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March 5, 2012
The Lorax and IHOP Get Together to Completely Undermine the Movie's Message
You've likely noticed a vexing pattern in a particular genre of movies lately. The plots always suggest post-apocalyptic worlds where greed and gluttony have trumped Mother Nature. The culprit of these films is mankind's self-indulgence and detached ignorance. And while technology and fabrication ar ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
The Ten Best Songs Clear Channel "Banned" In The Days Following The September 11 Attacks
Courtesy of our sister paper up in New York.Ten years ago today, three days after the September 11 attacks, Clear Channel sent out a mass email to its over 1,000 affiliate stations. The email included a list of songs with lyrics and/or titles that Clear Channel considered questionable in the wake ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
For Your Thursday Listening Pleasure: 1917's "Dallas Blues," From the Library of Congress
So. Funny thing. A couple of weeks back, while writing about 508 Park Ave. and Robert Johnson's 100th, I pulled down a few blues histories-of to dig a little deeper. Among the stacks: Elijah Wald's essential Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues, published in 2004, whe ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
Wired into New Orleans
David Simon’s new HBO series uses fiction to honor The Crescent City’s surreal, heart-breaking reality
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November 11, 2009
Dallas Radio and Jingle Pioneer Tom Merriman Died Early This Morning
Only a few days ago, Tom Merriman was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame -- the great Ron Chapman's introduction of the local-radio icon can be heard here. Says Chapman of Gordon McLendon's former music director, who came to Dallas in 1952, Merriman "shaped the sound of thousands of telev ... More >>
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July 3, 2008
Sniffing Out the Fireworks In Advance of the Fair Park Fourth
Only a few days ago, Tom Merriman was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame -- the great Ron Chapman's introduction of the local-radio icon can be heard here. Says Chapman of Gordon McLendon's former music director, who came to Dallas in 1952, Merriman "shaped the sound of thousands of telev ... More >>
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March 20, 2008
Maverick Madness
Better late than never, let's hear it for U-T-Yay!
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January 31, 2008
The Nearness of Ella
The DTC places Fitzgerald back in the spotlight
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January 31, 2008
First Ladies of Jazz
Ella enchants at DTC and Billie swings at Contemporary Theatre
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December 20, 2007
Knights' Tale
Another historic emblem of black Dallas stands on the brink
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November 1, 2007
Booka Shade |Henrik Schwartz |Ricardo Villalobos
DJ Kicks (!K7)|Live (!K7)|Fabric 36 (Fabric)
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October 4, 2007
All That Jazz
Hear the songs of Louis, Ella and Duke
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February 22, 2007
It's All in the Music
The evolutionary ?uest of the Roots
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August 31, 2006
Gumbo Rune
DaZa offers a dash of Creole poetry
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August 31, 2006
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Post-War (Merge)
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February 23, 2006
Oh Boyardee!
Tarantino's Italian-American comfort fare is filling but unchallenging
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November 24, 2005
Big Not-Easy
Thought the RIAA was bad when they sued downloaders? You ain't heard nothin'.
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November 17, 2005
Walker, Texas Ranger
From Dallas came the man who first plugged blues into an amp--and into popular culture
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September 15, 2005
Come Marching In
New Orleans musicians in Texas overcome Katrina the only way they know how
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December 25, 2003
Holiday Jeer
For a joyous holiday, Christmas sure has some bloody awful music
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March 20, 2003
A Sad Salvation
At SXSW, you couldn't hear the bad news over all that music
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March 6, 2003
This Week's Day-By-Day Picks
At SXSW, you couldn't hear the bad news over all that music
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October 24, 2002
Columbine Harvester
Michael Moore goes threshing about in search of fear itself
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April 18, 2002
2002 Dallas Observer Music Awards
These are your choices, not ours, for the best musicians in town
Film
October 4, 2001
Say Nothing
When two lovers meet in Serendipity, it's a rather unfortunate accident
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February 15, 2001
Single Barrel, Double Standard
When Lancaster's school superintendent ordered a lenient sentence for two white kids caught with shotguns, black parents said it was one more example of the suburb's bigotry
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December 7, 2000
Back to the Bass
Dallas-born Harry Babasin was one of jazz's great bass players--and is one of its most forgotten pioneers
Music
November 23, 2000
Gave the People What They Had
Sometimes, the best new music is the best old music
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November 16, 2000
He Got Rhythm
Ken Burns wants you to know why Jazz is America's music
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October 12, 2000
Price He's Paid
Ray Price has seen it all, from bucket-of-blood joints out on the Jacksboro Highway to Hank Williams' surgery scars
Film
March 16, 2000
Naked eye
Turn on and tune in to the Dallas Video Festival
Music
October 28, 1999
Follow the winners
Major-label survivors Royal Trux peel away experience to make a fresh, funky new album
Music
July 29, 1999
Soul Coughing
Major-label survivors Royal Trux peel away experience to make a fresh, funky new album
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June 24, 1999
Slavens to the rhythm
Dr. Paul's Texclectic Radio goes Dada
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April 15, 1999
Havana good time
Brave Combo's Joe Cripps goes to Cuba, becomes friends with Peter Buck, and talks to Castro
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April 1, 1999
Jazzy dining
Soho Food hits the right notes; Ocean Grill & Jazz blows cold
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December 17, 1998
Night & Day
December 17 - 23, 1998
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August 27, 1998
Now's the time
Wynton Marsalis sideman Wessell Anderson is Leaning House's best hope to make some noise
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June 4, 1998
Party like it's 1999
Three wide-eyed promoters and the almighty A.H. Belo Corp. plan to boldly carry Big D and the rest of the world into the new millennium
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December 11, 1997
Prometheus unbound
The boxed set of Charles Mingus' Atlantic years
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July 10, 1997
Out There
The boxed set of Charles Mingus' Atlantic years
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March 6, 1997
Out There
The boxed set of Charles Mingus' Atlantic years
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September 26, 1996
Doing family time on planet earth
The Neville Brothers love globally and act locally
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July 18, 1996
Man with a horn
Jeff Aycock hasn't hocked his dreams just yet
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June 27, 1996
Out There
Jeff Aycock hasn't hocked his dreams just yet
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March 28, 1996
To be or not to bop
Texan Jazz unveils the Lone Star contribution to jazz
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January 11, 1996
Out There
Texan Jazz unveils the Lone Star contribution to jazz
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January 26, 1995
Events for the week
Texan Jazz unveils the Lone Star contribution to jazz
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January 12, 1995
Home of the range
Randy Erwin belatedly releases an astounding, varied work
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November 10, 1994
Idol worship
In the 1950s and '60s, Tony Zoppi wrote about -- and rode with -- the stars
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