Ireland

The Five Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend, January 17-20

Stalley, Ace Mitch, Dustin Cavazos, Nice Major, -Topic, KO Boyz Saturday, January 19, at The Prophet Bar, $18 Maybach Music Group rapper Stalley was busy in 2012, mostly with the release of his popular mixtape, Savage Journey to the American Dream, featuring heavy-hitters like Rick Ross, Curren$y, 2 ... More >>

Sean Penn, Gothed Up and Great, in This Must Be the Place

It's Not Every Day You Get to See an Original Calvin and Hobbes Piece In Person. (Or Buy It.)

Courtesy Heritage AuctionsOne of the few Calvin and Hobbes originals ever to come on the auction market's now residing at the corner of Oak Lawn and Maple. For now.​That was quite the Heritage Auctions infomercial ABC aired during prime-time last night: Unfair Park's cross-the-street neighbor got ... More >>

Great City Attractions Rolls Back its Proposal For that Downtown "Observation Wheel"

Flickr user antwerpenRGreat City Attractions's Wheel of Dublin​This just in: U.K.-based Great City Attractions, which was working with Dallas County and the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau to drop that giant Ferris wheel in Founders Plaza, has opted to roll away -- for the time being, at lea ... More >>

Rick Perry, Jay Nixon Bet Some Dr Pepper, Bud and Various Meats Over World Series Outcome

Via.​Sam's World Series Game 1 preview-open thread's upcoming any minute now; start polishing your bats. Till then, this: The governor's office sends word that Rick Perry has, but of course, made a wager with Missouri Governor Jay Nixon concerning the outcome of Rangers-Cardinals. And it's not a t ... More >>

Rolling Stones Ready Plans To Theatrically Release Film of 1978 Fort Worth Concert

​No date has yet been announced -- just a "Coming Soon!" promise -- for the stateside release of the new Rolling Stones concert film, The Rolling Stones: Some Girls -- Live in Texas. But, starting early next month, the United Kingdom and Ireland (followed shortly by Denmark, South Africa, Cro ... More >>

Sigel's Crazy Wonderful Irish Cheese Lady

In 1940's Belfast, Ireland, there lived the Magee family. Six daughters were born one after the other, followed by five sons all squeezed into a two-bedroom row house. The neighbors on one side were the McCormicks, who had 10 kids. On the other side were the Dunnigans, also with 10 kids. All told, m ... More >>

Q&A: The Meatmen's Tesco Vee Talks Offensive Humor, Old-School Punk and Life After It.

​There wasn't a more offensive punk band in the early '80s than The Meatmen. Even in a market cluttered by hardcore bands popping up in droves in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., the Lansing, Michigan, band, led by Tesco Vee (a third grade teacher born Robert Vermeulen), distinguished itself wit ... More >>

Upcoming Beer Events, With Varying Degrees of Relevance To St. Patrick's Day

​Thank God we thought better of the notion of giving up beer for Lent. Not only would "grouchy and mean-spirited" be an understatement in describing what our attitude would be if faced with more than a month without a pint, but we'd miss some great events coming up -- not to mention the Meddlesome ... More >>

Super Bowl XLV: Suite Deal

​My Super Bowl XLV itinerary looks thusly: Blogging Super Bowly all week. Broadcasting on 105.3 The Fan from radio row all week. And finding time to squeeze in some partying Tuesday (NFL Media at House of Blues), Wednesday (Aces & Angels at Fair Park), Friday (Pamela Anderson at ... More >>

Just In Time For the Super Bowl, Dallas Is Making One Last Push to Wipe Away Graffiti

Photos by Patrick MichelsDallas is cleaning up its image before the Super Bowl. We'll start with Dealey Plaza.​As quiet as Dealey Plaza's been since the truth-bearing publishers were cleared out, you could forgive a few tourists for being concerned this morning to find the place crawling with cops ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Red Bull SoundClash at the Palladium, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead at The Loft, Doug Burr at Lochrann's Irish Pub, Minus The Bear at House of Blues and Ra Ra Riot at The Granada

Another day, another busy musical evening here in the metroplex. Seriously busy.

Tonight, Tonight: Jónsi at Verizon Theatre, Jason DeRulo at House of Blues and Envy at Rubber Gloves

If you like Iceland, Auto-Tune or Japanese screamo, boy, you're in luck tonight!

Tonight, Tonight: Kings of Leon, The Black Keys and The Whigs at Superpages; Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at Palladium; Semi-Precious Weapons at the Loft; Torche at The Nightmare; and More!

Crazy busy night, huh? Thursdays really must be the new Fridays...

Q&A: Crowded House's Nick Seymour Talks Inspiration, Visual Art, David Byrne, Mustaches and Bicycling With Our In-House Superfan

On the far left, Neil Finn and his mustache. Next to him? Nick Seymour.​On a hot summer day last month, I played the "international calling game" with Crowded House's bassist Nick Seymour. I harassed operators and PR reps to no avail: The number I was dialing was not in service. I wondered what in ... More >>

Flogging Molly, Frank Turner, The Architects

Tuesday, February 9, at the House of Blues

Last Night: Rodrigo y Gabriela at House of Blues

Rodrigo y GabrielaHouse of BluesOctober 19, 2009 Better than: anything else in the flamenco-meets-rock-meets-mariachi wheelhouse ​ I'd heard about Rodrigo y Gabriela's ability to harness the power of a six-piece band with just two acoustic guitars, but seeing the phenomenon live was nothing sh ... More >>

Short Orders: Malarkey's Tavern

The kitchen is partly green.​Malarkey's Tavern 4460 Trinity Mills 972-931-7300 I had only been in the place for about ten minutes before the inevitable happened. That's right, in a pub listing some 100 beers from all over the world a guy sits down and asks if they carry Bud Light on tap. Wh ... More >>

Hophead: 'Liquid Aloha' From Kona Brewing Co.

Jesse Hughey When you think about brewing hot spots, what come to mind? Some obvious international destinations include Belgium, Germany, Ireland and the Czech Republic. As for the U.S., craft breweries are everywhere, but we think of the West Coast--especially Portland and Seattle. There's alw ... More >>

Dude Food: The Idle Rich Pub

The Idle Rich Pub2614 McKinney Ave.214-965-9926Dude Factor: 7, or "Mr. Burns," on a scale of 1 ("Donald Trump") to 10 ("Bruce Wayne")As much as I love The Old Monk, I hadn't really thought of it or its sister bars (The Dubliner, Blackfriar Pub and The Idle Rich Pub) as Dude Food destinations--partic ... More >>

10 Questions: Tracey Maddox

She pours beers at Frisco's bit of Ireland, otherwise known as Lochrann's. That, of course, means pint after pint (well, not pint--it's the U.S.--but you get the point) of Guinness, that time-consuming, two-stage pour. Fortunately, Lochrann's owner worked for the famous Irish brewery for 15 yea ... More >>

Irish Spring Flings

Patrick MichelsAs with other holidays, local restaurants are going all out with special St. Patrick's Day offerings for their customers on Tuesday. Urban Taco may not be the obvious choice for St. Patrick's Day revelry, but it's throwing its hat into the green ring for its lucky customers, servin ... More >>

Bonus MP3: Bravo Max - "Losing Her"

Bravo Max is a very recent entry on the Dallas music scene. Consisting of Johnny Beauford, Daniel Beauford, Steve Vanderheide and Ben Gastright, the quartet is just now getting out of the rehearsal space and hitting the area clubs.Bassist (and former CD Source employee) Ben Gastright was nice enough ... More >>

Last Night: Flogging Molly at House of Blues

Riverxmas

U.S., Say What?

Rain or Shine

We drove to the Austin City Limits Music Festival in ponchos, but we left wearing surgeon's masks

Green Living

Everyone's Irish, even Gumby

Best Sports Event

Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships

Snow Patrol, Eisley

Wednesday, October 13

Let's Make a Deal

Crescent Court in negotiations for new restaurant

Heads Up

Is there a correct way to pour beer?

Josh Ritter; Rosie Thomas

April 12

dios

dios (Star Time)

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

There's shearing and cheering at St. Baldrick's Celebration

Bein' Green

Don't Mess with Erin

Kobe Spam?

The steak house is going Wagyu

A Twist of the Wrist

Aren’t wine drinkers sissies?

Monk Spunk

The Old Monk is mostly about beer, but its mussels aren't bad either

Hard Rock

New global tapas bar opening on McKinney Avenue

Bistral Cursed

McKinney Avenue is in the grips of a gustatory curse

Something to Brag About

The Tipperary Inn gets a makeover

Rough Ride

Deirdre Panas pushes long odds to become Lone Star Park's first successful female jockey

The Pub's the Thing

What’s the Difference Between British Pubs and Irish Pubs?

Colombo Pause

Reasons to drink

When Irish Eyes Frown

Grim and comic, The Beauty Queen of Leenane mines stereotypes for nuggets of truth

Hash Over

Beeson goes; Irish jig; List watch

Why?

Because Dallas keeps lining up for Kurt Kleinmann's monochromatic comedies

Rory in the sky

The long-coming canonization of an Irish hero

Guerrillas in their midst

Neil Jordan's passion fuels Michael Collins