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How do We Book a Tour?

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Sundance Preview: Movies to Know from Park City

2011 Dallas Cowboys Training Camp Day 14: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. Total attendance at camp will soar over 90,000 after this afternoon's final open-to-the-public practice. The Cowboys have issued 279 media credentials for camp and on Monday Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings attended practice. The Cowboys' contract with the City of San Antonio is up after ... More >>

In-N-Out Burger: Worth the Wait, But Not the Fuss

First bite of the first fry by the first customer in Allen. Soon to be followed by two double-doubles.​Stay tuned to the Observer's food blog, City of Ate, for more from the In-n-Out opening.In-N-Out Burger is the best hamburger. Period. The end. When I'm in Oxnard, California for Co ... More >>

Barring a Lockout, Here's Who Your Dallas Cowboys Will Play in August

​If the Dallas Cowboys have a training camp this summer, they'll spend it in San Antonio's Alamodome. That's great news for critics who reasoned that last year's 1-7 start that got head coach Wade Phillips fired was a product of a marketing campaign of a preseason that saw them play five game ... More >>

Whitt's End: 8.27.10

Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *By no means am I an alarmist, but we need to see something positive from the Cowboys' first-team offense Saturday night in Houston. One long drive that ends in a touchdown. That's all. Give me that ... More >>

Whitt's End: 8.20.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *If Dallas Cowboys' quarterback Tony Romo gets hurt behind a patch-work offensive line Saturday night don't come crying to me. I don't think he should even suit up. There is exaggerated risk, and ... More >>

Kosier Goes Down and the Cowboys are Almost Out

​When Dallas Cowboys' quarterback Tony Romo drops back to pass Saturday night he'll do it behind an offensive line missing 2/5th of its starters. Not. Good. Starting left guard Kyle Kosier is the latest casualty after his right knee was rolled into by a pile on a running play during Wedn ... More >>

Cowboys 16, Bengals 7: My Top 10 Observations

​10. Man, what a letdown. You spend all weekend talking about and listening to and watching highlights of Emmitt Smith and Super Bowls and football immortals. Then they kick off the Hall of Fame game and you get Cowboys 16, Bengals 7. It's like going to the theater and being titillated b ... More >>

Dallas, a Top-Five Exportin' Town

​This morning Pilgrim's Pride announced it'll be exporting chicken to Russia (my favorite Ramones bootleg, incidentally) from its Dallas plant -- good timing too, given that the Brookings Institution just released a report stressing the need for export growth in order to "boost competitiveness." T ... More >>

Dez Bryant > Roy Williams. Shhhh, Don't Tell Roy.

​It took all of three plays - without pads, mind you - to see the full Dez Bryant package. As last season officially melted into this season, the Dallas Cowboys held OTAs (Organized Team Activities) out at Valley Ranch. Their rookie receiver, as expected, dazzled. A burst of escape off t ... More >>

Need to slur a Mexican? We can show you how.

Dallas Cowboys' Pre-Season Schedule is All Over the Map

​Five games. Three time zones. Two training camps. Your Dallas Cowboys are certainly expanding their brand as America's Team. But is such nomadic pre-season good for them? The Cowboys will travel almost 5,000 miles this summer, compared to only 852 for the New York Giants. I think jet lag is ... More >>

A Mexican By Any Other Name: How Many Slurs Does America Have For Our Neighbors To The South?

Whitt's End: 2.19.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *I'm setting the over/under on Tiger Woods saying the word "sorry" in this morning's sanitized statement at 4.5, and I'm taking the under. I'll also be shocked if he cries. At some point he will, b ... More >>

Dallas Cowboys' Training Camp: Success Over Circus

​No Terrell Owens. No Pacman Jones. No Michael Vick or Brett Favre or Michael Crabtree. No drama. To which I say ... Yes! Last summer the Dallas Cowboys broke camp fat 'n happy and consumed with personal agendas. After a successful training camp at San Antonio's Alamodome in which the fo ... More >>

Required Reading to Ready Yourself for the Reconquista

You tried the enchiladas, now read the books

Pack it, Man

Ironic, after all we expected and all he's been through and all he exhibited during training camp, that Pacman Jones' season is ended by this: A muffed punt. Back in Oxnard, Calif., Pacman dazzled us by catching six punts and holding all six balls without dropping a single one. In the end, because ... More >>

Wading Through Doubt

Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips is guaranteed nothing beyond a talented team in 2008

Hard Knocks, Followed by Some Soft Shoe

Jerry Jones: “Yes.”

The Top 10 Most Important Dallas Cowboys

Cowboys Camp: Thursday Wrap-Up

Tony Romo Connects With Jessica Simpson -- Like, "Spiritually," Of Course

Welcome to Training Camp. Er, Paradise

It’s Okay, Relax, Nothing to See – or Feel – Here

The Human Touch

America's Tease

With their best team since the '90s dynasty, the Cowboys can stop merely flirting with a championship

Your Weekend Planner: Vacation Edition Redux

Your Weekend Planner: Father’s Day Edition

Based Here. Best Here. Surely You Jest Here?

Hot for Hombres

The Book on the NFC East

Our Idiot Kicker

So far, the Cowboys' other new star has also sucked

Dearly Departed

P.O.'d at T.O.

Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Ready to Blow

With Terrell Owens, which comes first--the Super Bowl ring or the explosion?

Think Pink

You Can Leave Your Hat On

Local 'Boys Do Good

Don't Quit Your Day Jobs

Your Fantasy Is My Command

Fat Fish Fallacy

Texas Fold 'Em?

Hello Cowboys, Goodbye Rangers

Newy's Old Scoop

The Tuna Talks...or Not

Old News

The second verse sounds the same as the first for Parcells' Cowboys

Deadman, Walking

Deadman finds the heart of Texas in Mexico