Scotland

Less Irish Luck, More Scottish Nightmare

We Were Promised Jetpacks' Michael Palmer Remembers the Cover Songs at His First Show

We Were Promised Jetpacks​Scotland's We Were Promised Jetpacks triumphantly return to the DFW area this week, headlining at Trees on Saturday. As evidenced by their newly-released record, In the Pit of the Stomach, the four-piece has a snarling post-punk sound -- and it's not the kind you dance to ... More >>

And The Winner is...Eaters at This Oscar-Themed Feast

Bone Marrow might be an intense choice for 127 Hours. Another idea, after the jump.​As the Academy has expanded its list of Oscar nominees to a whopping 10 films, it's become harder for even interested movie fans to see every movie on the Best Picture roster. So City of Ate today presents an edibl ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Monday, December 13, 2010

​We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.Various ArtistsImus Ranch Record II (New West)With tunes from Jamey Johnson, Sa ... More >>

The Green Room May Be The Place To See and Be Seen, But a Place To Eat? Not So Much.

​We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.Various ArtistsImus Ranch Record II (New West)With tunes from Jamey Johnson, Sa ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Frightened Rabbits at The Loft, Javelina at The Nightmare and Bettie Serveert at The Prophet Bar

Triple-bills are the order of the day on this busy Tuesday evening.

Frightened Rabbit, Plants and Animals, Bad Veins

Tuesday, October 19, at The Loft

Our Top 5 Most Expensive Things
To Eat or Drink

​You just invented the Opti-Grab just like The Jerk's Navin R. Johnson, or possibly hit it big in what many now may consider their only chance at retirement, the lottery. What would you do with all that loot after buying a ration of fine automobiles and country estates? Well, you could join th ... More >>

Tonight at Fest, a Film That Really Does Blend Dallas With "International"

Patrick MichelsJames Gillies and Sharon MacDonald of Scotland were among hundreds of fans who traveled to Southfork in November '08.​Back in November 2008 Patrick Michels and I schlepped out to Southfork Ranch for that clusterfudge of a Dallas reunion, for which thousands of people flew in from al ... More >>

We Were Promised Jetpacks Makes The Most of Its Debut

Patrick MichelsJames Gillies and Sharon MacDonald of Scotland were among hundreds of fans who traveled to Southfork in November '08.​Back in November 2008 Patrick Michels and I schlepped out to Southfork Ranch for that clusterfudge of a Dallas reunion, for which thousands of people flew in from al ... More >>

Hophead: Samuel Adams Utopias Stretches The Definition of Beer

Jesse Hughey​It's not carbonated. It is aged for years in a variety of barrels, served in 2-ounce pours at room temperature, contains 27 percent alcohol by volume (54 proof, in other words) and carries suggested retail price tag of $150 for a 24-ounce bottle. And it's beer. The 2009 version of Sam ... More >>

Handle The Proof: Texas Whisky

​Chip Tate and Stephen Germer for some reason decided the time was right for a craft Texas whiskey to hit the market. So they formed Balcones Distillery and set up along I-35, just south of Waco, amongst fields of heather and weathered peat bogs soaked by clear mountain springs...no, that doesn't ... More >>

Whitt's End: 7.3.09

Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Any day now expect 103.3 FM ESPN to announce it has signed Michael Irvin and co-host Kevin Kiley to a new contract keeping them in the 11 a.m.-2 p.m. slot. Considering the show's uninspired rati ... More >>

Last Night: Camera Obscura at The Loft

Camera Obscura, Anni RossiThe LoftJune 16, 2009 Better Than: Staying at home and building your own camera obscura. Radio has long lost its hold on the music-seeking masses, having essentially been replaced by music blogs, the seeming medium of choice for fans looking for bands ... More >>

10 Questions: Jay Liddell

Patrick MichelsThe Dallas-based brand ambassador for Macallan's single malt Scotch line is charged with an important mission: introducing whisky to a younger generation...of drinking age, of course.Before moving to this city, he spent seven years in the Big Apple as an events manager (with a small b ... More >>

10 Questions: Dan Tullio

He serves as director of Canadian Club's brand heritage, which is as worthy a cause as any.And who better to promote the brand? He's been with the whisky distillery for a quarter of a century, played a prominent role in their advertising campaigns and still travels the world spreading news about Can ... More >>

10 Questions: Mark Cronin

Patrick Michels Scottish Texan Mark Cronin shows off his wares.He wears a dress to work...although The Glenlivet's brand ambassador prefers to call the cute tartan a "kilt."Before happening onto one of the world's best jobs--introducing single malt Scotch and taking part in tasting after tast ... More >>

SXSW Announces First Round Of Scheduled Performers For '09 Fest

OK, so there's a clause at the bottom of the press release we just received--y'know "The list is subject to change" blah, blah blah--but lo and behold, here it is: The first round of announced performers for the 23rd SXSW festival, schedule to take place this year March 18-22. After the jump, the c ... More >>

Getting Bombed

For the last week or so, RA Sushi in Plano has been promoting their brand of holiday cheer, the Nog-asaki. Cute, right? That's it in the picture: An eggnog-based cocktail celebrating the charred remains of those flash fried in the second atomic blast...well, technically the third, if you coun ... More >>

Dallas Cast Reunion Leaves Fans Southforked

Thirty years after Dallas, fans worldwide came, saw and were conquered.

Put a Southfork In 'Em, or: How Some Folks Came to Dallas to Waste Thousands

Thirty years after Dallas, fans worldwide came, saw and were conquered.

ACL Pix: More Scenes from Zilker

Thirty years after Dallas, fans worldwide came, saw and were conquered.

Not So Fast

Fleet Foxes' successful sound depends on slowing things down

Ask A Mexican

Americans don't know much about Scotland, but we dig the whisky

Here Comes the Bride. Yawn.

McDreamy tries to win over his engaged gal pal in My Best Friend's Made of Honor Wedding

Kilt Funk

McDreamy tries to win over his engaged gal pal in My Best Friend's Made of Honor Wedding

World Party

Go global with cultural festivals

Matinee Feature

The KidFilm Festival returns

Match Game

The KidFilm Festival returns

Country Teasers, Gorch Fock, Silk Stocking, White Drugs

Thursday, June 1, at the Cavern

Lay On, MacBuff

Theatre Britain strips the Scottish play and its actors down to their bare essentials

Fair Play

Theatre Britain strips the Scottish play and its actors down to their bare essentials

Dogs Die in Hot Cars, Phoenix

Monday, March 21, at Gypsy Tea Room

Delgados, Crooked Fingers

Tuesday, November 9

Snow Patrol, Eisley

Wednesday, October 13

Boogie for Bush!

Dubya and Franz Ferdinand have made it OK for white guys to dance

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Dubya and Franz Ferdinand have made it OK for white guys to dance

Habitat for Inhumanity

The "asylums" depicted in The Magdalene Sisters are insane

Glory Bound

A Shot at Glory veers just wide of its goal

Boards of Canada

Geogaddi (Warp)

Bard Company

Macbeth meets the classic-rock block in Scotland, PA.

Best Place to Buy a Top-of-the-line Kilt

Highland Moon

FIT Happens

You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll take a beating at the Festival of Independent Theatres

Life's a Beach

Leo goes looking for an island paradise, and it's apocalypse, like, wow

You Beta, you bet

The elusive Beta Band turns cuckoo clocks and laser gunshots into definition-dodging sounds that -- somehow -- make perfect sense

The Country Teasers

The elusive Beta Band turns cuckoo clocks and laser gunshots into definition-dodging sounds that -- somehow -- make perfect sense

Like father, like son

A boy becomes a man in the bittersweet My Life So Far

Love letters

Belle and Sebastian'slong-distance romance continues with The Boy With the Arab Strap

Out There

Belle and Sebastian'slong-distance romance continues with The Boy With the Arab Strap

Swingin' west

Scottish author waltzes across Texas in pursuit of the music he loves