George Harrison

The Search for the Perfect Guitar, Part II

Editor: In last week's music feature, Christian McPhate began his search for a guitar. Not just any guitar, but his Trigger, his missing part. In that story, he went north to our weird music utopia, Denton, and came away with nothing. Here, he tries his hand in Dallas. I'll start you with his opener ... More >>

Chubby Checker Sues HP For Penis-Measuring App, The Right To Appear In This Blog Entry

Look, I told my editor, over the weekend: This Chubby Checker penis-measuring story is the blog post I was born to write. (This is not something I was excited to learn about myself.) I own and until recently used an HP Pre 3, which is a Palm WebOS phone that did not actually come out--the fastest ph ... More >>

The Hot Yoga Wars

A famous yogi and his once-prized pupil go to the mat in court.

Spiritualized, Olivia Tremor Control and Other Show Announcements

Jason Pierce, high on life.​With all Jason Pierce has been through over the past two decades, it's a wonder he's still alive. Even more miraculous: His band, Spiritualized, is still together. Even though his drug-heavy days are behind him, Spiritualized's recent albums are still just as hazy as Pu ... More >>

More Than 20 Years After Their Death, Eight-Tracks Are Resurrected In Dallas.

Local Musicians Are Suddenly Dabbling In Politics

Other Beatles Games You Won't Remember.

Donkey Punch

History for Sale

Heritage Auction Galleries made a fortune selling rare coins. Now it’s making a mint offering gems from America’s rich past.

Blessed Are the Cheeky

Python's Brian returns, bearing cinematic salvation

A Little Respeto

How Maná won the war for its reputation--without even trying

Mason Jarred

Mason Jennings spent a decade chasing a dream. Now he's finally waking up.

Made on the Margins

For 15 years, the Dallas Video Fest has flickered on the fringe

Beat the Devil

Bob Dylan supports a remarkable album with an equally remarkable performance

Fighting Faith

Plus: A debt to the victims

Tortured Souls

Horribly abused children of the Hare Krishna movement seek justice--and peace--through a multimillion-dollar lawsuit

Dig A Hole

When the bass player split, the Toadies split up

Hell Freezes Over

It took seven years to make a new record. It took five months for The Toadies to call it quits.

Jon Brion

Meaningless (Straight to Cut-Out)

Why 2K?

Nine is better than none this year

The Last Laugh

Willis Alan Ramsey's cult keeps growing, 28 years after cutting his first--and final?--record

Still Alive!

Peter Frampton, the golden god of the 1970s, is, once more, Almost Famous

Brother's keeper

The demonic duo of Dean and Gene Ween returns with a new studio album and a refined take on a twisted past

Restless farewell

Bob Dylan, the voice of a generation, to be silenced after Paul Simon tour

Stacks of wax

Adventures at the bottom of the music trade

Caught in a trap

Peter Guralnick's Careless Love sheds new light on the opaque unraveling of Elvis Presley

Snoopy dogged

A Charlie Brown Christmas doesn't come without its (good) grief

Rave on cats, he cried

Carl Perkins, 1932-1998

East Side soul music

The Blazers return with a record Just for You--and, hopefully, many others

Beyond illusion

The transcendental rhymes of Bhakti