The co-owner of Goodfriend Beer Garden and the Blind Butcher stopped by the Old Monk to talk about his early days as a bouncer at Trees and his plans to open a new package store that also serves incredible sandwiches. Plus the most amazing round of iPhone roulette ever.
Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Matt Tobin
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records
Former Dallas mayor and investigative journalist Laura Miller stopped by the Old Monk to talk about why she now spends her days fighting for clean coal and against proposed Preston Center developments. Plus the story behind her classic 1991 D Magazine piece on John Wiley Price.
Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Laura Miller
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records
Alan Peppard, longtime society columnist for the Dallas Morning News, talks about reporting on the city's elite, how he got his start at D Magazine, and why Troy Aikman hates our own Zac Crain.
Hosts: Tim Rogers, Zac Crain
Guest: Alan Peppard
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records
Comedian Paul Varghese stopped by the Old Monk yesterday to commiserate with Zac and guest co-host Eric Celeste over just how royally DeAndre Jordan screwed the Dallas Mavericks, why the Dallas comedy scene is even better than you realize, and what it's like to tell off-color jokes in an ultra-PC era. Also, for our more sensitive listeners, we must issue a MATURE CONTENT WARNING regarding some of the language in this episode, particularly in the third act.
Hosts: Zac Crain, Eric Celeste
Guest: Paul Varghese
Theme music: Shibboleth's "The Bavarian," from the 2008 album Experiment in Error (Idol Records