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If Freakin' Oklahoma Can Go Soft on Pot, Surely Texas Can, Too

Every week, managing editor Patrick Williams disappears into his office and reemerges a cranky, nicotine-addicted, third-person-referring superhero we like to call Buzz. The message that rolled into our inbox earlier this week was upbeat. A "juggernaut of marijuana bills" is rolling its way through ... More >>

Six Spots Where You Can Get Some Great Oysters In Dallas

Earlier this summer a bad plate of oysters at Acme F&B left a bad taste in my mouth. Poorly shucked oysters at Chesterfield left me feeling burned, too. At nicer restaurants, oysters from northern waters can run up to $3 a shell and when they aren't perfect they can be a big disappointment. A few ... More >>

This Weekend's Goings On: Summerland Tour, Gigamesh, And So I Watch You From Afar and More

Summerland TourSaturday, July 7, at Billy Bob's TexasThis tour consists of bands that have, at one time or another, annoyed the hell out of everyone in the Western world. The lineup -- all platinum selling artists -- consists of Everclear, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms, Lit and Marcy Playground.

Preview: Ed Schrader's Music Beat at Queen City Hall

Saturday, March 24, at Queen City Hall

The State of Dallas Dining, As Told By Its Chefs

Starring Stephan Pyles, John Tesar, Katherine Clapner, Kent Rathbun, Teiichi Sakurai and a dozen other local chefs.

We'd Love to Buy a Vowell

Das Racist's Crazy-Ass Combo

Yes, We Dared To Ask: What Are Deer Tick's Favorite Alcoholic Beverages?

Rhode Island's ramshackle band of rockers, Deer Tick, has been rather prolific since the release of 2007's War Elephant. That album that won fans with the literate, country rock stylings of lead singer and songwriter John McCauley III. It wasn't before everyone was ready to lather the stickiness of ... More >>

Kosher Chili Cook-Off Draws Record Number of Entries

Tiferet Israel's kosher chili cook-off returns this weekend for the 18th year -- a milestone that's the Jewish timekeeping equivalent of a silver anniversary, thanks to Hebrew numerology -- with its biggest-ever field of contestants. ​Cook-off chairman Scott Janco reports 47 teams have regist ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Liz Phair at the Granada, Dawes at Dada, Helmet at South Side Music Hall, Appleseed Cast at The Loft and David Lindley at the Kessler

A busy, busy Thursday evening tonight as the weekend cranks up a day early. SXSW crossover travel is certainly adding to our own scene's musical hustle and bustle...

Q&A: Tokyo Police Club Drummer Greg Alsop Talks Vegetables, One-Hit Wonders Glass Tiger and Making Eye Contact With Rivers Cuomo

It's not often that, when you call up a band for an interview, the conversation gets kicked off by the interview subject asking the interviewer what to do with a vegetable that "looks like an old lady's finger." And yet, when I recently caught up with Tokyo Police Club drummer Greg Alsop in advance ... More >>

Parade of Flesh Adds Jeff The Brotherhood, Fang Island, Horse The Band and Alpha & Omega To Already-Impressive Bro Fest 2011 Bill

Last year's Bro Fest poster.​A little over a week ago now, we passed along the early-announced list of performers scheduled to play the 2011 version of Parade of Flesh's now-annual post-South by Southwest bash, Bro Fest, which this year will take place at Club Dada on Sunday, March 20. And, hell, ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Levon Helm at Verizon Theatre, Dr. Dog at South Side Music Hall, Every Time I Die at The Loft, Bear Hands at The Nightmare, The Room Sounds at Doublewide, Salim Nourallah at Bar Belmont and Nadia Washington at The Kessler

It's another hopping musical Thursday evening around town with a show for just about everyone.

Stereotyping a Dining Scene is Faster,
But What Do You Miss?

​The official participant packet for the Association of Food Journalists' annual conference in Santa Fe this week includes a list of restaurant suggestions to supplement the included meals from more than a dozen local eateries. All of them specialize in chiles and blue corn. That makes sense, ... More >>

The State of Texas Cannot Execute The Mentally Retarded, But That May Not Prevent A Dallas Cop Killer From Being Put To Death.

Mmm, That Milk Tastes Like Coffee!

Dtrap via WikimediaAn Autocrat coffee milk.​When we were just knee-high to a grasshopper, Granny and Mamaw would make us special drinks that made us feel like grown-ups. As the 'dults drank from the ever-ready pot of hot coffee, we'd get a tiny cup containing milk, sugar and really, just a splash ... More >>

For Those Living in Ground Zero for Drug Trafficking Along the U.S.-Mexico Border, the Illegal Immigration Crisis is Personal

Badlands

Q&A: The Low Anthem's Jeff Prystowsky Talks Darwin, Fleet Foxes and Red Sox. (Also: Another Giveaway!)

The Low Anthem​Hailing from Providence, Rhode Island, the three members of The Low Anthem are all Ivy League-educated, classically trained musicians whose band is receiving a healthy critical and commercial buzz. The band's sophomore release, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, has drawn praise for its hig ... More >>

Dallas, Apparently, Am Not Smart

​At least, that's the assessment from the brain trust behind Tina Brown's The Daily Beast, which has posted its list of America's Smartest Cities and put Dallas-Fort Worth at No. 48 ... out of 55. Commenters have taken issue with how the list was assembled (using such things as the percentage of r ... More >>

Last Night: Fruit Bats, Death Vessel at The Loft

Fruit Bats, Death VesselThe LoftSeptember 1, 2009 Better than: Staying at home watching the Rangers sweep a double-header from the Blue Jays.   With temperatures hanging blissfully in the upper 70s, the deck of The Loft was certainly a nice place to spend a Tuesday evening. The view was ... More >>

Handle The Proof: The Spirit Of '76

Ben Franklin and John Adams, possibly discussing where to go for booze, in 1776.In the musical 1776, Stephen "Old Grape and Guts" Hopkins bursts into the Continental Congress' meeting room each morning demanding rum before getting down to the day's business. Of course, there may have been some licen ... More >>

Belo Will "Continue to Focus on Expense Reductions and Operational Realignment"

Weeks after completing its latest round of penny-saving layoffs, which were preceded by pay cuts and benefits trims, A.H. Belo this morning reported its first-quarter '09 results -- and they are significant. The publisher of The Dallas Morning News reports a first quarter net loss of $103.1 millio ... More >>

What's Killing TV? Easy: No Car Ads.

Belo Corp. -- the Dallas-based broadcaster that, of course, counts WFAA-Channel 8 among its 20 owned-and-operated TV stations around the country -- announced this morning that on April 30, it will release its first-quarter earnings. Bloomberg today reports it could be an especially interesting read ... More >>

The Butthole Surfers Are Older, But Not Necessarily Wiser

Classic lineup is back together, and that's about all that remains the same

Will Clarke, Superhero

An AFI Can't-Miss: Stuck

No Joy for This Ode|Rope-a-Doped|We Want McGovern!|Spanky Gets Spanked

Service Employees Union Backs Obama, Hoping to Help in Texas

Will Clarke Still Getting Rhode Hard and Put Up Wet

Steve Carrell's Strke Two: Dan in Real Life

Cobbled together from better movies, Carell's latest is another miss

Rhode Island Parents Woonsocket to "Pornographic" Dallas Author Will Clarke Over a Short Story

Ginned Up

BlackFinn takes the "Irish" out of Irish pub

Own Goal | Skin-Deep

All Yours

Yours, Mine & Ours lowers the bar for miserable remakes

Sage Francis

Friday, November 4, at Granada Theater

Lightning Bolt

Hypermagic Mountain (Load)

Steer Queer

The Negro Problem

More flamboyant than Liberace, Turbonegro has come to reclaim the States

Down With the Ship

"Big Steve" Shein ready to make his departure

Dateline, Buzz Central

DMN welcomes staff introspection

Up to Code

In light of recent nightclub tragedies, Gypsy Tea Room takes action

Desert Blooms

Jetports and elite resorts may do what border bandits and blistering heat couldn't: rob Big Bend of its rugged beauty

Rhode Outta Town

Are Belo stupid or are we spiteful? Yes.

Dumb and dumb-ass

Irene lets rubber-faced freak Carrey on one more time

Tough love

The Farrelly brothers explore their soft sides by going Outside Providence

Out There

Plucked strings eternal

After learning how to do it herself, local harpist gets signed

Buzz

Love puzzle

Premiere of romantic comedy Fat Freddy's Blues disappoints

Roadshows