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We Interviewed People in Line at Pecan Lodge to Find Out What Their Favorite Barbecue Is

Hundreds of people lined up this past Saturday inside Shed 2 of the Dallas Farmers Market, all in hopes of sinking their teeth into some of the best barbecue in the country at Pecan Lodge. I was there, camera in hand, shooting some meaty behind-the-scenes shots for Scott Reitz's Dish review, but als ... More >>

Matt Pryor of Where's the Band? Talks About Drinking a Lot of Coffee and How Touring Is Like Fight Club

Matt Pryor's main gig is fronting The Get Up Kids, but every year or so, he decides to go the sensitive singer/songwriter route and bring a few friends along, including Bayside's Anthony Raneri and Chris Conley from Saves the Day. They all play under the banner of Where's the Band? Speaking from th ... More >>

Victoria Jackson, Tea Party Princess

Victoria Jackson went from the big leagues of comedy to the rabid right of modern politics.

Is "Mexican" an Offensive Word?

And why can't Mexicans get over the Mexican-American War?

Dallas' Southern Recipes Sends Truckloads of Pork Rinds to Alabama Tornado Victims

​Dallas-based Southern Recipe, the world's largest manufacturer of pork rinds, has donated $10,000 of their pork rinds to The Today Show's Lend a Hand Tour benefiting tornado victims in Birmingham, Alabama. We're not sure if the first thought on the Alabamans' minds was, "What I wouldn't give ... More >>

My First Show: The Demigs' Guyton Sanders Explains The Thought Process Behind Buying His First Ever Concert Shirt On INXS' Kick Tour

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. The Demigs plan to take off... eventually.​Guyton Sanders is literally a drummer about town. Whether he's ... More >>

Foodways Texas Drafts Recipe to Celebrate Lone Star Cuisine

There's a lot to learn about Texas food. Might as well start with the basics.​The Southern Foodways Alliance, an 800-member organization that's stimulated serious scholarly discussion of barbecue and pinto beans; produced dozens of movies on edible topics ranging from Sazeracs to pig ear sandw ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Elvis Perkins in Dearland, A.A. Bondy at House of Blues' Cambridge Room

Elvis Perkins in Dearland, A.A. BondyHouse of Blues' Cambridge RoomNovember 14, 2009Better than: Having to actually attend a New Orleans funeral to feel uplifted.Elvis Perkins in Dearland​I confess to be fond of brainy, melancholy music leavened with joy, and, I'm happy to say, that itch got scrat ... More >>

Sitting On a Corner: Bronze Rosa Parks Finally Arrives at the West End DART Station

Patrick MichelsWhen the music stops, there's only one seat open.Rosa Parks Plaza at DART's West End Station is still a noisy dust-covered construction site, but with help from sculptor Erik Blome, the corner at least has its centerpiece installed: a bronze statue of Parks on a bus seat, planted on a ... More >>

Hophead: Camping Out In The 'Broo-er's Festival' Tent At Bonnaroo

Mark C. AustinHophead wasn't the only one thirsty for beer at Bonnaroo last weekend. Hophead spent a four-day weekend at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. The music, comedy, people-watching and general chaos of the thing made for an outstanding trip. But one of the hig ... More >>

From Birmingham to D.C.: King's Chief of Staff to Talk Past and Present in Dallas Tonight

Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, the first full-time executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King's chief of staff, is in Dallas tonight to speak at the Belo Mansion as part of the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture's Fourth Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. S ... More >>

Dallas Theater Center's Engrossing, Heretical Take on the Civil Rights Movement

The Good Negro bares roots of a movement; in Oak Cliff, a bumpy ride in Leonard's Car; Mummy dearest for tweens

Beyond The March

Dark Ages

Looking on the Bright Side

Sometimes You Feel Like a Cult, Sometimes You Don't

Greener Pastures

Brightblack Morning Light packs its love for Southern soul into a California pipe

Taylor Hollingsworth

Tragic City (Brash)

Road Rules

The Deathray Davies remember a few of 500 shows

Truth Hurts

Plus: Fish Out of Water; Bloody Minded

The Newy Factor

How does someone who calls himself "Newdawg" compete with Dale Hansen? By not being Dale Hansen.

Together, We're Suspects

Polyphonic Spree member unwittingly sets off bomb scare at DFW Airport

Bearing Witness

Dallas civil servant Dale Long was there the day a bomb changed the civil rights landscape forever

Hope in Hell

Cameron Park, Texas, is the poorest town in the U.S.A. But its residents say life has never been better.

Echoes of Hate

Bobby Frank Cherry is one of the most notorious racist killers in American history. To Tom Cherry, he was just "Dad."

Where He Belongs

Plus: Would-be Savior, Big-boy Toy, Housing Heist

Unlocking the Gong

A group of Falun Gong, the outlawed Chinese spiritual movement, travel from Dallas to D.C. on an urgent rescue mission, sending out righteous thoughts and cultivating Xing Xing along the way

The Last Laugh

Willis Alan Ramsey's cult keeps growing, 28 years after cutting his first--and final?--record

The good neighbor

Bombing suspect Bobby Frank Cherry's sordid past trailed him to the shores of Cedar Creek Lake

Fallen star

How greed, incompetence, and allegations of fraud sank Dallas' FoodStar Restaurant Group

Hope floats

Three compilations later, Chris Lewellyn is one of Dallas music's last, best friends

Enough is enough

Legend Airlines accuses Fort Worth of discrimination and demands that feds cut funds

Tuna surprise

A melding of menus breathes new life into PoPoLos

Drag king

Coy Covington walks the choppy waters of Pegasus' Charles Busch revival

Close to the bone

Tom House's backwoods sound carries essential sparks

Pleasure chained

Mediterraneo at the Quadrangle is even better than itself

God and mammon

Kathy and Richard Kingsmore seemed like such nice church folk. But the Feds say their greed trumped their gospel.

Bridging the gap

311 blurs the line between rock and rap

Playing Hardball

The Feds pitch a shutout in the area's first 'three strikes' case

Mouse

Paul "Mouse" Millender is in hiding after being stabbed 24 times. He says his old skinhead running buddies did it. But he swears he's not a rat.

Soul to soul

The artist formerly known as Randy Moore explores two sides of R&B