Boston

Ex-Dallas Fire Chief Steve Abraira Is Out in Boston After Marathon Bombing Response

There are some differences between the crisis Steve Abraira has been facing in recent weeks as Boston's fire chief and the one he faced eight years ago in Dallas. Here, he was popular with the rank-and-file, a familiar presence at even minor blazes, but he was politically maladroit. There, his probl ... More >>

Ron Paul: The Real Terror in Boston Wasn't the Bombing But the "Taste of Martial Law"

You didn't seriously expect Ron Paul to disappear into a quiet, uneventful retirement, did you? If you did, you probably weren't watching as over a couple of decades in Congress and a pair of long-shot presidential runs, Paul became the outspoken face of unapologetic libertarianism, and you probably ... More >>

Breaking Bad and Cracking Wise

From West to Boston to China: Terrible Things Happen. You Have Two Weeks to Get Over It.

Just so people won't get caught unaware, I want to point out that the town of West has until a week from tomorrow to grieve. That will be two weeks from the time of the industrial accident that blew up their town, took the lives of loved ones and left behind a legacy of bloody suffering and agonizin ... More >>

Junius' Joseph Martinez Couldn't Stay Away from Dallas

Junius used to be a band from Boston. That's where they formed almost a decade ago. But then leader Joseph Martinez wanted to start a family, so he decided to go back to where he grew up. So for the past three years, Junius has been a Dallas band. Well, not actually. Seems the four guys in this part ... More >>

Mission of Burma

Friday, September 14, at Dan's Silverleaf

Southlake Developer Wants to Put a Race Track in His Hotel. Like, For Cars.

When Jeff Medici was a financial advisor for Fidelity in Boston, he took his corporate team to a place called F1 Boston, a sort of racing-themed conference center where they learned to work together and trust each other by doing things like changing tires on Formula 1 race cars. When he moved to N ... More >>

The City of Ate Interview: Union Bear's John Kleifgen

Dallas native John Kleifgen took his first job at a restaurant as a teenager because a gig carrying mulch at Calloway's didn't provide much entertainment. So, when a friend told him about a kitchen job for the Lakewood Country Club, he weighed his options and wisely chose a country club scene instea ... More >>

Years Later, Sea Breeze is Still (Lobster) Rolling

Coupling a fish counter with a restaurant is the best path to freshness.

John Carbone of Gilded Splinters on Moving from Boston to Austin: "I Traded Chowder and Pizza for Chili and Tacos"

A little over five months ago, John Carbone of Gilded Splinters decided to move from Boston to Austin. Seems the trio felt the scene in New England was restricting the band's chances of breaking out nationally, so they loaded up everything and headed South. Speaking from his new abode in our state' ... More >>

City Hall Tells Dallas Occupiers to Get Insurance or Else. They're Leaning Toward "Or Else."

​At 1:20 this morning Boston police stormed an Occupy encampment in Boston Greenway park, hauled off more than 100 protesters in cable-tie cuffs and tore down their tents. Everybody in the Occupy Dallas encampment I talked to at about noon today was aware of what just happened in Boston. The ... More >>

Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to See Street Dogs Tonight at The Loft

Given Street Dogs' and my own shared Boston roots, yes, I'll always have a soft-spot for the punk rock quintet, which is currently on the road--and stopping by the Loft tonight--in support of its new, self-titled album, their overall fifth release since their 2003 debut. But this band's more than ju ... More >>

Is Miss or Ms. Appropriate?

FBI Nabs Wedding Expo Scammer in Boston, Too Late for Some Dallas Businesses

​If you've been looking forward to the Dream Wedding Bridal Expo slated for mid-December at the Gaylord Texan, well, bad news this morning from the U.S. Attorney's Office.While Karen Tucker, the 47-year-old Pittsburgh woman behind the Gaylord event, is indeed a veteran convention planner with expe ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair of Tickets to See Clem Snide At Doublewide Tomorrow Night

Boston-based indie band, Clem Snide has been on the verge of breakthrough for almost two decades. If you've ever watched an episode of NBC's, Ed, or spent anytime in a Starbucks, chances are you've heard a variety of their "art-country" tunes.It's been an up-and-down ride: Their career has been ridd ... More >>

"Cybersegregation in Boston and Dallas"

​This probably won't come as a surprise to anyone who's spent any time on the Craigslist Rants And Raves forum (what can I say -- it goes good with a glass of Franzia Sunset Blush), but science has now proved that Craigslist posters are -- and this is my own terminology here -- racist assbags. God ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: The Dead Do Dallas in '78 (and '72 and '69 and ...)

​I'm not much of a Grateful Dead fan, if I may end the week with an understatement; I pretty much start and finish with American Beauty, depending on the hour and the herb, though the missus was once known a long while ago to follow a tour or two. Lord knows it ain't hard to turn up a Dead bootleg ... More >>

Download: A Few Choice Wooden Birds Live Tracks From Boston

If you regrettably missed last Wednesday's homecoming performance of sorts from Fort Worth native Andrew Kenny, formerly of American Analog Set, as he stopped through town at the House of Blues for a show with his new, Barsuk-signed act, The Wooden Birds, you'd probably be pleased to check out this ... More >>

Food For Thought 2.3.09

"Pimento cheese is so ingrained in the lives of many Southerners that we don't realize our passion for the stuff doesn't exist outside the region. Call me provincial, but I was shocked (shocked!) when I learned that everyday people from Boston to San Diego don't slap pimento cheese on bread for a q ... More >>

Food For Thought...

"I know that somewhere in the universe exists my perfect soul mate. But looking for her is much more difficult than just staying at home and ordering another pizza." (Attributed to 'Alf Whitt'--which sounds suspiciously like halfwit--on a press release distributed yesterday by Boston's pizza).

Video: MC Lars And Bowling For Soup's Jaret Reddick At The Double Wide

I missed a ton of good shows around town last week--Thanksgiving with the folks in Boston, y'know--but the one I'm probably most disappointed about missing, which probably says a lot about me, is the nerdcore show at the Double Wide on Saturday. MC Lars? MC Frontalot? ytcracker? These guys are t ... More >>

Good Friday: Starhead, Lucky Tubb, Mustache Pageant And Not Much Else

If you can overcome the dreary weather, Black Friday shopping exhaustion and post-Thanksgiving hangover, there are a few noteworthy shows to choose from this weekend. First, a reminder of what we've already mentioned. Tonight, you can catch Gojira, 36 Crazyfists, In Flames and All That Remains at ... More >>

Where There's Fire, There's Yet More Talk About Not Smoking in Dallas

Courtney's headed back to City Hall at 11:30 this morning, where, yet again, the City Smoking Ordinance Special Ad-Hoc Committee will spark up the debate over where you can't and can't light up in this town. For a sneak peek of where this discussion's headed today, the council has posted to the city ... More >>

Karl Malone and Sarah Palin Have Nothing in Common, Except This Item

A Grand Slam Breakfast

Because Dumb Ideas Are Still Dumb, Even After You Voted For 'Em

Warm Up with the Summer Releases You Missed

Backtrack for the albums you may have overlooked

Tom Brady Is the Cat’s Meow

The Frenz, Tyson Meade, Ezra Furman and the Harpoons

Thursday, August 2, at the Cavern

¡Ask a Mexican!

Clouds

Tuesday, April 17, at Rubber Gloves, Denton

No, Pal, You STFU

Hatebreed and Black Dahlia Murder, with Napalm Death, Exodus, Despised Icon and First Blood

Saturday, September 30, at the Ridglea Theater, Fort Worth

Gonz, Not Forgotten

Food and Whine

Swinging Steaks

Sunday Best (First National)

God Save the Scene

Plus: Smells Like Indie Spirit

God Save the Scene

Sassy Brits, hoochie mamas and a dude named Beans attempted to invigorate a stagnant year for hip-hop.

The Pixies

Tuesday, October 19

Social Distortion, the Explosion

Wednesday, September 29

Piebald

June 23

Acid Mothers Temple

Friday, June 11

The Psychedelic Furs

April 16

The Cooper Temple Clause

March 19

No Doubt, Garbage, The Distillers

November 4

Various Artists

In Our Lifetime Vol. 2 (Fenway Recordings)

Hey Mercedes, Piebald, Koufax

August 2

Out & About

Cave In

Frank Black and the Catholics

Dog in the Sand (What Are Records?)

Best place to buy picture frames

Wolf Camera & Video