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  • Music

    December 1, 2011

    Marc Ribot Leads the Way

    After nearly 40 years of professional playing, guitarist still finds revelations.

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    At Long Last, Texas International Pop Festival In Lewisville to Receive a State Historical Marker

    The scene in Lewisville during Labor Day weekend 1969​Longtime Friends of Unfair Park are by now well aware of my lifetime obsession with the Texas International Pop Festival, held during Labor Day weekend in 1969 in a Lewisville field. The roster, put together by, among others, Angus Wynne, was l ... More >>

  • Music

    July 14, 2011

    Women in (Local) Rock

    The scene in Lewisville during Labor Day weekend 1969​Longtime Friends of Unfair Park are by now well aware of my lifetime obsession with the Texas International Pop Festival, held during Labor Day weekend in 1969 in a Lewisville field. The roster, put together by, among others, Angus Wynne, was l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Local Music 'Mericans: Josh Robinson Won't Kill You, But He Might Sign Your Band

    Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we'll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren't musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk.Josh Robinson​Josh Robinson, to a first-timer, might look like he's about to kill you. He's a large, somewhat menacing, tattooed and black-bearded ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    T Bone Burnett To Be Honored By The Producers & Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy In Ramp-Up To 2011 Grammy Awards

    T Bone Burnett​The Producers & Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy swears it's kind of a big deal, having created a "best practices guideline" and leading various charges, etc., since forming 10 years ago. OK, whatever. Doesn't really matter.Because, if nothing else, what it's doing in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Over The Weekend: Marc Ribot at the Kessler Theatre

    Marc RibotKessler TheaterSeptember 25, 2010Better than: Being challenged by musical banality.Marc Ribot​The Kessler Theater presented its first "Storytellers at the Kessler" event on Saturday night, hosting Marc Ribot in his first-ever Texas performance. And the combination of music and space coul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Good Friday: Phosphorescent, Lady Gaga, DJ Cee Pee, Robert Plant and the Band Of Joy, New Pornographers, Ola Podrida, Maps & Atlases, Cults, and others

    ​The big show this weekend almost didn't happen. A few weeks ago, the entire blogosphere stopped down to report that Phosphorescent's van, with all of their gear, had been stolen in Brooklyn. Things weren't looking good for the tour that was scheduled to start only a few days later, but luckily al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    This Afternoon at NX35: In His Keynote Talk, Steve Albini Urges Bands To Be More Cutthroat--And Never To Sign Anything

    Paul Natkin​Who: Steve AlbiniVenue: Hailey's Club Time: 1 p.m.Musical and recording expertise aside, Steve Albini thinks he might have a knack for instilling guidelines for effective business meetings: "Just tell the motherfucker you're going to cut his throat if he charges you anymore." It has be ... More >>

  • Music

    October 29, 2009

    Owl City: The Latest In A Long Line Of Rip-Offs

    Paul Natkin​Who: Steve AlbiniVenue: Hailey's Club Time: 1 p.m.Musical and recording expertise aside, Steve Albini thinks he might have a knack for instilling guidelines for effective business meetings: "Just tell the motherfucker you're going to cut his throat if he charges you anymore." It has be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Radio, Radio: Ayo Says Adios, While We Look at Just What Passes for "Quality Rock"

    Two follow-ups in this particular radio round-up. First, I exchanged a few messages with Alan Ayo via Facebook, and the long and short of it is, he's not at all upset that Clear Channel gave him his walking papers yesterday. Writes the former midday host and music director at KDGE-FM:I'm feeling rat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    Echoes and Reverberations: When 'The Summer of Love' Meant Sex In a Club

    "Are you one of the beautiful people? Is my name on the list? I want to be with the beautiful people... I wanna feel like I'm missed..." Eels - "Guest List" I went to high school with a kid named Greg Holman. His father was a painter named George, who lived in the old Expo Park space that l ... More >>

  • Music

    August 28, 2008

    Remembering Jerry Wexler

    A friend recalls the legendary record man

  • Music

    January 24, 2008

    Imagining the Night David Lee Roth Rejoined Van Halen

    A friend recalls the legendary record man

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2007

    Sure Hope You Like Norah Jones

    A friend recalls the legendary record man

  • Music

    July 12, 2007

    Your Time Is Gonna Come

    Livin' and lovin' maybe, but don't call them maids

  • Home Entertainment

    June 14, 2007

    Beat the Crowd

    Livin' and lovin' maybe, but don't call them maids

  • Music

    February 15, 2007

    Gear Hound

    Shake Rag's John Gasperik puts the "garage" in garage band

  • Music

    March 30, 2006

    Dirk's Little Secret

    In an exclusive investigative report, we discover another all-star facet to the main Mav

  • Music

    October 6, 2005

    All's Fair

    Neither carnies, corn dogs nor karaoke can keep a good band down at the State Fair

  • Music

    August 25, 2005

    Appetite for Reconstruction

    What doesn't kill them only makes them a supergroup: The rise of Velvet Revolver

  • News

    May 5, 2005

    2005 Dallas Observer Music Awards

    Case Solved: Killer musicians captured, thanks to your tips

  • Music

    May 13, 2004

    Twist at the End

    Sometimes the worst movies have the best soundtracks

  • Culture

    January 15, 2004

    Strung Up

    CMH Records is having a classical gas with every band, like, ever

  • Music

    November 13, 2003

    Real Estate Agents

    The Fire Theft finds its own day in the sun

  • Music

    July 3, 2003

    Can't Stop

    For Fleetwood Mac, making music remains a troubled love affair

  • Culture

    May 29, 2003

    Dem Blues

    The left, turning right, was plain wrong to attack pop culture

  • Music

    March 15, 2001

    Dallas Stars

    The Toadies haven't put out an album in a few years. Really. It's true.

  • Film

    September 14, 2000

    Listen to the Movie

    Almost Famous rings in your ears--and heart--long after it's over

  • Culture

    September 14, 2000

    A Fan's Notes

    After Jerry Maguire, Cameron Crowe comes of age...finally

  • Music

    June 29, 2000

    Amazing grace

    Three years after his death, Jeff Buckley continues to build a mystery with a new live collection

  • Music

    March 16, 2000

    Bug in your ear

    For 25 years, Bug Music has protected the rights of songwriters. In the process, it's gotten Willie Dixon's songs back from Led Zeppelin and transformed Iggy Pop into a TV commercial composer.

  • Music

    March 2, 2000

    Chris Cornell

    For 25 years, Bug Music has protected the rights of songwriters. In the process, it's gotten Willie Dixon's songs back from Led Zeppelin and transformed Iggy Pop into a TV commercial composer.

  • Music

    February 17, 2000

    Out There

    Morphine

  • Music

    December 30, 1999
  • Music

    October 7, 1999

    War in peace

    Skip Spence recorded one brilliant album, then spent the next 30 years dying in obscurity. Now, a tribute album is giving him life again.

  • Culture

    September 17, 1998

    Absolute perfection

    Reed Easterwood's record is one of the year's best. Good luck finding it

  • Music

    July 30, 1998

    Why are you?

    Roger Daltrey is still out on the road singing Who songs, and why the hell not?

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    1998 Dallas Observer Music Awards Nominees

    Roger Daltrey is still out on the road singing Who songs, and why the hell not?

  • Music

    April 2, 1998

    God help him

    Vanilla Ice, hip-hop's trivia answer, wants to prove he's still cool--but was he ever?

  • Music

    July 24, 1997

    Dedicated amateur

    For longtime local music fixture Bucks Burnett, the playing is the thing

  • Music

    February 13, 1997

    All this useless beauty

    New gay music collections make fancy cultural straitjackets

  • Music

    December 12, 1996

    Pick of the litter

    One-time punk producer takes an ancient instrument and plots the roots of Christmas

  • Music

    May 2, 1996

    A star is born?

    Ann Magnuson exists between fame and the fringe

  • Music

    February 2, 1995

    Case dismissed

    Judge tells the Nightcaps that ZZ Top aren't "copycats"

  • News

    December 22, 1994

    Letters

    Judge tells the Nightcaps that ZZ Top aren't "copycats"

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