraging start to dinner.
Appetizers of miso soup, shishito peppers, and edamame are safe choices, but the wasabi-flavored baby octopus may offer the most intrigue. The robust flavor of the wasabi without a sinus-clearing amount of horseradish worked nicely with the fishy tentacles. continued on page 15
Since it’s bad luck to pour your own sake, my guest and I took turns serving each other from a cold, unfiltered bottle as we cruised through each selection of crudo, or raw fish or seafood simply dressed with citrus, vinegar, olive oil, and/or other seasonings.
The slightly sweet rice-based alcohol paired well with the Bluefin tuna crudo surrounded by vinegary coconut zu (juice) and topped with coconut jelly and honeydew squares along with mint leaves for an uplifting pop. White truffle oil and sesame miso sauce blended well when scooped with a slice of silky salmon crudo covered with a crispy rice cracker known as bubu arare for contrast. The sweet-and-sour onion pear zu joined well with the relish and crackling kataifi (traditional Middle Eastern dough), which brightly complemented the slivers of snapper crudo.
Along with a paper menu, wood blocks on the brick wall announce your choices and the specials of the day. Any questions will be gladly answered by the friendly staff. My guest and I opted for two of the specials served as nigiri: the salmon toro (fatty salmon belly), which was obnoxiously good thanks to its rich, velvety, subtly sweet characteristics; and the sawara, a Japanese Spanish mackerel, torched to a light surface char and brushed with brown butter garlic sauce. My guest and I agreed this was the best bite of the dinner.
From the regular menu, we went with the hotate (Hokkaido scallop), a charred delectable bite, and the botan ebi (sweet shrimp), which
stayed true to its title. The most interesting part of the dish was the flash-fried shrimp head. Chef Won recommended to bite into the underside of the fused head and thorax, where the meat resides, then polish off the rest, allowing the eater a chance to look into the beady eyes of the crustacean.
Some nigiri options share meat with the crudo. Other items include salmon egg, freshwater eel, and deep-red tuna. Moving onto the handrolls, we kept it simple by ordering a spicy tuna and crab that came rather
plump with meat and rice, making the price points attractive. There are pre-chosen options ranging from three to five rolls with slightly lower pricing than ordering a la carte. Shrimp katsu, unagi, and negi hama make appearances alongside vegetarian rolls such as avocado, eggplant, and seasoned Japanese gourd shaving. Adventurous diners putting themselves into the hands of the creators can enjoy omakase, featuring a chef’s choice of the season’s best for $85.
The restaurant’s logo of an owl with one eye, hand-drawn by Chef Ian, symbolizes a collaborated growth between Yoichi and the surrounding
neighborhood, using experiences and stories to come together to form and see with the second eye. A goal worth looking forward to. l
As a mom, Mandy Hand can’t really network out on the town like most local artists. She’s lucky she can make it to her gigs, and there’s been a lot of them during her nearly three decades of musicmaking. Still, she’s managed to develop a tight group of collaborators and partners in crime for her to be able to stick with music basically full time. With the breakup of her power-pop outfit Big Heaven last year, singer-songwriter Hand has gone solo. And she’s got the record to prove it. She released the EP Mandyland earlier this month on all streaming platforms.
Recorded with Taylor Tatsch at AudioStyles (Maren Morris, Cut Throat Finches, Jack Barksdale) and Clint Niosi at Orange Otter Audio (Broke String Burnett, BLKrKRT, Stem Afternoon), the five tracks bear Hand’s trademark ’80s-style rock.
“The EP makes me feel relieved, proud, and, after all the mixes, I turn it on Spotify, and it makes me feel something, and I love it,” Hand said. “I want people to relate. I want people to hear it and say, ‘Wow, I’ve been there’ and have the music itself move them. I really want to be listened to and be heard. I hope listeners think the album is fun to listen to and want to sing along,
and if it reminds them of Big Heaven, I’m really proud of that, too.”
Inspired by a spiritual experience at the dunes of Monahans Sandhills in West Texas, Hand layers lots of synths and vocals together for an ethereal feel. When buttressed against some blistering rock guitar on a couple tracks, it’s all dynamically catchy. Hand is in the process of building a backing band. Big Heaven drummer Sam Dobbin and bassist Jeff Zero are already on board. Now, she’s looking for a versatile lead guitarist and keyboardist. She’ll handle keys and rhythm guitar herself for now. Hand is looking at March to debut her outfit onstage.
“I decided that I really needed to put the band together to be seen more,” she said. “As far as playing solo and making decisions in the studio, I do like that because I have in my mind what I want.” — Anthony Mariani and Juan R. Govea
BY MARK HENRICKS
Six years ago, Steve Troum was a Southlake hand surgeon with a yen to take his longtime love of songwriting to the next level. Now, he’s also the frontman for Fort Worth indie trio The Troumatics, who have just released their sophomore album. Keep on Flowing consists of 10 original songs portraying a dysfunctional world over a soundtrack of ’90s college alt-rock.
This record takes a different tack than The Troumatics’ first effort, 2023’s Watch Me Burn
Keep on Flowing is “a little bit more of a concept album,” Troum said, “and the subject matter is a little darker. On the first album, a lot of the songs were about relationships, girls or whatever.”
For 2025, Troum mostly left romance behind to focus on worries about the pandemic, misinformation, political conflicts, generational rivalries, and top-down societal rot.
While the music is mostly up-tempo and fun to listen to, the spotlight is on that somber messaging. This album is built on expressive writing more than danceable beats, shimmering guitar licks, or ear-grabbing vocals.
“Front and center is going to be the melody and the lyrics,” Troum said. “That’s what drives the song.”
Individual tracks were separately recorded in various locations by one of several different wellknown producers, including Todd Pipes (Deep Blue Something, Flickerstick, Drowning Pool), Taylor Tatsch (Maren Morris, Cut Throat Finches, Shadows of Jets), and Joe Tacke (Mean Motor Scooter, Uncle Toasty). While Troum handles all the guitar and lead vocals, other band personnel also varied. On most, bassist Wyatt Webb — another physician — and drummer Dan Elliot provided rhythm and background vocals. A few songs have contributions from Pipes on bass as well as previous members of the band’s rhythm section.
Leadoff track “I Am a River” contributes the album title from one of its lyrics. It starts with a catchy guitar riff and features some psychedelic feedback in the background, then urges listeners to stay strong and true despite twisted media portrayals of events and issues. “All these facts are not as they seem,” Troum sings, “More trash thrown in my stream.”
For “Cigarette Love,” Troum varies from the album’s romance-free theme with a love song about a nerdy guy hooked on a tough girl. With promises like “I swear I’ll be there to save you with my love,” it shows the songwriter’s more hopeful side.
The darkness descends again with “Why This World.” A drum intro segues into lyrics describing how powerful elites stall real change for the better.
“Who Is On the Outside (feat ItsErnie)” — possibly the record’s standout track — features hip-hop artist ItsErnie splitting verses with Troum on how ordinary people are helpless to make things better.
“What’s the opposite of progress? Congress!” ItsErnie raps in one ripped-from-the-headlines lyric.
If you’ve ever noticed how yesterday’s rebels morph into today’s reactionaries, you’ll get “History Echoing.” Troum warns Gen Zs complaining about Boomers, “When you meet the next generation, they’ll point to you just the same.” The track also features a tasty if brief guitar solo, one of Troum’s few steps away from steady rhythm work on this record. There’s one cover, an able rendition of “Sympathy for the Devil.” Troum left that one off the digital release, which follows “Chloroform,” an out-there vision of dosing everyone with the antique anesthetic in the hope that, when we awoke, we’d get along better. The song makes good use of harmonica riffs and wah pedal to vary from the rhythmic strumming that dominates most tracks.
“Civil War” is a bit more hopeful, suggesting that we might be able to overcome our current political division. Maybe. Or maybe the nonsense refrain — “Woo-hoo-hoo la-la-la oh yeah” — tells us how Troum views the real chances of that happening.
And just in case the album’s darkness overwhelms, Troum offers an escape with a couple of drinking songs. “Raise Yer Glass” is a rowdy shouter he says was influenced by pub drinking songs from a century ago. “Whiskey Christmas” takes a similar approach in the context of the year-end holiday.
Troum and the band he formed in 2019 have put together a solid sophomore effort that could provide a springboard to greater things. Several singles that Troum released separately are already getting airplay, especially on college stations. That’s similar to the band’s first album. What’s different this time is that The Troumatics are getting some real recognition that may put them into a place that the Troum from six years ago could hardly have imagined. l
It: Welcome to Derry largely hits with Kinginspired horror.
BY COLE WILLIAMS
death of her father and her resulting institutionalizing at Juniper Hill Asylum that make facing her fellow high school students so challenging. Will Hanlon (Blake Cameron James) worries that his Air Force pilot father will die in a plane crash, and Ronnie Grogan (Amanda Christine) deals with the guilt of her mother dying in childbirth and, after the end of the first episode, her father being taken in as a suspect in the deaths of some of Derry’s children. And speaking of the kids, don’t get too attached to all of them. Unlike the movies’ heroes, none of the kids featured here are guaranteed to reach adulthood beyond Will (father of the film’s Losers Club member Mike). This helps give the series a needed edge in tension while combating the prequel problem of viewers knowing most of how this story will play out, including that Pennywise will survive
And speaking of the titular killer clown, the show, as of Episode 4, has yet to fully reveal It’s most memorable form beyond brief teases and glimpses. A wise choice, giving the show a sense of escalation. Though it does mean that one of the most memorable parts of the movies isn’t around yet and that previews for upcoming episodes featuring his return played by big-screen Pennywise Bill Skarsgård, have a tense, even fun
But the series isn’t averse to some prequel problems. For one thing, we already know what Pennywise’s deal is, so a lot of the time we’re watching characters catch up to the audience. Another is giving an origin and explanation to things that didn’t need one. Does it really
matter why Pennywise stays within the confines of Derry beyond the town being its hunting grounds?
Despite the length of the book and films, It is a relatively focused story, primarily following the children hunted by Pennywise. Here, we’ve got the children, a set of parents, the military, and Dick Holloran (Chris Chalk) from The Shining , expanding his role from an off-handed mention in the book. This wouldn’t be so bad if the children’s storylines weren’t so much more immediate and tension-filled, as they are It’s primary targets. That said, focusing only on them would risk being a retro-rehash of the movie, and some of the adults have had previous encounters with It, giving their scenes some weight. Still, this leads the series to feel wobbly in terms of focus and dramatic thrust but not so much that the viewer is ever lost or bored, especially since each episode has at least a handful of appearances by It, all but one of which are memorable, terrifying, and grotesque. Still, I devoured each episode as quickly as I could get them and plan to keep doing so with all future ones. So, while the show doesn’t exactly float to the top of King adaptations, it far from sinks into the sewers. l
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