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A Frisco Man Told Police He Was Hit With a Shotgun, Robbed Outside the Amsterdam Bar This Morning [Updated]

Update at 3:03 p.m.: Amsterdam owner Mike Scheel called this afternoon to update us on a couple of things. One, he wanted to note that the bar does its best to protect patrons and employs an off-duty Dallas police sergeant. The sergeant was actually working at the bar last night when the robbery occ ... More >>

The Alchemy of Vulgar Fashion: Patience, Magic and Blood

Denton death-synth duo Vulgar Fashion is about as enigmatic as it comes. If you're scouring their website or Facebook profile for a crisp, straightforward shot, you'll turn up empty-handed. The only real way to see and experience them--Julie Mckendrick and Andrew Michael, who fantastically go by the ... More >>

Need A Palate Cleanser? Put A Tampon In Your Mouth.

It's not that I thought the headline was a joke. It makes perfect sense: a clean palate is more sensitive and prepared to perceive new and subtle flavors compared with one that's been previously stepped on by a cup of black coffee. I just couldn't get my head around the visual: a couple of cooks sit ... More >>

Jazz Man Damon K. Clark: "We Pay Accountants a Living Wage. Why Not Musicians?"

See also: The Kessler's Melissa Hennings tends bar and shoots your favorite bands See also: KNON's Don O. knows the Dallas blues Damon K. Clark, co-musical director at Winspear Opera House, is changing lanes. He's sidelining what has been a pretty spirited performance career in local jazz and cho ... More >>

Mayhem Festival - Gexa Energy Pavilion - 7/10/12

Mayhem Festival Gexa Energy Pavilion Tuesday, July 10 See also: The fans of Mayhem Festival As I parked next to the Amsterdam and walked through Fair Park's Esplanade yesterday, I took in the neo-modernist sculptures and murals that adorn the Art Deco buildings. The closer I got to the Gexa Ener ... More >>

Is a Drinking Establishment's Music Really That Important?

The City of Ate Chef Interview: 24-Year-Old Garden Cafe Chef Mark Wootton

Garden Café is one of several little neighborhood jewels tucked away in East Dallas. The breakfast and lunch spot's most distinguishing feature is the large garden behind the quaint white brick building in which it sits. Plots of herbs and rows of veggies keep the butterflies and bees busy, and als ... More >>

The Overserved: There's A Patio in Dallas For Every One of Us.

Looking For a Patio To Sit On This Weekend? Check Out The Overserved's Handy Guide.

Spring Fever is casting her spell and I can already see the telltale signs. We all find excuses to quit a little earlier and our patio-dwelling hours get a little longer. But there is more to the Art of Patio than a nice deck and outdoor seating. Indeed, you can match one for every mood, so this spr ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Brent Best Explains These 42 Slobberbone Covers

​I've still got a few of the work-week rock-and-roll adioses stashed away, and guess I'd better use 'em or lose 'em between now and the next week or so. So let's start with this -- a bootleg officially known as The Bone Collection, featuring 42(ish) covers performed by Slobberbone and, in a few in ... More >>

One More List of Things to Do In Dallas Reminds: There Are Much Better Things to Do

​The librarians have landed, as today's the first day of the estimable American Library Association Midwinter Meeting at the Dallas Convention Center, so you know what that means. Good timing, then, for Reuters' freshly minted "48 hours in Dallas/Fort Worth" itinerary, which is a little better tha ... More >>

Be Thankful For These Live Recordings of Doug Burr in November and The Drams in 2006

​While I attempt to find someone at the city who hasn't already left for Thanksgiving, here's a little something I found just posted to the Live Music Archive: the great Doug Burr, with Glen Farris but of course, at the Church of the Incarnation on McKinney Avenue November 3. The show, which also ... More >>

Verlander, Smerlander: ALCS Preview and Rangers-Tigers Game 1 Open Thread

[Editor's note: At the request of a few regulars, we're going with a rare weekend-night open thread to celebrate the Rangers' second straight appearance in the American League Championship Series. Will we do this again tomorrow? Hard to say. Let's see how tonight goes. I'll be in and out, but tonigh ... More >>

Germany Turns Its Back on Beer Bikes, Should Probably Ship Them To Dallas

Carpooling can be fun.​Aside from overpasses, we've just stumbled upon the most brilliant plan for reducing city traffic and pollution. Originally from the Netherlands, these "beer bikes" can be found swerving along the roads in Germany, where up to sixteen people can sit around a table on w ... More >>

Sigel's Crazy Wonderful Irish Cheese Lady

In 1940's Belfast, Ireland, there lived the Magee family. Six daughters were born one after the other, followed by five sons all squeezed into a two-bedroom row house. The neighbors on one side were the McCormicks, who had 10 kids. On the other side were the Dunnigans, also with 10 kids. All told, m ... More >>

Hot Sex and Cold Truths in Second Thought Theatre's Red Light Winter

Also: At Broken Gears Project Theatre, Oedipus the King really doesn't want to marry Mom.

A Sad, Sad Day For Deep Ellum and Dallas Music As A Whole: Frankie 45 is Dead at Age 24.

Alllison V. SmithRest in peace, Frankie 45.​Frank Campagna, Jr., known affectionately around town as Frankie or Frankie 45, died early this morning. The revered guitarist, bartender and performer was 24 years old. The cause of his death has not yet been released. The medical examiner's office has ... More >>

What happens when beloved local acts hit the road in search of success?

Watch: Midlake -- "Rulers, Ruling All Things"

It's only taken seven months, but Midlake finally went ahead and released a music video for a song off of its The Courage of Others LP. Over on Stereogum this afternoon, the band premiered the above video for "Ruler, Ruling All Things," a clip directed and shot by frontman Tim Smith on an 8 mm camer ... More >>

Last Night: Crowded House at the House of Blues

Crowded House, Lawrence ArabiaHouse of BluesAugust 5, 2010Better than: Seeing Crowded House on an Edgefest bill in 1994 and only getting 45 minutes of greatness... Oh, and um, all my expectations. Because, people, I'm not pretending this is an unbiased work, or, howyousay, an objective review. I bou ... More >>

Good Friday: Fourth of July Edition

​Pool parties, cookouts and cold ones--probably the best way celebrate the Fourth of July around here. And, as we mentioned earlier this week, the Double Wide will have all of those things on Sunday night. The pool party starts at 7 p.m. and the concert, which features Bruce Springsteen, Replaceme ... More >>

Come On, Get Happy! We've Found 50 Local Bars That Will Help You Do Just That.

Holy Rollers

Goals Gone Global

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 12: DJ Wild in the Streets

​Lisa Bush, aka Wild in the Streets, got her start in college, hosting a radio show on KTCU, which led to DJing house parties and at small venues around town. In time, Wild in the Streets had a regular gig alongside soul and funk DJ Eric Hermeyer at the Wreck Room in Fort Worth. Since then, she's ... More >>

Top 10 Foods Not Traditionally Prepared With Pot...Yet

Alexander Flores​In honor of today's holiday (don't act like you don't know what it is, unless the boss is around) City of Ate presents a list of Ten Foods Not Traditionally Prepared With Pot That Maybe Ought To Be. The Internet is full of recipes for the old standbys of brownies or tea made with ... More >>

Handle The Proof: Two Of The Best 'Hard To Find' Spirits

​I personally think zubrowka and aged genever are the finest spirits one can drink. But neither are easy to find, unless you travel.Zubrowka is a flavored vodka generally associated with Poland, where they've been distilling and drinking it for a good six or seven centuries. Pale gold in color, it ... More >>

Pull Over, Please

Centraltrak would like to search your vehicle

Henk's European Deli Fulfills Our Sausage Fantasies—Most of 'Em Anyway

Five Places to Drink Beer Around Dallas

For the Kids

Solitude Aeturnus

Into the Depths of Sorrow|Beyond the Crimson Horizon

Sniper's Perch a Real Dutch Treat

Imported Talent

Dallas gets invaded

Running on Fumes

You've got to have balls to sell BioPerformance's hot product--mothballs

Berry Me Not

Who drinks gin?

Blues Notes

Brush up on music history and music's future

Odds & Ends

Radiant goes Over There, Ward Richmond goes to jail and every band in Dallas gets put on hold

Rise of the Pod People

Podcasting: What it is, how to get it and what it means to the world of radio

Hooked Fish

Big Fish Little Fish space to get big makeover

Past Vs. Progress

We love the nightlife

Banned Books

SMU presents an exhibit to die for

Real World

Kids look back in danger

Best Deal on Roses

Your Florist

Fall Away

Meadows opens a somber season

Monk Spunk

The Old Monk is mostly about beer, but its mussels aren't bad either

End of the World

Americans may have tasted all there is to taste

For God and Country

For a South Oak Cliff church considered a model for mixing faith and government, the line between church and state is thin indeeda

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