Social Software and Tagging

Jeff Hanneman of Slayer is Dead

Slayer's social media outlets are reporting that founding member Jeff Hanneman died Thursday morning at 11am, of liver failure. A constant of the band from his first meeting with Kerry King in 1981 until taking his leave from the band in 2011 due to a case of necrotizing fasciitis potentially contra ... More >>

The Five Best DFW Band Vines, Featuring Parties of the Taco, Dance and Helmet Varieties

If you're someone who enjoys what social media has done for the band-fan relationship, the new video sharing app Vine offers awesome new horizons. For those of you who aren't familiar with Vine, it's basically a way for people to make short gif-like post that last six seconds each. As with all socia ... More >>

Texas Lawyers May Soon Be Able to Serve Defendent Via Facebook

Serving people with lawsuits or divorce papers can be a tricky business. Maybe they've moved. Maybe they haven't left much of a paper trail. Maybe they just don't want to be found. Chances are slim, after all, that they'll be delighted with what the process server brings them. But this is the 21st ... More >>

Facebookers Say McKinney Teen Arrested For Mass Shooting Threat Was Bullied For Being Gay, Autistic, Atheist

This morning, McKinney Boyd High School Principal Rick McDaniel posted a brief note on Facebook alerting parents that a student had made unspecified "threatening statements" on the social networking site and had been arrested by McKinney Police.(Update at 1:50 p.m.: The post in question has been rem ... More >>

Campania's in the West Village is Celebrating a Lease Extension

A few weeks ago the Campania's Pizza at the West Village posted to their Facebook page that their landlords "informed us that they would not be renewing our lease and the we must vacate the building by 08/31/12." Bummer. To make matters worse, they haven't had any luck finding a new digs yet. Luck ... More >>

We Have a New Commenting System for You to Bitch About

And no, it's not Facebook, so don't worry your pretty little anonymous head. You will still be able to fire-hose the general populous from the cave of privacy afforded by your clever screen name. You will just be able to do it faster, and hopefully with fewer quirks. The new system is called Livefy ... More >>

Red Mango Introduces "Honey Badger" FroYo. But, The Badass Honey Badger Don't Care.

Wisely capitalizing on 45 million YouTube views of a nature video narrated by Randall, Red Mango has introduced a Honey Badger frozen yogurt. This new flavor, which is only being promoted through social media, is made with nonfat frozen yogurt and pure honey. To get a swirl, you simply stick your ... More >>

The Soda Gallery is Closed

Bishop Avenue was blocked off on Sunday afternoon for the third-annual Brew Riot, a homebrew competition featuring more than 50 homebrew teams. But while beer drinkers sipped their carbonated beverages, kiddies under the age of 21 weren't left with many options, as The Soda Gallery was closed. The ... More >>

Ben & Jerry's Now Has Greek Frozen Yogurt

​Today Ben or Jerry, not sure which one, updated their Facebook page that they have a new line of Greek Frozen Yogurts. I called the Plano scoop store to get the low down and it appears the Greek yogurts are replacing their old frozen yogurts (in scoops only, not pre-packs) but they can't orde ... More >>

The Facebook Shower Curtain: Keep Your Page Clean.

Someday you'll have a voice-recognition robot maid and she will treat you like her own, circuit-rich offspring. She'll bake you motherboard cookies (so crunchy), and awkwardly fix your hair with her giant, clunky, loving claws. She'll even read you the important feeds off of Twitter and Facebook whi ... More >>

Sol's Nieto on Mockingbird Closes; Like it Or Not, That Yelp Rating Couldn't Have Helped

News broke yesterday that Sol's Nieto Mexican Grill at Mockingbird and Abrams closed. Gubbins got the scoop from manager Blanca Perez: "The landlords refused to make any kind of deal with us, so there is nothing we can do. After 10 years, it's heart-breaking for us to go down this way." Landlords . ... More >>

Etsy Dallas Puts a Tingle in Your Jingle

Eater Readers Think Jonathon Erdeljac is Dallas' Best Chef. Eater Editors, Not So Much.

Flickr​Andrea Grimes, former City of Ater and current editor of Eater Dallas, announced Eater Dallas' Award winners yesterday, to the chagrin of many commenters on the site. A series of blog posts -- used to determined Dallas winners in categories including Restaurant of the Year, So Hot Right ... More >>

It's A Grind Owner Serena Connelly On The End Of Her "Experiment"

​Last week we reported that Deep Ellum's It's A Grind Coffee House would close immediately. A few Twitter users reacted, half disappointed and half not surprised. I called several times to talk to the owners but manager Carlos Guerrero said an official communication would be released in a few ... More >>

DA's Office Definitely Not Giving You a Tutorial In How To Run a Retail Crime Ring

​This afternoon at the Frank Crowley courts building, Anthony Robinson, a chief investigator at the Dallas County District Attorney's Office, announced that 17 people have been indicted for allegedly taking part in a retail theft ring that stole an estimated $400,000 in goods. Police have arrested ... More >>

It's Official: Tim DeLaughter's New Band, Preteen Zenith, Will Make Its Debut in July.

And so it is.​Well, we thought this would be the case, and, turns out, we were right: Tim DeLaughter's new band will indeed make its debut at the Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival taking place at the Granada Theater on Saturday, July 23. Says so, even on the Facebook page for the new band, which, DeLaught ... More >>

The Social Network: With Friends Like These...

Seven Days At The Crow

Up in the Air, On Top of the Calatrava Bridge

Dallas City Hall Facebook page​Alas, Rudy beat me to it in pointing out that someone at Dallas City Hall posted to the city's official Facebook page this morning two pics taken from the very tippy-top of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. But Rudy opted for the view of the city (I can see my office fr ... More >>

God Loves Funny Counter-Protests

​In advance of the Westboro Baptist Church's planned return to Dallas Friday, the Unfair Park in-box has been filling up with notices of counter-protests being planned. One Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to the Facebook page for the Westboro Baptist Church "Welcoming" Committee - Dall ... More >>

Wanna See The 2010 Dallas Observer Music Awards Ballot? We're Waiting On You, Dude.

​Maybe you already follow @DC9atNight on Twitter. Maybe you don't. You should though. For obvious, mostly awesome reasons. But, whatever. That's not the point of this post. Rather, this is: If you've been following @DC9atNight intently, you probably also already know about the new Twitter account ... More >>

Food Biz Is On The Uptick If Restaurant Openings Is Any Measure

​Tacos, tacos, tacos. That should be the theme of this month's Revolving Doors. With Rusty Taco finally opening their doors, the Austin-based Torchy's Taco making a move to Dallas this summer, and Fuzzy Tacos and Urban Taco adding more locations, that's all anyone can talk about lately. Well, we ... More >>

Mayor Leppert's New Web Site, Facebook Page Quietly Sneak Onto Internet

Oh .. and there's a Twitter account too. I found them all completely by accident -- I was looking for something else about an hour ago, then came across his new Web site, where, yesterday, he (or, ya know) announced the launch of his Facebook page, where the mayor promises to "keep you up-to-date on ... More >>

Social Media Tools: Once Again, Why Did Leppert Hire D.C. Dude to Run Web Site?

Laura Reed Martin, who manages the Issues and Crisis Division at The Reeds, PRC.​As we told you at the end of Monday's item about Mayor Tom Leppert's new Web site, consultant Laura Reed Martin was supposed to get back with us about the decision to hire Washington, D.C.-based Stan Olshefski to ... More >>

Fifteen More Minutes

Dear Paul F. Tompkins, Please Come to Dallas

​Apparently, somebody -- make that quite a few somebodies -- wants VH1 talking head and master of the bizarre tweet, Paul F. Tompkins, to come to Dallas. So much so there's a Facebook group specifically for that purpose. Just today I've gotten three e-mails and two suggestions to join the group, s ... More >>

Today In Music News: Kelly Tops Charts, Madonna Twitters For Hits, Liam Gallagher Gets Fashionable and You Can Download Some SXSW Songs...

 Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, March 19, 2009... Kelly Clarkson made a triumphant return to the charts as she grabbed the top Billboard spot from U2 and Bono's guyliner. It seems everyone is turning to Twitter these days--even President Obama has an account! But Ma ... More >>

Demi Lovato's New Video, Apparent Sexuality Get Pimped On Myspace

To those of you who think we only post about the Jonas Brothers on here: Boy, are you misinformed! For instance, we also post items about Colleyville's own Demi Lovato, who, you might have already noticed, has her new video plastered all over Myspace today under the guise that she's a "featured icon ... More >>

Today In Music News: Reznor Slams Cornell, Jack White Offers Up Another Band and Joaquin's Still At It...

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, March 13, 2009...Sweet! A good ol' fashioned rock 'n' roll feud with 21st century technology! Trent Reznor has taken to his Twitter account to blast Chris Cornell's new Timbaland-produced album. Of course, if you heard any of the songs on Cornell's ... More >>

At Today's LaidOffCamp Meetup, an Open-Source Keynote and Hope for Would-Be Freelancers

Patrick MichelsLocal LaidOffCamp organizer Neils Brooks takes suggestions for topics to cover in Friday's "unconference."Sipping coffee and singing a kumbaya chorus of social media evangelism, about 40 people filled the back room at Opening Bell Coffee this afternoon for LaidOffCampDFW, the local ch ... More >>

Dallas Twestival Delivers a Short, Direct Message in the Fight for Clean Water

Patrick MichelsTwestival volunteer Heather Buzzell could be tracking the charity money she just collected. Or she could be tweeting about it to her friends.About 200 cities around the world hosted Twestivals Thursday night -- part Twitter meet-up, part charity fundraiser -- and Dallas got in on the ... More >>

Erykah Badu Announces Her Baby's Name

...and in true Badu fashion, it's a little eccentric: Erykah's new-born baby girl is name Mars Merkaba. Again, just like Badu's labor, the announcement came last night via Badu's Twitter account. What's pretty fascinating about all this isn't that Badu is necessarily using technology to its full ... More >>

Early Gig Alert: Slobberbone To Reunite For Two Shows In Early February

It's not exactly a secret at this point--it's on Dan's Silverleaf's online calendar, on opening act The O's' Myspace page and on the fan-run Slobberbone Myspace page--but we might as well pass along the news (although one commenter already, um, kinda did earlier today): Slobberbone's reuniting for ... More >>

Sound Bytes: Download Smile Smile's "Silent Night" Cover, Listen To Black Tie Dynasty's "Christmas Time (feat. PPT)" And Hear Matthew And The Arrogant Sea's Newest Song

Smile Smile, perhaps Dallas' greatest pop duo that also happens to be an ex-couple, has a little treat over on its Myspace page for your listening please: A surprisingly touching and sweeping cover fo the famed Christmas class tune "Silent Night"--and you can download it, too, iff'n you feel so incl ... More >>

Cowboys 115, Steelers 55

I hear we've matriculated from MySpace to Facebook, right?Well, screw me. I never got around to creating a MySpace page. Was reminded why today.Don't tell the teens and the 'tweens - or my wife - but something about the whole deal strikes as, um, ridiculously fraudulent.Like, for example, the fact t ... More >>

Against Me! at ACL Fest

Did Local Rockers Greater Good Play The Democratic Convention? Like Just Now?

Local Acts Ask You To Help Them Land On The Austin City Limits Festival Bill

New Theater Fire Video Stars That Guy From The Black Donnellys

After Only Five Shows, Tiger Moth Is Rolling

Jessica Simpson is Leaving the Country! (No, Not For Good.)

The Afters New Album, Video Get Our Attention

Colorado Sprung

My So-Called Life

In real life or virtual, all we want is a pair of jeans that fit—and sex

C.J. Wilson Appears to Have a Very Bad Sense of Humor

Transona Five's Chris Foley Died Sunday; Causes Still to Be Determined

Re: A Dreamgirl's Potential Nightmare

Sorta Winning

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.