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Ten Must-See Concerts in DFW This Week: May 2-8

Ringing in your first week of May is a week of music that's as diverse as it gets. We've got everything from Rodriguez, the legendary musician and subject of the Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugarman, to the Dwarves, a group of disgusting punk badboys. Get a taste for them by watching cli ... More >>

The Ten Funniest 35 Denton Band Descriptions

When you go on the 35 Denton website, it becomes clear that most of the bands sent in their own descriptions. Some are standard musical lexicon-run-of-the-mill "Such and such band emerged from the Bumville scene in 19-dickety-two and have been playing since blah blah blah..." type of stuff. Some are ... More >>

Rodriguez - House of Blues - 10/22/12

Rodriguez House of Blues Monday, October 22 Last night, the Cambridge Room at the House of Blues was witness to a first, as Detroit singer-songwriter and current documentary subject Rodriguez took the stage in front of a sold-out crowd. After asking if anyone was from Detroit and offering his condo ... More >>

Safe House is Action-Packed with a Six-Pack

Ryan Reynolds' abs should get an exec producer credit.

Clay Jenkins Hits the Wall in the Appointment of New Black Panther Party Founder

It looks like Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, long a puppet of Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price, finally has hit the Price wall. Jenkins has stopped action on the appointment of Price protégé Aaron McCarthy, aka Aaron Michaels, to the county's "homeland security advisory committee," w ... More >>

Say What You Will About Occupy Dallas. But I Find It Inspiring. That's Right. You Heard Me.

​I walked for a while yesterday with those Occupy Dallas people. I don't care what anybody says. They're cool. You know why? Because they're awake. People were all over the map about their specific issues. Some of them talked to me about Timothy Geithner and President Obama's failure to put banker ... More >>

Rolling Stones Ready Plans To Theatrically Release Film of 1978 Fort Worth Concert

​No date has yet been announced -- just a "Coming Soon!" promise -- for the stateside release of the new Rolling Stones concert film, The Rolling Stones: Some Girls -- Live in Texas. But, starting early next month, the United Kingdom and Ireland (followed shortly by Denmark, South Africa, Cro ... More >>

For Sale, a Very Rare Keepsake From When The Byrds Played the Forest Ballroom in June 1968

Heritage Auction Galleries​Says here the the Forest Theater was built in '47; my father, who grew up a few blocks over on Park Row, recalls how, in the mid-'50s, Shearith Israel used the movie theater for High Holiday services when they were finishing out the synagogue's present-day location on Wa ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Toy Drive at The Libertine, KC Turner at Opening Bell, Dave Semans Combo at Lakewood Bar & Grill and Owen Obel at the Absinthe Lounge

Not the craziest Monday night ever. But, considering that it's Christmas week, there's still a nice selection of musical options this evening -- including a cool touring duo and four dependable local acts.

Tonight, Tonight: Guided by Voices at The Palladium, Anberlin at House of Blues, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone at Dan's and CoCoRosie at The Granada

Holy crap, what a busy night! Buckle up and get ready for an early start on the weekend, as tonight's docket is flush with prime musical satisfaction.

Staff Trax: The Books, Coliseum, Die Antwoord and Low

Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to get some more insight into ... More >>

Dennis Gonzalez Finally Gets His Due

Hi Soccer or Bye Sucker?

​The Dallas Cup will live on each Easter weekend as one of the world's most prestigious youth tournaments. FC Dallas will anonymously toil away in Major League Soccer. And Starbucks-slurping soccer moms in their minivans will still dominate our roads and bogart our athletic field parking ... More >>

With NASA's Future Uncertain, Dallas Rocketeers at Armadillo Aerospace Compete In The Race To Privatize The Final Frontier

Mayor Tom Leppert Should Just Fess Up: The Trinity Toll Road Is Dead And Done

African American Rep, In Its Production of Master Harold... and the Boys, Once Again Proves Why It’s The Strongest Small Theater Company in North Texas

Good Friday: B.B. King, Kate Voegele, Max Stalling, Robert Gomez, Bosque Brown, Slaid Cleaves, John Cowan Band, Mad Mexicans, Alpha Rev, The Campaign, Brandi Carlile

Not exactly a ton of big names swinging through our area this weekend, but it's a decent mix of local and out of town talent who will ply their craft this last weekend in May. First the shows we've already clued you to in print or via the blog: Tonight's one-man band meltdown with Bob Log III, W ... More >>

Someone Should Foreclose on Last House on the Left

AFI Dallas Announces Its First 15 Films

Paul Dano and Zooey Deschanel in Gigantic, which premiered in Toronto last year and screens this year at AFI DallasThe AFI Dallas International Film Festival just released its first list of films selected for this year's shindig, which runs March 26 through April 2 -- with, as noted last month, most ... More >>

Dallas Cast Reunion Leaves Fans Southforked

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

Jimmy Carter Documentary Full of Good Intentions

Demme follows Carter's controversial book tour and ends up with the same old narrative

Rendition is an Ordinary Terrorism Thriller

It's not torture, but this latest terrorism flick comes close

Meet the Most Famous Rugby Player Ever to Emerge from Brookhaven College

The Accountant Gives His Account

Kirk Franklin: From Church Boy to...Movie Star?

Barney for Sale! (Well, Kinda.)

Stalking Stevie

Odds & Ends

Raise a final beer (or seven) to the boys in Speedtrucker at their farewell shows

Big Fun, Even Small

Say What?

Our new sheriff is a lesbian? Really?

Vine Cuts

Can cheap bastards find good wine?

Stander Delivers

Thomas Jane, as folk hero, robs banks and steals a movie

Meet the (High School) Press

Rock, journalism and school kids: Can you say "corrupting the youth"?

Kidding Around

Mavs avoid the Nets gain

Letters

In the Drink

My Martini drips wine on the parched prairie

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Best One-man Show

Rob Becker, Defending the Caveman

Kirk's Race

Plus: Man's World, Keep On Busing, Knocked Out

Straight Talk

Soul 73 KKDA's Millie Jackson tells it how it is, no matter what that happens to be

On the Rack

Racks Restaurant and Bar

Suze cruze

He finally did it

Dave Matthews Band

Tireless touring

Across the Great Divide

Visiting Mr. Green asks if we can all just get along

Thin line between love and hate

Cork is a promising wine bar that's plugged its excitement for the drink

Hash Over

Quarterback sneak

How Ron Kirk secretly pulled the strings in city's Big 12 deal

The House of Cottrell (Part I)

The untold story of bitterness and betrayal in black Dallas' royal family

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