Janet Jackson

How the Super Bowl Halftime Show is Exactly like the Andrews Sisters (Kind Of)

Let me enter these facts into evidence: I enjoy the Super Bowl Halftime Show well enough, and I love the Andrews Sisters. One more: I think the 2013 Super Bowl Halftime Show, featuring the indestructible Beyonce, is liable to be the strongest show in--well, since your favorite of the aging rock star ... More >>

Jessica Simpson's TV Show Means She's Finally Famous for Being Famous for Being Famous

Jessica Simpson's TV show--that is, her new TV show, a sitcom set to air on NBC--is going to be about her life as a celebrity. You should immediately be able to spot the problem, here: Her life as a celebrity is already about her life as a celebrity. The first 22 episodes are going to be board-room ... More >>

The Destiny's Child Comeback is Proof: Beyonce is the Invincible Pop Star

Destiny's Child released their first major-label song on the soundtrack to Men in Black, which came out on CD, cassette, and MiniDisc; they became famous shortly before Monica Lewinsky. This is the kind of thing a pop star less secure than Beyonce wouldn't want to draw attention toward, which is one ... More >>

Union Park, New Gastro Pub on Main Street in Downtown is One Friendly Lounge

Union Park opened at 1311 Main St. in downtown last week -- or maybe it was two weeks ago. I'm not exactly sure, but last night I scored a metered parking spot just down the block, which is free after 6 p.m., so I was able to check it out and avoid circling the block nine times and the $8 valet. A ... More >>

Dildos, Missed Connections and More: Deb's Tips for a Great Solo Valentine's Night

The myth of Saint Valentine marrying young kids in the face of Claudius' imminent draft are nothing if not romantic. Yet Valentine's Day just isn't a real holiday. It's as tedious to loathe it as to love it. Those bemoaning their lack of roses or boasting of their pre-fixe dinner reservations are eq ... More >>

Dallas Native Ryan Cabrera Is Back, Promises Press Release Promoting Ryan Cabrera

Ry-guy​ Ryan Cabrera is a dude who was born in the Dallas area who used to date Ashlee Simpson and got signed to her father Joe Simpson's management company and made something of a blip on the national pop culture radar in 2004, when his song "On The Way Down" started blowing up Total Request Live ... More >>

Good Friday: Billy Bob's Texas 30-Year Anniversary, Kirby Brown, Big K.R.I.T., Janet Jackson, Chris Cornell, Del Castillo, John Mellencamp, Yells At Eels, Del The Funky Homosapien & More!

​We've got a big weekend in store with plenty of shows, a few album releases and a celebration of a club's 30-year anniversary. We're speaking, of course, of Fort Worth honky-tonk Billy Bob's Texas, which has been hosting national and local country acts on its stage since 1981. Tonight, the venue ... More >>

Janet Jackson

Saturday, April 2, at the Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie

Show Announcements: Leg Sweeper, House Of Pain, Civil Wars, The Gourds, The Sword, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Steve Miller Band, Sister Hazel & Edwin McCain, Trashcan Sinatras & More!

​Secret shows are the stuff of legend. There was a certain Prince secret show at the Red Jacket in 2002, and the Old 97's occasionally perform under the name Rhomin' Hitchhikers. Now, it looks like  Leg Sweeper, with the help of Parade of Flesh and Gorilla Groove, is jumping on the secret sho ... More >>

Hungry on DART's Green Line? Here's a Big Honkin' List That Might Help

​It took four years and $1.8 million to complete the longest light-rail construction project in U.S. history -- says DART -- but a little more than one month since DART's Green Line opened, it's been for all intents and purposes a success. While the full line was officially opened on December ... More >>

We're Supposed to be Excited About the Black Eyed Peas Playing Super Bowl XLV?

For Colored Girls: Tyler Perry Mangles Ntozake Shange's Classic.

Today In Music News: Jim Carroll Dies, Ms. Jackson Releases Surprise Single and Jack White Is A Giver

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, September 15, 2009... Author and punk rock legend Jim Carroll has died of a heart attack. Janet Jackson released a surprise song "for her fans" after the VMA's on Sunday night. Those crazy Jacksons know how to exploit a moment don't they? Jack W ... More >>

Fischerspooner Tackles Popular Culture

LL Cool J Drops Off Wednesday Night's Scheduled Concert With Janet Jackson

Miss Jackson May Be Sick, But She's Still Nasty. In A Good Way, We Think.

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

Or Maybe You Just Listen to Coldplay

T-i-i-i-im-ber!

Justin's love interests just keep taking a fall

Millennium Man

Richard Thompson doesn't let his guitar playing get in the way of his songwriting

None More Black

Jefferson Scholarship

Today belongs to TJ at TCU

Christian Idol

The Human Race

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

Fischerspooner

Odyssey (Capitol)

Trend-spotting

In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top 10 music stories were all about winning the popular vote

Last Call

In which we discuss the highs, the lows--and all the crap that came between

Trend-Spotting

In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote.

Twirl Girls

Dallas' American beauties

Blues States

Singing it loud and proud at WaterTower; Echo trio tries red-hot political comedy

First-String Divas

Girls in underwear playing football. Nice.

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Ladies Night Out Tour

March 5

Red Planet Rocks

Muppets and Martians party hardy

Soc Hop

A poem for Ponyboy

Thanks for the Mammary

Plano group wants FCC to get a handle on breasts

N.E.R.D. Alert

Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams plan for the revenge of the N.E.R.D.

Shakira

January 20

Oops! (the tour)

July 27

Spinning Webs

The Top 10 Things I Downloaded in 2001 That Weren't Applications Made to Download Things That Aren't Applications

Waist of space

Is Nutty Professor II any good? Yeah, fat chance.

No monkeying around

Baboon finally gets free of its label and releases its best, most grown-up record yet

Every which way but loose

The Dallas scene flourishes beneath the chaos

Who gives a Hootie?

Farewell to 1995, a year in music we'd rather forget

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Supine science

Research subjects push back the frontiers of space by hitting the sack