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Ask A Failed Musician: Success is Influence

Welcome to Ask a Failed Musician, in which I will help struggling musicians make sense of their careers and even offer some advice. Whether or not it will work, who knows? It obviously didn't work for me. But then again, I was on Kimmel once, so there's that.A musician responded to my ... More >>

So, What's On Mitt Romney's iPod?

Over the last two nights of the Republican National Convention, both Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan and Presidential candidate Mitt Romney have taken the time to mention the music on Romney's iPod, with Ryan, a noted Rage Against the Machine fan, saying, "There are the songs on his iPod whic ... More >>

Playdough Digs Into Oddisee's People Hear What They See

See also: Bludded Head's Nevada Hill riffs on Harvey Milk We've started poking around in locals' iTunes, iPods, Spotify playlists, CD players, cassette decks, turntables and brains with one question in mind: What are you listening to? We don't even care if it's good, we just want to know what the ... More >>

Run In Spite Of The Rock

How I Learned To Stop Worrying About the Vibrator in My Mailbox and Love Myself

Nancy Drew and the Mysterious Case of the Vibrating Mailbox​When a vibrator mysteriously ended up in my mailbox recently, I got scared. I checked my apartment for video cameras and recording devices. I asked friends if they were pulling a prank on me. Had I "accidentally" ordered one in the ea ... More >>

So That's How You Transform the Dallas Convention Center Into a Giant Discothèque

I mean, hell, if Schutze could do the Electric Daisy, no reason I can't go to Lights All Night at the Dallas Convention Center, which starts tonight and lasts through the break of New Year's Day dawn. At least I have some Girl Talk, Diplo and MSTRKRFT on the iPod. But, wait -- what's that, New Music ... More >>

Searching for Consistency and a Better Playlist at Craft, The Subject of This Week's Review

​I've been alluding for a while now to a restaurant whose play list rubbed me the wrong way. Turns out the mystery restaurant with the incongruous soundtrack is Craft Dallas, whose music selection is completely uncomplimentary to the scene it's trying to set. The restaurant's manager would do ... More >>

Q&A: Koo Koo Kanga Roo is a Kid's Band for Adults

Koo Koo Kanga Roo are two guys name Neil and Bryan (first names only, please), who together are the epitome of the love them or hate them musical act. Hailing out of Minneapolis, Neil and Brian first began fusing their twisted hip-hop and dance music with kindergarten memories about four years ago. ... More >>

A Fuzzy Empire, Rare Puns and More This Week on Food Blogs

​If you like lists or food trucks (and who doesn't?) it was a good week to be a Dallas blog reader. Nancy Nichols ate a bunch of steak, a blog post inspires readers to plug their iPods into onions, and Fuzzy's Tacos shops are popping up like.... Something that pops up quickly and all over. Lik ... More >>

UT-Dallas Researchers' Potential Tinnitus Cure Rings Loudly in Scientific Community's Ears

​First I'd ever heard of tinnitus was when Who guitarist Pete Townshend announced the ringing in his ears had gotten so bad he might have to hang up his Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster for good. Then I became a music critic, stood too close to too many stages and speakers for too many years, and ... More >>

Yummy Sounds: When Is It Best to Just Shut Up and Eat?

​I recently had the chance to share a dinner of two freshly caught fish with a group of old friends, an occasion that also allowed me to reflect on all the funny sounds folks make when they're enjoying their food. In contrast to the slurping, panting and chewing associated with careless eatin ... More >>

Today In Music News: Mystical Is Free, Music For Unborn Babies And Coco Loves The Stones

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, January22, 2010...Mystikal has been released from prison after six years. Finally, even unborn babies get to listen to the iPod! Conan O'Brien sticks it to NBC with the help of the Rolling Stones. Suck it, Leno.

The Future Of MP3 Players? Hope Not.

Radio Daze: Still No Launch Date For KERA All-Music Channel; Cumulus' "Quality Rock" Experiment Appears A Failure

​Over on Unfair Park, Robert's been tuned into the happenings on local radio airwaves all this week, getting to the bottom of two what-the-hell-is-going-on-here questions surely also at the tip of the tongues of others who dare unplug their iPods and scan the area frequencies. First, on Monda ... More >>

Download: Erykah Badu and The Roots -- "I Wanna Be Where You Are (Michael Jackson Cover)"

There's no video to be found at the moment of Erykah Badu's performance alongside The Roots on Friday night's episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon anywhere we know of on the Internet, which sucks. (What gives NBC?) But there's this: Over the weekend, Questlove, The Roots' drummer, post ... More >>

Please Stop Listening To Classic Rock

Super Dave

Live the moment at GoodBody's Yoga

Half Empty or Half Full?

Aural Ambush: Los Campesinos!

Sarah WilmerThis week, two new interns joined the Aural Ambush squad and our $20 Discman was replaced with a borrowed iPod. A few weeks/months off and suddenly this is a high class operation? Well, actually, that's fitting: Only the best would do for the esteemed Knox Street patrons and joggers of t ... More >>

Could Cell Phones Topple iPods?

Could your cellphone's ability to stream music render the iPod obsolete? Quite possibly.

Weekend Roundup: Death Cab, Buckcherry, the Hollywood Undead, the Hit

Was there a weekend? It sure doesn't feel like it, but the videos don't lie so it must have happened. Oh well, it's Monday now, and there are videos to watch. Don't forget that Christmas is closing in and it's high time we all started getting those wish lists ready for Santa. Now let's see. I want ... More >>

Matt Kadane Hits Shuffle For AV Club

Lewis Black Is Angry About EVERYTHING, DAMN IT!

Nice Package! (Praising The Outer Beauty: June 13, 2008)

Coldplay To Play American Airlines Center on November 19

Topless Women and Album Covers

Making a List, Checking It Twice

Season of the South

Pet Hospital, Fall of Snow, Beauxregard

Wednesday, November 21, at the Cavern

Double Trouble

Mr. Weird has some evil for ya

Getting a Charge from Local Airports

Tour de Frisco

Pedal hard for MS

No, Pal, You STFU

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gnarls Barkley

Saturday, January 13, at the American Airlines Arena

In With the New

Despite doom-and-gloom predictions, 2006 wasn't at all bad

Norah Jones is "Thinking About You"

Wolfmother

White Ghost Shivers, DeWayn Brothers

Multiple dates

Radio is a Sad Salvation

Film School, Margot & the Nuclear So and So´s

Thursday, June 1, at Club Dada

Selling Jesus

Dirk's Little Secret

In an exclusive investigative report, we discover another all-star facet to the main Mav

iPeep

With the season's biggest video player, music lovers can watch good videos again

Burning the Faithful

New copy-protected CDs screw over the only honest customers the music industry has left

Best (Indoor) Playground

Pepsi Kid Zone at The Shops at Willow Bend

The Locust

February 18

The Polyphonic Spree

December 19 and December 20

Best Place to Spend Money You Don't Have

The Apple Store

Product Placement

Volkswagen + Apple = Good news for Polyphonic Spree

Best Computer Store

Apple Store