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Bono (Musician)

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    The Life and Times Light Up Dan's Silverleaf

    The Life and Times, The Cush, Calhoun Dan's Silverleaf Thursday, January 19 The Life and Times didn't get their set going until 15 minutes after midnight, but almost everyone who came stayed until the very end. The trio, lit only by four lights placed at waist level around the stage, showcased song ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2011

    Last Night at ACL: Coldplay Plays All the Hits and The Others, Too.

    Coldplay AMD Stage -- Austin City LimitsSeptember 16, 2011 Better than: waiting for Coldplay to release a Greatest Hits album. Coldplay​It would be a pretty hipster thing to say that the Coldplay show at Austin City Limits Music Festival on Friday was cheesy and overly sincere. But you won't actu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    The Conversation: 1991 Was a Damn Good Year, But Was It The Best Music Year of The '90s?

    ​Something happened this week 20 years ago, and music hasn't been the same since: Nirvana released "Smells Like Teen Spirit," the lead single from Nevermind, which would itself come out later in the month. With the song came a new movement in music, a new era. But plenty of other influential acts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    He Came to Dallas to Save Superman. Now, Maybe, He's Off to N.Y. to Rescue Spider-Man.

    Danny FulgencioRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa, playwright and Big Love staff writer, at the Dallas Theater Center during Superman rehearsals last year​Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark hasn't officially opened yet on Broadway; due date's still a month away. Still, it's considered The Most Amazing, Spectacula ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Those Who Opposed Bush Presidential Center at SMU Still Opposed to Bush Presidential Center

    George W. Bush Presidential CenterThe baseball Bush used to throw out the first pitch of Game 3 of the World Series in New York City after September 11, 2001​They won't break ground on the George W. Bush Presidential Center at SMU till November 16, around the time his book's released. But beginnin ... More >>

  • Music

    September 16, 2010

    The Pixies Worry They're Overstaying Their Welcome

    George W. Bush Presidential CenterThe baseball Bush used to throw out the first pitch of Game 3 of the World Series in New York City after September 11, 2001​They won't break ground on the George W. Bush Presidential Center at SMU till November 16, around the time his book's released. But beginnin ... More >>

  • Music

    September 16, 2010

    Local Musicians Are Suddenly Dabbling In Politics

    George W. Bush Presidential CenterThe baseball Bush used to throw out the first pitch of Game 3 of the World Series in New York City after September 11, 2001​They won't break ground on the George W. Bush Presidential Center at SMU till November 16, around the time his book's released. But beginnin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    The 15 Worst ...and Friends! Albums Of All-Time

    ​It's hard not to remember Santana's 1999 album Supernatural. Besides just the Rob Thomas collab "Smooth," which we've spent the past decade trying to erase from our memories, the album received a lot of attention at the time for being one of those records that featured a different collaboration w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: U2 at Reunion Arena in 1985. And, Again, in 2001.

    Flickr user: drewesqueU2 at Reunion Arena on November 25, 2001. You were there once. You can be again.​And, while you're at it, throw in the May 12, 1997, Cotton Bowl show from the Popmart Tour and the October 29, 2005, Vertigo-go at the American Airlines Center. Really, all we're missing is the A ... More >>

  • Music

    March 11, 2010

    Muse, Silversun Pickups

    Wednesday, March 17, at Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth

  • Music

    December 3, 2009

    Colourmusic is Exactly What it Sounds Like

    Wednesday, March 17, at Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2009

    The W. Stands For Wicked

    Wednesday, March 17, at Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth

  • Music

    June 26, 2009

    Paul van Dyk Is On A Mission

    Wednesday, March 17, at Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth

  • Music

    May 7, 2009

    The Paper Chase Avert Disaster with New Disaster Album.

    Wednesday, March 17, at Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Last Night in Austin, a Sneak Peek at Bruno's Bad Behavior in Carrollton Last Summer

    Sacha Baron Cohen as BrunoBack in June, Michael Granberry wrote in The Dallas Morning News that "at one of those big office parks on International Parkway" in Carrollton, "a whole bunch of people got really mad" and stormed out of the taping of a television show. His 23-year-old son related t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 12, 2009

    Visitor Q

    Big D and Mr. Jones got a thing going on

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    Top Ten Hip-Hop Albums Of 2008

    A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end lists should ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

    It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2008

    Boston Phoenix Names Greatest Bands, Solo Artists and Current Acts For All 50 States

    It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2008

    Literally Rocking The Vote

    It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2007

    Last Night: Ben Lee with Kate Voegele at House of Blues

    It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scen ... More >>

  • Film

    September 20, 2007

    Help!

    Run for your life if you can, little girl: Julie Taymor's '60s-set musical is a bust

  • Film

    June 21, 2007

    Evan Can Wait

    Why in God's name did Steve Carell take the paycheck?

  • Dining

    April 12, 2007

    Craic Den

    Friendly atmosphere and good food bring you baic

  • Music

    March 29, 2007

    Chairmen of the Board

    Erik Wofford and John Congleton on the art of production

  • Music

    March 15, 2007

    Erin Go Blah

    The minions of Shane MacGowen share Irish thoughts

  • Music

    October 5, 2006

    First Impression

    Poking around the new Deep Ellum W/W: Deep Ellum | Dallas Observer Losers Awards Show

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2006

    Get Your Gore On

    Poking around the new Deep Ellum W/W: Deep Ellum | Dallas Observer Losers Awards Show

  • Home Entertainment

    June 1, 2006

    Dreams of Syndication

    Poking around the new Deep Ellum W/W: Deep Ellum | Dallas Observer Losers Awards Show

  • Music

    December 15, 2005

    Heading Out

    A prayer journal reveals life on the other side of Korn

  • Music

    July 7, 2005

    Back to Africa

    Live 8 makes some noise. Hopefully, eight world leaders were listening.

  • Film

    October 28, 2004

    Scars and Bars

    Bukowski gets his in a touching, terrifying documentary

  • News

    September 30, 2004

    Paint by Numbers

    Inside the life of Southlake's child prodigy artist, 15-year-old Olivia Gennett

  • Music

    July 15, 2004

    Rock and Roll High School

    An honest critic is your best friend, and other lessons from a teenage Battle of the Bands

  • Film

    February 19, 2004

    Freaky Lindsay

    A Teenage Drama Queen with sass and style, go figure

  • Calendar

    September 11, 2003

    Fall Away

    Meadows opens a somber season

  • Music

    September 11, 2003

    Magic and Gloss

    Producer of geniuses Daniel Lanois whips out his pedal-steel and goes it alone on Shine

  • Culture

    May 29, 2003

    Dem Blues

    The left, turning right, was plain wrong to attack pop culture

  • Music

    July 11, 2002

    Play Nicely

    Don't ask Moby about his business

  • Music

    March 21, 2002

    Bang to Hype

    At SXSW, it's all about the buzz, not the Buzz Band

  • Music

    November 29, 2001

    Mick Jagger / Paul McCartney

    Goddess in the Doorway (Virgin) / Driving Rain (Capitol)

  • Music

    June 21, 2001

    Milton Mapes/Milton Mapes-Nate Fowler/Deadman

    The State Line (My Aunt Jane's Recordings)/Sway (Neighborhood Recordings)/Cuatro Canciones (Self-released)

  • Music

    May 18, 2000

    Oh bury me not

    Johnny Cash sings of Love, God, Murder and how all three make him a legend

  • Music

    March 30, 2000

    Thanks, but no thanks

    D Magazine has an interesting take on the local music scene

  • Music

    January 7, 1999

    Justice served

    As her former band gets embalmed on a new collection, Maria McKee finally finds her voice

  • Music

    October 15, 1998

    Out Here

    As her former band gets embalmed on a new collection, Maria McKee finally finds her voice

  • Music

    July 23, 1998

    Out Here

    As her former band gets embalmed on a new collection, Maria McKee finally finds her voice

  • Music

    January 22, 1998

    Rave on cats, he cried

    Carl Perkins, 1932-1998

  • Music

    January 1, 1998

    Rock and roll over

    In today's music business, tomorrow's revolution is yesterday's fad

  • Music

    March 2, 1995

    Licensed to steal

    Negativland makes its case in a new book and album

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