Fort Worth Has Finally Formally Recognized The Town's Toadies

Yesterday I received a message from Elsie Hotpepper telling me that the Star-Telegram is doing it again, with a link to that which the Star-Telegram had done again, which took me to an article titled How’s this for music-friendly? City to declare ‘Toadies Day’ in Fort Worth.

Elsie's phrase "doing it again" refers to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's tendency towards spewing embarrassing propaganda, touting something as being something special, when, well, it's not all that special.

Prior to Miss Hotpepper pointing me to it I had seen the headline for this article and had not bothered to read it. I remember thinking the headline seemed odd, as in the headline was asking how's this for music friendly. With, apparently, that music-friendliness being that Fort Worth had declared a special day for something called Toadies.

The article was short. I will copy the How’s this for music-friendly? City to declare ‘Toadies Day’ in Fort Worth article in its entirety...

The holiday season just got a little bit bigger around here.

Right smack in between Christmas and New Years, Fort Worth will now be celebrating ... Toadies Day.

The City of Fort Worth will formally recognize the Toadies’ contribution to the local music scene Saturday before the band’s show at Billy Bob’s Texas.

The certificate of recognition says, “in appreciation for their contributions to our local music culture,” according to the copy obtained by the Star-Telegram.

Fort Worth’s recognition of the Toadies’ contribution to music in North Texas comes on the heels of the city being designated in October as the first “music friendly community” in Texas by the Texas Music Office, a division of the office of Governor Greg Abbott.

So, because Fort Worth is celebrating Toadies Day the holiday season got a little bit bigger? Apparently the City of Fort Worth gives formal recognition to entities like Toadies.

Formal recognition?

Wouldn't informal recognition be sufficient for something so seemingly insignificant?

The Star-Telegram, in yet one more sterling example of the intrepid investigative journalism which that newspaper is not noted for, managed to obtain a copy of the Toadies Certificate of Recognition, which is what you see above. On that certificate, it being such an important document, Fort Worth's mayor, Betsy Price, and all the city's city council members, signed the certificate.

That last paragraph is puzzling. This recognition of the Toadies' came on the heels of the city being designated as the first music-friendly community in Texas?

The Toadie recognition came on the heels of something else? Heels?

Fort Worth is the first music-friendly community in Texas?

Did Austin secede from the state?

On Facebook, in response to this article, multiple people were puzzled. One person opined that Fort Worth is sadly lacking in music venues, with that person listing Billy Bob's, the Convention Center, Bass Hall and Panther Island as the town's only music venues.

The imaginary island as a music venue? That's just sad. I wonder if the Toadies have appeared at Panther Island, singing to all the floaters enjoying rocking the river...