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Johnny Rotten

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Last Night: Sundress and Final Club at DC9's Locals Only!

    Better than: whatever you were doing on a Thursday night. These bands were way cooler than those CSI reruns. Sundress​Last night's Locals Only! show at Jack Daniel's Saloon, put on by, well, us, showcased a couple of up-and-coming Denton bands that managed to put on an impressive show in spit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    There's One Borders Left in Dallas. If a Savior Doesn't Step Up Tuesday, There May Be Zero.

    Courtesy Paula BosseByron Nelson signing copies of his 1993 book at the Preston Royal Borders​A few weeks ago, my old friend Paula Bosse posted to her Facebook page a collection of random photos taken over the years at the Preston Royal Borders, which, of course, is on its way to becoming a Centra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: God Save the Longhorn Ballroom From the Sex Pistols

    Via.​Seeing as how C.J. Ramone's in town tonight, I'd hoped this recording of the Ramones at the Fair Park Band Shell from July 26, 1990 (password's "gle-gle.blogspot.com," if you're so inclined), would be at the very least listenable. Only, it sounds like it was recorded from someone standing in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Not Donkeying Around, George Gimarc's Laughing It Up With His Latest Radio Format

    George Gimarc, like you didn't know​Almost four years ago, the great George Gimarc introduced us to his then-latest rock and roll alternative: a would-be syndicated format called Radio SASS, which stood for "Short Attention Span System" -- as in, no song lasted lasted longer than two minutes. Said ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Over The Weekend: Keith Emerson and Greg Lake at The Granada Theater

    Keith Emerson and Greg Lake Granada TheaterApril 30, 2010(Barely) better than: Listening to ELP's three-album live set Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends over and over.Two-thirds of these dudes played the Granada on Friday.​Let's get one thing straight: As a kid, I liked Emerson, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    Gig Alert: Derek Comley and the Bastard Sons of Rock n Roll Tonight at the Absinthe Lounge

    Derek Comley​While looking for something to do tonight, I stumbled upon the MySpace for local act Derek Comley and the Bastard Sons of Rock n Roll. Intrigued by the band's self-description as "new wave, neo-soul, post-punk," I listened to the available songs and found myself wanting more.Seems Com ... More >>

  • Music

    September 24, 2009

    For Once, The Psychedelic Furs Are Happy

    Derek Comley​While looking for something to do tonight, I stumbled upon the MySpace for local act Derek Comley and the Bastard Sons of Rock n Roll. Intrigued by the band's self-description as "new wave, neo-soul, post-punk," I listened to the available songs and found myself wanting more.Seems Com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2008

    My Punk Rock Dreams Are Shattered: Johnny Rotten Pitches Butter Now.

    Derek Comley​While looking for something to do tonight, I stumbled upon the MySpace for local act Derek Comley and the Bastard Sons of Rock n Roll. Intrigued by the band's self-description as "new wave, neo-soul, post-punk," I listened to the available songs and found myself wanting more.Seems Com ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 29, 2007

    Downright Filthy

    The Inwood has an armory of Sex Pistols

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2006

    Gimarc Has Another Alternative

    The Inwood has an armory of Sex Pistols

  • Music

    August 3, 2006

    Public Image Ltd.

    Metal Box (4 Men with Beards)

  • Music

    March 23, 2006

    Freak Scene Revisited

    Metal Box (4 Men with Beards)

  • Music

    February 23, 2006

    Looking at America

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

  • Music

    August 4, 2005

    Joe Strummer Revisited

    Two long-lost reissues shed light on a punk icon.

  • Music

    March 24, 2005

    Buzzed

    SXSW 2005: The crowds, the hype bands and all the Shiner Bock you can drink

  • Music

    January 20, 2005

    Pattern Recognition

    Mapping out the trends of 2005

  • Music

    November 18, 2004

    Refuse to Lose

    Musician Christy Darlington could have—and perhaps should have—quit years ago. So why didn't he?

  • Film

    November 4, 2004

    Gabba Gabba Henh

    The Ramones bopped toward history and an unhappy end

  • Dining

    October 23, 2003

    Wheying the Options

    Why are there so many cheeses?

  • Calendar

    September 11, 2003

    Fall Away

    Meadows opens a somber season

  • Music

    May 29, 2003

    'Cocks, Rock

    Buzzcocks still kick ace, in case you've forgotten

  • Dining

    October 31, 2002

    Democracy Inaction

    Rotgut responses to questions from the discard pile

  • Music

    August 16, 2001

    The Rebel's Waltz

    For 10 years, Joe Strummer made little noise. Finally, the Clash front man returns with a record he can call his own.

  • Music

    April 5, 2001

    Adam and the Ants

    Antbox (Columbia Records, UK)

  • Film

    June 8, 2000

    Young guns

    Julien Temple and The Sex Pistols set their record straight in The Filth and the Fury

  • Music

    July 8, 1999

    Punk You

    Dead Kennedys, Alternative Tentacles, and the lawsuit that proves there isn't always room for Jello

  • Calendar

    April 15, 1999

    Gadzooks

    Dead Kennedys, Alternative Tentacles, and the lawsuit that proves there isn't always room for Jello

  • Music

    December 3, 1998

    Junk rock

    George Gimarc and an ex-Pistol make for some Rotten Television

  • Music

    August 13, 1998

    Crash and burn

    How two different filmmakers have spent eight years trying to film the story of punk legend Darby Crash--and why nobody likes the idea

  • News

    July 2, 1998

    Getting the business

    With the new Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb, Tripping Daisy has made the best record of its seven-year career. So what took so long?

  • Music

    April 16, 1998

    In the gutter

    Penelope Spheeris wallows in the Decline of Western Civilization one more time

  • Music

    August 28, 1997

    Out There

    Where water tastes like wine

  • Music

    August 7, 1997

    Roadshows

    Where water tastes like wine

  • Music

    May 15, 1997

    Out There

    Where water tastes like wine

  • News

    October 31, 1996

    Bread and Circuses

    When food legend Julia Child came to Texas spreading her gospel of good eating, no one was spared. Not even Big Tex

  • Music

    August 1, 1996

    Hope you die before we get old

    Reunited Who and Sex Pistols cheat death one more time

  • Music

    May 16, 1996

    All punk cons

    Riot Squad breathes old life into a rotting corpse

  • Music

    December 28, 1995

    Gimme, gimme truth

    Jay Farrar and Dave Grohl don't owe you anything

  • Music

    November 2, 1995

    The offspring

    Dallas' punk bands resurrect the spirit of the '70s

  • Music

    April 20, 1995

    King of the mild frontier

    Adam Ant's back, so unplug the jukebox and do us all a favor

  • Music

    January 26, 1995

    Roadshows

    Adam Ant's back, so unplug the jukebox and do us all a favor

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