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  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    'Desperate Teenage Lovedolls' and Bill Hicks This Week

    ​ Desperate Teenage Lovedolls is playing at the Texas Theatre tonight? Oh, you should go see it. If not for the stellar line, "Thanks for killing my mom," then for cameos from members of Red Kross and Black Flag, or the truly creepy/ecstatic feel of the early '80s Los Angeles punk scene. Dave ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Four Other "Big Four" Shows We'd Love To See

    ​The recent Big Four shows featuring thrash-metal kings Metallica, Megadeath, Slayer and Anthrax were massive, epic spectacles that were barely contained by the huge venues they were performed in -- legendary spots such as the Coachella-approved Empire Polo Club and Yankee Stadium, and some Europe ... More >>

  • Music

    August 4, 2011

    The Secret Genius of Ke$ha

    ​The recent Big Four shows featuring thrash-metal kings Metallica, Megadeath, Slayer and Anthrax were massive, epic spectacles that were barely contained by the huge venues they were performed in -- legendary spots such as the Coachella-approved Empire Polo Club and Yankee Stadium, and some Europe ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 26, 2011

    Productions reliving the '80s miss the decade's dumb fun.

    ​The recent Big Four shows featuring thrash-metal kings Metallica, Megadeath, Slayer and Anthrax were massive, epic spectacles that were barely contained by the huge venues they were performed in -- legendary spots such as the Coachella-approved Empire Polo Club and Yankee Stadium, and some Europe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Eight Reasons Why Your Major Music Store Chain Employee Hates You

    ​Most music megastores have disappeared. Fast. The two Virgin Megastores I worked at--the first being Dallas' Mockingbird and 75 location, the second on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles--are now defunct. The similar big boxes that remain--whether they be Target, Best Buy or Barnes & Noble--are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Show Announcements: Of Monteal, Ratatat, Dungen, Yellow Fever, Stars, Los Lonely Boys, AA Bondy, MAE, Maroon 5, One Republic and others

    The cover of of Montreal's new record. Also, the cover of my 10th grade notebook​Flamboyant indie-glam act of Montreal has had a busy year. They were just in town a few months ago, and they'll be back at the Granada Theater on Tuesday, November 2, in support of their new record, False Priest. Get ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Good Godfather! Al Pacino's Bringing a Greatest-Hits One-Man Show to AT&TPAC in November.

    ​Maria May at the AT&T Performing Arts Center just sent over a release announcing the 2010-'11 seasons of the Brinker International Forum, TITAS and JAZZ ROOTS -- quite the trifecta, especially when you look at the roster for the Brinker International Forum. The whole kit, along with the atten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    The Used Added To Dallas MusInk Bill

    The Used can get a slightly more professional-looking tat at MusInk than depicted on the cover of their latest.​As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago when Lucero and Telegraph Canyon were added to the bill, the lineup for the MusInk Tattoo & Music Festival April 9 through 11 looked like it wou ... More >>

  • Music

    September 17, 2009

    Conversions with God (aka Lemmy)

    The Used can get a slightly more professional-looking tat at MusInk than depicted on the cover of their latest.​As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago when Lucero and Telegraph Canyon were added to the bill, the lineup for the MusInk Tattoo & Music Festival April 9 through 11 looked like it wou ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2009

    I Love L.A.

    The Used can get a slightly more professional-looking tat at MusInk than depicted on the cover of their latest.​As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago when Lucero and Telegraph Canyon were added to the bill, the lineup for the MusInk Tattoo & Music Festival April 9 through 11 looked like it wou ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 2, 2009

    Wolfgang Puck soars high with Five-Sixty

    The Used can get a slightly more professional-looking tat at MusInk than depicted on the cover of their latest.​As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago when Lucero and Telegraph Canyon were added to the bill, the lineup for the MusInk Tattoo & Music Festival April 9 through 11 looked like it wou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    Echoes and Reverberations: You Shoot, We Score

    Texas music looks great. It provokes the imagination and illustrates the intangible. For years, we've been providing the necessary flavor to help filmmakers tell their stories. It's what we do; we're obviously good at this kind of thing. And it goes both ways: Movie soundtracks are the kind of thin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    10 Questions: Wolfgang Puck

    Just about everyone with an abiding interest in food knows the name Wolfgang Puck.The Austrian born superstar helped to usher in the era of celebrity chefs after he opened the Beverly Hills destination Spago in 1982. What followed was a series of media raves, television appearances and the creation ... More >>

  • Music

    November 20, 2008

    It's Not Americana; It's Dress-Up

    Don't be fooled by the faded denim and snap-button cowboy shirts

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2008

    He Was Just Big-Boned

    Don't be fooled by the faded denim and snap-button cowboy shirts

  • Music

    October 11, 2007

    Joan Jett Still Loves Rock 'n' Roll

    Don't be fooled by the faded denim and snap-button cowboy shirts

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2007

    Almost Famous

    Don't be fooled by the faded denim and snap-button cowboy shirts

  • Music

    June 28, 2007

    Jyrki Time

    69 Eyes focus on Dallas

  • Music

    June 7, 2007

    Flower Power

    Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark on peace, love and understanding

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2007

    Tony Romo Rocks. So We Hear.

    Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark on peace, love and understanding

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2007

    Schutze Strips Away the Awful Truth About the Trinity River Project

    Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark on peace, love and understanding

  • Music

    October 19, 2006

    Stripped Down

    Sometimes too much is way too much

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2006

    Since U Been Drinking

    Sometimes too much is way too much

  • Music

    July 27, 2006

    Pink About It

    Pop's most ill-fitting star has never been afraid to Try This, even if everyone else was

  • Music

    August 18, 2005

    W.A.S.P., L.A. Guns, Stephen Pearcy

    Saturday, August 20th, at Granada Theater

  • Music

    June 10, 2004

    Velvet Revolver

    Contraband (RCA)

  • Film

    April 29, 2004

    Rock of Ages

    The Mayor of the Sunset Strip presides over pop

  • Music

    February 19, 2004

    Courtney Love

    America's Sweetheart (Virgin)

  • News

    December 4, 2003

    Fallen Angel

    Under the Reverend Michael Piazza, the world's largest gay and lesbian church soared, only to tumble into divisiveness and anger

  • Music

    September 25, 2003

    The Negro Problem

    More flamboyant than Liberace, Turbonegro has come to reclaim the States

  • Film

    September 19, 2002

    Almost? Not Even.

    Penny Lane grows up and looks kind of like her mom--no, her Sister

  • Music

    January 4, 2001

    Scene, Heard

    Counting down the days 'til February

  • Music

    September 28, 2000

    Out of the Past

    John Doe doesn't have to run from yesterdays anymore

  • Film

    August 17, 2000

    Kingdom Comedy

    Spike Lee takes a fresh and gloriously unpolished look at black standup talent

  • Film

    July 27, 2000

    Fight Club lite

    Shadow Hours isn't quite Fincher, but it's a good try

  • Culture

    July 27, 2000

    Porn to sell

    Product placement comes to adult videos...hey, watch where you put that thing!

  • Music

    April 6, 2000

    Out Here

    The Nixons

  • Music

    May 13, 1999

    Free Radish

    Mercury Records will be making a huge mistake if it doesn't release Sha Sha

  • Music

    May 6, 1999

    Squeeze player

    With his mob connections and starlet phone numbers, Dick Contino was the coolest accordionist in 1950s L.A. -- which is why he's James Ellroy's buddy

  • Music

    May 28, 1998

    He got game

    The animal logic of Keyboard Money Mark's new Push the Buttons

  • Music

    April 23, 1998

    Out There

    The animal logic of Keyboard Money Mark's new Push the Buttons

  • Music

    April 16, 1998

    In the gutter

    Penelope Spheeris wallows in the Decline of Western Civilization one more time

  • Music

    January 15, 1998

    The beat goes on

    Sonny Bono got more respect in death than in life

  • News

    July 10, 1997

    Hat's off

    Dwight Yoakam's the last great country singer left--and he doesn't need a twang to prove it

  • Music

    June 26, 1997

    Born again

    Rickie Lee Jones leaves Chuck E. behind and looks toward tentative tomorrows

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