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December 16, 2011
For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Warren Zevon at Club Dada and Deep Ellum Live in '92
That record you see at right, signed by Warren Zevon, was given to me by Craig DePoi the night Warren played Club Dada -- July 27, 1992, to be exact. I remember it like it was yesterday. Craig, then working behind the bar at Trees, knew of my fondness for Warren, and after his set asked him to si ... More >>
Music
November 24, 2011
Big Sean, Now Really Big
That record you see at right, signed by Warren Zevon, was given to me by Craig DePoi the night Warren played Club Dada -- July 27, 1992, to be exact. I remember it like it was yesterday. Craig, then working behind the bar at Trees, knew of my fondness for Warren, and after his set asked him to si ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Arts Light the Night
That record you see at right, signed by Warren Zevon, was given to me by Craig DePoi the night Warren played Club Dada -- July 27, 1992, to be exact. I remember it like it was yesterday. Craig, then working behind the bar at Trees, knew of my fondness for Warren, and after his set asked him to si ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2011
Johnette Napolitano Recalls Her Band's First Gig, Before They Were Ever Concrete Blonde
Johnette NapolitanoJohnette Napolitano leads Concrete Blonde back to Dallas later this week for a Friday night gig at the Granada Theater that will no doubt stand as one of the best shows in town. With only a string of shows slated -- three in Texas and all around Halloween time, no less -- Napol ... More >>
Blogs
September 28, 2011
Police Officers Flock to Dallas to Learn How to Tweet Like Professionals (#thisisahashtagguys)
If you're planning on doing anything illegal in the next three days (not that you would), may we suggest keeping well away from the Aloft Hotel on Young Street? That place is crawling with cops. This morning marked the start of the SMILE Conference -- Social Media Internet Law Enforcement -- whic ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
California Dreaming
If you're planning on doing anything illegal in the next three days (not that you would), may we suggest keeping well away from the Aloft Hotel on Young Street? That place is crawling with cops. This morning marked the start of the SMILE Conference -- Social Media Internet Law Enforcement -- whic ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2011
Tally Hall's Rob Cantor Estimates That His Band's Cult Following Counts 200 Billion Fans
Tally HallMichigan's Tally Hall has been together for over a decade, yet has only released two proper, full-length efforts. That's because, like many bands, Tally Hall has been plagued by the major label blues.Seems the folks at Atlantic Records were happy to sign and record the band, just not to ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2011
A Beautiful Short Film Made in Downtown Dallas Starring the Less Shotgunny Schutze
Jim's on vacation this week. So I'll use that opportunity to highlight a short film starring his boy Will, the Woodrow Wildcat presently residing in Los Angeles, where, between acting jobs, he's busking on Venice Beach, in Santa Monica and in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard ... More >>
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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 BurnettThe 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
June 29, 2010
Lion-Serving Restaurateur is King of the Bungle
What kind of fool offers to serve Americans lion burgers? Bet he resembles this extinct species.Food lovers, many of whom aren't inclined to get worked up about disallowed goals, have saved their World Cup-related outrage for an act of culinary one-upmanship that unfolded last week in Arizona ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2010
Is Another TV Show About to Start Shooting in Dallas? Right Now, No One's Saying. Officially.
Rumor 'round town is that another TV show's setting up production offices in Dallas -- this one, from the man responsible for everything from Armageddon and Top Gun to the C.S.I. franchise, among his myriad hit teevee shows. And, yes, that's one Jerry Bruckheinmer, the man who once told me he mak ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2010
Gig Alert: Everclear at The House of Blues Tonight
Wrong everclear?Way back in 1995, Everclear's "Santa Monica" (off the album Sparkle and Fade) was one of the best songs on the radio. And, although often unfairly accused of being Nirvana-lite, Art Alexakis and his revolving cast of backup musicians were capable of channeling a lot more than grun ... More >>
Blogs
July 29, 2009
Roy G. and The Biv Chats with LP33.TV
LP33.tv, a music site out of Santa Monica, California, recently interviewed the sometimes Denton-based electro-pop duo Roy G. and the Biv for a short featurette about the band's jazz background, pop sensibilities and the "pretty solid" grasp the duo has of its futuristic, uh, future. Check it out in ... More >>
Blogs
November 25, 2008
That Bottle Rocket DVD's Everything We Could Have Hoped For
View image Danny Fine, left, and Bob Musgrave in an outtake from Bottle Rocket Spent the better part of last night watching every single second and scrap on the Criterion Collection Wes Anderson-approved Bottle Rocket two-fer, available today (ya think?), and there are copious revelations containe ... More >>
Blogs
September 30, 2008
Smile Smile's "Sad Song" Earns Some Happy Radio Play
View image Danny Fine, left, and Bob Musgrave in an outtake from Bottle Rocket Spent the better part of last night watching every single second and scrap on the Criterion Collection Wes Anderson-approved Bottle Rocket two-fer, available today (ya think?), and there are copious revelations containe ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2008
Attention, All Shoppers, It's Cancellation Day at The Last Mall
View image Danny Fine, left, and Bob Musgrave in an outtake from Bottle Rocket Spent the better part of last night watching every single second and scrap on the Criterion Collection Wes Anderson-approved Bottle Rocket two-fer, available today (ya think?), and there are copious revelations containe ... More >>
Dining
June 5, 2008
Review: Cafe R&D
Café R&D serves up pretty, tasty dishes, but where's the meow mix?
Film
March 20, 2008
Not Taylor-Made
Owen Wilson's a bad fit for an ass-kicking bodyguard
Blogs
January 8, 2008
The Museum of Nature's Mayne Man
Owen Wilson's a bad fit for an ass-kicking bodyguard
Blogs
January 4, 2008
Who's Building the New Museum of Nature & Science? Find Out Tuesday.
Owen Wilson's a bad fit for an ass-kicking bodyguard
Film
November 15, 2007
Nothing Left Behind in Southland Tales
Owen Wilson's a bad fit for an ass-kicking bodyguard
Music
October 25, 2007
Satan's Playlist
Never fear—we've got your Halloween mixtape here
Blogs
September 12, 2007
Free Movie, Free Wine -- Outside Too!
Never fear—we've got your Halloween mixtape here
Blogs
August 30, 2007
Because No One's Complained About This Subject in a Few Weeks
Never fear—we've got your Halloween mixtape here
Film
February 1, 2007
The Sundance Kids
For alumni of America's most prestigious film festival, winning is less than half the battle
Blogs
November 2, 2006
So Very Beck-cellent!
For alumni of America's most prestigious film festival, winning is less than half the battle
Music
October 26, 2006
Gaelic Storm
For alumni of America's most prestigious film festival, winning is less than half the battle
Blogs
August 4, 2006
Adios, Entravision
For alumni of America's most prestigious film festival, winning is less than half the battle
Blogs
July 31, 2006
Land Banks
For alumni of America's most prestigious film festival, winning is less than half the battle
Blogs
April 28, 2006
Syriana II: Bee County
For alumni of America's most prestigious film festival, winning is less than half the battle
News
February 2, 2006
Wize Guys
Here's your chance to get rich quick -- or lose your shirt, in which case, GlobalTec disavows all responsibility for, well, anything
Calendar
December 8, 2005
Avant-Garde Gigolos
Art Prostitute makes a Move to the big city
Music
December 8, 2005
Buzz in the Biz
See the cover of Business Week? That's local promoter Aden Holt's face square in the middle--and for good reason.
Music
October 13, 2005
Various Artists
Sounds Eclectico (Nacional)
Culture
June 9, 2005
The Nanny Diarios
At WaterTower Theatre, Living Out shines; The Nerd's life of leisure suits the Pocket
Film
August 5, 2004
Wet Kisses
Riding Giants gushes over the legends of "big wave" surfing
Film
October 23, 2003
Five Golden Reels
The Deep Ellum Film Festival grows up--nicely
Music
October 3, 2002
Various Artists
Sounds Eclectic Too (Palm Pictures)
Culture
May 2, 2002
Skate or Die
In the 1970s, the Z-Boys were hell on wheels. Today, they're shredding the big screen.
News
February 28, 2002
Boom
Plus: She's a Keepie, The Fix Is In, Kill Us With Crap
Music
November 1, 2001
Industrial Evolution
The record industry crippled Napster with litigation. But has it made things worse for itself?
Culture
September 6, 2001
California Dreaming
Los Angeles artists bring their defiantly difficult work to Dallas
News
June 8, 2000
Oswald's folly
The city wants us to spend millions for a buddy-buddy deal at the Texas Theater
Calendar
March 18, 1999
The naked guy
The city wants us to spend millions for a buddy-buddy deal at the Texas Theater
Music
October 1, 1998
The oldest story in the world
Fourteen years after breaking up, the Plimsouls return with a new record and an old sound
Music
November 20, 1997
Roadshows
Fourteen years after breaking up, the Plimsouls return with a new record and an old sound
Music
June 26, 1997
Born again
Rickie Lee Jones leaves Chuck E. behind and looks toward tentative tomorrows
Music
September 5, 1996
Born again
Sam Phillips might be pop music's savior
Music
June 6, 1996
Roadshows
Sam Phillips might be pop music's savior
News
November 17, 1994
Letters
Sam Phillips might be pop music's savior
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