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May 8, 2012
Yes Go's Jason Whitbeck: "Somebody Please Open Up Club Clearview Again."
Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Jason Whitbeck's come a long way since his earliest days in Deep Ellum, as a street rep slinging free Camel cigarettes. He's become quite a successful video director, shooting for notable ... More >>
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April 16, 2012
For Paul Quinn College Students, the Stadium-Turned-Farm is a Field of Unexpected Dreams
When Paul Quinn College decided to transform its old football field into a massive garden, a bona fide food desert was transformed. In just two years since the field was tilled, thousands of pounds of vegetables have made their way to the campus cafeteria, neighborhood charities and a few local rest ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2012
PETA Ends Meat-Eating Forever With Brave Public Make-Out Session Downtown
Photos by Jay BarkerLet's give credit where it's due: you can't ever accuse PETA of letting cold weather, common sense or good taste ruin the opportunity for a perfectly good publicity stunt. As promised, the group returned to their favorite downtown street corner, Main and Akard, this morn ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2012
Whole Foods Market to Close Local Bakehouse and Ship from Houston Instead
Whole Foods MarketWhole Foods Market announced recently that it will close its Dallas bakehouse, located on University near Central, which for the past 12 years has produced breads and pastries for its eight area stores, as well as Little Rock, Tulsa and Oklahoma City. After the spring closur ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
WaterTower Theatre Announces Cast for August: Osage County
For WaterTower Theatre's first local production of August: Osage County, the Pulitzer-winning drama by Tracy Letts, director René Moreno sticks with the star of his acclaimed 2011 Oklahoma City production, longtime Dallas actress Pam Dougherty, in the lead as matriarch Violet Weston. She co-starr ... More >>
News
May 19, 2011
Wayne Coyne and His Flaming Lips Get Weird, One Vinyl Press at a Time
And A&R Records, a Dallas manufacturer, helps them do it.
Blogs
April 8, 2011
TxDOT Really Wants to See That Whole Dallas to Houston High-Speed Rail Line Happen
I just stumbled across this piece out of Houston, which says the Texas Department of Transportation has submitted docs to the feds asking for around $43 million to expedite that long-discussed and even longer-debated Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail line. I called Jennifer Moczygemba, who overse ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2011
Fair To Midland Officially Sets June 14 Release Date For New Album, Arrows and Anchors.
Fair to Midland Back in November, the Sulphur Springs-sprung progressive hard rock act Fair to Midland announced a new label home and promised its fourth full-length come springtime. Well, clearly, they really meant summertime. A new press released issued late yesterday announces a new release da ... More >>
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March 18, 2011
Whitt's End: 3.18.11
Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Couple weeks ago I circled tonight's Mavs-Spurs game at American Airlines Center in anticipation. Now? No biggie. After dropping games it should've won to Memphis, New Orleans and Portland, ... More >>
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October 22, 2010
The Will Callers Overcome Deaths, Win Shiner Rising Star Competition
Your newest Rising Star winners.Shiner Rising Star Competition FinalsLove & War in Texas, PlanoOctober 21, 2010After 14 weeks of competition between 24 bands that cover the entire, vast realm of country music, the Shiner Rising Star contest ended last night at Plano's Love & War in Texas. ... More >>
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July 12, 2010
Gig Alert and Bonus MP3: Catch 1994! Tonight at Rubber Gloves--and Listen to "Shut Up The Fuck Up" Right Now
1994!Hailing out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the duo of Michael Kuhn and Chris Diehm have been making their interesting brand of mathy post-hardcore under the name of 1994! for the better part of two years. Their second full-length release, FCKYRHED, just came out and Kuhn was kind enough to prov ... More >>
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June 30, 2010
Angels 6, Rangers 5. Uh-oh?
We trust in ... Omar Beltre?For the first time in a long time, Darren Oliver sucked. For the first time since June 11, the Texas Rangers lost a road game. Not to panic, but a lot of things that have gone right lately for Texas went wrong in Tuesday night's 6-5 loss to the Angels in Anaheim ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
Improv Bonanza
We trust in ... Omar Beltre?For the first time in a long time, Darren Oliver sucked. For the first time since June 11, the Texas Rangers lost a road game. Not to panic, but a lot of things that have gone right lately for Texas went wrong in Tuesday night's 6-5 loss to the Angels in Anaheim ... More >>
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March 4, 2010
Dear Mrs. Kennedy
We trust in ... Omar Beltre?For the first time in a long time, Darren Oliver sucked. For the first time since June 11, the Texas Rangers lost a road game. Not to panic, but a lot of things that have gone right lately for Texas went wrong in Tuesday night's 6-5 loss to the Angels in Anaheim ... More >>
Music
October 29, 2009
Owl City: The Latest In A Long Line Of Rip-Offs
We trust in ... Omar Beltre?For the first time in a long time, Darren Oliver sucked. For the first time since June 11, the Texas Rangers lost a road game. Not to panic, but a lot of things that have gone right lately for Texas went wrong in Tuesday night's 6-5 loss to the Angels in Anaheim ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2009
This Year's Dallas Video Festival to Pay Tribute to Chuck Morgan. About Damned Time.
Texas RangersDuring its 22 years of existence, the Dallas Video Festival has paid tribute to a great many pioneers and visionaries, among them Monty Python's Terry Gilliam, Robert Smigel, Paul Reubens, Martin Mull, Mike Judge, Mystery Science Theater 3000's Joel Hodgson and Slam Bang Theater crea ... More >>
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August 26, 2009
More Arguing Over Viability of Hypothetical Dallas-Houston High-Speed Rail Link
Earlier this month, Harvard economic pro Ed Glaeser wrote a series of pieces for The New York Times's Economix blog in which he argued that a high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston wouldn't be economically viable. (Keep in mind, this was all hypothetical, since the Obama administration's ... More >>
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June 15, 2009
Because, Apparently, Oklahoma City Makes a Better Fort Worth Than Fort Worth
The Texas flag's waving in the Oklahoma breeze at this very moment: Noted The Oklahoman yesterday, director Michael Winterbottom's about 200 miles north of here shooting the second big-screen adaptation of Jim Thompson's 1952 novel The Killer Inside Me, about a deeply disturbed West Texas lawman who ... More >>
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May 22, 2009
"Hmmm. Then It's Not Just A Clever Name...?"
Weird news out of Forever the Sickest Kids camp this week, as the band has been forced to cancel a string of shows because... um, well, this is a little awkward... ok, let's just say it... because guitarist Marc Stewart caught the swine flu. Stop laughing, guys, this is serious. Not some unfortunat ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2009
Echoes and Reverberations: "The War Across The Alley"
[Editor's Note: This is the last time we'll be running Echoes and Reverberations as a regular feature here on DC9. Will we see future installments? Don't know yet. But in the meantime, a big thanks to Jeff Liles for the past 30 installments of the series. It's been fun.]Shallow Reign, performing at ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2009
Tracy Feith Was "Now" Long Before Dressing Michelle Obama and Target Shoppers
Courtesy Jeff LilesDecadent Dub Team in Oklahoma City in 1993, from left: Jeff Liles, Tracy Feith and DJ EZ Eddie D. Says Jeff, "Check out Tracy's belt buckle, beeper and coonskin hat."Jeff Liles, whose can't-miss trip down Amnesia Lane this week features a visit with the Red Hot Chili Peppers at th ... More >>
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January 21, 2009
Bonus MP3: Caterpillars -- "Bury Your Words"
At the moment, Dallas rock band Caterpillars is on the road, headed for its first out-of-state gig at FUBAR in Saint Louis tomorrow night, followed by dates in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. You can catch them at the Lakewood Bar and Grill in Dallas February 10. Meanwhile, in tomorrow's print supplement t ... More >>
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January 20, 2009
Doug Burr To Tour Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas With Son Volt
Just got word from Lance Yocom at Spune Productions that Denton's own Doug Burr has been tapped to open up for Jay Farrar's Uncle Tupelo offshoot, Son Volt, on a five-day, five-city swing in February that will take Burr and the alt-country legends to Houston, Austin, Denton, Oklahoma City and Fayet ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2008
Idol Records Shows Us It's O's Face
Just got word from Lance Yocom at Spune Productions that Denton's own Doug Burr has been tapped to open up for Jay Farrar's Uncle Tupelo offshoot, Son Volt, on a five-day, five-city swing in February that will take Burr and the alt-country legends to Houston, Austin, Denton, Oklahoma City and Fayet ... More >>
Blogs
June 12, 2008
A Lawsuit Over the Barnett Shale -- Look Out, Tommy Lee Jones!
Just got word from Lance Yocom at Spune Productions that Denton's own Doug Burr has been tapped to open up for Jay Farrar's Uncle Tupelo offshoot, Son Volt, on a five-day, five-city swing in February that will take Burr and the alt-country legends to Houston, Austin, Denton, Oklahoma City and Fayet ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2008
UFL Passing on '08 Start Date
Just got word from Lance Yocom at Spune Productions that Denton's own Doug Burr has been tapped to open up for Jay Farrar's Uncle Tupelo offshoot, Son Volt, on a five-day, five-city swing in February that will take Burr and the alt-country legends to Houston, Austin, Denton, Oklahoma City and Fayet ... More >>
News
November 22, 2007
Turning the Tables on Trinity Foundation
Hey, Ole, is that a mote or a beam in your eye?
News
February 8, 2007
Hot Dog Bun Justice
Hey, Ole, is that a mote or a beam in your eye?
Blogs
May 4, 2006
All the Fake News Fit to Air
Hey, Ole, is that a mote or a beam in your eye?
News
March 2, 2006
Hot Dog Bun Justice
Hey, Ole, is that a mote or a beam in your eye?
News
August 4, 2005
Letters
Let Him Rot
News
August 21, 2003
Warm Welcome
A model mid-cities immigrant education program takes hold
News
July 17, 2003
Letters
A model mid-cities immigrant education program takes hold
Music
May 22, 2003
Wave On
Music's lunatic fringe lives, breathes and flourishes on the shortwave radio dial
News
February 6, 2003
Last Rites
Ghouls and grief along the Columbia debris trail
News
January 30, 2003
Last Rites
Ghouls and grief along the Columbia debris trail
News
September 13, 2001
All God's Children
When terrorists breed hatred among us, they've already won the war
News
September 6, 2001
Native Son
The children of an American Indian hero fight for his body's return home
News
November 25, 1999
Penney pinched
Falling sales and claims of sexist, insular management plague Plano-based J.C. Penney. Can a woman -- from Wal-Mart of all places -- turn the troubled chain around?
Music
July 1, 1999
Scene, heard
Falling sales and claims of sexist, insular management plague Plano-based J.C. Penney. Can a woman -- from Wal-Mart of all places -- turn the troubled chain around?
Dining
December 3, 1998
Hash Over
Falling sales and claims of sexist, insular management plague Plano-based J.C. Penney. Can a woman -- from Wal-Mart of all places -- turn the troubled chain around?
Music
November 12, 1998
Eyesight to the Blind
A historian and a playwright bring a Dallas blues legend's story to the stage
Music
October 29, 1998
At a Toad's pace
No, the Toadies haven't broken up. They're just taking their own sweet time
Culture
July 9, 1998
Do over
Todd Van Poppel doesn't have to be great anymore, just good enough
Music
January 29, 1998
Let's play four
The Flaming Lips release four new CDs--and one new album
Music
November 6, 1997
A tale of two venues
The difference between the Stones' two area appearances was more setting than set list
Music
January 2, 1997
Roadshows
The difference between the Stones' two area appearances was more setting than set list
Music
August 29, 1996
Out There
The difference between the Stones' two area appearances was more setting than set list
News
November 16, 1995
Nasty and negative
Colin Powell's decision reveals distasteful state of American politics
News
May 11, 1995
Letters
Colin Powell's decision reveals distasteful state of American politics
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