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  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    The Most Exciting (Non-Football) Super Bowl Moments!

    TEXANS CELEBRATE AMERICA - Neither of the pre-game patriotic performances achieved Whitney Houston-level kudos, but both were delivered tastefully and capably. Lindale's Miranda Lambert did some nice harmonizin' with her hubby on "America the Beautiful," and Burleson's Kelly Clarkson shared her Nati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Coldplay Announces Dallas Tour Date Next Summer

    Coldplay, spray painting their way to an arena near you.​Fresh off the release of their fifth studio album, Coldplay have announced a massive world tour  that will make a stop at American Airlines Center on  Friday, June 22. The album in question, Mylo Xyloto -- the band's most unabashed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    How Many Record Stores Do You Think Exist in the Dallas-Fort Worth Region? Really. Guess.

    ​Tomorrow, as you now doubt are well aware by now, is the fourth annual official Record Store Day, in which we all get together and celebrate the brick-and-mortar shops that have managed to survive through the economy and the Internet stealing all of the action.But, really, just how bad are things ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    On-the-Auction-Block Blockbuster Thinks Amazon, Best Buy, CVS Are Interested

    ​Home Media Magazine directs our attention to this Friday filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, where Renaissance Tower-based Blockbuster filed for Chapter 11 back in September. As we noted last week, Blockbuster's up for sale now, with Monarch Alternative Capital among the interested parti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Happy Days Are Near Again For DFW Market? So Insists National Retail Real-Estate Report.

    Marcus & Millichap​An old friend of mine was kind enough to forward along the hot-off-the-presses Marcus & Millichap National Retail Report, the must-read amongst real-estaters; insists my pal of the mixed-to-optimistic forecast, it's "a pretty thorough insight into the retail world." In w ... More >>

  • Music

    January 13, 2011

    You Haven't Made It Until You've Been Mashed Up by Girl Talk.

    Marcus & Millichap​An old friend of mine was kind enough to forward along the hot-off-the-presses Marcus & Millichap National Retail Report, the must-read amongst real-estaters; insists my pal of the mixed-to-optimistic forecast, it's "a pretty thorough insight into the retail world." In w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2011

    DPD's New Year By the Numbers

    ​We close out the holiday with a look at the Dallas Police Department's look at how Dallas spent the New Year's weekend, per a series of stats-filled missives sent out by Senior Corporal Kevin Janse. First, for those wondering whether the threat of a mandatory blood draw works, there were 27 DWI a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Ron Natinsky Wonders: If We're Gonna Save Southwest Center, Why Not Valley View, Then?

    Sam MertenRon Natinsky​If nothing else, this'll be the last Southwest Center Mall item of the day -- only because there'll be nothing left to talk about till after the council returns from its summer recess. But Ron Natinksky, head of the city council's Economic Development Committee, called Unfai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Staff Trax: Kris Kristofferson, The National, David Garza, Fear and Phil Collins

    Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to get some more insight into ... More >>

  • Music

    January 7, 2010

    The Future Of MP3 Players? Hope Not.

    Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to get some more insight into ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    At Tollway and Arapaho, Owner Says Anything's "Better Than What's There Now"

    View Larger MapThe northeast corner of the North Dallas Tollway and Arapaho Road is a parking-lot wasteland, thanks, in large part, to that abandoned OfficeMax. For going on two years, Rosebud Properties has been trying to redevelop the land; there was a proposal before the City Plan Commission in A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Gig Alert: Wolfmother to Perform Free Acoustic In-Store At Best Buy Within The Hour

    ​Recently reunited Australian powerhouse hard rock act Wolfmother is in town tonight, performing a show with Heartless Bastards and the thenewno2 at the House of Blues.But, before that, something out of the ordinary: To further promote the release of the band's new album, Cosmic Egg, the Aussies w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    "What is 'Shack'?" Or: To Whom, Exactly, is RadioShack Marketing Their Bright Idea?

    ​As we told you Monday, today's the big day that RadioShack rebrands itself as "The Shack." And the Fort Worth-based electronics company opted to launch the re-launch with a Web site featuring some dude in San Francisco yukking it via a video feed with some other dude in New York. And they're both ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    The Other North Pole: A Washington Post Writer's Book About Christmas in Frisco

     This is probably a way-too-early heads-up, but I just opened the afternoon mail to find a copy of Tinsel: A Search for America's Christmas Present, due on bookshelves 'round November 12 -- just in time for all your gift-giving needs. And, trust me, those living up in Collin and Denton counties ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    In Dallas, Best Buy Gets in Used-Game Game

    So says this morning's blog entry from Best Buy's chief marketing officer, Barry Judge, who notes we're one of two markets in which the big box will dip its toe in the video-game trade-in business, a la Grapevine-HQ'd Gamestop. KioskMarketplace tips us to the entry, which reads, in full:As we contin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    What Happens When You Kill Your TV

    Kimberly ThorpeThere are about 219 Victory Park jokes to be had here. So, have at it.At noon today in Victory Park, a group of enviro-activists dressed for Halloween dropped to the concrete to rather dramatically mark the end of analog television. The switch from analog to digital television was sup ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Dallas Cowboys Show Off Their Big New TV

    Jerry Jones invited his friends in the media out to the Cowboys' new digs in Arlington yesterday, to show off the enormous new video board that'll hang 90 feet over the field (just 90 feet!).On the way out to check out the screen, we got to snap some photos inside the new stadium, and you they're a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Cowboys' New Video Board is Big. But Is It High Enough?

    While the Dallas Cowboys held this week's minicamp at their temporary home (Carrollton's Standridge Stadium), their new home is about to become a really cool home. Cowboys Stadium will today officially debut as the world's biggest media room. This afternoon owner Jerry Jones wi ... More >>

  • Music

    January 15, 2009

    Could Cell Phones Topple iPods?

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

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    Vinnie Paul Abbott Came to Rock Best Buy, and Totally Succeeded

    Most nights, try shouting, "Can I get a hell yeah?!" in a Best Buy and all anyone will give you is a mean staredown from the washing machine aisle.When it happened Thursday night at the store along LBJ Freeway, though, with a whole line of Dimebag Darrell fans waiting to meet the late Pantera founde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2008

    Vinnie Paul To Sign Copies Of The New Dimebag Darrell Book At The LBJ Freeway Best Buy On Thursday

    The new Dimebag Darrell Abbott book/DVD He Came To Rock earns its release today with the claim that it's the first book about the legendary Pantera guitarist's life (a fact that certainly can't sit too well with a certain other Dimebag biographer...), and, unlike the other upcoming book about the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2008

    The Latest Chinese Democracy Release Rumor Launched In Dallas, Apparently

    The new Dimebag Darrell Abbott book/DVD He Came To Rock earns its release today with the claim that it's the first book about the legendary Pantera guitarist's life (a fact that certainly can't sit too well with a certain other Dimebag biographer...), and, unlike the other upcoming book about the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2008

    Wrestlemania Infects Local Best Buy

    The new Dimebag Darrell Abbott book/DVD He Came To Rock earns its release today with the claim that it's the first book about the legendary Pantera guitarist's life (a fact that certainly can't sit too well with a certain other Dimebag biographer...), and, unlike the other upcoming book about the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 3, 2008

    Jammin'

    The HOB hosts a faux Marley

  • Music

    December 20, 2007

    Will Rock Band and Guitar Hero Save Us?

    Are rocker videogames the new MTV—and will they help us save the music universe?

  • Calendar

    December 6, 2007

    Bad Santa!

    Claus gets down with your pets

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2007

    Halo 3: Dallas Finishes the Fight

    Claus gets down with your pets

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2007

    How Would Jesus Invest?

    Claus gets down with your pets

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2007

    Super Size Your Super Bowl

    Claus gets down with your pets

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2006

    Bad Day on Black Friday

    Claus gets down with your pets

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2006

    Radio Uh-Oh

    Claus gets down with your pets

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2006

    Tower Toppling? They Say No.

    Claus gets down with your pets

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2006

    Is Radio Shack a Best Buy?

    Claus gets down with your pets

  • Music

    November 10, 2005

    Getting Retarded

    Why two of the catchiest acts in America should die slow, painful deaths

  • Music

    June 23, 2005

    Foo Fighters

    In Your Honor (Epic)

  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004

    Best Radio Show With the Worst Reception

    The Good Show, KTCU-FM (88.7)

  • Dining

    June 3, 2004

    Suburban Slickers

    In the big sky of Southlake, there's a couple of good restaurants

  • Culture

    February 26, 2004

    Advance Screening

    Pssst, wanna see a movie that isn't out yet...legally?

  • Calendar

    November 6, 2003

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Pssst, wanna see a movie that isn't out yet...legally?

  • Music

    August 1, 2002

    Allison Moorer

    Miss Fortune (Universal South)

  • Music

    August 1, 2002
  • Calendar

    May 24, 2001

    Sick, Not Twisted

    Moments of brilliance are few and far between in this year's Spike and Mike

  • Best of Dallas

    September 21, 2000
  • Music

    January 14, 1999

    Slipped discs

    Are Virgin and Tower really the enemy, or can the indie stores fight back?

  • Music

    January 29, 1998

    Let's play four

    The Flaming Lips release four new CDs--and one new album

  • Music

    September 18, 1997

    Romance novel

    The Green Romance Orchestra's fans drag them into the limelight

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    Letters

    The Green Romance Orchestra's fans drag them into the limelight

  • News

    July 25, 1996

    Letters

    The Green Romance Orchestra's fans drag them into the limelight

  • News

    July 11, 1996

    Accidental Deaths

    Wars between the electronics giants are killing Dallas' independent music stores

  • Music

    May 16, 1996

    Out with the new wave

    VVV Records closes its doors after 17 years

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