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Guitar Center Inc.

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    City Hall's City Store Remains a Good Deal, Especially If You're in a Band, Let's Say

    ​From time to time the city will post to Lone Star Auctioneers some of the finer offerings being sold out of the City Store, where there's always a bargain to be had. This week, I see, Richard Matthews is making available, among other curious (four "SelfCheck Checkout Stations"), an assortment of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 20, 2011

    Rock ’n’ Roll Can Help

    ​From time to time the city will post to Lone Star Auctioneers some of the finer offerings being sold out of the City Store, where there's always a bargain to be had. This week, I see, Richard Matthews is making available, among other curious (four "SelfCheck Checkout Stations"), an assortment of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Nine Bands Confirmed For First Annual 45 Fest Set To Take Place on October 21 at Dada

    The late, great Spector 45.​Hello Lover, Jim Suhler, The Mike Haskins Experience, The Marfalites, Dog Company, Here Holy Spain, The Assassins, The Phuss and Houston's The Sellouts are the first nine bands confirmed for the first annual 45 Fest, which will honor late Spector 45 members Frankie Camp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Concert Foul No. 61: Being The Guy Who Talks Endlessly About a Band's Gear During Their Set

    ​You know this guy, but you don't usually know his name. Chances are good you've heard and seen him. And, uh, it is always a guy. Never a female by my experience.Anyway, right before a band he's about to see plays their set, he gets a close look at the band's equipment and his mind starts to race. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets To See This Will Destroy You, Ume and The Boom Boom Box Tonight at the Granada Theater

    In this week's paper, Doug Davis gets pretty gaga over Austin's Ume, whose spastic, churning blend of punk and thrash has been earning the band all sorts of accolades of late, thanks in no small part to the contributions of magnetic frontwoman and bona fide guitar heroine Lauren Langner Larson, who ... More >>

  • Music

    January 20, 2011

    Ume's Lauren Langner Larson Shreds Gender Expectations.

    In this week's paper, Doug Davis gets pretty gaga over Austin's Ume, whose spastic, churning blend of punk and thrash has been earning the band all sorts of accolades of late, thanks in no small part to the contributions of magnetic frontwoman and bona fide guitar heroine Lauren Langner Larson, who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    What It Was Like: Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp 2010

    ​Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp is a chance for musicians to get a crash course in playing in a rock band. Whether your drumming skills are on par with Meg White's or somebody who can play "Pride & Joy" note-for-note in a dark corner of a Guitar Center, the intent of the camp is to become a better ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2010

    Listomania: Top 10 Most Annoying Songs Heard Regularly at Guitar Center (Not Counting "Stairway to Heaven," Duh)

    Khue BuiNo "Stairway To Heaven," bro.​A musician's heaven can quickly turn into a musician's hell. If you need a new set of guitar strings or drumsticks, just head to that shining beacon of sundry rock and roll knick-knacks known as Guitar Center. It's a place where almost any piece of musical e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Congratulations, City of Sherman: You're Having The Best Week Ever.

    Bustling, ain't it.​A cursory Wikipedia search tells me that the City of Sherman has at least a little musical history--well more than I was a aware, at least--as the hometowns of Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame saxophone player Buddy Tate and country music icon Buck Owens.But, the Owens-hosted Hee ... More >>

  • Music

    April 16, 2009

    Introducing Kashioboy and his Chiptunes.

    Bustling, ain't it.​A cursory Wikipedia search tells me that the City of Sherman has at least a little musical history--well more than I was a aware, at least--as the hometowns of Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame saxophone player Buddy Tate and country music icon Buck Owens.But, the Owens-hosted Hee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2009

    SXSW Dispatches: The O's Let Us Read Their Diary

    [Last week, we asked a few bands to check in with us from time to time over the course of the week to tell us about their SXSW experiences. Now, with the fest over, those diatribes are starting to show. Here's The O's' take on SXSW...]Steve VisneauThursday, March 19, 2009Dear O's Journal, It's 10:3 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2008

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

    [Last week, we asked a few bands to check in with us from time to time over the course of the week to tell us about their SXSW experiences. Now, with the fest over, those diatribes are starting to show. Here's The O's' take on SXSW...]Steve VisneauThursday, March 19, 2009Dear O's Journal, It's 10:3 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2007

    KZPS: Now the Best Radio Station Ever?

    [Last week, we asked a few bands to check in with us from time to time over the course of the week to tell us about their SXSW experiences. Now, with the fest over, those diatribes are starting to show. Here's The O's' take on SXSW...]Steve VisneauThursday, March 19, 2009Dear O's Journal, It's 10:3 ... More >>

  • Music

    February 8, 2007
  • Music

    February 8, 2007

    Singles Going Steady

    How to blow 99 cents

  • Music

    January 11, 2007

    Cornelius

    Sensuous (Warner [import])

  • Film

    November 23, 2006

    One-Toke Wonder

    Tenacious D gets the band back together and... and... and?

  • Music

    July 13, 2006

    Odds & Ends

    How Gang of Four's Dave Allen found a music partner in Jayson Bales

  • Music

    January 26, 2006

    Odds & Ends

    Raise a final beer (or seven) to the boys in Speedtrucker at their farewell shows

  • Calendar

    October 6, 2005

    Moon Tunes

    Raise a final beer (or seven) to the boys in Speedtrucker at their farewell shows

  • Music

    October 6, 2005

    Odds & Ends

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

  • Music

    September 1, 2005

    Odds & Ends

    The Cavern used to be a dark, dingy place for bad local bands. Lance Yocom is brightening it up.

  • News

    May 5, 2005

    2005 Dallas Observer Music Awards

    Case Solved: Killer musicians captured, thanks to your tips

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2005

    Don't Fret

    Dallas Guitar Show plays on

  • Music

    January 13, 2005

    Move Over, Flickerstick

    A Dozen Furies wins Battle for Ozzfest

  • Music

    December 9, 2004

    Catch the Tree Wave

    Old Ataris playing music? Singing with a dot-matrix printer? For this duo, it's all perfectly natural.

  • Best of Dallas

    October 14, 2004
  • Music

    June 3, 2004

    A New Texas Jam

    Crossroads Guitar Festival celebrates six-strings and the men who make them famous

  • Music

    December 11, 2003

    Rage Against the Machine

    Live at the Grand Olympic Ballroom (Epic)

  • Music

    October 16, 2003

    State Pen

    My Morning Jacket is from Kentucky. Stop holding that against them.

  • Best of Dallas

    September 25, 2003
  • Music

    June 26, 2003

    Ozzfest

    June 29

  • Music

    May 9, 2002

    Turn Up the Volume

    Check out Robot Monster Weekend, the best new band we've heard in a while

  • Music

    September 6, 2001

    Pazz and Jop

    With Unincorporated, the Earl Harvin Trio is no longer a jazz band. It's whatever it wants to be.

  • Calendar

    March 25, 1999

    Ax to grind

    With Unincorporated, the Earl Harvin Trio is no longer a jazz band. It's whatever it wants to be.

  • Music

    July 2, 1998

    Take me home, country roads

    Producer Dave Willingham makes noise in the middle of nowhere

  • News

    May 9, 1996

    Letters

    Producer Dave Willingham makes noise in the middle of nowhere

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