Bryan Adams

The Five Worst British Import Bands

​ While we might have done some wonderful things for y'all with Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath and Radiohead, we have also sent you some terrible crimes against music. And while none of this really compares to Canada foisting Avril Lavigne and Nickleback on you, it's still not great. I'm ... More >>

Wishes Come True in Dallas

Who says wishes don't come true? Last year, as I thought what could I do more of in this town in the new year, a few things came to mind. A Riff Raff live performance. Check, thank to March's South by So What bill. A late-night coffee option where I could pretend to get a little work done. Well, loo ... More >>

Score One for Mike Miles

DISD's new super claimed he was targeted by a board witch hunt. He's right.

Aerosmith's Russ Irwin On The Real Housewives of New York City: "I Don't Hate It, Actually"

For the better part of two decades, Russ Irwin has been the touring keyboardist for Aerosmith, and besides not tiring of seeing Steven Tyler's ass over that time, he's also managed to carve out quite a career as a songwriter, producer and session musician. Along with Aerosmith, Irwin's played with ... More >>

Murder by Death's Matt Armstrong on The Cure, SXSW and John Congleton

Murder by Death started in Bloomington, Indiana, but bassist Matt Armstrong is a local who grew up in University Park. He took some time out and shared his first show experiences with us, told us why MBD is not playing SXSW and revealed a little about their forthcoming John Congleton-produced album. ... More >>

For Sale, For $99.99, One of the Most Obscure, Oddball 1960s Singles Ever Cut by a Dallas Band

​A few weeks ago I spoke with Chris Bishop, otherwise known as the man behind the great website Garage Hangover, which recalls obscure '60s garage-rock bands so you don't have to. After a few visits in recent months, I wondered: What fuels his interest, especially given the amount of Dallas bands ... More >>

Four Other "Big Four" Shows We'd Love To See

​The recent Big Four shows featuring thrash-metal kings Metallica, Megadeath, Slayer and Anthrax were massive, epic spectacles that were barely contained by the huge venues they were performed in -- legendary spots such as the Coachella-approved Empire Polo Club and Yankee Stadium, and some Europe ... More >>

The Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase and The Rest of Your Weekend Shows...

​This is one of our favorite weekends of the year, where a good handful of acts nominated for the Dallas Observer Music Awards perform all over Deep Ellum on Saturday night. The much-anticipated headliners, Toadies, Old 97's, Centro-Matic and Sarah Jaffe will perform on Elm Street in the lot acros ... More >>

Two Years Ago She Was DISD's Top Principal. Now, Cynthia Goodsell's Job Is Gone.

Cynthia Goodsell​Yesterday, in the comments below, we discovered that the Dallas ISD had summoned some of its principals and executive directors to 3700 Ross for what was described as an "emergency meeting." Last night, I found out why from a Friend of Unfair Park doing some volunteer work for the ... More >>

Back to School ... Redistricting, That Is

Click to embiggen one of the DISD maps on the table, or just go here to see all of them.​And speaking of redistricting ...The Dallas Independent School District will begin holding hearings tonight during which the public will finally get a long, hard look at the draft maps on the table, courtesy S ... More >>

Songs For Your Casey Anthony Trial Hangover

​OK, so it wasn't the trial of the century or anything. But with planking beginning to become passe, all the good sports either in their off-season or lockout, and no high-profile Robert Blake/Phil Spector/OJ Simpson murder cases going on, the Casey Anthony murder trial thing provided plenty to c ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Monday, December 20, 2010

​We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.Bryan Adams (Ontario, Canada)Bare Bones (Decca)If Bryan Adams hadn't have been ... More >>

Dallas ISD Scores With 63 Exemplary Schools. But Completion Rates Take Their Toll.

​We warned you in early June, when the Dallas Independent School District crunched some TAKS test scores and released its list of exemplary and recognized schools well ahead of the Texas Education Agency's official date of, well, today: Those numbers were very preliminary. As TEA spokesperson DeEt ... More >>

Top 100 Most Annoying Summer Songs

Shut up, Jimmy Buffett.​You know what really gives us the summertime blues? "Summertime Blues," not to mention other maddening summer hits like "All I Wanna Do," "Margaritaville" or the shotgun-in-mouth-inducing "Hot Hot Hot." It's bad enough global warming is cooking the planet like a plastic cu ... More >>

Idol Rich: The Final Four Get Foxxy and Pair Up

​Jamie Foxx. He's an Oscar winner and has sold his fair amount of R&B records. He's also been a mentor on American Idol before. Last season, he got all up in people's grills. And he did it again this one. Foxx Face! This time, though, he gave out T-shirts with big words on them: There was ... More >>

Country Hunks And The Women Who Love Them.

El Pollo Regio Serves A Salsa That Makes Angels Sing

Please Forgive Me

Are You Interested in Running the Majestic Theater? Because Now's Your Big Chance.

Earlier this week, WFAA-Channel 8 reported that the Majestic Theater is losing its operator, Dallas Summer Musicals Management Group, at the end of June, because, look, it's just lost too much money to continue running the designated city landmark. Which isn't necessarily the case: Dallas Summer Mus ... More >>

The Ozz-Man Cometh

After years of touring the nation, Ozzfest 2008 finds a home in Dallas' suburbs

Crapping Out

What happens when a music journalist listens to Bryan Adams' newest release, 11, on loop for 11 straight plays?

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Electronic monitoring may dramatically curb truancy. So why isn't DISD interested?

Pete Schweddy Weighs In on Bryan Adams' G.P.S. Monitors

Two Things That Come with G.P.S. Units: Rental Cars and Bryan Adams Students

From The New York Times, a Tribute to the Texas Country Reporter

Collective Blow

Freedom Isn't Free

Aiken makes you pay for your patriotism

Boshketball

Dallas hoops legend comes home to spread good in the 'hood

Birdmonster, Division Day

Wednesday, August 23, at the Double Wide

Rough Draft

Listen to the Music

The Doobies take on Big D

No-Talent

Ass Clown

Michael Bolton returns to Dallas. Does his Initech doppelganger still have

a beef?

Think Tha New Law About Hispanics is Stupid?

Price to Payola

Dallas radio gets caught making sweet love to Celine DIon

Quack Addicts

Where does Ryan Adams fit in among the great meltdown artists of yore?

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Mighty Mediocre

Wind bags a few charming laughs, but mostly meanders

Horse Opera

A cartoon saddled with Bryan Adams songs has no Spirit at all

Goo Goo Dolls

May 24

Alanis Morissette, Ryan Adams

May 16

Best of the Best

This pretty much speaks for itself

More Soup for you

Now on the same label as Britney and the Backstreets, is Bowling For Soup the next teen-pop sensation? Uh, no.

Across the Bar

Raise the Curtain; Experience Lift to Experience; Mazinga's Dissatisfied Customers ...

Night & Day

May 13-19, 1999

Letters

Life in the slow lane

The Information Age meets the technological Stone Age at Dallas schools

Dedicated amateur

For longtime local music fixture Bucks Burnett, the playing is the thing

Young Country repellent

With the Cicadas, Rodney Crowell exits Nashville's cocoon