Harley-Davidson Inc.

Last Shot: Time Is Running Out

[Editor's Note: Longtime concert photographer Andrew Youssef found out almost two years ago that he had Stage IV Colon Cancer. In that time, he has continued to shoot tons of music events for our sister paper OC Weekly on top of other freelance work and working a day job at a hospital, of all places ... More >>

The Seven Sexiest Guitars

If there's one thing that starts a guitarist's heart thumping, it's the heat from the fretboard as his or her fingers slide across the strings. It's a sordid love affair that leaves fans screaming for more, and the guitarist's soul longing for more. In fact, B.B. King loved his $30 guitar so much t ... More >>

Brisket Tacos, Crazy Sandwiches and Fernet: This Week In You Are Soooo Fat

Some winter, huh? I'm wearing short sleeves and it's still February. That means we're going to be eating peaches a little sooner, so long as a hard frost doesn't come in and burn those little blossoms. Before you get out there and enjoy the beautiful weekend weather (I'm ready for some patio drinki ... More >>

Spector 45 Song Used For New Dallas Harley-Davidson Dealer TV Spot To Air This Fall

About a year ago, before tragedy twice struck the much-adored area greaser-punk three-piece Spector 45, first with frontman Frankie Campagna on New Year's Day and then again in March with bassist Adam Carter, the band had been approached about having their music used in an upcoming TV ad promoting t ... More >>

Irving Shouts Freebirds: A New Location and A Sneak Peek

​Freebirds World Burrito, you know, the other 'FB' you love besides Facebook, is bringing its "hippie-inspired burrito concept that originated in Santa Barbara, CA" to Irving, TX. Jason Daniel, Director of Operations for Freebirds, along with his team, is working hard to bring restaurant #49 ... More >>

Billy Bob's Texas In Fort Worth To Host Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic This Summer

Willie Nelson, American hero.​Just last night, the great Willie Nelson was in town to perform a gig at the Morton H. Meyerson Center and raise funds for LaunchAbility, a Dallas-based organization that provides services to assist both children and adults with developmental disabilities. Good guy, t ... More >>

Dallas, An "American Icon"

​On Christmas Eve afternoon, radio-radio's Julia Barton stopped by the offices to interview Schutze and me for an episode of Public Radio International's Studio 360, which is hosted by Kurt Andersen. Barton had been tasked with doing a piece on Dallas as part of the show's "American Icons" series, ... More >>

Motorcycle club members and weekend warriors, seeking the freedom of the road, face dangerous curves on and off Dallas streets

Smoke Gets in Her Eyes, Or Here Comes
The Barbecue Judge

Ed Rode, Jack Daniel'sSharon Yarbrough preps an entry for the Jack Daniel's barbecue competition.​This Saturday, I had the luck to serve as a judge at the 22nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue in Lynchburg, Tennessee. More than 25,000 people descended on the town, ... More >>

Ride For Dime Proves "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott Is Not Forgotten.

Tonight, We Ride

Lawnmower Man: Kenneth Page Followed His Peculiar Dream from Texas to Florida.

Dollars for Dime

Let Down Your Leaves?

Free Shaggy: Why One Now-Former News'er Wants to "Run Topless Down the Street"

Dallas Morning News insiders and the merely curious have no doubt spent the better part of the day watching the comments pile up on the DMNcuts blog, which has documented the layoffs taking place inside 508 Young Street. Condolences have been extended, tempers have flared, those let go have said the ... More >>

Lone Star 92.5 Is Out For Blood This Week

Big Deal Johnson

See Don play with his dog

You Betcha: The Last Gasp

Girl on a Motorcycle

Need Some of That Old-Time Religion?

Like Pigs to Slaughter

Cast of old men in leather pants on the road to nowhere good

Good News for Jackie Earle Haley

The Human Race

If you like NASCAR... you might be a redneck

Wailing on Each Other

Plus: Seeing Red

Live to Ride

A motorcycle accident cost Bill Rucker his leg, but that won't stop him from building-and riding-bikes

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

New Moves

Tripsichore strikes a pose

Motor Away

Get your motor running at the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show

Steppin' Out

Colin Dunne is the anti-Michael Flatley

Mo' Bull

Check out the rockin' broncs

Where the Rubber Leaves the Road...

...and flesh sometimes meets the pavement, stunt bikers look to go legit

Radio Free Gomer

Why would Dallas broadcast classical music to rural meth labs?

Guilt Trip

When Steve met Stevie, neither man profited

Best Cowboy/Cowgirl Boots

Cavender's Boot City

Take a Gamble for Charity

Big Brothers Big Sisters shows its poker face

Down-home

Café Italia hits some rough spots, but it just might have some potential buried under the bumps

Bad Apples

Is a teacher's effort to free two convicted killers a rush to bad judgment?

High Spoons

Bare breasts, a bowl of red, and bad blood among the chili brethren in the Big Bend. Texas doesn't get any better.

Cheap Thrills

Long-shot sheriff's candidate Charles Muñoz goes for broke against old-timer Jim Bowles

Paranoia with purpose

Like-minded "Patriots" find their own around the new Branch Davidian Church in Waco

Theme puke

At Jekyll & Hyde Club, the actors act, the puppets howl, and the food...well, never mind

The glory of Bugs

Texas guitar hero Bugs Henderson wouldn't swap family for fame

You got another thing comin'

Venal old fraud Pat Boone bellies up to the trough once more with an album of metal covers

Roadshows

Buzz

College rock

UFOFU brings 'alternative' to ETSU and wins the talent show

Wish Woman

She hasn't got money or connections. But straight-shooting Linda Terrell is helping dying grownups live their dreams.

Lou says

The soul of Velvet Underground stares into the Twilight

I thought it would be fun to run a magazine

Ray Washburne's Texas Business is a case study in how not to run a business

Channel surfing

The 1994 Dallas Video Festival mixes equal parts ineptitude and brilliance