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  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    This Week In Dallas Music History: The Toadies and South Padre Go Together Like Spring Break and Unprotected Sex

    ​In this week's edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, former Observer writer Keven McAlester tells the tale of his adventures in following The Toadies to South Padre Island for a special spring break gig in 1999. Actually, the piece spends just as much time following the band's roadie, Ken ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    This Week In Dallas Music History: Bedhead's So Good, It Doesn't Need To Turn Things Up.

    ​In today's edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we turn the page back to 1998, as former Observer contributor Keven McAlester discusses Dallas' most intelligent band, Bedhead, and their third album, Transaction de Novo.At the time, McAlester wrote that, rather than moving away from the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Before Bipartisan Protest, County GOP Chair Pushes Judge Jenkins to Open Doors at Today's Election Commission Meeting to Public

    AnonymousThis has been making the rounds. Can't imagine why its creator isn't looking for credit.​Dallas County Republican Party chair Jonathan Neerman says today's 3:30 p.m. meeting of the Election Commission -- the first such gathering in more than two decades -- should be relocated to the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    Wherein We Discover Batgirl Attended Two DISD High Schools and Spock's Coming to Town

    Yvonne Craig, both a Batgirl and an Adamson Leopard (update: for one semester)​A press release announcing the month's-end Sci-Fi Expo at the Plano Center just hit the in-box containing the full list of ladies scheduled to attend the event, themed this time 'round as "Women of Sci-Fi." Among those ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Big-Time Builders Insist Proposed "Effective Business Strategies" Are Quite the Opposite

    ​Earlier this month, the city council's Economic Development Committee was briefed on something called "Effective Business Strategies to Support Sustainable Growth." Translated, that means hiking building inspection fees in order to "recover the true costs of delivering services to our customers" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Knocking Down the Historic Demolition Ordinance That's Before the Council Today

    ​Five years ago a fierce battle was fought to stop the demolition of a house on my block in Dallas's first and oldest historic district (The Swiss Avenue Historic District). Blogista (and friend) Sharon Boyd called those of us who wanted to save the house "Preservation Nazis," which I guess is be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2009

    Don't Raze Me, Bro: Considering the Latest Ordinance Allowing for Historic Demolitions

    ​Tomorrow morning, the Dallas City Attorney's Office will present yet another version of its ordinance that would allow for the demolition of buildings in historically designated districts. Surely you know what this is all about -- we've been down this road since, oh, August 4, 2008, when the the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Friday Night Lights: Sounds Like Quite the Texas Day Planned Down in Victory Park

    Dana Wheeler-Nicholson will be among those attending Friday's Texas Day shindig in Victory Park.Before touting today's AFI Dallas International Film Festival line-up, this heads-up: The Dallas Film Society just sent along the guest list for Friday's daylong Texas Day event, which kicks off with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2008

    Free Old 97's Show At Victory Plaza Tonight...And Other Goodies

    Dana Wheeler-Nicholson will be among those attending Friday's Texas Day shindig in Victory Park.Before touting today's AFI Dallas International Film Festival line-up, this heads-up: The Dallas Film Society just sent along the guest list for Friday's daylong Texas Day event, which kicks off with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2008

    The End's Finally Here for The New Year's New Old Video

    Dana Wheeler-Nicholson will be among those attending Friday's Texas Day shindig in Victory Park.Before touting today's AFI Dallas International Film Festival line-up, this heads-up: The Dallas Film Society just sent along the guest list for Friday's daylong Texas Day event, which kicks off with the ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    July 12, 2007

    Roky's Picture Show

    Dana Wheeler-Nicholson will be among those attending Friday's Texas Day shindig in Victory Park.Before touting today's AFI Dallas International Film Festival line-up, this heads-up: The Dallas Film Society just sent along the guest list for Friday's daylong Texas Day event, which kicks off with the ... More >>

  • Music

    July 12, 2007

    Gonna Fly Now

    Roky Erickson's miles from home, and that's a good thing

  • News

    June 15, 2006

    Cool, Uncool

    The city council decides our future this week

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    Why Plan?

    If citywide planning means more apartments and strip retail, let's not plan

  • Music

    December 28, 2000

    Crit and Shap 2000

    The worst of the worst

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    Letters

    Our Stars, Frankenfoods, Mr. Know-It-All

  • News

    October 19, 2000

    This Old House

    Historic preservationists sift through the sawdust of the great closet debate

  • News

    October 5, 2000

    Met Memories

    Sure, this column is full of cuss words and self-indulgence. So was my old paper.

  • News

    June 29, 2000

    His honor

    Former Dallas Mayor Wallace Savage brought a conscience to unprincipled politics

  • Film

    July 29, 1999

    Broken Jaws

    But at least Deep Blue Sea doesn't totally bite

  • News

    April 8, 1999

    Whipping boy

    John Loza learns that making friends is easy for a city council member. Keeping them is harder.

  • News

    February 4, 1999

    On holy ground

    The fight over St. Ann's snares the city, Hispanics, and the Catholic diocese in a battle that tests Dallas' commitment to preserving its past

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    The fix is in

    Plans for a giant market in an Old East Dallas neighborhood speed ahead despite protests by neighbors

  • News

    July 31, 1997

    Letters

    Plans for a giant market in an Old East Dallas neighborhood speed ahead despite protests by neighbors

  • Music

    July 31, 1997

    Gone are the days

    Dead on top of your toilet

  • Music

    July 17, 1997

    Come together

    Josh Alan pleads for peace, unity, and maybe some album sales

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