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May 23, 2012
Dead Flowers Talk About Bad Tattoos, Heartbreak Songs and Getting the Band Together
If you regularly go to LaGrange, Single Wide or Double Wide, you've seen a member of the quintet Dead Flowers. Earlier in the year, frontman Corey Howe was the opening act for The Revival Tour's stop at Trees, playing alongside Hot Water Music's Chuck Ragan, Alkaline Trio's Dan Andriano, and Against ... More >>
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January 29, 2012
For 26 Episodes in 1966, WFAA Played Host to the Funkiest, Most Soulful TV Show in America
Last night, I got a text from Peter Schmidt, who could not believe I've never written about a short-lived 1966 TV show called The !!!! Beat, hosted by iconic Nashville deejay Bill "Hoss" Allen. Wrote Peter, who'd come across it yesterday after a lunchtime discussion about Etta James turned up an ... More >>
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October 5, 2011
David Willingham Used To Think Reggae Was Beneath Him. Now It's His Career.
David Willingham has been a staple of the Dallas reggae community for as long as he's lived here. From the Monday jam sessions he helps host at the Balcony Club to production on several different projects including Two Men & A Machine and Aton, Willingham integrates Jamaican vibes and traditi ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
Growing Up With Elvis Costello.
David Willingham has been a staple of the Dallas reggae community for as long as he's lived here. From the Monday jam sessions he helps host at the Balcony Club to production on several different projects including Two Men & A Machine and Aton, Willingham integrates Jamaican vibes and traditi ... More >>
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April 28, 2010
Good Godfather! Al Pacino's Bringing a Greatest-Hits One-Man Show to AT&TPAC in November.
Maria May at the AT&T Performing Arts Center just sent over a release announcing the 2010-'11 seasons of the Brinker International Forum, TITAS and JAZZ ROOTS -- quite the trifecta, especially when you look at the roster for the Brinker International Forum. The whole kit, along with the atten ... More >>
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April 22, 2010
Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights Readies Its Major Label Debut
Maria May at the AT&T Performing Arts Center just sent over a release announcing the 2010-'11 seasons of the Brinker International Forum, TITAS and JAZZ ROOTS -- quite the trifecta, especially when you look at the roster for the Brinker International Forum. The whole kit, along with the atten ... More >>
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February 15, 2010
Over The Weekend: Erykah Badu, Jamie Foxx At The Palladium Ballroom
Erykah Badu, Jamie FoxxPalladium BallroomSaturday, February 12, 2010Danny FulgencioErykah Badu at the Palladium Ballroom Saturday night. For more pictures, check out our slideshow.Better Than: Any other All-Star event going on that night--especially considering it was free. It was a night of oppo ... More >>
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July 16, 2009
It's a Grind in Deep Ellum is more than just a coffee shop, it's a sanctuary for second chances.
Erykah Badu, Jamie FoxxPalladium BallroomSaturday, February 12, 2010Danny FulgencioErykah Badu at the Palladium Ballroom Saturday night. For more pictures, check out our slideshow.Better Than: Any other All-Star event going on that night--especially considering it was free. It was a night of oppo ... More >>
Music
January 22, 2009
How R&B has descended into Rap and Bullshit
Erykah Badu, Jamie FoxxPalladium BallroomSaturday, February 12, 2010Danny FulgencioErykah Badu at the Palladium Ballroom Saturday night. For more pictures, check out our slideshow.Better Than: Any other All-Star event going on that night--especially considering it was free. It was a night of oppo ... More >>
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August 15, 2008
Legendary Producer and Executive Jerry Wexler Dead at 91
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February 21, 2008
Blowhard
Erykah Badu, Jamie FoxxPalladium BallroomSaturday, February 12, 2010Danny FulgencioErykah Badu at the Palladium Ballroom Saturday night. For more pictures, check out our slideshow.Better Than: Any other All-Star event going on that night--especially considering it was free. It was a night of oppo ... More >>
News
January 17, 2008
Sharon Keller is Texas' Judge Dread
When Sharon Keller turned off the clock on a Death Row inmate's last-gasp appeal, she became the most vilified judge in Texas
Film
December 20, 2007
Hock the Line
Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos and lifeless Cox
Home Entertainment
June 14, 2007
Beat the Crowd
Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos and lifeless Cox
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December 26, 2006
Angus Wynne Remembers His Old Friend, James Brown
Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos and lifeless Cox
Blogs
May 31, 2006
Of Lost Legends and Found Heroes
Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos and lifeless Cox
Music
December 8, 2005
Hip-hop's Public Enemy
Minister G. Craige Lewis has one goal: Get hip-hop out of the church. Forever.
Calendar
August 5, 2004
Killer Green
Audrey II eats up the stage
Music
June 27, 2002
Dig Dug
RCA unearths 100 "lost" Elvis recordings, just in time to celebrate his death day
Music
May 9, 2002
Johnny Cash
The Essential Johnny Cash / The Fabulous Johnny Cash / Hymns by Johnny Cash / Ride This Train / Orange Blossom Special / Carryin' On With Johnny Cash & June Carter (Columbia Legacy)
Film
May 10, 2001
Blowin' It
A resonant children's classic from E.B. White becomes a dismayingly dissonant movie
Culture
October 26, 2000
Run, Emmitt, Run
Dave Campo discovers that the formula for Cowboys success is the same as it ever was
Film
August 5, 1999
He comes in peace
Gentle and breathtaking, The Iron Giant is a most human film
Music
July 15, 1999
"Let's not rock!"
The Lilith Fairies is must-hear TV!
Music
May 20, 1999
Lush life
Pianist Cedar Walton has played with and known -- and been -- the best
Music
March 18, 1999
Why, baby, why?
In other words, the return of ? and the Mysterians
Music
August 27, 1998
Now's the time
Wynton Marsalis sideman Wessell Anderson is Leaning House's best hope to make some noise
Music
May 28, 1998
Sound ideas
Mitchell Froom provided the sonic boom behind some of the '90s' best records
Film
May 28, 1998
The Voice, The Spark, The Image
On film, on vinyl, and in print, the late Chairman of the Board offers pleasurable surprises
Music
April 9, 1998
Hard travelin'
Ramblin' Jack Elliott has a few more stories to tell
Music
August 7, 1997
Bandleader at bay
Arranger-conductor Onzy Matthews proves that only the strong survive
News
July 10, 1997
Busted
Julio Mercado is Dallas' brand-new DEA boss, and he's inherited kilos of trouble. His city is about to be declared a drug disaster zone, but all his narcs seem to care about is snitching on each other.
Music
July 3, 1997
Rock 'n' roll high school
Rock, Baby, Rock It! is classic kitsch, but there's a lesson amid the cheese
Music
May 22, 1997
Keeping up with the Joneses
Dallas blues history according to two who lived it
Music
March 20, 1997
Soul survivor
Four decades after his first record, Solomon Burke is still in the studio and in God's arms
Music
March 13, 1997
Card sharp
Twenty years without bluffing at Poor David's Pub
Music
July 11, 1996
Girls school
DIVA's learned a lot about prejudice and potential
Music
November 30, 1995
Let it be? Never
The Beatles' Anthology is the first chapter you've never heard
Music
October 19, 1995
Out there
The Beatles' Anthology is the first chapter you've never heard
Music
September 7, 1995
The Devil and Mr. Newman
America's greatest songwriter descends to hell and aspires to heaven in Faust
News
August 24, 1995
Who's afraid of Robert rose?
At the Dallas County Courthouse, everybody. David Pasztor explains why
News
April 13, 1995
1995 Dallas Observer Music Awards (Part I)
At the Dallas County Courthouse, everybody. David Pasztor explains why
Music
December 22, 1994
Scene, not heard
A few clubs and a few bands do not a "music town" make

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