Email Author Sam Machkovech

2006 Stories by Sam Machkovech

• Odds & Ends

  published June 22, 2006

  Best cow in town: "That is fucking outrageous," Salim Nourallah told us over the phone on Monday. "I hate those fuckers." The... More >>

• Teenage Symphony, Tame...Tame and Quiet

  published June 22, 2006

  Everybody in Dallas, give it up for Callithump Productions. In its short lifespan, the local booking upstart has quickly grown from aimless infant... More >>

• Way Back When

  published June 22, 2006

  Luckily, the production of When I Was a Child at the Dallas Children's Theater, 5938 Skillman St., isn't focused on our younger... More >>

• Rough Riders

  published June 22, 2006

  If you're new to competitive bullriding, you might not know about the rise of Brazilian riders in the American Professional Bull Riders (PBR)... More >>

• Texas Toe Jam

  published June 15, 2006

  The following information won't surprise anyone who's opened a Dallas Observer in the past year: I'm no fan of Edgefest 15. Sunday's... More >>

• Odds & Ends

  published June 15, 2006

  Ozone alert: Though you'll find some complaints about local music festivals (er, festival) on the previous page, we at AAT... More >>

• Naked Time

  published June 15, 2006

  Sometimes, great ideas for children's entertainment don't just go bad—they get awkward. Remember Xuxa, the Brazilian children's show host who... More >>

• Girl in Bloom

  published June 8, 2006

  "It's good, good luck," Memphis-born singer Megan Reilly says. "I really feel like luck is," and she pauses before finishing the sentence,... More >>

• Texas Snags

  published June 8, 2006

  Texas Gigs should have a lot to celebrate as of late. The 4-year-old Internet destination won the brand-new Best Web Site award at... More >>

• Odds & Ends

  published June 8, 2006

  Got the Blues: Before our weeks of hiatus at AAT HQ (SARS scare, but we're cool now), we'd heard rumors about the House of... More >>

• Cex

  published June 8, 2006

  Now that's what I'm talking about--an album title that gets to the point. Thing is, Cex (the perpetually transforming solo... More >>

• Pine Hill Haints

  published June 8, 2006

  During college, I saw bands like Pine Hill Haints damn near every week. Something about Austin attracts swampy, podunk acoustic acts, the kinds of... More >>

• To Di For

  published June 8, 2006

  We have trouble believing that people are still interested in Diana, Princess of Wales. Once the world's most beloved royal icon, Lady Di took her... More >>

• Slime Time

  published June 8, 2006

  We no longer live in a green slime world. Eighties television attacked children with the wonders of colorful goo in three... More >>

• Happy, Scrappy

  published June 8, 2006

  The other day, we found a binder filled with all kinds of crap—photo sets from Dallas Observer events, along with trinkets, mementos... More >>

• Clear View

  published June 1, 2006

  Though I usually ignore Lower Greenville's meat-market bars and stale dance clubs, I'd feel remiss to not comment on what happened in the... More >>

• Get Positive

  published June 1, 2006

  It's always tough for us to make sense of athletic fund-raisers for debilitating diseases; in the case of Saturday's Positive Spin for ALS Bike... More >>

• Play Rough

  published June 1, 2006

  If you attend a baseball game this week, you're much better off seeing the Frisco Roughriders than the Texas Rangers. That's not much of a... More >>

• Little D-struction

  published May 25, 2006

  I'd rather not start a discussion about Denton's Fry Street with an overemotional plea...but it's tempting. As More >>

• Peeping Tom

  published May 25, 2006

  The crazed mind behind Fantômas, Mr. Bungle and other sonic mindfucks has finally released his first self-described "pop" record. It's the... More >>

• Sharks and Sailors

  published May 25, 2006

  Hate to break the bad news, but Austin's Sharks and Sailors may have picked the wrong city to play on Sunday. The quartet wears its love for D.C.... More >>

• Future of Golf

  published May 25, 2006

  It's never too early to learn to properly schmooze with the overpriced, crusty elite of America. But the first lesson doesn't revolve around... More >>

• Saddle Up and Ride

  published May 25, 2006

  IMAX movies look a little too realistic, if you ask us. We once attended an IMAX movie with our elementary school class, only to flip out and run... More >>

• Saddle Up and Ride

  published May 25, 2006

  IMAX movies look a little too realistic, if you ask us. We once attended an IMAX movie with our elementary school class, only to flip out and run... More >>

• Parlor Music

  published May 18, 2006

  The Theater Fire doesn't have a single timely quality. That's not just a cop-out to describe the septet's sound, though the Fort Worth band is... More >>