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November 25, 2011
Demi Lovato, Ray Benson and This Weekend's Top Shows
A lot of people are home for Thanksgiving nursing food hangovers and hanging out with family, which explains why most of this weekend's shows are from local acts. That doesn't mean there aren't some big shows happening this weekend, like the one from Dallas' own Demi Lovato tomorrow at Verizon Th ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
At Long Last, Texas International Pop Festival In Lewisville to Receive a State Historical Marker
The scene in Lewisville during Labor Day weekend 1969Longtime Friends of Unfair Park are by now well aware of my lifetime obsession with the Texas International Pop Festival, held during Labor Day weekend in 1969 in a Lewisville field. The roster, put together by, among others, Angus Wynne, was l ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
The Conversation: Is Playing Other People's Songs Respectable?
Dallas disco cover band Le FreakA well-timed cover can be just the thing to take a band's live performance from good to great. But if the execution of the song is off, it could blow the whole set. On the flip side, although playing a cover is a risky move, sometimes the rewards can make an artist ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
Top 100 Reasons Texas Is Twice as Awesome as Any Other State
Merritt MartinOh, you can damn well bet this is on the list.By now most of you dear readers are well aware of the Gawker-produced list of the 50 Worst States In America. Gawker placed their home base at 50, and the Lone Star State at 13. Sure sure, our placement could be worse, but instead of ... More >>
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May 27, 2011
For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Led Zeppelin's Gonna Groove at Memorial in 1970
Via.Click to embiggen if you want to remember laughter. Or Minsky's Music.For those playing along at home, this long-weekend's offering fills in an estimable blank. Because so far we've time-traveled back to that field in Lewisville in '69, when Led Zeppelin joined Janis Joplin, B.B. King, Johnny ... More >>
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May 9, 2011
Over The Weekend: Man Man, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers at Sons of Hermann Hall
Man Man, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers Sons of Hermann Hall May 6, 2011 Better Than: Wearing sunglasses at night. Doug DavisHonus Honus and Pow Pow before the lights dimmed One of the images that comes to mind when I hear the musical chaos known as Man Man, is the clown scene in the Disne ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
The Top 10 Shows on the New ESPN/UT Network
Yesterday ESPN and Texas agree to a 20-year, $300 million deal to launch a 24-hour Longhorn network in September. Planned programming includes sports, original series, studio shows, historical programming and academic and cultural events. More precisely ESPN/UT hopes to televise at least one exc ... More >>
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November 20, 2010
For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: The Texas International Pop Festival "Box Set"
Richard Hayner, keeper of the Texas International Pop Festival website, maintains he's still -- still -- writing a book about that Labor Day Weekend when Angus Wynne brought Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, B.B. King, Ten Years After, Santana, Johnny Winter, Sly and the Family Stone and on and on and ... More >>
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September 24, 2010
Last Night: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at the Palladium Showroom
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Grace Potter and the NocturnalsPalladium ShowroomSeptember 23, 2010Better than: well, not beholding the power of music that can make a white man try to dance.Sharon Jones and her Dap-KingsLast night, an audience of about 600 people at the Palladium Showroom (former ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
The Ginger Man Branches Into Plano Operating Under the Business Model of More Beer
All pubs are not created equal. Typically, a Dallas pub, whether of English, Irish, or generic extraction, will have a wide selection of beers and ales on tap and in bottles, plus a sufficient selection of eats. You can usually count on fish and chips, burgers, sandwiches, maybe nachos, and a fe ... More >>
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August 27, 2009
Taking Woodstock: OK, Boomers, You Were Young and Carefree. We Get It. Now Shut Up.
All pubs are not created equal. Typically, a Dallas pub, whether of English, Irish, or generic extraction, will have a wide selection of beers and ales on tap and in bottles, plus a sufficient selection of eats. You can usually count on fish and chips, burgers, sandwiches, maybe nachos, and a fe ... More >>
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August 27, 2009
Taking Woodstock: OK, Boomers, You Were Young and Carefree. We Get It. Now Shut Up.
All pubs are not created equal. Typically, a Dallas pub, whether of English, Irish, or generic extraction, will have a wide selection of beers and ales on tap and in bottles, plus a sufficient selection of eats. You can usually count on fish and chips, burgers, sandwiches, maybe nachos, and a fe ... More >>
Music
May 21, 2009
Please Stop Listening To Classic Rock
All pubs are not created equal. Typically, a Dallas pub, whether of English, Irish, or generic extraction, will have a wide selection of beers and ales on tap and in bottles, plus a sufficient selection of eats. You can usually count on fish and chips, burgers, sandwiches, maybe nachos, and a fe ... More >>
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March 5, 2009
You Might Be A Redneck
Bill Engvall carries Foxworthy's torch
Music
January 29, 2009
Somebody's Darling Is All Smiles
Bill Engvall carries Foxworthy's torch
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December 5, 2008
Echoes and Reverberations: The Night of the Tripping Dead
The 11th grade Biology teacher once shared this insightful observation aimed specifically at those of us with long hair: "Sons, this country is divided into three groups of people: the people who shower before work (re: white collar workers); the people who shower after work (see "blue collar"); and ... More >>
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August 29, 2008
Good Friday: The Labor Day Weekend Edition
The 11th grade Biology teacher once shared this insightful observation aimed specifically at those of us with long hair: "Sons, this country is divided into three groups of people: the people who shower before work (re: white collar workers); the people who shower after work (see "blue collar"); and ... More >>
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August 14, 2008
Heat Rave
Remember when summer was awesome? No? Well, Here are 10 great summers in music history to jog your memory.
Music
August 7, 2008
The Summer After
The Summer of Love got all sorts of coverage on its 40th Anniversary. So where’s the love for 1968?
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May 15, 2008
Through the Night
Kristofferson helps Bass Hall make it
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April 23, 2008
Over The Weekend: New York Dolls at Granada
Kristofferson helps Bass Hall make it
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February 28, 2008
And The Listenin' Is Easy
Kristofferson helps Bass Hall make it
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February 14, 2008
Blue Pearl
Didn't she make you feel...
Music
October 25, 2007
Opposites Attract
Two worlds collide, then coincide
Film
September 20, 2007
Help!
Run for your life if you can, little girl: Julie Taymor's '60s-set musical is a bust
Music
August 30, 2007
Use Your Illusion
Slayer's leader talks spirituality, slaughterhouses and Simon
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July 16, 2007
Nothing Roky About This Show
Slayer's leader talks spirituality, slaughterhouses and Simon
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May 25, 2007
One Rockin' Senator
Slayer's leader talks spirituality, slaughterhouses and Simon
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May 17, 2007
Led Zeppelin Comes to Lewisville, ca. 1969
Slayer's leader talks spirituality, slaughterhouses and Simon
Calendar
March 22, 2007
Try a Little Tenderness
Relive the Summer of Love at the AllGood
Calendar
February 8, 2007
Doors to Nirvana
Jimi, Janis, Jim and Kurt haunt the Granada
Music
December 14, 2006
Jay-Z
Kingdom Come (Roc-A-Fella)
Music
November 9, 2006
Forget Friday
Check out hip-hop, indie rock and superstar secret shows--all before Hump Day.
Music
January 19, 2006
Walking the Line
More music biopics? Good. Bad musicians starring in them? Not so much.
Calendar
July 21, 2005
Funny Business
More music biopics? Good. Bad musicians starring in them? Not so much.
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May 5, 2005
Piece of Her Heart
More music biopics? Good. Bad musicians starring in them? Not so much.
Culture
October 14, 2004
Blues States
Singing it loud and proud at WaterTower; Echo trio tries red-hot political comedy
Film
September 2, 2004
Party Train
Janis, the Dead, the Band and others take the happiest trip of their lives
Music
August 26, 2004
Train Kept A-Rollin'
In a vault for 30 years, the Festival Express was put back on track
Music
January 22, 2004
All Grown Up
Patrice Pike goes solo, and she's better than she's ever been
Calendar
May 8, 2003
Action!
It's a race to the finish for Dallas video-makers
Music
June 27, 2002
Lesson Learned
Ghetto Fame-Us lost three members but gained much more
Calendar
September 14, 2000
Don't Touch My Jimi!
Belonging only to history
Music
May 4, 2000
Texas weakly
The Monthly's music issue strikes a bum note
Music
January 20, 2000
Lost legends
Tary Owens helped rescue the early roots of Texas music. Then those songs saved Owens from himself.
Music
October 14, 1999
'Sunday Morning,' coming up
Kris Kristofferson has lived a dozen lifetimes, and they keep on coming
Music
July 31, 1997
Get it while you can
Jerry Ragavoy and the ghost of Janis Joplin
Music
February 13, 1997
All this useless beauty
New gay music collections make fancy cultural straitjackets
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June 8, 1995
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April 20, 1995
Myth, martyr, musician
With each passing day, the ghost of Selena looms larger over the mainstream
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