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Jazz Man Damon K. Clark: "We Pay Accountants a Living Wage. Why Not Musicians?"

See also: The Kessler's Melissa Hennings tends bar and shoots your favorite bands See also: KNON's Don O. knows the Dallas blues Damon K. Clark, co-musical director at Winspear Opera House, is changing lanes. He's sidelining what has been a pretty spirited performance career in local jazz and cho ... More >>

Mayhem Festival - Gexa Energy Pavilion - 7/10/12

Mayhem Festival Gexa Energy Pavilion Tuesday, July 10 See also: The fans of Mayhem Festival As I parked next to the Amsterdam and walked through Fair Park's Esplanade yesterday, I took in the neo-modernist sculptures and murals that adorn the Art Deco buildings. The closer I got to the Gexa Ener ... More >>

Is a Drinking Establishment's Music Really That Important?

The City of Ate Chef Interview: 24-Year-Old Garden Cafe Chef Mark Wootton

Garden Café is one of several little neighborhood jewels tucked away in East Dallas. The breakfast and lunch spot's most distinguishing feature is the large garden behind the quaint white brick building in which it sits. Plots of herbs and rows of veggies keep the butterflies and bees busy, and als ... More >>

The Overserved: There's A Patio in Dallas For Every One of Us.

What the Hell is Buckle? And Other Thoughts From City Of Ate Presents Supper Club Last Night

Photo by Leslie MinoraIf every night ended with buckle, the world would be a better place.​So, we're new around here. And in an effort to assimilate us into both Observer culture and make us less alien to the Dallas food scene, we were sent to the City of Ate-sponsored Supper Club at the Kessler T ... More >>

Hot Sex and Cold Truths in Second Thought Theatre's Red Light Winter

Also: At Broken Gears Project Theatre, Oedipus the King really doesn't want to marry Mom.

Chef Tell: Finally.

​Real quick, here's a breakdown of last night's Top Chef All Stars so I can get to the point (the real point): There was no Quickfire. The chefs woke up at the ass-crack and drove to Montauk for a four-hour fishing trip. They were split into four teams of three and the goal was to catch as many fi ... More >>

Details Set for Frankie 45 Memorial Show

​Pete's asked me to share with the Friends of Unfair Park a link to the rundown for Thursday night's show at Club Dada, a memorial for Frankie Campagna, who died early New Year's Day. I'm happy to oblige -- not only because I'd known Frankie 45 since he was a little boy, no older than my own son i ... More >>

A Sad, Sad Day For Deep Ellum and Dallas Music As A Whole: Frankie 45 is Dead at Age 24.

Alllison V. SmithRest in peace, Frankie 45.​Frank Campagna, Jr., known affectionately around town as Frankie or Frankie 45, died early this morning. The revered guitarist, bartender and performer was 24 years old. The cause of his death has not yet been released. The medical examiner's office has ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Basia at The Lakewood Theater, Iration at The Loft, The Legendary Pink Dots at the Cambridge Room

Kind of a slow(er) Tuesday evening as far as musical offerings go, but there are still a few things going on worth investigating. Perhaps you may even stumble across Wade Phillips drowning his sorrow!

DC9er Mixtape: The Flashback Episode

​Since DJs are frequently juggling projects, picking up new nights, creating new mixes, and, well, always trying to stay on top of the game, we thought that, before moving forward to our next batch of local DJs, it'd be fun to re-cap the first lot and see what some of them have been up to since be ... More >>

Last Night: Crowded House at the House of Blues

Crowded House, Lawrence ArabiaHouse of BluesAugust 5, 2010Better than: Seeing Crowded House on an Edgefest bill in 1994 and only getting 45 minutes of greatness... Oh, and um, all my expectations. Because, people, I'm not pretending this is an unbiased work, or, howyousay, an objective review. I bou ... More >>

Good Friday: Fourth of July Edition

​Pool parties, cookouts and cold ones--probably the best way celebrate the Fourth of July around here. And, as we mentioned earlier this week, the Double Wide will have all of those things on Sunday night. The pool party starts at 7 p.m. and the concert, which features Bruce Springsteen, Replaceme ... More >>

Come On, Get Happy! We've Found 50 Local Bars That Will Help You Do Just That.

Holy Rollers

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 12: DJ Wild in the Streets

​Lisa Bush, aka Wild in the Streets, got her start in college, hosting a radio show on KTCU, which led to DJing house parties and at small venues around town. In time, Wild in the Streets had a regular gig alongside soul and funk DJ Eric Hermeyer at the Wreck Room in Fort Worth. Since then, she's ... More >>

Top 10 Foods Not Traditionally Prepared With Pot...Yet

Alexander Flores​In honor of today's holiday (don't act like you don't know what it is, unless the boss is around) City of Ate presents a list of Ten Foods Not Traditionally Prepared With Pot That Maybe Ought To Be. The Internet is full of recipes for the old standbys of brownies or tea made with ... More >>

How to Live Like Jaap van Zweden

​In the December 14 issue of ForbesLife, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's music director conducts a tour of his Dallas, which may not be your Dallas. Unless, that is, you tend arrive at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport after an 11-hour business-class flight from Amsterdam on KLM, drive to yo ... More >>

Good Friday: Brent Best, Bridges & Blinking Lights, Days of the New, Babyface, Pitbull, Doug Burr, All That Remains, Binary Sunrise, Rhett Miller, RTB2, Saboteur, The Sounds, Shinedown

​The weekend's here, which is good news for anyone hoping to catch up on sleep and boost their immune systems so they don't catch that darn H1N1 virus going around. And good news for music fans, too, as there's enough rock going on to melt both your face and all potential germs it might be keeping ... More >>

Good Friday: Blue Jungle, True Widow, Eyes, Wings And Many Other Things, Sydney Confirm, Sore Losers, Yeahdef, Keith P, DJ Sega, Killanova, Prince William, Yeahdef, Beauxregard, Land Mammals, Jesse Gage, Mara Lee Miller, Theater Fire, Mimicking Birds

​The ACL festival may be going on right now down in Austin town, but North Texas music lovers aren't going to let some silly little no-compete clause ruin the weekend.First, let's review the shows we've already mentioned. Tonight, Telegraph Canyon releases The Tide and the Current at Lola's in For ... More >>

Gig Alert: Neon Indian at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios

No need to be shy, Alan.​At the risk of beating you over the head with this information, it seems worth our while to remind you that tonight marks the much-anticipated debut of Alan Palomo's newest project, Neon Indian, which has garnered praise from outlets far beyond us and the normal local musi ... More >>

Bonus MP3: Roy Hargrove Big Band -- "Ms. Garvey, Ms. Garvey"

Eddy Westveer​ We don't get too too many chances to talk jazz in these here DC9 parts--although, really, when you have the time, you really should do yourself a favor and check out the great Monday night Bad Ass Jazz gigs at the Amsterdam Bar in Expo Park--so pardon this little sidetracking. Anywa ... More >>

He'll Be There: Every Time You Hear That Song, Remember, Willie Hutch Wrote It

Willie HutchIn the paper version of Unfair Park this week, I make mention of my interview with Willie Hutch, the Carrollton-born great who, during our 1998 chat at his Cedar Hill recording studio, recounted how he came to write the Jackson 5's immortal "I'll Be There." The story about The Mack, who ... More >>

Magnetic Subtraction | Classic Schlock

Appetite For Instruction: Moules Frites-Part 2

Demonstrated by Brian Luscher and Karin Porter of The Grape Despite their reputation as the ultimate fast food, truly great French fries actually take some time. And they're worth it. Anyone who's gummed a gooey stick of the typical Dallas restaurant potato mush could tell you that. Thing is, wh ... More >>

Henk's European Deli Fulfills Our Sausage Fantasies—Most of 'Em Anyway

Jett Wave|Don't Get Friendly|Cynical? Ill-Tempered? Us?|Busted by Buses|King of Comedy

The Right Stuff|The Other Evolution

Club One's Closed; Lord Byron's Panoptikon Rolls On

Last Night: Melodica Festival at Expo Park

Good Friday: Melodica, El Gato, Bob Dylan, Black Lips

In Bruges Brings More Adventures in Gangsterland

Martin McDonagh's sightseeing hit-men flick isn't much of a trip

Deep Addison

City Council votes to keep Deep Ellum alive for now

Multiculti

Imported Talent

Dallas gets invaded

Politics as Usual

Make martinis (and music), not war

Zuco 103

WHAA! (Six Degrees)

Odds & Ends

Radiant goes Over There, Ward Richmond goes to jail and every band in Dallas gets put on hold

Letters

Image Enhancements

Follow your intuition to Psychic Drive-In

The Camera's Weeping Eye

A photographer visits an Indian brothel, where heartbreak finally meets hope

Society Pages

Fashionistas gather for a cause

The Man Show

Ron Jeremy is riding the wave of KY Jelly to fame

Parker right there

Solex

The last roundup

Soul Food Cafe throws in the towel

Soaring from the sewer

Undermain swoops for delicious comic lows in The Deatherians

Events for the week

The beautiful loser

Keith Ferguson keeps a loose grip on Fabulous past