Ludwig van Beethoven

Better Living Through Beethoven

Cozy Up with Chamber Music

KNON's Don O. Knows The Dallas Blues

Don O. has been spinning blues records on KNON since 1983, literally about a month after they went on the air. See, he was a listener of the pre-KNON station at that frequency, KCHU, from '75 until they were switched off in '77. Heartbroken at the station's demise and subsequent absence of blues on ... More >>

The Evolution of "Emo" Hair Throughout History

If emo kids didn't have it tough enough, this past week a report surfaced from Andrew Hogan, education director of the Optometrists Association of Tasmania, saying, "If a young emo chap has a fringe covering one eye all the time, that eye won't see a lot of detail. And if it happens from a young age ... More >>

A Symphony of Giggles

Legendary Dallas Rapper D.O.C. Starts His Return To The Top

Hear A Journey Through The Ages

WingSpan Theatre Entertains With Absurd Albee One-Acts; Theatre Three Plods Through 33 Variations

Into The Madness

Jaap It Up

Some DPD (and DSO) News & Notes While We Play a Little Early-Morning Catch-Up

​Between the weather and the Rosh a few things fell through the cracks yesterday. Like, oh, former FBI agent Terence Hart's report to City Manager Mary Suhm concerning the funeral procession for Dallas Police Chief David Brown's son. City Hall sent the 11-page doc, and Suhm's accompanying memo, la ... More >>

Mickey's Baton

Uptown Players' Revival of Equus a Rough Ride: Circle Theatre's Opus Goes Full Gallop

Jaap Van Zweden, a "Face to Watch"

​Says one baton-lovin' Friend of Unfair Park, Dallas Symphony Orchestra music director Jaap van Zweden received some early New Year's best-wishes courtesy the Los Angeles Times, which named him a classical-music "face to watch" in the coming year. Writes Mark Swed of the conductor unknown to local ... More >>

Beet-ing the Heat

Mr. Soundtrack

Dude Food: Stoneleigh P

Stoneleigh P 2926 Maple Ave. 214-871-2346 The Stoneleigh P has been a historic watering hole for the dudes of Dallas since it opened in the 70s. And by ‘dudes,’ we mostly mean rich dudes, at least judging by the parking lot, where on any given day you’re likely to spot a Land Rover sidled ... More >>

Ain't No (Apollo) Sunshine

36/24/1812 Overture

Barbie's Rack hits the stage

Backtrackin'

Things you may have missed the first time

Palm d'Hoberman

Our one-man jury bestows honors on the best of Cannes 2007.

Our top DVD picks for the week of April 3

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Myth Takes (Warp)

Strings And Things

Chamber of Concerts

Dallas Observer's top DVD picks for the week of September 27

Sissy Fits

Southern Baptist Sissies and King Ubu try to right powerful wrongs, personal and political

Fan-Tastic

I Heart Lily

Tomlin's funny, from screen to stage

Parental Guidance

Rating the year's hits with Mom and Dad

Sparrows

Snowflakes (Summer Break)

Strung Along

A party that's music to our ears

Full Nelson

Willie brings his picnic north

Born Again

Choreographer leads a "Renaissance"

American Girl

Sarah Vowell's readers don't feel so alone with Radio On

Junior Achievement

Christopher Paul Curtis' stories are kid-tested, mom-approved

'N Sync

Celebrity (Jive)

Loose Leaf

The Album Leaf is where Tristeza guitarist Jimmy Lavalle can be himself. By himself.

Tired of Waiting

The center of the musical universe, Austin welcomes the beautiful and the ugly

Holidaze

Unwrapping our annual roundup of musical season's greetings--and beatings

Piano Forte

Margaret Leng Tan

Faith, no more, no less

Sunny Day Real Estate's Jeremy Enigk is comfortable with his spirituality. Are you?

The artist formerly known as print

Our quarterly roundup of the latest in music books

Grungy sipping

Il Solé's menu rocks. Unfortunately, so does the sound system.

Events for the week

Events for the week

Events for the week

Dream state

Comatheatre lets the audience connect the dots

Buzz

Beethoven unplugged

The flawed but passionate Immortal Beloved brings us inside the mind of an artist