Email Author Nick Rallo

2010 Stories by Nick Rallo

• Night Moves: Dallas' Dub Assembly and DJ Klaas Get Sweaty

  published Aug 23, 2010

  Maybe it was the intense heat--or the fact that the school semester begins this morning--but the dance crowd was out for Dallas' Dub Assembly at the Granada Theater on Saturday night. DJs Mundo, Roya... More >>

• Dish Extra: Great Burgers and Tiny Desserts

  published Aug 19, 2010

  Oh yeah, burgers of Dallasr Take that! Hanna Raskin zipped down to Mckinney to try her luck at the classic, unpretentious food at Square Burger: it was impressive. To quote Hanna: "You should go to ... More >>

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  Edible Guns are Food, Art and Very Disturbing

  published Aug 18, 2010

  Not sure if its the way you eat these, or the look on their consumer's faces, but these edible, flavored, iced guns (via Gawker and Gizmodo) are startling and bizarre. As Gawker noted, the flavor of t... More >>

• Night Moves: Robotnick and Dubstep Make You Sweat

  published Aug 16, 2010

  It was yet another busy weekend for the Lek Brothers. On Friday, they began with DJ Noah D at the Green Elephant, who spun dubstep alongside Dallas' Dub Assembly crew. Then they ventured to Brooklyn J... More >>

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  Picture Show: Idol Finalists Do it Live at the American Airlines Center

  published Aug 10, 2010

  If you're experiencing summer American Idol withdrawals, you had your chance last night to jump/scream at the best of the best on stage. The American Airlines Center hosted a big juicy chunk of the Id... More >>

• Night Moves: Atomikdog and Twin Shape at Lizard Lounge

  published Aug 09, 2010

  Holy hell, this was a busy music weekend. There was the Toadies' show at the Palladium and the Queensryche Cabaret at the House of Blues, and, of course, a whole bunch of DJs at The Lizard Lounge. On ... More >>

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  Presenting! The Completely Free Dallas Observer iPhone App

  published Aug 08, 2010

  Let's get right to the announcement: our brand-spanking new Dallas Observer iPhone App is available for download, right now, in the iTunes App Store. Before we launch into an epic "presenting" speech,... More >>

• Intense Sweetness and Pizza at Horne & Dekker

  published Aug 05, 2010

  Hanna Raskin focuses this week's Dish on Horne & Dekker, and the sweet (flavor), cutesy fun (as well as a Duck Goat Pizza) they have therein: Horne & Dekker Strives for Cutesy. Turns out, they... More >>

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  I'm Thirsty, Pass Me a Buffy The Vampire Slayer Blueberry

  published Aug 05, 2010

  An American Tradition: having a cane- sugar soda with a big damn sub sandwich. I mean, that sandwich better have a good ladle of oil & vinegar, some ribbons of lettuce, and two fistfuls of meat. A... More >>

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  Picture Show: The Street Tacos of Dallas

  published Aug 04, 2010

  Yesterday Taco Bell launched a new campaign: "Tacos." Cantina Tacos, that is, with corn tortillas. Heard of thoser Apparently the Bell's years of "Meximelts" and Nachos Bell Grande weren't serving the... More >>

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  Five Photos, Tattoos From Aerosmith and Blue October at Superpages

  published Aug 04, 2010

  Two things were present at the show from "America's Greatest Rock Band," Aerosmith, at Superpages.com Center last night, with openers Blue October: phallic microphones and tattoos. See more of Steven ... More >>

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  When Good Donuts Go Nuts at Hypnotic

  published Aug 02, 2010

  rAt Hypnotic Donuts early Sunday morning, creator James St. Peter had a big tease: next week he will debut the "no-more than 2,500 calorie" biscuit sandwich. What makes up the 2,500 caloriesr Fried c... More >>

• Picture Show: K104 Summer Jam at Verizon Theatre

  published Aug 02, 2010

  Ludacris, Ciara, Bay Bay, Dorrough, 8Ball MJG, Fat Pimp, and Tum Tum performed at the Verizon Theatre for K104's Summer Jam, presented by AEG, in Grand Prairie Saturday night, July 31st. See the full ... More >>

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  Picture Show: A Midsummer Night's Dream Party at Aura

  published Jul 30, 2010

  Shakespeare would've been awful damn proud of last night's party at the Aura Lounge, which was decked out with sparkly balls and a lot of plants. DJ Rev and DJ Avi were spinning for the night, while c... More >>

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  The Common Table Has Good Beer. The Foodr

  published Jul 29, 2010

  We didn't exactly love the Common Table, as Hanna Raskin points out in her Dish Column, but it sure is a good place to drink some beer. In their well-curated selection you can find a bottle-conditione... More >>

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  Picture Show: St. Vincent, Neon Indian at Pitchfork Music Festival 2010

  published Jul 27, 2010

  While we were busing sweating eyeballs at Lucero, Dallas friends St. Vincent and Neon Indian were in Chicago for Pitchfork Music Festival. We certainly weren't ignoring them. It was just too hot to bl... More >>

• Night Moves: Play Me Records Party at the Lizard Lounge

  published Jul 26, 2010

  DJ Reid Speed, a multi-genre DJ specializing in dubstep, drum and bass and electro, played the Lizard Lounge Saturday, July 24, for the Play Me Records Party (out of California). DJ Titan was also on ... More >>

• Picture Show: New Pornographers, The Dodos at Gilley's

  published Jul 26, 2010

  Neko Case joined the New Pornographers at Gilley's Saturday July 24, making the indie pop group look more like a team of Marvel Super Heroes than a great band. As always, the Pornographers were exacto... More >>

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  15 Great Costumes of Last Night's Lady Gaga Fans

  published Jul 23, 2010

  Let's get right to it. Thursday night, July 22nd, Lady Gaga and Semi Precious Weapons played the American Airlines Center for the first night in Dallas. These are the costumed fans who lined up to enj... More >>

• Dish Extra: The Simplicity of Pyramid Restaurant & Bar

  published Jul 22, 2010

  Defying gravity, Andre Natera's rooftop garden for Pyramid sits two floors above the restaurant, but does the restaurant transcend its surroundingsr You can read the full review of Pyramid (and decid... More >>

• Picture Show(s): The Dallas Observer Music Award Ceremony (Parts One and Two)

  published Jul 22, 2010

  The DOMAXXII Winners have been announced, as you might have seen from Pete earlier, but that's not the only thing we did last night. In some sort of web 2.0ish exercise in being meta, we also took som... More >>

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  10 Mind-Bending Foods Inception Fans Love

  published Jul 20, 2010

  You get up in the morning and immediately beat The New York Times' crossword. You watch an episode of House and drive to work. Excel spreadsheets hold you over for a couple of hours, building the perf... More >>

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  Top 20 Stage Faces at The Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase

  published Jul 19, 2010

  Warning: This is not an official Dallas Observer Music Award. If it was, we might break it down into something like--Best Grimace, Best Contortion, Best Scream, Best "Stage Dump." But that's not what... More >>

• Seven Minutes With Spooky Folk at 2:00 a.m.

  published Jul 18, 2010

  Under twinkling lights at The Bone rooftop, where some were beginning their hangovers, Spooky Folk played a seven-minute-plus closing song at onetwo a.m: a perfect way to cap off the over-a-hundred ... More >>

• Three Videos: Air Review, Seryn and Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights

  published Jul 18, 2010

  We have more photos and reviews of our showcase in Deep Ellum coming right up, but in the meantime here's a few videos of Seryn at La Grange, Air Review at The Door and Jonathan Tyler & the Northe... More >>