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Seven Valentine Suggestions for That Special Some-Guy in Your Life

It ain't V Day without a laser-sighted cross bow.​It's time the guys got a little attention on Valentine's Day. The pressure to fork over for chocolates, roses, diamonds, a week's salary on a "special" V Day prix fixe meal that many would consider highway robbery weighs on a brother. After all, yo ... More >>

Listomania: Four Folk Acts To Follow in 2011

​Let's get this out of the w​ay from the jump: No, none of these acts are from Texas.But each has one thing in common: They're each releasing good music--right now. And, while 2010 saw handfuls of folk artist make headlines with either debut or breakthrough albums of excellent caliber (from Swed ... More >>

Our Critics' Year-End Top Tens: Noah W. Bailey Picks Swedish Crooner Joel Alme's Waiting For The Bells As The Year's Best

In this week's paper, you may notice a piece including some of our DC9 writers' choices for best albums of the year. But, space being limited, we couldn't run all of our writers' lists. So, thanks to the power of the Internet, we're doing just that, right here.​In-house Americana obsessive Noah ... More >>

First, He Was Tron. Then, The Big Lebowski. Now, Dirk Nowitzki's Navin R. Johnson.

Back in April we ran that Dirk Nowitzki film festival alluded to in the headline. Cute stuff, especially Dirk as The Dude. Tonight at the AAC, when Your Dallas Mavericks take on the Shaq-less Boston Celtics, debuts another addition to the filmography starring Dirk as Steve Martin as The Jerk. Sneak ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets For Tonight's Phosphorescent Show At The Kessler

Unfortunately, Willie Nelson will not be joining Phosphorescent at tonight's show. But chances are you'll hear a Willie song or two.​Have we mentioned yet how stoked we are about tonight's Phosphorescent show at The Kessler? Oh yeah, I guess we have. Writes Noah W. Bailey in this week's print supp ... More >>

A New Day Dawns

Noah W. BaileyHistory is upon us.​Chick-Fil-A's Spicy Chicken SandwichDude Factor: 10, or Foghorn Leghorn, on a scale of 1 (Camilla), to 10.A few weeks back it came to our attention that Chick-Fil-A was taking reservations for free VIP samples of its new spicy chicken sandwich, a fact that sent wa ... More >>

Dude Food Eats Fruit For Once (And Likes It)

Noah W. Bailey​El Tizoncito3404 W. Illinois Ave., Suite 100214-330-0839Dude Factor: 9, or Porky Pig, on a scale of 1 (Miss Piggy) to 10 (Hogzilla)Oak Cliff's El Tizoncito is not your run-of-the-mill, hole-in-the-wall taqueria. It's located in an old Starbucks for one, so it's a bit nicer than your ... More >>

Because, Look, Everything Looks Better When Covered in Snow, Especially Dallas

Patrick MichelsLooking across Main Street Garden this morning​This weather update from Unfair Park HQ: Yes it's still snowing. Walking through downtown this morning was like taking a stroll around Minneapolis: steaming, snow-caked trucks kicking up road slush and huddled smokers hiding under umbre ... More >>

Another Year At City Of Ate

​We understand City of Ate is an, um, unusual blog.The Dallas market was already well-served, when we started up, by outlets breaking news tidbits, speculating on rumors, providing forums on topics of the day and such. So we conceived of a 'magazine-style' blog--a venue for recurring articles, som ... More >>

Dude Food: Taqueria La Paloma

Noah W. BaileySure, they look a little pale and sickly here, but trust me...​Taqueria La Palomamultiple locationsDude Factor: 8, or company Christmas party, on a scale of 1 (kids' birthday party) to 10 (bachelor party)My first trip to Taqueria La Paloma was mostly the result of accident and misfor ... More >>

Dude Food: Avila's

Noah W. BaileySeriously, Avila's, somebody could have parked there.​Avila's 4714 Maple Ave.214-520-2700Dude Factor: 8, or "Nuevo Laredo", on a scale of  1 ("Stays in Mexico") to 10 ("El Paso")A wise man once said "don't shit where you eat, kid." Whoever built Avila's blatantly ignored his adv ... More >>

Dude Food: Great American Hero

​Great American Hero4001 Lemmon Ave.214-521-2070Dude Factor: 5, or Fred Savage, on a scale of 1 (Ricky Schroder) to 10 (Michael J. Fox). Considering the waves of ill-advised '80s nostalgia still sweeping through your local Urban Outfitters, one would think a place like Great American Hero would be ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Bonnie "Prince" Billy at the Granada Theater

Bonnie "Prince" BillyGranada TheaterJune 6, 2009Better Than: The George Strait concert at Cowboys Stadium, or pretty much anything else any of you suckers were doing on Saturday night.Noah W. BaileyOpening with a ramshackle version of the Stanley Brothers classic "Nobody's Darling on Earth," it was ... More >>

Burning Question: What's Going On At City Of Ate?

Hey, wait a minute...this is a government waste disposal schedule.Someone posted a comment under our new Veggie Girl segment this week wanting some kind of alert when the column pops up--RSS, we think they called it.The Burning Question crew, of course, knows nothing about technology...which is prob ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs Of Tickets To Catch Lykke Li At The Granada Tomorrow Night

As Observer contributor Aaron Jentzen mentioned in this week's paper (and as Noah Bailey and I discussed in last week's podcast), the latest Swedish dance-pop sensation, Lykke Li, will be bringing her funky, subdued beats and her delicate, subdued vocals to the Granada Theater tomorrow night to per ... More >>

Good Friday: The Friday The 13th and Valentine's Day Edition

OK. First off, sorry if this is coming a little late in the day and if our descriptions of these shows are a little shorter than usual. A couple unanticipated developments (like the SXSW complete schedule announcement, for instance) got us a little derailed this afternoon. But enough handcuffing. O ... More >>

The Weekly Podcast: Slobberbone's Reunion, NX35's Prospects, Black Tie Dynasty's Break-Up. Plus: The Me-Thinks! And Show Previews!

In this week's installment of the DC9 at Night podcast, Noah Bailey, Jesse Hughey and I tackle some serious, serious local music issues, like the Slobberbone reunion, the hopefully not-so-meager prospects of the upcoming NX35 festival in Denton and Black Tie Dynasty's breakup.We also talk more on Th ... More >>

Top 10 Most Erotic Christmas Songs

10. "Backdoor Santa," Clarence CarterBelieve it or not, Carter had a career before "Strokin'".

The Top 10 NBA Beards I Could Think of After Gregg Popovich Reminded Me Last Night How Cool Beards Could Be

Since I'm drowning in deadline, hirsute Observer Night & Day Editor Noah Bailey is kind enough - bold enough - to stand in. Noah, take it away: After the Mavs beat Baron Davis' Clippers last week, I couldn't help but reconsider Davis' much-ballyhooed place in the pantheon of NBA beards. A 4-17 re ... More >>

Wild Time At The Well

When a box of bottled water samples from Mineral Wells arrived at the office this week, I claimed it immediately. I’m an unabashed snob who grimaces at tap water. At home I filter it through my PUR contraption before considering a drink. When I’m out and about it's the bottled variety, even ... More >>

Giveaway: Three Pairs Of Tickets To See Calexico And The Acorn At The Granada Tomorrow Night

Good Friday: Granada Fourth Anniversary, Skate or Rock, Bridges and Blinking Lights and more

Just When We Were Wondering What Happened To Those Awesome Good Records In-Stores...

Gallagher Kills Audiences Dead

Good Friday: The Whigs, Fight Bite, Car Stereo (Wars), Sarah Jaffe

Good Friday: Ghosthustler, The David Allor Benefit, Hal Samples' SPACE Opening, Black Joe Lewis

The Big Caucus, Or: The Smell of Nachos and a Daytime Emmy-Winner

Our Final Obama Rally Post: The Video and Photos Edition

Superpages.com Center Could be Rock 'n' Roll... Right?

Mmm. . .Grilled Horse Flesh|Pay Up or Unplug|Come On In, The Door's Open

Jackin’ Your J. Erik Jonsson

Dude, You Look Just Like…

Who Needs Wilco? Give Us Blue Mountain.

Goo on You

Cry One More Time

A Formerly Vibroluxurious Singer, Kim Pendleton's New Band is Totally Worth a Listen...and Looksee, Yessir

Hey, Brothers and Sisters, Come Out to Hear, uh, Brothers and Sisters

So Very Beck-cellent!

Snakes Dancing

Why, Wide, Why?

Celebrated indie-rock dive the Double Wide announced its closure on Monday. Or did it?

Behind the Music: Courtside

MySXSW

Austin's biggest music fest was anything you wanted it to be. Dallas acts made theirs a blast.

FOUND Out

Farm Fresh

Dino-Mite

On the Run

Trespassers

Best City Ever

If you think Dallas' music scene is slipping, then you're obviously missing the shows

Taking a Bite

Grassroots promotion shows up at Mom's doorstep