Lisa Loeb

Crossroads Audio's Ed Spoto: "It's Horrible To Go To A Concert With An Audio Engineer"

Ed Spoto helms Crossroads Audio, which provides many of the mics, PAs, lighting systems and rigs you see at local shows and festivals. Locally, his client list includes acts like Bowling For Soup, Erykah Badu, The Denton Blues Festival and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Nationally, Spoto, his wife ... More >>

Overnight, the Former Chumley's in Deep Ellum Became an Open-Air Venue

​The sign still says "Articles," but I'll always remember the three-story storefront on Elm and Good-Latimer as Chumley's, located at the acoustic end of Deep Ellum on the heels of Charles Francis "Chumley" Hawkins's late, great Dave's Art Pawn Shop. Everyone played there, from Aimee Mann to Cafe ... More >>

American Library Association Prez Calls on Dallas to Stop Cutting From Library Budget

​The American Library Association, in town since Friday, begins its wind-down at the Dallas Convention Center this afternoon, when Lisa Loeb does her thing. But this morning, a Friend of Unfair Park notes: The state of the Dallas Public Library system is very much on the mind of ALA President Moll ... More >>

Where The DCVB's Sending All Those Librarians Due to Descend Upon Downtown Next Week

​The American Library Association Midwinter Meeting's set for January 20-24 at the Dallas Convention Center, so you know what that means: Thousands of librarians, publishers and authors will be checking out the city for a few days. Perhaps the city can find someone amongst the bunch to lead the Da ... More >>

Keep in Mind: Lisa Loeb, Will Clarke Are Among Those Speaking at TEDxSMU Saturday

​All the ducats for Saturday's TEDxSMU wingding at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre are long gone, but no matter: As The Hilltop reminds, you can espy the doings from three remote locations: the Texas Theatre, Tech Wildcatters and the AT&T Foundry in Plano. And, of course, it'll livestream on ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: Lisa Loeb Struggles With the Expectations of Success

​Sixteen years ago this week, Lisa Loeb was suffering a massive fame hangover. She was a year removed from her one and only hit song, "Stay" clogging the radio waves and the charts. It started as a cute, sweet number; morphed into a record-breaking hit; then it devolved into a song that Loeb herse ... More >>

A Rambling Item Starring David Seeley, Tango, Gary Myrick, Joe "King" Carrasco and the Crowns, Mike Rhyner and Lisa Loeb

Via.Tango and the work of the great Bob "Daddy-O" Wade​Speaking of late, great Lower Greenville venues ...Last weekend the boy and I picked over Paperbacks Plus, where I found a copy of David Seeley's Too Cool to Get Married, a 1989 paperback collection of pieces written for, mostly, Texas Monthly ... More >>

53 Years Into The Billboard Hot 100's History, A Look At Every Dallas Song To Make The Chart

Yesterday marked the 53rd anniversary of the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. Launched in 1958, the chart combined statistics gleaned from both radio airplay and sales of individual singles to determine a single's popularity. Today, the Hot 100 chart is topped by LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" -- proo ... More >>

Deep Ellum Blues: How Come These Influential Dallas Acts Don't Have Deep Ellum Murals?

​Deep Ellum is in many ways the music capital of Dallas. Yes, the area has had its ups and downs. No, it hasn't always been the center of the music scene, especially with Denton consistently pumping out artists at a rapid rate. But, fact is, without a doubt, Deep Ellum has for over a century now b ... More >>

Lisa Loeb Tells Us How She (Selfishly) Got Into The Eyewear Game.

Catherine DownesLisa Loeb performed at Jack's Backyard in Oak Cliff last night.​Last night, we had the chance to sit down with Dallas' Own '90s pop sensation Lisa Loeb for a few minutes before she played to a packed outdoor crowd at Jack's Backyard in Oak Cliff. And, literally, we really do mean t ... More >>

Much to The Delight of Sexy Nerds Everywhere, Lisa Loeb Develops Her Own Eyewear Line

Lisa Loeb​Dallas' Lisa Loeb is known for a few things -- talking "so" all the time, only hearing what she wants to, thinking that she can leave and later realizing that she was wrong, thinking that what she feels is simple -- but, most of all, she's probably known for her glasses, which she's been ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: A Handy Guide to the Worst Local Records of the '90s

​In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we go back to the year 2000, when former Observer music editor Zac Crain did one of the things he did best -- take shots at really bad bands. And at the beginning of 2000, he set his sights on the worst local records of the '90s.In no particul ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2010: Lalagray Offers A Confident Introduction, But Leaves Out The Hard Part, at No. 16

[Over the next few weeks, we'll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 16 on the list -- and, please, feel free to click after the jump to hear a stream of the track. Also after the jump, c ... More >>

Listomania: Eight Jewish Musical Icons To Celebrate On This Final Night of Chanukah

​When the sun sets this evening, the final night of Chanukah will commence, ending an eight-day spree of phone calls from nagging Jewish mothers and the always pleasant gifting and receiving of holiday socks. Also coming to its unfortunate annual close? The (adorable) singing of the Chanukah praye ... More >>

Year in Review: 2009's Best Proves the Stars Are Shifting in Latin Music

It's been a year of surprises in Latin music. Reggaetón continues fading, albeit slowly, and the industry's mainstays aren't garnering the attention they used to. Case in point: Don Omar's summer release iDon (no relation to your phone), which remained quiet after its first single, "Virtual Diva." ... More >>

Thanksgiving Loves the Friends of Unfair Park

​May I suggest, at this late date, a sure-fire brussels sprouts recipe for those in need of a last-minute green thing on the table tomorrow? You will not regret it. Also: Balcones Baby Blue, which, far as I know, is the only made-in-Texas bourbon commercially available; guaranteed to get you throu ... More >>

Because There's Nothing More Awkward and Adorable Than Celebs Taking Photos With Pets

Back in July we noted that current Dallas Morning News photographer David Woo and former News photographer Richard Pruitt collaborated on a side project due on coffee tables in November: a tome titled Top Dogs and Their Pets, proceeds from which toward rescuing, rehabbing and re-housing abused puppi ... More >>

The Butterscotch Stallion's Faithful Sidekick and Other Famous Faces' Doggone Book

Owen Wilson, from the forthcoming book Top Dogs and Their Pets​Current Dallas Morning News photographer David Woo and former Dallas Morning News photographer Richard Pruitt have been moonlighting on a side project: a coffee-table book titled Top Dogs and Their Pets, proceeds from which toward resc ... More >>

Echoes and Reverberations: You Shoot, We Score

Texas music looks great. It provokes the imagination and illustrates the intangible. For years, we've been providing the necessary flavor to help filmmakers tell their stories. It's what we do; we're obviously good at this kind of thing. And it goes both ways: Movie soundtracks are the kind of thin ... More >>

Frank Campagna To Enshrine The O's With Mural In Ongoing Deep Ellum Music Series

Steve Visneau Yep. You read that right. This weekend, Frank Campagna will unveil the next mural in his Deep Ellum music series--which includes the likes of Rhett Miller, The Reverend Horton Heat, Lisa Loeb and others. Right next to Deep Sushi, alongside images of Erykah Badu and Ronnie Dawson, will ... More >>

Part-Time Texan Vanessa Peters Tours Europe, Prepares New Disc For March Release

Juri de LucaVanessa Peters' MySpace page used to list her home town as McKinney, but truth be told, the former Austin resident spends as much time in Italy as she does in the states--which probably explains why Peters is touring The Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium before her new album is officiall ... More >>

The Family-Friendly Lisa Loeb and Gustafer Yellowgold

Freeze Your Butt Off With Some Lisa Loeb

Not too much going on news-wise around here, but I am sure finding a butt load of area musicians' songs floating around the mythical blogosphere this afternoon. Like this one, from Dallas' own Lisa Loeb, who Jesse Hughey interviews in tomorrow's paper, actually, which I guess makes this post somewh ... More >>

Lisa Loeb's Back in Town to Sing That Awesome Song from Meatballs

Lisa Loeb Will Now Take Your Questions

In Local Celebrity Jewish News

Laura Veirs

Saltbreakers (Nonesuch)

Like Father, Like Son

Dweezil brings Frank to Nokia

Magical History Tour

Meredith Miller

Thursday, July 13, at AllGood Café

Deathly Duo

Hello Lisa

The New Ashlee Simpson

Stop the Presses

Martin Frost is a Democrat?

Lisa Loeb

The Way It Really Is (Zoe/Rounder)

Re: Your New Job!

Plus: Winning is Fun; Ethan Makes a Funny

Here to Stay

With a tour, a Food Network show and an upcoming album, Lisa Loeb enjoys the spotlight. Again.

Q & Eh

Plus: Man Crush; I Already Miss the Sumbitch

Soler Power

Plus: Summer Reading List; Iraq and Roll

The Roots, Cody Chesnutt

The Roots and Cody Chesnutt perform March 7 at Gypsy Tea Room.

Master of Disguise

Wanted: Zackery Crain

Dynamic Duo

With playwright Steven Sater, Duncan Sheik sidesteps his usual breezy pop

Please kill me

A handy guide to the worst local records of the '90s

Blowing his Cover-up

We don't want to tell One Ton how to run its business, but...

Every which way but loose

The Dallas scene flourishes beneath the chaos

Rock and roll over

In today's music business, tomorrow's revolution is yesterday's fad

Girl in the spotlight

Lisa Loeb, figuring it out in public

Lilith of the valley

Gal-lapalooza sports the best outdoor vibe so far

Through horn-rimmed glasses

Lisa Loeb struggles with the expectations of success

Uncle Whopelo?

Slobberbone is the dumbest name for the best new band in town