Marshall

Hangover III: Revenge of the Douches

What ever happened to the lovable underdog?

Cat Power

Friday, January 25, at South Side Music Hall

The Five Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend, January 24-27

A.Dd , Brain Gang Blue, -Topic, Tunk Saturday, January 26, at Granada Theater, $12-$35 Dallas hip-hop duo A.Dd are starting off 2013 by releasing a new mixtape and headlining their first show at Granada. Listen to the first single, "Suitcases," off their upcoming DiveHiFlyLo release for a little ta ... More >>

Why Hasn't the States Invested in Mexico the Way Europeans Helped Their Neighbors?

A Missing Teenager's Texas Getaway

When a teenage girl from small-town Minnesota disappeared with a man 12 years older, everyone knew where they went. So why didn't anyone look?

Sleigh Bells - Granada Theater - 4/17/12

Sleigh Bells, Javelin, Elite Gymnastics Granada Theater Tuesday, April 17 Brooklyn's Sleigh Bells made a Tuesday night feel like a Friday, like you've seen Run-DMC, Katy Perry and Atari Teenage Riot all at once. At 15 minutes to 10 p.m., vocalist Alexis Krauss and guitarist Derek Miller came out wi ... More >>

The Phuss are perfectly happy in the garage

Do For It Records

If Amtrak and TxDOT Can Swing It, You'll Be Able to Take Train From Dallas to Shreveport

​Saw that AP piece this morning about how Amtrak and the Texas Department of Transportation are looking at connecting Dallas-Fort Worth to Shreveport-Bossier City, which would involve inserting a stop at the Trinity Railway Express's CentrePort/DFW Airport station. But the piece isn't clear: Shoul ... More >>

Say What You Will About Occupy Dallas. But I Find It Inspiring. That's Right. You Heard Me.

​I walked for a while yesterday with those Occupy Dallas people. I don't care what anybody says. They're cool. You know why? Because they're awake. People were all over the map about their specific issues. Some of them talked to me about Timothy Geithner and President Obama's failure to put banker ... More >>

The 10 Best Music Videos Featuring Puppets

​On Saturday, the world celebrated the birthday of the late master of puppets and all-around creative genius Jim Henson. Henson modernized the age-old art of puppetry by using foam rubber to coat the puppets' limbs. Previously, most TV puppets were made of carved wood. But Henson believed that fo ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Maleveller, Eagle Claw, The House Harkonnen at the Double Wide

Maleveller, Eagle Claw, The House Harkonnen Double Wide August 13, 2011 Better than: teaching your nephew how to play Mastodon songs. Dylan HollingsworthMaleveller​Last year, Maleveller could only play a certain amount of songs live. Because, well, they only had those songs to choose from. Durin ... More >>

Concert Foul No. 61: Being The Guy Who Talks Endlessly About a Band's Gear During Their Set

​You know this guy, but you don't usually know his name. Chances are good you've heard and seen him. And, uh, it is always a guy. Never a female by my experience.Anyway, right before a band he's about to see plays their set, he gets a close look at the band's equipment and his mind starts to race. ... More >>

Glen Reynolds Shares His Earliest Memories of Chomsky, Weener, Bluh and Blow Aces

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Glen Reynolds​These days, you see Glen Reynolds in the crowd at shows more than you see him on the stage. ... More >>

Good Friday: A Spune Christmas, How The Edge Stole Christmas, Drowning Pool, Justin Townes Earle, Cheap Trick, John David Kent & The Dumb Angels, Smashing Pumpkins, Jimmy Eat World, Sundress, Will Johnson & More!

​It doesn't feel like the holiday season yet, but Spune Productions is ushering in the holiday spirit with its sixth annual Christmas Party tomorrow night at Hailey's Club in Denton. The festivities will include free (Christmas?) tacos, free wassail, and, of course, music. Telegraph Canyon is head ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Massive Attack at the Palladium Ballroom, Sarah McLachlan at Verizon, Black Tide at The Loft and Johnny Flynn at The Prophet Bar, Hanson at House of Blues, The Local Hang at The Libertine

Busy way to start the work week--and on a night when the Rangers face World Series elimination, no less...

Slim Shady, the Latest Romosexual

One minute he's making fun of you; the next, it's a bona fide bromance. But one question: Was that Eminem talking to Tony Romo before yesterday's loss to the Chargers or Princess Leia? What up the headphones, Marshall?

Picture Show: Texas Guitar Show World Record Attempt

Rachel Parker"Hey kid, anyone ever tell you what 'Louie Louie's really about?"​ Blame it on the last weekend of the fair, clear skies after weeks of rain, and this down economy, but Saturday's attempt to top 1,800 guitarists strumming to the same tune in the same room came up far short of the reco ... More >>

Dude Food: Olive Garden

Olive Garden639 N. Cockrell Hill Road, DuncanvilleDude Factor: 3, or Roseanne (waitress/proprieter of loose meat sandwich specialty diner The Lanford Lunch Box), on a scale of 1 (Zach Braff in Garden State) to 10 (Jonah Hill in Forgetting Sarah Marshall)Last Saturday my lady and I--with tired bones, ... More >>

Rocky's Road Back to Woodrow

As we mentioned yesterday, Dallas-born blues guitar great Rocky Hill will be buried today in Hopkins County, with a funeral beginning at 1 p.m. followed by a graveside service. Soon as we noted his death on Friday at the age of 62, Friend of Unfair Park LakeWWWooder sent us this photo of Hill at the ... More >>

Texas, Our Texas

A Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to this Texas Observer item concerning House Concurrent Resolution No. 50, filed Tuesday by three Republican state representatives -- Leo Berman of Tyler, Brandon Creighton of Conroe and Bryan Hughes of Marshall -- who more or less want to declare Texas ... More >>

In Marshall, a Jury Rules That Only Tyler Perry's to Blame for Diary

Been a long while since I've heard the name Bob Gale, who was quite the big deal back in the early 1980s for having written the likes of Used Cars and Back to the Future, both for Robert Zemeckis, with whom he was Oscar-nominated in '86. (Gale also wrote the Back to the Future sequels -- and 1941, u ... More >>

He is Marshall: Tyler Perry Takes on Fort Worth Woman's Theft Claim

A brief follow to yesterday's item concerning the Fort Worth playwright suing Tyler Perry over Diary of a Mad Black Woman out in Marshall -- chiefly, because Perry testified yesterday and reiterated his claim that he didn't lift a single word from Donna West. Recounts the Associated Press: "'I nev ... More >>

(Un)sound Bites: Southpaw's Organic Cafe, A Left-Handed Compliment

VW Suit Moved to Dallas, Threatening Marshall's Plaintiff-Friendly Caseload

Last Night: Cat Power At The Palladium Ballroom

We Aren't Marshall: Volkswagen Wants Case Moved to Dallas

The Best Albums of 2008, So Far...

Just over three months into 2008 and we're already fussing over which albums will make our year-end best-of lists

Cat Power and the Memphis Rhythm Band

Saturday, September 16, at the Gypsy Tea Room

Richie Rich Round-Up

In the Matter of Kirk v. Klingon

Cat Power

The Greatest (Matador)

To the Limits

Elvis tanks, the Pixies rock and other tales from the 2004 ACL Festival

Moshing for Jesus

And upon this RAWK they shall build their church...

Cat Power

March 15

Cat Power

You Are Free (Matador)

Without Clearance

Or, how Eminem's new single spawned a dozen of the best (illegal) songs ever

Eminem

The Eminem Show (Aftermath)

Lift To Experience

The Texas-Jerusalem Experience (Bella Union)

Tears of a Clone

It's Arnie vs. Arnie in the most kick-ass issue of Omni ever

Fallen Star

A small town turns away from a football hero convicted of drug crimes

Cover girl

Chan Marshall's latest album is a collection of other people's songs, but it still smells like Cat Power

Letters

Those magic bridges; Baby Buddha; Duh; The happy snob

Mommy's little angel

Marshall Ball can't talk. So he listens to God. Everyone else listens to Marshall.

Dawson's book

Life is Good so far

Sweet dreams

Amy Crenshaw isn't playing anyone's Patsy anymore

Roadshows

Poor ol' Foots

Gregory Morris has nothing but his musical talent. He gives back more then he gets on the streets of Dallas

Rough road ahead

NAFTA road warriors fight it out for federal funding

Letters

Pickup Games

How a giant lawsuit against General Motors could leave lawyers with millions - and Texas truck owners breathing fumes