Sodom and Gomorrah

The Boy Scouts Have Been Possessed by Big Gay Demons, and Other Gay-Scout Fallout [Updated]

A couple of weeks ago, delegates from the Irving-based Boy Scouts of America voted to lift their ban on openly gay Scouts, though openly gay adult staff members are still barred. When that vote happened, demons flooded the earth, Sodom and Gomorrah were re-animated, and we all plummeted into a ragin ... More >>

The 11 Busiest (and Buzziest) Days in Texas Music

From 35 Denton to SXSW, Snoop to Spillover, traversing Texas in search sonic bliss.

Photos and Observations From The Drunkest Place on Earth: St. Patrick's Day in Dallas

This was my first time braving Greenville for St. Patrick's. I was expecting it to be bad. What I was not expecting was the last days of Sodom and Gomorrah. As I, the only sober person on the entirety of Greenville, struggled through a crowd roughly comparable to the population of Ireland itself (an ... More >>

Not Much to Dig in Undermain Theatre's Burying Our Father

Arlington Pastor Hates Gays and Mormons

First Baptist Pastor Robert Jeffress gets most of the press for his outspoken views on homosexuality and Mormonism, but over at the Dallas Voice, John Wright highlights the, um, retrograde views of another prominent local preacher, Dwight McKissic of Arlington's Cornerstone Baptist Church. McKissic ... More >>

Concert Foul No. 16: Lawn Chair People

​Spring and summer mean many things to many people. To the DC9 reader, we assume, the sun-soaked days and humid nights in the middle of the year mean it's time to catch some outdoor music performances.Maybe it's the larger, high-dollar festivals, like Austin City Limits Music Festival, for which y ... More >>

A Breakfast Of Biblical Proportions

​ You wanna start the day off stuffing your face with unholy goodness? Welcome to the breakfast of your fantasies, folks. This place is wall-to-wall people "I'll have what she's having" food-moaning, like something straight out of a "Sodom and Gomorrah: Breakfast!" Order the deliciousness in the p ... More >>

Last Night: HELLYEAH CD Release Show at The Clubhouse Gentleman's Club

HELLYEAH! CD ReleaseThe ClubhouseJuly 18, 2010Better than: being mugged. Maybe.Kevin TodoraHELLYEAH! Staring Contest. See more in Kevin's slideshow.​As I drove into the barren wasteland that is known as West Dallas, I knew the night was going to be an adventure. Certainly, a metal band is probably ... More >>

God's Not Helping The Mountain Goats Get Happy

Sin City

Teenage and Transgendered

Liz and Amber were just friends until Liz became Jay

Baby, You Can Drive My Cart

Lens of Approval

How many drinks does it take to get beer goggles?

2001 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Narrow margins remind us that everyone's a winner

Mr. Fixit

"Ex-gay" minister Randy Thomas prays to put gays and lesbians on the straight and narrow

Scene, heard

New releases from Last Beat, Darlington, Centro-matic, and Lift to Experience; Black Sabbath tribute night

Nothing's shocking

Danger is John Freeman's middle name

D.O.A.

Drop Dead Gorgeous isn't likely to win any popularity contests

Buzz

Welcome to Hell's Lobby

The area's best--maybe only--real "music scene" can be found in Denton

Myth, martyr, musician

With each passing day, the ghost of Selena looms larger over the mainstream

Letters

Letters