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First Round of SXSW 2013 Acts Announced, Including Blackstone Rangers and The Relatives

With the announcement of 35 Denton's initial lineup, it was only a matter of time before you felt that tightening in your chest, aka the first round of SXSW acts. North Texas' Blackstone Rangers, Ronnie Fauss, the Relatives, Somebody's Darling, Sarah Jaffe and Tedashii are all represented. Thurston ... More >>

2016: Obama’s America

Dinesh D’Souza’s 2016: Obama’s AmericaI: The Five Most Hilarious Lowlights

Sore Losers and Mind Spiders Among First Round Of Bands Announced For SXSW 2012

​Considering that pre-South by Southwest bash 35 Denton announced its first round of performers last week, I guess it makes sense, then, that the Austin fest would announce its own first round of performers this week -- and that their list is indeed larger than 35 Denton's list of 17 names, clocki ... More >>

The Buck Pets Return For Their Own Reasons

Beeswax

Echoes and Reverberations: At the Theatre Gallery, Capturing Lightning in a Beer Cup

Outside the Theatre Gallery in Deep Ellum a quarter-century ago.It was the summer of 1984 and the city of Dallas was in the midst of a serious makeover. The Republican National Convention was coming to town and Big D was trying to put a conservative foot forward as the media spotlight fixated on our ... More >>

Heritage to Auction Off Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams's Collections, Including Some of the Most Iconic Props in TV History

Heritage Auction GalleryThis Ernie Kovacs caricature, signed by the man himself, is among the items being auctioned off by Heritage.Heritage Auction Gallery, which sits across the street from Unfair Park HQ on Maple Avenue, sends word today that its February Music & Entertainment signature aucti ... More >>

5 x 2 = 10

Five to remember...and five to hope for

Kenya Believe This

Prepare Your Protesting Accordingly

Gee Whiz

Enough of the sheltered columnists writing about the recent El Angel shooting. Hear what a real Dallas DJ thinks.

Steve Blow Is an Idiot

Deep Sixed

Reports of Deep Ellum's death are exaggerated, but not by much

Get The Juice

Deep Ellum is rattled by a murder, but Fair Park is shaken by something even bigger.

Noise Poured Out

The North Texas New Music Festival was good. But it needs to be better.

Rock Bands Only

Deep Relief succeeded in raising money, but it also raised questions

Odds & Ends

The Cavern used to be a dark, dingy place for bad local bands. Lance Yocom is brightening it up.

Go to Ellum

Grab your paintball guns and bottles of liquor--it's time to party, Deep Ellum style

Narrow Escape

Plus: Havard Pleads Guilty

Odds & Ends

Falkon leaving town, clubs denied late-night permits and When Rock GoesBad

From Horror to Heroes

For these Sudanese refugees, just surviving makes them real comic-book supermen

Mean Streets?

Amid talk of increasing Deep Ellum violence, our reporter spends a Friday night at Nairobi Grill, one of the area's rumored "trouble spots"

Can't Boogie No More

Club owners fear the city may put a stop to dancing the night away

Cruising for a Bruising

The truth about Deep Ellum crime

Terrorist's Cookbook

A manual tells terrorist recruits how--and why--they should wage unholy war

The preacher and the Prophet

Why can't we all just get along? The history, or not, of Russell and Jeff's Deep Ellum

Schmidt happens

After 10 years of being told he was the Next Big Thing, former Three on a Hill and Funland frontman Peter Schmidt makes the best record of his career. And he did it, for the most part, all by himself.

Electric blue

Jim Suhler talks about life and the local bluesman