Subject: Def Leppard

• Hank, junior

  September 21, 1995

• The maitre d' of R&B

  June 27, 1996

• Let's get rocked

  August 1, 1996

• Aged in the can

  August 1, 1996

• Every which way but loose

  January 8, 1998

• Getting the business

  July 2, 1998

• Out Here

  February 11, 1999

• Free Radish

  May 13, 1999

• Big Fan: AFI Dallas Announces Its Complete Line-Up, Minus the Closing-Night Movie(s?)

  Patton Oswalt is the Big Fan, scheduled to play the AFI Dallas International Film Fest this yearMoments ago, the AFI Dallas International Film Festival sent along its complete schedule for this year's fest, which runs March 26 through April 2 -- with, as we've noted before, most screenings taking place this year at the AMC NorthPark, the title sponsor. Well, even at 77 features and 96 short films, it's not quite the full schedule: The closing-night film hasn't yet been announced, because it prom

  March 4, 2009

• Bad Ideas, Inc.

  January 10, 2002

• The Bomb Squad: Some Suggestions for Your AFI Dallas Film Fest Saturday Sked

  Jeremy Renner will be in attendance at tonight's Dallas debut of The Hurt Locker, at the Magnolia at 7:30.Last night at the AMC NorthPark, where he accepted the AFI Dallas Star Award following a screening of Chinatown, the film's writer, Robert Towne, spoke of how films were once the place where audiences and filmmakers met to share their stories. In the 1930s and '40s, he said, those who made the movies and those who consumed them shared "a common bond, common values -- you know, give the under

  March 28, 2009

• Dem Souhernfolkz's Incredible Message

  February 12, 2009

• How To Put Together A Valentine's Day Mixtape

  February 12, 2009

• After 25-plus Years of Debauchery, Al Jourgensen Has Decided to Shut Down His Ministry

  April 17, 2008

• Too Much Time on Our Hands

  The transcript of a conference call that never was—maybe

  August 30, 2007

• Test My Balls of Fury

  Answer all correctly and win a Def Leppard album

  August 30, 2007

• Singles Going Steady

  High-Class Broads

  March 29, 2007

• Blinded by Ambition

  Thomas Dolby continues searching for science and some overdue respect

  December 7, 2006

• Sketchballs

  July 20, 2006

• Singles Going Steady

  What's Hot on iTunes

  January 11, 2007

• Gold Needles in the Pop-Rock Haystack

  The best end-to-end albums from a single-driven year

  December 28, 2006

• Pop Rocks

  The shiniest and catchiest of 2005's snap and fizz

  December 22, 2005

• Odds & Ends

  Laptop demolition, band self-destruction and the Eagle flies again (sort of)

  October 6, 2005

• Spanking New

  The Spree set off fireworks, Corn Mo might be a giant and more

  June 30, 2005

• Another Night in Paradise

  January 27, 2005

• Party Bard-y

  Shakespeare's greatest guffaws and ha-has

  June 17, 2004

• Board Games

  Jon Comer's doing what's Never Been Done

  June 17, 2004

• Pole to Pole: A Ladies Guide to Strip Clubs

  April 24, 2003

• Day Jobs

  Four Day Weekend wants to second that emotion

  April 10, 2003

• Wayne's World

  The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne defines "epic but gentle"

  August 22, 2002

• Metal Meltdown

  Marky Mark becomes a Rock Star, but he doesn't get to enjoy it

  September 6, 2001

• Pyramid Songs

  Nile is the sole practitioner of "Ithyphallic Metal." Grab a dictionary.

  July 12, 2001

• Crit and Shap 2000

  The worst of the worst

  December 28, 2000

• Candy corn

  Or: What do cake walks, the Backstreet Boys, and Jon Cunningham have in common?

  June 17, 1999

• Live Nation Pulls Back Service Charges, Offers DC9 Readers A Giveaway

  Last week, Live Nation, the national concert booking and promoting conglomerate that books to Superpages.com Center and other large venues throughout the region, offered up the concert-going public what it thought would be a nice little respite to the recession: One day (Wednesday) in which service fees were scrapped on all lawn seat purchases made at the company's many outdoor amphitheaters nationwide.Well, turns out, it was quite the says. per a press release from Live Nation sent out earlier

  June 10, 2009

• Last Night: Regional Air Guitar Championship at The Loft

  Air Guitar Regional ChampionshipJune 11, 2009The LoftBetter than: sitting at home praying it doesn't rain anymore.Patrick MichelsAh, the wankery going on at The Loft last night...Plenty more photos in our slideshow.Though it was brutally long at nearly five hours, last night's Regional Air Guitar Championship was nonetheless a fascinating sociological experiment. The evening at The Loft started off inauspiciously with a heavy metal tribute act playing the expected set list of songs by AC/DC, Def

  June 12, 2009

• Live Nation Drops Lawn Prices For Select Shows

  They're doing it again. Live Nation is offering $24.99 (and, in a couple cases, $19.99) lawn tickets for select Starplex (I still refuse to call it Superpages.com Center) shows today only during this week's installment of No Service Charge Wednesday. Until 11:59:59 tonight, lawn tickets purchased at Live Nation's Web site for shows including Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kid Rock, ZZ Top and Aerosmith, the Mayhem Festival and more will actually cost the prices at which they're listed. After the jump, a lis

  June 17, 2009

• Live Nation Keeps The "No Service Fee Wednesday" Train Going With Deals Today On 4-Packs. Also, A Giveaway!

  Just as it did last Wednesday and the Wednesday before that, national booking/concert promotions conglomerate Live Nation is back today with another "No Servive Fee Wednesday" promotion, this time removing all service fee charges on its 4-Pack ticket bundles, which allow ticket-buyers to save 17 percent on their ticket total when they buy four at a time, and essentially bringing that 17 percent discount up to 40 percent until the calendar turns to Thursday tonight at 12:01 a.m. The discount, of

  June 24, 2009

• Giveaway: One Pair of Tickets To The Fray PLUS HOT DOGS AND DRINKS

  As part of Live Nation's continuing No Service Fee Wednesday (now going by the initials NSFW, which caused me to open the press release quite a bit quicker than I might have otherwise, I'll have to admit), Live Nation is once again offering tickets for select shows at an "all-in" ticket price of $29.99 each when purchased at livenation.com before midnight tonight. This week, they're throwing parking plus a free hot dog and soda into the deal. Follow the jump for the full list of concerts offerin

  July 8, 2009

• Good Friday: Lions, Dustin Cavazos, Faster Pussycat, Daniel Folmer, Dove Hunter, Leon Russell

  ​Feels like this week has flown by, but maybe that's because I'm back in the saddle again here at DC9. Which means, yep, it's on me again to put together your weekend show list. So, without further ado, here it is. First, the show's we've already brought to your attention--and there were a bunch of 'em.Tonight, as just mentioned, your options include: the Granada Theater's five-year anniversary party with Slobberbone, Macon Greyson and Danny Balis; the Old 97's and Telegraph Canyon gig at Bass

  August 21, 2009