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Echoes & Reverberations: Van Halen’s “Almost Infamous”

Events for the week

Roadshows

The beat goes on

Sonny Bono got more respect in death than in life

Letters

Sonny Bono got more respect in death than in life

Plaster casters

KISS tribute band Hotter Than Hell just might be more real than the real thing

Out There

KISS tribute band Hotter Than Hell just might be more real than the real thing

Role Models is Smarter and Bawdier Than Your Average Boys-to-Men Movie

KISS tribute band Hotter Than Hell just might be more real than the real thing

Impossibly Passable

KISS tribute band Hotter Than Hell just might be more real than the real thing

Viva la Bands, with GWAR, Cradle of Filth, CKY and more

Thursday, October 4, at House of Blues

Wishing for Mimes

Insane Clowns are slated to ivade Cowtown

Left Alone

Saturday, August 19, at the Gypsy Tea Room's "Tea Room"

Vampires of Moscow

Saturday, August 19, at the Gypsy Tea Room's "Tea Room"

Little Orphan Trannies

Big hand for Quad C's puppet Rocky Horror; DTC marries into the myths of Wife

American Idol's Freak Factor

Finally, Dallas has its own William Hung

Fashion Files

Erykah Badu's Rockin' Runway combines music and style for Charity

Daddy, Help!

Big Daddy's Grill House is good, but bring a defibrillator

Rock Star Olympics

Snoop Dogg vs. Bob Marley? Ike vs. Courtney? Let the games begin.

Revolting

The New Guy offers the same ol' thing: dopey crap for kids

Say It, Don't Sing It

IFC's new documentary, Crossover

Shearer Delight

The voice of Flanders is the voice of reason, absatively posilutely

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

Impossible to ignore

TV dinners

Swarna Palace plies good food and great tube

KISS-ed off

Don't lose your mind over Detroit Rock City

Out There

Don't lose your mind over Detroit Rock City

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum's Almost As Trippy As Its Bus

Don't lose your mind over Detroit Rock City

With Extract, Mike Judge Goes Back To Work

Don't lose your mind over Detroit Rock City

Listomania: Eight Jewish Musical Icons To Celebrate On This Final Night of Chanukah

​When the sun sets this evening, the final night of Chanukah will commence, ending an eight-day spree of phone calls from nagging Jewish mothers and the always pleasant gifting and receiving of holiday socks. Also coming to its unfortunate annual close? The (adorable) singing of the Chanukah praye ... More >>

Today In Music News: Billboard Counts Down Best Moments, Vic Chesnutt Passes And Gene Simmons Gets Sued

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, December 28, 2009...Billboard counts down the top 50 musical moments of the decade. Singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt passed away. God of Thunder, Gene Simmons had an early Christmas present: He was sued for allegedly attacking two people in a Los Ange ... More >>

Which Musicians Will Kick the Bucket in '10?

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, December 28, 2009...Billboard counts down the top 50 musical moments of the decade. Singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt passed away. God of Thunder, Gene Simmons had an early Christmas present: He was sued for allegedly attacking two people in a Los Ange ... More >>

Teenage Bottlerocket, Bannter Pilot, Stymie, No Heroes

Thursday, July 22, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, Denton

Q&A: Tommy Thayer of KISS On Joining His Idols, Playing to Families and Watching Paul Stanley Squeeze Sweat Out of His Socks.

​Tommy Thayer has played guitar in KISS since 2002, taking over for the departed Ace Frehley. Thayer was involved in various bands before, even gaining the notice of Gene Simmons when Thayer was playing in a KISS tribute band. Soon after, Simmons offered Thayer a job as his assistant. And, when Fr ... More >>

Over the Weekend: KISS, Daughtry, Pat Green, Drowning Pool, The Academy Is . . ., The Envy, Revengeance at Pizza Hut Park

KISS, Daughtry, Pat Green, Drowning Pool, The Academy Is..., The Envy, RevengeancePizza Hut ParkSaturday, September 18, 2010(Way) better than: getting drunk and watching KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park. Roger Caldwell"How 'bout a little Kiss?"​It was the same old KISS that showed up on Saturday ... More >>

Today In Music News: Katy Perry's Boobs Get Her Booted, Lyfe Jennings Gets Time And Gene Simmons Didn't Hump

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, September 24, 2010...Katy Perry's cameo appearance on Sesame Street has been axed because of "boob complaints." It's really never too early to learn about anatomy though, right?Lyfe Jennings credits a prison stint for turning his life around. Howe ... More >>

Today In Music News: Solomon Burke Dies, Natasha Bedingfield Gets Money And Gene Simmons Wants Your House

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 11, 2010...Solomon Burke has passed away.  Sure, he was a soul legend, but it's not as impressive as the number of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren he left behind.Natasha Bedingfield isn't selling out, she's buying in.. ... More >>

It's a Different Sort of Pop Rock

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 11, 2010...Solomon Burke has passed away.  Sure, he was a soul legend, but it's not as impressive as the number of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren he left behind.Natasha Bedingfield isn't selling out, she's buying in.. ... More >>

Today In Music News: Glastonbury Put On Hold, Pink Floyd To Maybe Get Back Together and Gene Simmons Gets Hacked

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, October 19, 2010...If you were planning on heading to England to catch the Glastonbury Festival in 2012, save your miles... the fest's been canceled because of the lack of port-o-potties. Could Pink Floyd be getting back together for the kids?Look ... More >>

Party, Party: Fair Park Will Be Very Busy During Super Bowl Week (and Other Invites)

​A couple of weeks back we passed on our invite to the concerts in the Cotton Bowl during Super Bowl week. But this morning, the Unfair Park in-box offered other options, among them: Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed will be taking over Centennial Hall at Fair Park on February 2 for the Aces & An ... More >>

Are You Pumped For All Those Free Concerts The Super Bowl's Gonna Bring? Even If The First One We've Heard Of Features Maroon 5?

​Robert's been doing a pretty decent job of keeping folks appraised of the Super Bowl-related(ish) events we can expect to be inundated with come February when the big ol' XLV comes through to rock Arlington (with the Black Eyed Peas) -- like the two-day Diddy-hosted affair, and the Pam Anderson p ... More >>

Listomania: The Five Best and Five Worst Alter Egos in Music

​Tonight, groundbreaking experimental rapper Kool Keith will be gracing The Loft with his presence. And we're hella stoked. Not only is the rapper one of our favorites, but his skill set is undeniable and his advancements in the "horrorcore" and "porncore" genres are fairly irrefutable. Plus. he's ... More >>

Press Release o' the Day: Councilman Salazar to Present KISS's Gene Simmons With Key to Dallas

​No doubt you're aware that KISS's Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed (who I wouldn't Google Image search from the office too hard, if I were you) are among the myriad celebs hosting Super Bowl shindigs next week. Theirs is the Aces & Angels Salute to the Troops at Fair Park, which will lick it up ... More >>

Local News and Notes: Pitchfork Reviews Fergus & Geronimo, Stereogum Premieres New True Widow Song, Gene Simmons To Get Key to Dallas and A Local Scores on American Idol.

What with all this puppet-, 35 Conferette-, Wilco-, Starplex- and KXT-related excitement of late, we've let a few other noteworthy news items slip through the cracks. After the jump, we remedy that -- bullet-point style!

Super Bowl Parties Already Half Off

​A Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to today's Groupon Daily Deal for Dallas: half-off tickets to Pamela Anderson's Super Bash 2011 at the Fashion Industry Gallery on Ross Ave., which takes place Friday night from 9 till 3 in the morning and will feature among the special guests none ot ... More >>

City Hall Gives Gene Simmons a Big KISS

Photos by Patrick Michels​Well, that was ... surreal.When I left Dallas City Hall at 4:50 this afternoon, Gene Simmons was still there -- in the mayor's fifth-floor conference room, surrounded by cameras and politicos and one or two fans who'd managed to work their way into the room. Laid out befo ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Deerhoof and Yann Tiersen at The Loft, Cradle of Filth at The South Side Music Hall, Doug Burr and Ryan Thomas Becker at Club Dada, and The Aces & Angels Salute to the Troops at Centennial Hall in Fair Park

Despite the terrible weather, there is still a bunch of shows to look out for on this hump day evening -- two of which are even taking place in the same building.

Super Bowl XLV Aces & Angels Party: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. Never really listened to Little Texas before last night's bash at Fair Park's Centennial Hall, but they do a pretty good rendition of KISS's "Detroit Rock City." Even Master of Ceremonies Gene Simmons was bobbing his head. 9. This just in: Nothing goes better with a cold shot of Jagermei ... More >>

Sure, Gene Simmons Was At His Fair Park Party Last Night. But So Too Were Burton Gilliam, Randy Travis and Other Familiar Faces.

Photos by Danny HurleyBurton Gilliam with some of the many soldiers invited to attend the Aces & Angels fund-raiser at the Fair Park Centennial Building last night​Our Danny Hurley skated down to Fair Park last night for Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed's Aces & Angels poker tourney, concert ... More >>

Wait, During Super Bowl Week We Gave a Key to Our City to Michael Vick?

I know Super Bowl XLV was all about Southern hospitality and all, but Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway may have went a tad far. Gene Simmons getting a key to our city is one thing, but Michael Friggin' Vick? For what exactly?! Meanwhile, our ol' pal Richard Hunter almost got an exclusive one-on ... More >>

Big Dick, Michael Vick And, As It Turns Out, Anybody Can Get a Key to the City of Dallas

All Richard Hunter wanted to do was show Michael Vick his dog Mel. That did not go as planned.​Several Friends of Unfair Park have sent along the video that follows, in which two things of note transpire. First: Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway -- who'd take the reins should Mayor Tom step down before ... More >>

Can't Believe You're Not on This List of People Who've Received Keys to the City of Dallas

​You have asked, and Frank Librio, the public information officer at Dallas City Hall, has answered by providing a recent sampling of the famous, infamous and who's-that?'s who have received keys to the city of Dallas. At last, a list I can get behind. Because, as I've been reminded more than once ... More >>