Ireland

Interview with Peter and Cheryl Kenny of The Dubliner, Capitol Pub and The Gin Mill

There's something a bit charming about the Irish. Maybe it has to do with the rich, sometimes mystical, elements of their culture. Like leprechauns, a penchant for being a tad hotheaded, folk songs that can bring everyone in a bar to tears, and Jameson, of course. See also: - Your Ten Point Plan ... More >>

Chuck Billy of Testament is Ready for the End of CDs and Records

It's pretty rare for a band to wait nearly three decades to release its best album, but that's exactly what Testament did. Last summer saw the release of Dark Roots of Earth, Testaments tenth and most accomplished work. Melding the old school fire of the band's previous efforts with a modern sheen a ... More >>

Fang Island - Dada - 8/16/12

Fang Island, Adebisi Shank, Spacebeach Dada Thursday, August 16 It was West Nile aerial spraying night, so my wife warned me not to go out, but I was rewarded with one of the best shows of the year. As planes buzzed above, the band joked about the situation. "I guess we arrived just in time," said ... More >>

Jack Perkins' ocaTaco Should Open Wednesday

The good people of the UT Southwestern campus are about to be slapped in the mouth with slow-cooked meat. Jack Perkins and part of his Maple and Motor team expect to open his new taco assembly-line concept, ocaTaco, sometime this week. (According to Facebook, it's looking like Wednesday.) And yes, ... More >>

Bettysoo

Friday, December 9, at AllGood Cafe

Arresting Comedy

At Arlington City Hall, Locals Hammer TCEQ Panel for Stricter Gas Drilling Regulations

Photos by Leslie MinoraA panel of TCEQ reps maintained their poker faces for about two hours as citizens took the mic, almost all demanding tighter fracking regulations.​Shortly after the release of that Fort Worth air study, three reps from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality took a ... More >>

All Aboard the Cheese Bus!

​In 1964, Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters hopped into a brightly painted bus and traveled eastward in a hallucinogen-inspired stupor with the hopes of expanding their perceptions of reality. This Saturday, in a slightly less psychedelic but far more delicious bus trip, Dallas' Scar ... More >>

The Problem With... The Script's "For the First Time"

Listen: I know I'm probably not the demographic Dublin band The Script has in mind for their songs -- pretty much all of which appears to be targeted toward women who seek out media aimed at making them cry. In other words: These guys are like the Nicholas Sparks of music. Which is bad news for ever ... More >>

The Common Table Sets "St. Crafty's Day" Beer Lineup

Live Oak Primus is one of eight specialty beers to be tapped at The Common Table's "St. Crafty's Day."​As far as beer drinking goes, Saint Patrick's Day is generally known more for quantity than quality. And if it's not cheap, domestic and dyed green, chances are it's Guinness, as the historic Dub ... More >>

Having a SodaBlast! The City Is Not Screwing Around When It Comes to Graffiti Removal.

Soda Blast Systems​Had a very long, very off-the-record chat with don't-call-him-Graffiti-Czar John Barr late last week, during which he dropped the hint that this week, the city would roll out some new tech aimed at power-washing the hell out of the city. But the Oak Cliff attorney, who's been re ... More >>

Can the Mexican Help a Poor Mutt Who Gets Hit by Bigots on All Sides?

What, No Marshmallow-Topped Yams?
Thanksgiving Menus for the Non-homebodies.

​Thanksgiving is just under three weeks away, which means it's high time to choose recipes, draft a shopping list and find the roasting pan. Or, alternately, make reservations. For folks without nearby relatives or an inclination to cook, a number of local restaurants are serving up Thanksgiving ... More >>

Our Top 5 Most Expensive Things
To Eat or Drink

​You just invented the Opti-Grab just like The Jerk's Navin R. Johnson, or possibly hit it big in what many now may consider their only chance at retirement, the lottery. What would you do with all that loot after buying a ration of fine automobiles and country estates? Well, you could join th ... More >>

Kisses: Fairy Tale Meets Real Life For Runaway Kids.

Li'l Tex Cooks

Liverpool FC Supporters and Chuck Greenberg Say Same Thing: Tom Hicks Out! Like, Now.

From County Meath, Ireland, two little girls have something in common with Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan, who are now suing the Texas Rangers. Oh boy.​Based on a demand for injunctive relief just filed in Fort Worth bankruptcy court, it looks like Chuck Greenberg's just about had it with Tom Hick ... More >>

Torchy's Tacos: Get There Quick, Before We Eat Them All

Shhh! It's A Secret

Leap Year

What It Was Like: School of Seven Bells, Skibunny

Jesse HugheySkibunnyI was delayed in getting my night started, thanks to some setbacks I'd rather not go into. Let me just recommend that if you're at SXSW, don't carry a pocketknife. But I still caught a few interesting acts. Hopefully today will go more smoothly. Act: School of Seven Bells (anothe ... More >>

SXSW Announces First Round Of Scheduled Performers For '09 Fest

OK, so there's a clause at the bottom of the press release we just received--y'know "The list is subject to change" blah, blah blah--but lo and behold, here it is: The first round of announced performers for the 23rd SXSW festival, schedule to take place this year March 18-22. After the jump, the c ... More >>

Digging Daniel Day-Lewis

The enigmatic leading man reveals the method behind his onscreen madness

Fighting Irish

Year-in-the-life of the IRA speaks volumes about our current fog of war

Cut It In

Green Energy

The North Texas Irish Festival celebrates 25 years

¡Ask a Mexican!

¡Ask a Mexican!

Gaelic Storm

Looking at America

Flogging Molly's Dave King left Ireland for a career in rock, but he couldn't escape his roots

Liquor Rep

What does your drink say about you?

Yard of Dreams

Flogging Molly

Monday, September 20

God Bless America

Jim Sheridan's semi-autobiographical film is as emotionally truthful as it is satisfying

Saint Veronica

A slick remake of a barely fictionalized biopic renders Irish reporter Guerin's story as Hollywood truth

The Thrills

So Much for the City (EMI International)

Mill Around

Dallas Blooms goes Dutch

Stayin' Alive

Avanti Ristorante survives the McKinney Avenue curse

Awash in Suds

Beer's the word at Trinity Hall

Shamrock On

You'll learn more than just stereotypes at the North Texas Irish Festival

Anjelica's ashes

Agnes Browne is a charming evocation of Dublin's working-class spirit

Hash Over

Guts from the old sod; Mixed hash; List watch

Hash Over

Where's PoPoLos?; Dowdy McKinney; Lo lo Lola

Mild Irish roses

Sisters are doing it for themselves in Dancing at Lughnasa

Events for the week

Out of the past

Slaid Cleaves finally molds his influences into the shape of his own voice

Wonderful World

Even a literary barbarian can find love in Dan Ireland's Whole Wide World

Fusion fireworks

Anzu proves anew that whatever works, works

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