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"Gay Is Okay": Amarillo Rapper Adair Lion's New Video For "Ben"

Texas rapper Adair Lion just released his new video for "Ben," which uses the hook from the Michael Jackson song of the same name. The song is off his upcoming release Michael & Me, which will drop on the anniversary of Jackson's death in June. More notable, though, is the message of the song. "Ga ... More >>

Das Racist's Crazy-Ass Combo

Got a Taste for … Brains?

20 Years Later: The 15 Best Albums of 1991

​In last week's edition of our regular feature, The Conversation, Pete Freedman and Daniel Hopkins debated on whether 1991 or 1994 was the greatest music year of the '90s. It was an interesting read for sure. And, since this week marks the 20th anniversary of the release of both Nevermind and The ... More >>

Hard Rock Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Michael Jackson's Old Stuff

​FYI: The Hard Rock Cafe totally still exists. Believe it or not, we actually have one here in Dallas. And, on Saturday, the chain dedicated to rock 'n' roll history, iconic t-shirts and overpriced bar food is celebrating 40 years in the biz. According to the note we just got from the Hard Rock fo ... More >>

The Way They'll Make You Feel

Today In Music News: Best Way To Get Rid Of Earworms, Aaron Lewis Goes Country And Jacko Scarecrows

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, October 8, 2010...Got an earworm you just can't seem to shake? I know, it's a terrible affliction sweeping the nation. Now we all have a way to unhear the songs we can't seem to shake.Staind's Aaron Lewis went a natural direction for his depressi ... More >>

The Doggone Girls Are His

Beat It, Purple Rain

Heritage Sues to Determine Who Really Owns Michael Jackson's Stuff

​Back in November, Unfair Park's across-the-street neighbor Heritage Auction Galleries auctioned off a pile of Michael Jackson memorabilia, including a signed guitar, some autographed album covers and his fedora. Heritage says it got the stuff from a Los Angeles man named Benson Hopp, to whom Heri ... More >>

Billie Jean Is Not My Laser

This is It? King of Pop goes out with a whimper

Picture Show: The King of Pop (Sort Of) At the Lodge (Really.)

Danny Hurley​If you've seen Scary Movies 3 or 4, or have friends who went an offbeat direction with their wedding entertainment, you may already be familiar with the work of Michael Jackson impersonator extraordinaire Edward Moss.If you rolled into The Lodge last night expecting to grab a beer at ... More >>

Today In Music News: Jackson's Hard Drive Is Full Of Music, Tenacious D Replaces The Beastie Boys, Steven Tyler Falls and John Hughes Dies

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009...Looks like Michael Jackson's estate will produce as much posthumous music as Tupac's. Hard drives containing at least 100 unreleased songs--new and old--were taken by his sister LaToya.The Outside Lands Festival booked the most ... More >>

Today In Music News: Kanye's Ready For A New Title, Ex-Panic Kids Debut New Band and Tupac Keeps The Music Coming

Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, July 30, 2009... Kanye West says he's ready to replace Michael Jackson as the "King of Pop." Too soon? Ex-Panic at the Disco members Ryan Ross and John Walker debuted their new band Young Veins on Myspace. Somewhere, tween girls and mall pu ... More >>

Today In Music News: Jackson Movie Close To Coming Out, Oates' 'Stache Gets Own Show and Madonna Visits The Injured

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, July 22, 2009... The rehearsal footage of Michael Jackson is closer to being made into a theatrical release. I guess someone is going to make a dollar off of him no matter what. John Oates mustache gets it's own animated web series. Mad ... More >>

Night Moves: Over The Line

Ray and Peter LekPatriotism swept across Dallas DJs' playlists last weekend like Michael Jackson tunes the week before--and on Friday night, Barcadia was no exception.Out nightlife photo team caught up with the crowd there as Redeye spun patriotic songs (like the Team America: World Police anthem "A ... More >>

Today In Music News: Obama Still Loves Jackson and Kanye Becomes A Director

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, July 6, 2009... Americans can sleep easier tonight: President Obama still has Michael Jackson songs on his iPod. Now, how about that universal health care, sir? Kanye West now has something else he's the best in the world at: being a music video di ... More >>

Rock With You

Dallas Musicians Say Goodbye To Michael Jackson

Bonus MP3: LehtMoJoe Pays Michael Jackson, "Beat It" A Fine Homage

Last we spoke with Vincent Sliva, aka LehtMoJoe, the area producer/remixer was promising a whole lot: A show at the Granada on July 31 with himself, Mount Righteous and Anonymous????; a new CD; and, most impressively, a new remix every week.He's been keeping up with all of those tasks, including th ... More >>

Moonwalker Screening Tonight At House Of Dang

Can't make it out to Neverland to see Michael Jackson's body? Or perhaps you'd just prefer to appreciate Jackson in a less ghoulish way than looking at a corpse? Either way, The House of Dang is the place to be tonight.The boutique shop will screen the King of Pop's 1988 straight-to-video feature fi ... More >>

The Top 10 Most Notable Sports Deaths of Our Era

Patrick Michels An old Michael Jackson poster at last week's candlelight vigil in Duncanville. I grew up with Michael Jackson. Had his Off the Wall album cover tacked - that's right, tacked - to my bedroom wall. As a senior member of the 1982 Duncanville Panthers' basketball team - district 9 ... More >>

Today In Music News: Jackson Could Go To The Top, Big Names Headline Voodoo and Art Brut Just Doesn't Get It

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, June 29, 2009... In what shouldn't surprise anyone, Michael Jackson could take the number one spot on the Billboard charts this week. Eminem, Flaming Lips and Jane's Addiction have been added as headliners at Voodoo Festival. Apparently Art Brut is ... More >>

Picture Show: Remembering MJ at Zubar

Gloria LevarioWe already mentioned the candlelight vigil for Michael Jackson in Duncanville Thursday night here on DC9. Later that night, though, Dallas DJs did their part to keep the pop legend on everyone's mind, while plenty of folks turned up in their vintage MJ-wear.As Tyrone Smiley & DJ Ni ... More >>

Whitt's End: 6.26.09

Whether you're at the end of your rope of merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Ventured down to the Mavs' draft last night and it was ... sad. Not the selection of Rodrigue Beaubois - though underwhleming - but more the lack of buzz. I remember when a much worse Mavs' orga ... More >>

Michael Jackson's Ex-Wife Lisa Marie Presley Checks In With A Pretty Fascinating Immediate Reaction To Yesterday's News...

Jackson and Presley at the 1994 MTV VMAs....and it's pretty revealing--about her relationship with Jackson, her relationship with her father and her general sentiments about fame and the celebrity spotlight. Just a real interesting read--and one just emailed to us that we haven't really seen anywher ... More >>

Pitcure Show: Last Night's Michael Jackson Candlelight Vigil in Duncanville

Patrick MichelsFrom left, Blanca Martinez, Giles Prather and Marcus Smith with candles and Michael Jackson memorabilia last night in Duncanville.Last night in Duncanville, at the corner of Westmoreland and Wheatland, in the parking lot for a shuttered old Albertson's grocery store, K104 DJ Cat Daddy ... More >>

Michael Jackson, That Little Rascal

The Star-Telegram has rounded up a few folks who attended The Jacksons' three-night stopover at Texas Stadium in 1984, to which I referred yesterday. Contained therein is a story that I will spend the better part of today and the next who-knows-how-long fleshing out, if only because I've finally fou ... More >>

Farewell, Farrah Fawcett

Corpus Christi native Farrah Fawcett, who died today at the age of 62 following a lengthy and very public battle with cancer, will be remembered for many things: Charlie's Angels, her hair, that pin-up poster, The Burning Bed (she could act!), her David Letterman appearance. But locals who actually ... More >>

Art Divaz Bring A Gallery To Cliff Cafe

An image from the Art Divaz-affiliated Caprichos Studio.No surprise that anyone who calls herself a "diva" would use the term "retail therapy" for what most of us call "shopping." The million-dollar spending sprees of notorious divas like Britney Spears, Mariah Carey and Michael Jackson come to mind ... More >>

Today In Music News: Miley Is Miffed and Jacko Is Back-o

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, March 9, 2009...Miley Cyrus, is like, sooooo mad at being snubbed by Radiohead at the Grammys that she's going to "ruin" them. Right. I'm sure Thom Yorke and Co. not wanting to meet Miley has nothing to do with her being a big ball of suck.In case y ... More >>

Today in Music News: Thriller Heads To Broadway, Auto-Tune Goes Rock

  Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, January 27, 2009... The rights to a stage version of Michael Jackson's Thriller 1=28102">have been purchased by Broadway producer James Nederlander. The show, once it actually gets produced, will included songs from Jacko's Thrill ... More >>

Today In Music News: Phish At Bonnaroo, Barenaked Ladies In Boxes, RIAA At Home and Lil Wayne In Trouble. Late Add: Michael Jackson Fighting For His Life?

Your top national music stories for Monday, December 22, 2008: It's never too early to start talking about the '09 festival season: It looks like a reunited Phish may headline two nights at Bonnarroo this year. So you'd better start letting that beard grow out now. But, you still have a few mont ... More >>

Gipsys, Dance & Seats

The Way You Make Me Feel

Harmony Korine creates a Neverland for celeb impersonators in the singular and sincere Mister Lonely

Trey Songz, J. Holiday

Monday, March 17, at House of Blues

An American (and a Chinese) in Paris

The third time's the guilty pleasure for Tucker and Chan's buddy cop franchise

Show Your Bones

Take your teens to see the Dead

People Under the Stairs

Stepfather (Basement)

Michael Jackson

The Ultimate Collection ( Sony)

The Queers

Friday, September 3

Best Jukebox

Cosmo's

Jackson Jive

Michael Jackson vowed to raise millions for 9/11 victims. And he hired a gay-porn producer pal to help.

Crit & Shap

You wanted the worst--you got it!

Straight Talk

Soul 73 KKDA's Millie Jackson tells it how it is, no matter what that happens to be

Fading star

Michael Jackson tells HIStory to whoever is left to listen to it

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