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The Five Best DFW Band Vines, Featuring Parties of the Taco, Dance and Helmet Varieties

If you're someone who enjoys what social media has done for the band-fan relationship, the new video sharing app Vine offers awesome new horizons. For those of you who aren't familiar with Vine, it's basically a way for people to make short gif-like post that last six seconds each. As with all socia ... More >>

Billboard Now Counts YouTube Plays, so "Harlem Shake" is Number One

"Harlem Shake" is the No. 1 song in the United States of America this week, which means that now is your chance to listen to more than fifteen seconds of it. Baauer's meme soundtrack is the beneficiary of a Billboard rule change--YouTube views have been added to the Hot 100 calculations, joining phy ... More >>

The Dallas Observer is Partnering with Foursquare, and We Have a Badge and Everything

Every September-or-so here at the Dallas Observer, we unveil one of our meatiest issues: the Best Of Dallas. It features, as you know, the best damn things in the world of arts, film, theatre, food, booze and everything culture in Dallas. It's with that in mind that we announce our new partnership ... More >>

Why is "Gangnam Style" Now the Most-viewed Video on YouTube?

How Bleacher Report Rules the World

Step 1: Be terrible. Step 2: Count the money. Repeat both steps as necessary.

Watch Cowboys Fan's Epic, Profanity-Filled Tirade Over Loss to Seahawks

Yesterday, still irrationally giddy from the beatdown their Seahawks delivered on Sunday ( I for one blame the replacement refs for Felix Jones' fumble on the opening kickoff. And the subsequent blocked punt. And the Romo interception right after. And -- oh screw it, the Cowboys blew.) , our colleag ... More >>

Snow Tha Product: The Human Alarm Clock

In this week's Dallas Observer, we profile 30 of the metro area's most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Mark Graham. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. Claudia Feliciano has lived in Fort Worth for the past three years, but she's flown under ... More >>

The Viral Video Conundrum: Riff Raff, Kitty Pryde and Krispy Kreme Walk Into a Bar

When Sean Parker was asked by David Kirkpatrick at a roundtable web summit how and why videos go viral, the Silicon Valley visionary shifted in his seat, nervously adjusting his tortoise shell-framed glasses and skinny tie. The Napster co-founder posited, "Videos go viral because people share them. ... More >>

Be Funny, Get Paid

Two hundred bucks is nothing to laugh at -- that's equivalent to your electric and phone bill, or your rent if you live a very sad, unfunny life in the shadows of a relative's basement with only a hot plate for snuggling. (Note: when snuggling appliances I've found it helps to let them fully cool be ... More >>

Kessler Theater Artistic Director Jeffrey Liles Accuses Granada Theater of Stealing Shows

​Earlier this week, the Granada Theater announced a new show coming to its room on Saturday, October 8. The show will feature touring headliners Portugal. The Man, plus an opening set from Dallas locals Air Review. Specifically, the inclusion of Air Review is where things get interesting: Bac ... More >>

City of Ate Needs a Part-Time Food Blogger

Google-imaging bacon: a required skill for all food bloggers.​This here Beard-nominated restaurant blog is looking for a part-time reporter and writer to help contribute to Dallas' daily food and restaurant conversation. The freelance blogger will work with the Observer's editors, interns and ... More >>

Blogger in Taiwan Jailed for Calling Food "Too Salty"

Members of the Taiwan Restaurant Critics Association after they paid an ill-advised visit to T.G.I. Friday's in Taipei.​Remind us not to write about the food in Taiwan. On Tuesday, a blogger in Taiwan was sentenced to a month of detention and two years probation for writing that a restaurant's ... More >>

Watching Dallas Grow, Slowly

Someone needs to clean the schmutz off the Calatrava cam if it's gonna be up there longer than expected.​While we await some return phone calls: Twice today I've had occasion to dial up various local projects' construction webcams, including our old favorite the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge -- and th ... More >>

Play-N-Skillz's New Collaboration With David Guetta Has Already Charted In 18 Countries

Steve VisneauCollaboration swag.​Late last week, we passed along word that the latest single from French house producer David Guetta (the man behind, among other songs, the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling") to blow up the Internet was actually a Play-N-Skillz co-production -- and the first of a ... More >>

Pomplamoose's DIY Revolution

Wayne Coyne Shares More On The Upcoming Flaming Lips and Neon Indian Collaboration. Also: Video of Alan Palomo High On Acid?

Wayne CoyneAlan Palomo and his synths... as posted to Wayne Coyne's Twitter feed.​We're just a few days off from The Flaming Lips' and Neon Indian's shared Thursday night bill at the Palladium Ballroom, but, turns out, each of the acts' frontmen are already paired up, working on their anticipated ... More >>

Bonus MP3: The O's -- "We'll Go Walking"

​The new disc from local folk favorites The O's wasn't originally supposed to earn its release until February. And, OK, that still remains the case as far as hard copies of John Pedigo and Taylor Young's sophomore album, Between The Two, are concerned -- their local album release show will take pl ... More >>

Sloppy Seconds Returns to City of Ate

City of Aters, this week we are bringing back an old feature that our former web editor-turned-staff writer, Patrick Michels, used to do every Friday afternoon. It's an end of the week wrap-up of sorts featuring restaurant reviews and City of Ate highlights. This time around we decided to include ot ... More >>

How a Girl on Top Chose, Kinda, to Move Back to Deep Ellum After Two Years Living in Austin

​Lower Greenville, Knox-Henderson or Deep Ellum? That's the question I asked all kinds of folks before moving back to Dallas this month to re-join the Observer. Two and a half years gone while in grad school in Austin, and all kinds of things change in this town. Somebody set off a Banana Republi ... More >>

Erykah Badu Went to Dealey Plaza, Got Naked, Shot Video. City Hall Distances!

On March 17, Erykah Badu and a small crew went down to Dealey Plaza to shoot a very naked video for "Window Seat."​Earlier this morning, Pete posted the evidence to DC9: Erykah Badu's "Window Seat" video, the latest informercial for New Amerykah Part Two: The Return of the Ankh, in stores tomorrow ... More >>

Of Death And Cooking

A couple of new food-related sites caught our eye last week...while we maybe should have been working. Aren't you glad we're willing to procrastinate? [Editor's note: you should have been working--and stealing stuff from the Internet to cover your tracks doesn't count].SympathyFood.com: Why say i ... More >>

Today in Music News: Jeff Ament Is Still Alive, Kanye Blogs Against Twimposters, Stringer Bell Gets Musical

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, May 14, 2009... Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament and another employee of the band were attacked outside of a recording studio in Atlanta. I guess this ruins their chances of ever recording in Detroit. When Kanye blogs, people listen. After railing ag ... More >>

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Take a trip with David Maisel

Is Tomorrow Night Firewater's Last Stand?

Well, it sure looks that way, as the above poster, hosted on Firewater's Myspace page and sent out as a Myspace bulletin a few minutes ago, is pretty clear with its big lettering: "Firewater Will Close." So, too, is the headline of the bulletin that went out: "FIREWATER IS CLOSING TOMORROW NIGHT."S ... More >>

Today In Music News: Introducing DJ Hero and The 2009 Bonnaroo Lineup (Thanks, TV on the Radio!)

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, February 3, 2009... First Guitar Hero gave us the ability to shred with our musical heroes. Now the makers of Guitar Hero will let unknown DJs move from their bedroom to the living room via DJ Hero. Yep, now you too can cut it up on the ones ... More >>

Dallas County GOP'ers Serve Lupe Valdez Chicken for Breakfast

Is This Why Leppert Was in China?

Bringing Sachse Back

21-year-old Dondria Nicole's on the verge of a major-label push as we prepare for the Observer's 20th Music Awards issue

Notes: Punk Goes Crunk, Handshakes and Highfives on iTunes

Schutze on the Street (View)

Soulja Boy: Crankin' the Chain

No one understands the world of major-label rap better

What's in a Domain Name? About $275,000, Discover Your Dallas Cowboys.

Can't. Get. Off. Computer. Must. Eat.

Cry One More Time

Not Pop, But Pong Art

Video Killed the Mayoral Candidate

Kickin' it Old School

SMU's Real Boob

Since U Been Gone

Kelly Clarkson returns to Smirnoff

Unfair Park, Brought to You By AT&T?

Blathersphere

The Morning News boldly goes where everyone's gone before

Mixing with the Wrong Crowd

First-Person Account

Gorilla vs. Bear vs. Dallas music

Burning the Faithful

New copy-protected CDs screw over the only honest customers the music industry has left

Lemonade

Mark Cuban, you so smart!

Riding Coattails

Plus: The Snub; A Dog’s Life

Screwing the Man

Electronic Robin Hoods claim music file-swapping is an act of civil disobedience

It Doesn't Suck.com

Not for a cyber-griper who won a legal victory against his corporate nemesis

Cyber bore

The DotComGuy gets loads of publicity just like this for being a zero