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The Eight Best Shows in DFW This Week

Is there such a thing as the end of festival season here? I don't know. What I do know is that there are a couple more this weekend -- Fort Worth Music Festival features twang on Friday and fuzzy guitar bliss on Saturday. And Wildflower remains the most fun I can imagine having in the general proxim ... More >>

Last Night's Stewardship Dinner Featuring Joel Salatin Was A Big Success

If you're a real food-nerd -- and I'm talking a Michael Pollan-readin', Farm Inc.-watchin', vegetable lovin', pro-farmer food nerd -- then you've likely heard about Joel Salatin. The sustainable agriculture guru, known for his advocacy for back-to-roots farming, got a lot of attention when he popula ... More >>

50 Important SXSW Music Questions

Editor: We have so many questions in Austin. Here are 50 of them. 1. Will I like the pedicab costumed as The Hulk if he gets angry? 2. Are we all really just in New York? 3. Is this t-shirt rad? 4. Do you want to get some 'za, which is now absolutely the slang for pizza? 5. How far can you sprint w ... More >>

Doing Mountain Dew's New Morning Drink, KickStart -- Let the Kicking Start

Last week Mountain Dew announced a new breakfast drink, KickStart, and through a website offered free samples. Brown dropped mine off yesterday afternoon. Mountain Dew has been dabbling in the breakfast business recently. Recall last year, Taco Bell tested Mountain Dew A.M., which was a mix of or ... More >>

Why Are there So Many Douchebags at Dallas Shows? A Simple Guide to Etiquette

It occurs to me that, at Dallas gigs, there are a greater than average number of people who I would politely refer to as rapscallions. That is, they seem determined to waste the time, energy, and patience of the average gig-going person like me or you with a series of tiresome antics. None of these ... More >>

A Dozen of Our Favorite Posts and Stories of 2012

As the sands in the hourglass run out here at DC9 HQ, and making year-end lists feels more like penance than pleasurable mental exercise, we thought we'd take a break from quantifying albums and concerts, and instead qualify some of our favorite posts from the last year with an, "Oh man, that was a ... More >>

My First Show: Best of 2012 Edition

We decided to check back in with some of the people we interviewed this year for My First Show, and ask about favorite concerts, records, and most-wanted Christmas gifts. Bad Design's Steven Altuna takes the cake for best answer for a Christmas wish. What was the best show you saw this year? Evan ... More >>

Home with the Armadillo

Fellow Republicans: A Five-Point Plan to Stop Our Asses From Getting Kicked

To: Lovers of America From: The Republican National Committee RE: Emergency platform changes Dear Patriots: It seems that 47 percent was somewhat larger than we anticipated in last week's election. Henceforth, we urge all Republicans to adopt these immediate policy changes. Our new platform on ba ... More >>

An Englishman Provides Our Final Word on the State Fair: One Hero Passes, Another Enters

I chose the saddest day of all to go the State Fair. The death of Big Tex (flame-grilled is the way he'd have wanted to go) cast a shadow over the whole event, which had Big Tex's now non-existent face on every piece of merchandise, every map, every stall, every advert, every building. When the twit ... More >>

Apparently 17 Teaspoons of Sugar is What's for Breakfast at Taco Bell

Last week Taco Bell introduced two additions to its First Meal breakfast menu: the "A.M. Crunchwrap Supreme" and "Mountain Dew A.M." The wrap is a hash brown patty topped with eggs, a tangy cheese-like sauce and sausage or bacon, all wrapped and toasted in a huge tortilla. The new beverage is an in- ... More >>

Start is Open on Greenville (Photos)

Without the neutral colors, sleek design and healthy food, Start could be a Raising Cane's, or (gasp!) even an Arby's. Diners order and pay at a register, grab drinks, and sit to wait for their names to be called. The open kitchen delivers food in a fast food-style, with labeled stainless steel chut ... More >>

Taco Bell Sold 100 Million Doritos Locos Tacos in 10 Weeks. Plus: Doing the Dew for Breakfast

Earlier this week, Nancy Luna, "Fast Food Maven" of the Orange County Register, reported that Irvine, California-based Taco Bell sold 100 million Doritos Locos Tacos in ten weeks, which is the largest product launch in Taco Bell's history. Introduced on March 8 of this year, the 100 million orange t ... More >>

The Cool Ranchification of SXSW 2012

A Sucker For Your Marketing: A Conversation

When Observer Web Editor Nick Rallo and I shuffled down to SXSW last week, we both noticed the same thing: The somewhat icky marketing that seems to have inundated the Austin music festival, to the point where even the fans themselves were part of the brand. Here's an excerpt of a conversation we ha ... More >>

The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012

The last few days, our indefatigable music critic staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests, to down-right lame. Below, you'll find their submissio ... More >>

The Best of SXSW Music: Thursday 3/15/2012

If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music e ... More >>

With Neon Indian, St. Vincent and Bryan Street Tavern, Dallas Takes Over Today's Blogosphere

​It's a beautiful day in the blogosphere for Dallas artists. First of all, Pitchfork is tossing out "Best New Music" like parade candy, and North Texas natives are scooping it up. It seems St. Vincent's much-anticipated third album, Strange Mercy, hit a home run on the music site, w ... More >>

Neon Indian Announces Release Date for New Album Era Extraña

The cover art for Neon Indian's forthcoming record Era Extraña​Little bits and pieces of news regarding Neon Indian's highly anticipated forthcoming record continue to surface leading up to its release. Yesterday, the band, fronted by Denton's own Alan Palomo, announced that the album, called Era ... More >>

Tips for Having a Safe, Sterile July 4th Picnic...Even Though You Shouldn't

Salmonella hates America. Fight back! Eat indoors!​About 48 million Americans get food-borne illness per year, and of that heaving-and-hurling 48 million, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means roughly one in six Americans w ... More >>

You'll Need to Trenta-Stomach: What Else Starbucks' New Cup Can Hold

Via Eater​The Starbucks new Trenta coffee cup, which can hold 31-ounces of iced coffee, can carry an entire bottle of wine. There's video evidence to that fact, thanks to the good ol' Internet. This news came after the calculation that the new plus-sized cup is about as large as the average hu ... More >>

Super Bowl Haters: Here are Five Shows (Plus Appetizer Ideas) for You

Animal PlanetThe winner of the Puppy Bowl gets the Ruff Lombardi Trophy. Ah, We're Sorry.​February 6, you could get together with a bunch of friends to eat wings and yell at the Super Bowl on Fox. Or, you could not. If you're anti-Super Bowl, here's a list of five other shows you could watch, ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2010: Neon Indian Gets Corporate Backing and Pens Its Strongest Track to Date at No. 3

[Over these last few days of 2010, we'll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 3 on the list -- and, please, feel free to click after the jump for a free download of the track. Also after ... More >>

Good Friday: Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Music Festival, Autolux, Designer Drugs, Sarah Jaffe, Dave Matthews Band, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Nick Cannon, Lyfe Jennings, Guitar Shorty, Paramore, Tegan & Sara, Rigor Mortis, Jonas Brothers & more

​This weekend is stuffed with some pretty big shows, but the biggest one coming to town this weekend might be Saturday's Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Music Festival at Superpages.com Center with Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, our own Hellyeah and many more.Maybe getting all jacked up on repackaged ... More >>

Top 5 and Bottom 5 School Cafeteria Lunches From The Good Ol' Days

​Kids are back in school, which means their summer diet of Flamin' Hot Cheetos and Mountain Dew is giving way to ... black bean burgers and hummus? What the what? In our day, school lunches were composed of compressed mystery meat, gubment cheese and sugar. We'd have laughed the lunch lady right ... More >>

An All-Out Hunger Assault at the Europa Bodybuilding Expo

Photos by Patrick MichelsNo, really. This stuff is delicious. Best Engorge yet.The trade show at last weekend's Europa Super Show Expo was full of vendors hawking everything you need to support a healthy (?) extreme weightlifting lifestyle. From smack-talking T-shirts to stun guns, to the sequined ... More >>

Rockets, Hookahs and Flamin' Hot Cheetos: Lighting A Fire At QuakeCon 2010

Photos by Patrick MichelsYears from now, they'll all be talking about that epic QuakeCon back when hookahs were still legal in Dallas.As Master o' Doom John Carmack wrapped his keynote sermon yesterday evening, the old familiar QuakeCon rhythm began drumming back to life, tap-tap-slurp, in the dim a ... More >>

Jonas Brothers Reschedule July 27 Performance at Superpages.com Center for September 12

Jonas Brothers​Speaking of shows being canceled, DC9 just received a press release with the news that the Jonas Brothers' July 27 performance at Superpages.com Center has been canceled.But before you tweens get all jacked up on Mountain Dew and lose it, breath easy: The show's been rescheduled for ... More >>

Because Being Backed By A Soda-Run Label Wasn't Enough: Neon Indian Signs to Magazine-Run Label, Reissues Psychic Chasms

Patrick MichelsNeon Indian, as seen at NX35.​ South by Southwest was quite good to Dallas ex-pats Neon Indian this year--and, turns out, it was even better than the on-the-street buzz the band was getting that week in Austin may have originally implied. Today, Billboard reports that Neon Indian ha ... More >>

Watch: Neon Indian -- "Sleep Paralysist"

Seems there are some advantages after all to being signed up as part of the Mountain Dew-backed Green Label, as Denton/Dallas ex-pats Neon Indian were for the release of their post-Psychic Chasms, free-to-download single, "Sleep Paralysis." Namely? Getting a budget to give the song, co-produced by N ... More >>

A Baker's Dozen of Authentic Munchies Recipes

From Holytaco.com​Last week, we discussed The New York Times' article on "haute-stoner cuisine" and, in response, we offered up some dishes from local restaurants that totally speak to the high mind.This sparked (ha!) some discussion regarding much more low-brow, what's-left-in-the-pantry culinary ... More >>

Download: Neon Indian -- "Sleep Paralysist"

Mountain Dew: Code Denton​As promised, DFW's own Neon Indian released a new single via Mountain Dew's new Green label Sound entity today, and the song's available as a free download through the label's site. The song, called "Sleep Paralysist," is pretty token Neon Indian, filled with blips, bleep ... More >>

Hash Over: Convenience Store Offers Organics, State And Allen Sets New Happy Hours and ZaZa Offers Uptown A Neighborhood Night Out

We don't normally associate this logo with convenience stores, but Urban Pantry is looking to change that.​Ordinarily we wouldn't get too excited about the opening of yet another convenience store in Dallas. It's hard to remember the last time we griped that we had a hard time finding a place to g ... More >>

Hophead: Pyramid Haywire Hefeweizen And Deschutes Black Butte Porter Free Samples--Sometimes You Get What You Pay For

Jesse HugheyPyramid Haywire Hefeweizen​A Pyramid PR representative recently sent a press release announcing the Gold Medal awarded to the brewery's Haywire Hefewiezen at the Great American Beer Festival, and offered to send over sample bottle or two. As if she needed to ask.Ben E. Keith beer distr ... More >>

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Chewing the Fat: Don't Drink The Yellow Soda

We're not sure if this belongs under food news or stupid criminals, but someone took a drink of something, so I'm gonna run with it.Props to Busted Coverage for directing us to this story that gives a whole new appreciation for the Yellow 5 in Mountain Dew. Two high school students from Hartford ... More >>

Halo 3: Dallas Finishes the Fight

C'mon Get Happy

Even Buzz finds something to smile about in 2006

Unreal Estate

Cartoon kids poke around Spielberg's Monster House

Snow Bored

Extreme sports may be fun, but First Descent is not

In the Blood

Pottery-selling Satan worshipers and chino salesmen meet for fun and pain in the world of Denton's extreme wrestling

Playmakers

Want to design video games? SMU's Guildhall can show you how, if you're willing to work like a dog.

Soul Doubt

Louis Schwartzberg aims for America's Heart, but mostly sticks to the surface

Perfect Fit

Four current and future SMU alums stitch together work, politics and the American dream

Incredible Journey

Bid the butterflies adieu

Talkin' Trash

Earth Day needs schooling

Tale of the Tapes

With headliners like Mike Judge and an impressive list of films, the Dallas Video Festival once again wins by knockout

Buzz

DMN security compromised by computer whizzer

It's one "ele" of a show

Save the elephants ... from these circus costumes

The New School

Everything I need to know about the modern American teen I learned by going to the movies