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A Tale of Two Coachella Bros

It may be a bit early, but Coachella 2013 seems to be the Year of the Bro. For the ladies, it's business as usual, but the bros are really bringing it, from humorous neon t-shirts to costumes to all-around chiseledness. But there's more to being a bro than just looking good. Bros are there for eac ... More >>

Big Texas Beer Fest Was Even Better the Second Time. Here's Why.

More than two hours in to the second iteration of Big Texas Beer Fest, I ran into organizer Chad Montgomery and asked him what beers he'd had so far that really impressed him. The answer shocked me: He hadn't had a sip yet, he was so busy.  Montgomery's dedication to making the event run smooth ... More >>

At Wyly Theatre, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity Offers More Head Smacks Than Smackdowns

And not nearly enough flying elbows.

Vickery Meadow: The Movie

Filmmaker Bentley Brown was born in Dallas, but he moved to Chad with his family when he was eleven. It was in high school there that he began making short films with friends. Brown returned to the States for college at Emory and, for a time, suppressed his post-grad predisposition to filmmaking as ... More >>

A Three-Way With Chad Davenport, Simon McDonald and Gavin Mulloy of The Local Yokel Show: "We're Not Curing Cancer Here."

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. The Local Yokel Show podcast was meant to be a fun gathering of friends who play local music, but it ended up providing a perk to those artists: in-studio video. It's a great social medi ... More >>

We Gave Parigi Chef Chad Houser This Big Box of Crap and He Made Us Easter Dinner

Welcome to the return of The Box. Last time, Craig Cottier turned the ingredients from The Box into radass St. Paddy's Day drinks. This time, we gave our big box of crap to Chad Houser, Cafe Momentum do-er and Parigi cheffer ("Parigi" means "fucking delicious deviled eggs" in French talk).

The Big Texas Beer Fest is Coming to Fair Park, and Sounds Like it Just Might Work

​Remember when a husband-and-wife team planned a beer festival in Fair Park and everyone was all excited about it but then it got canceled and everyone, aside from a few told-ya-so-sayers, was bummed? Well, once again, a husband-and-wife team is organizing a beer festival in Fair Park. And, wi ... More >>

Coldplay and Tool Announce 2nd Shows and This Week's Show Announcements

Get a double dose of Coldplay next summer.​This week, we learned that ticket demand for two shows we recently wrote about (Coldplay and Tool) was so overwhelming a second show has been added for each. On Saturday, June 23, Coldplay will perform a second show at American Airlines Center. Tickets fo ... More >>

Moth Chef Chad Kelley Exits Stage Left and Chef Jennifer Otsuki Saunters In

The Meddlesome Moth​ Shannon Wynne, owner of the Meddlesome Moth just issued a statement, per D Magazine: "We are excited that Jennifer Otsuki has been promoted to Chef at the Meddlesome Moth where she has been working as sous chef under Chad Kelley for nearly two years. She is the one with ... More >>

And Now a Very Verbose Interview with Oak Lawn's Drag Queen Turned Reality TV Star

Chad Fitzgerald owns Cake Guys, a cakery with locations in both Dallas and Duncanville. He's also a constant on season two of TLC's Next Great Baker, which premiered Monday night. (Fitzgerald was part of the night's winning team). The next day, we got with Chad and talked to him about the show's pre ... More >>

Gavin Mulloy Designed Fliers For Area Bands Before Handling The Granada's Promotions

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene -- those who aren't necessarily members of local bands, but more the people who make the scene move. Gavin Mulloy​Gavin Mulloy is a young marketing pistol for Granada Theater, and he appears to be pois ... More >>

Parigi's Janice Provost, Out of the Corporate Fire and into the Sauteeing Pan

Parigi's Janice Provost.​This week, Three-Course Meal catches up with Janice Provost, chef/owner of Parigi Restaurant. Who are you? I'm 42. I grew up in a suburb of Houston on what my mom called Neal's Mini Farm. We had ducks, geese, chickens, rabbits, honey bees and a horse named Ginger. ... More >>

Show Announcements: Gustafer Yellowgold, Sade, John Legend, Pat Green, Journey, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Hed P.E., A-Track, Kid Sister & More!

​Today, over on the Good Records website, there's a slew of newly announced in-store performances. The most interesting of them all, though, is one sun-dwelling cartoon character named Gustafer Yellowgold, who will be gracing the astro-turf stage on Saturday, July 23, at 11 a.m. Well, that's not e ... More >>

He Wanted to Move the Rangers to Dallas and Provide Free Wi-Fi Downtown. Now Council Candidate Chad Lasseter's Out of the Race.

Chad Lasseter​If you read our story about the ballot drawing Friday morning for mayoral and city council candidates, you might have noticed the omission of a certain someone from the District 14 race. Chad Lasseter -- the guy who slammed Angela Hunt for bailing on Tom Leppert's adios and aimed ... More >>

Local Music 'Mericans: Kyle Thomas Drummed For Your Favorite Local Band, And Now He Makes Your New Favorites Look Good On Stage.

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene -- those who aren't necessarily members of local bands, but more the people who make the scene move. Kyle Thomas​Kyle Thomas has been the drummer for Reverend Horton Heat, Shallow Reign, The Daylight ... More >>

Show Announcements: Rihanna, Cee Lo Green, Dierks Bentley, Loretta Lynn, George Thorogood, Liz Phair, The Twilight Singers, Snoop Dogg, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Pinback, Wild Party, Stryper, Crosby and Nash, The Moody Blues & More!

Cee Lo Green, practicing his best Chris Brown pose for his upcoming tour with Rihanna.​A few days ago, we received a press release stating that pop star Rihanna will be performing at the American Airlines Center on Friday, July 8. We thought "Cool!" and went on about our business. But this morning ... More >>

Local Music 'Mericans: Kim Keebler

Welcome to Local Music'Mericans, where we'll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren't musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk. Kim Keebler​Kim Keebler was raised in Deep Ellum as a young pup. Her first concert was there: The Dead Kennedys, back in the mid '80s.She bought h ... More >>

From Farm to Table: Chef for Farmers Event
To Boost Local Producers

Photos by Robert BostickRandall Copeland, Bruno Davaillon, Janice Provost, Chad Houser, Nathan Tate and Matt McCallister​A unique twilight dinner has been scheduled at Eden's Garden Organic Garden Center and CSA Farm in Balch Springs that will pair seven chefs from five Dallas restaurants for ... More >>

Drag The River Knows No Convention

What a Drag

Bonus MP3: Sherilyn Segrest -- "Because of You"

Chad WindhamSherilyn Segrest​In this past week's paper, as part of our Homegrown review explosion, Mark Schectman gave the debut EP from former Deadman and Telegraph Canyon chanteuse Sherilyn Segrest a healthy couple of spins to come up with this take on the disc called Through The Night: "This EP ... More >>

Show Announcements: World Championship Of Honky Tonk At Sons of Hermann Hall, More

​We thought this was already settled.But apparently there's still some dispute as to who is the Honky Tonk Champion of Dallas. So the Boys Named Sue and The King Bucks--both frequent "Best Country" Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, with the Bucks taking the honor last year--will square off Sa ... More >>

City's Latest Cease the Grease Spot Is, More or Less, an Advertisement for the Green Spot

​My favorite cease-the-grease spot remains the North Texas Grease Abatement Council's 10-minute short film starring Chad, the poor sumbitch whose bath-time plans are foiled by clogged pipes. (Perry the Pipe's cartoon is a distant second.) But during the holidays, Dallas Water Utilities has stepped ... More >>

Appetite For Instruction: Watermelon Salad

Recipe Demonstrated by José, Chad and Janice of ParigiChad Houser, Janice Provost and Jose Matu.​In a town obsessed with new, there's something refreshing about longevity. Dallasites love to flock to the latest hot spots, packing dining rooms three deep for about three weeks and then forgetting ... More >>

Dallas' Only Daily Exploits Aikman's Misguided Hyperbole

Troy, and even Chad, should realize this dude is the worst receiver trade in Cowboys' history.My old friend Troy Aikman says that if - I repeat, if - Roy Williams doesn't produce like a No. 1 receiver, then the Dallas Cowboys' trade to acquire  him last season will be "one of the biggest ... More >>

From the Unfair Park Educational Film Dept.

Comes this 11-minute film courtesy the North Central Texas Council of Governments and the North Texas Grease Abatement Council (band name alert!) concerning the proper disposal of fats, oils and grease. Highly recommended. Poor, poor Chad.

Another Near-Reunion: Course of Empire

Well, OK, so it's not completely a reunion...or much of one at all, really. But, still, a real treat coming up tomorrow night at Club Dada, as part of Sunward's month-long artist-in-residency: After opening sets from Young and Brave and Sunward, three members of Sunward (frontman Doug Kershaw, bass ... More >>

Scenes from a Star Wars Con, or: How Do You Like Your Jar Jar Served?

Never Forget|Strike Back|Focus on Plate, Not Walls

Dynamic Duo

Ledoux and Pennigton unite at HCG

Texas Rangers Making Contingency Plans In Case This Uptick is a Mirage

Pharrell Williams Returns With His Old Friends in N.E.R.D.

Barley House's Cheesy Tots Leave Us Gooey

Spot On

Jubilee Year

The Drams are the Best

Farsighted

Brent Best and his longtime friends in the Drams don't have a bone to pick

Best City Ever

If you think Dallas' music scene is slipping, then you're obviously missing the shows

Good Grief

Our columnist is a loser--again--which is more fun for us than him

Odds & Ends

Downtown music and Four Questions With Mur's Max Hartman

Crash of Symbols

Plus:White Knights; Be Alarmed

Shallow Graves

Budapest One's Keith Killoren and Chad Stockslager find their future in the past

Scene, Heard

Hardly a shock

Whizzing inside the tent

ExxonMobil shareholders use their stock to push a corporate giant toward change

Tough love

In the Company of Men is one brutal valentine

Winner's circle

All the bands that fit,and one that quit

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Don't call it a comeback

The Descendents renew their quest for ALL

Cut the cards, ante up

Spot reshuffles the deck

Dream state

Comatheatre lets the audience connect the dots

The Truth About Townview (Part II)

How John Wiley Price and Chad Woolery have made students pawns in Dallas' racial politics

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