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Ask Willie D: I'm a Pastor and I Cheated on My Wife. What do I Do?

Welcome to Ask Willie D, where the Geto Boys MC answers reader questions about matters, in his own words, "funny, serious or unpredictable." Something on your mind? Ask Willie D! BOYFRIEND WITH BAD MANNERS Dear Willie D: My boyfriend behaves like he grew up in the sticks. Well, actually he did. H ... More >>

Ten of August's Best Music Photos

August is typically the cruelest month, in terms of temperatures, lack of energy and things to do. Looking back through the blog, however, we certainly got our fair share of photo ops. Here are a few to remind you of the month that was.

Ten Songs to Accompany Very Specific Dorm-Room Scenarios

The first week of college is here, so the Observer staff is providing you with some tips to get your through the first week/month/year.See also: Six albums to torture your roommate with College dorms are small, which means two things: It's pretty impossible to escape certain situations that will i ... More >>

Of Course Our Dream Edgefest Lineup Includes Ol' Dirty Bastard and Steely Dan

With the 22nd annual Edgefest approaching this Sunday, we started to get a little cultural vertigo looking at the lineup: Garbage, Cake, Evanescence? The Black Keys are the big draw, sure, but it brought us back into that late '90s vortex, where the pants were wide and pop music was at its cavity-ti ... More >>

"Rehearsal Spaces Are Designed For the Kind of Bros Who Apply Band Stickers to Urinals" and Other Wisdom From Indian Jewelry's Tex Kerschen

Some bands just like to be mysterious. Take Houston's Indian Jewelry for example. Although the band has been around for a little over a decade, very little biographical material is available. Various articles on the band list five members, but some list only two, and even then, pseudonyms are used. ... More >>

Play Me Back Home: A Playlist For Rick Perry

​After what literally felt like four years, Rick Perry has finally ended his campaign for President, thrown his support at Newty G., and is returning to Texas. He said it best himself: "I know when it's time to make a strategic retreat." Ah, but he's given us so many amazing moments. Who co ... More >>

Penny in the Fountain: Five Texas Bands We Wish Would "Reunite" This Year

As it goes with many reunions these days, the news of At the Drive-in's reformation neatly coincided with the release of the Coachella lineup on Monday. And yes, people are excited. "One Armed Scissor" doesn't sound especially dated these days, and The Mars Volta's 26-minute solo weed jam revue was ... More >>

Five Things Dallas Hip-Hop Could Learn From The Rest of The Dirty South Movement

​[Editor's Note: On Thursday night, Ben Westhoff, a frequent contributor to our print edition and a sometime contributor here on DC9, will be stopping by Cliff Notes in Oak Cliff for a reading and signing session to promote his new book, Dirty South: OutKast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Souther ... More >>

Houston Cries For Pudge, Claims Its Music History Beats Dallas'

​Our ears were burning, so we went ahead and checked out what our counterparts at the Observer's sister paper in Houston, the Press, was up to on its music blog lately. And, sure enough, it's all Dallas all the time down in H-Town these days.(OK, not really, but two posts over the span of a week? ... More >>

Don't Take Your Love to Town

Get your asses to Bass Hall for Kenny Rogers

Making a List, Checking It Twice

Satan's Playlist

Never fear—we've got your Halloween mixtape here

A Mighty Trio

Folk legends play the Bass

Patriot Acts

Proof that George Bush doesn't have a monopoly on luvin' the U.S. of A.

Coke Dreams

In Scarface, slinging yayo is the name of the game

Come Marching In

New Orleans musicians in Texas overcome Katrina the only way they know how

Geto Boys

The Foundation (Rap-a-Lot/Asylum)

The Girl Who Played Dead

The untold story of the 1990 bathtub shooting

Straight Outta Left Field

The Dallas Morning News says N.W.A. was "militant." The real answer? N.O.

Totally Hits

A great year for local music gets better

Out & About

Snoop Dogg

Wasted Youth

Like so many of its namesakes, Bully is a coward on the inside

Way Out

For Hydroponic Sound System, mixing hip-hop with everything else is just Routine Insanity

Beat down

Dallas' hip-hop scene is more vital than ever, but you'd never know it: no clubs, no radio, no major-label deals. But the musicians, some of this city's best, refuse to give up.

Mr. Mellow

John Wiley Price, the man who once toted a bullhorn in protests outside Mayor Ron Kirk's home, learns that it helps to have friends in high places

The enchanted forest

Carl Stephenson on Beck, the Geto Boys, trip-hop, and the fine line between dream and reality

Wizards of Wu

How Wu-Tang Clan won the world

Dour times

Portishead creates a sad poetic sound that separates dreams from reality