Rachel ParkerNo Doubt had the whole white-costume thing going on Saturday night in Fair Park, but only after Paramore and The Sounds warmed up the crowd in the already-hot amphitheater.For more scenes from the show, check out Rachel Parker's photos in our slideshow.
Black Tie Dynasty and What Made Milwaukee Famous (who you may remember from this May 2008 Aural Ambush) played the Granada Saturday night. Darryl Smyers mentioned the show in this week's print edition, touting the lineup (but not necessarily its headliners...).So how'd it pan out? Well, our photographer Rachel Parker was there. See her photos in our slideshow here.
Rachel ParkerLance wasn't the only member of our team who waited out Kool Keith's fashionably late start (and fashionably brief performance) Friday night at the Loft -- photographer Rachel Parker stuck it out and came back with a slideshow of photos from the show.You can check them out here.
Rachel Parker Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer of This is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind and plenty of other music-heavy ensemble favorites over the years, played the Nokia Theater during the Saturday night downpour, out at the Nokia Theater in Grand Prairie.Photographer Rachel Parker was there, and brings us this slideshow.
Rachel ParkerA Texas Skyway car crosses in front of Saturday night's fireworks at Fair Park. A handful of parades and fireworks displays marked the country's birthday around Dallas last night, the largest of them at the Cotton Bowl, where folks piled in to the watch the annual Fair Park Fourth pyro-spectacular.As paddling in the swan boats gave way to lounging under the exploding night sky, our photographer Rachel Parker was there taking pictures, which you'll find in this slide show.
All photos by Rachel Parker​Drew Barrymore was an hour late for our interview this morning to talk Whip It, and couldn't have been more apologetic; she got waylaid by "studio business," hence our stunningly in-depth 10-minute chat, ah well. But judging by a comment posted to our heads-up about Barrymore's appearance at Urban Outfitters last night, things didn't go too terribly well there either: "I have such a bad taste in my mouth after today that I don't even care
about the movie anymore...a
Rachel Parker"Hey kid, anyone ever tell you what 'Louie Louie's really about?"​
Blame it on the last weekend of the fair, clear skies after weeks of rain, and this down economy, but Saturday's attempt to top 1,800 guitarists strumming to the same tune in the same room came up far short of the record set in Luckenbach this summer.
But Texas Guitar Show organizer Dave Crocker doesn't mind saying their group rendition of "Louie Louie" couldn't complete with the long-standing record: "We didn't tr
