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Ra Ra Riot Doesn't Read Reviews, But They Will Argue With You on Facebook

Although the music of Ra Ra Riot has been described as baroque pop, it's not nearly as pretentious as that might imply. Hailing from Brooklyn (by way of Syracuse), this intriguing five-piece has been making classically-tinged indie rock for the better part of seven years. And with each successive re ... More >>

Hofmann's Hots Close to Opening (Updated)

UPDATE: I just confirmed with a spokesperson for Hofmann's Hots that the restaurant will be open for hot dog consumption this Friday morning at 11 a.m. The restaurant will operate from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. daily. Original Post Hofmann Hots, the diner-themed hot dog restaurant in the Trinity Groves compl ... More >>

Kobayashi to Judge Hot Dog Eating Contest Friday at Fair

This Friday, October 12, world champion competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi will judge an amateur competitive Hofmann's Hot Dog eating contest at the State Fair. The challenge takes place on the Chevy Main Stage at 4 p.m. The first place winner will receive $1,000, second place $500 and third $250. ... More >>

Hofmann Hot Dogs To Open Restaurant in Trinity Groves

Earlier this year we reported that the Zaccanelli Food Group, who includes Frank Zaccanelli, Phil Romano and Roger Staubach, purchased the Syracuse, New York-based Hofmann Sausage Company. See also: - Hofmann Sausage is Bringing Snappy Grillers to Dallas - Shepard Fairey Caught In the Act Hofmann ... More >>

A Sunny Day on Avenue Q at T2, Bomb-itty Riddled with Errors at Second Thought and Orton's Last Farce at Stage West is Flaccid

Hofmann Sausage is Bringing Snappy Grillers to Dallas

News about Dallas by way of Houston: the Eating Our Words blog ran a story yesterday about Hofmann Sausage Co. and its pending Texas takeover. The Syracuse-based hot dog maker was purchased by the Dallas-based Zaccanelli Food Group, and the links should be available at every Albertson's by Memorial ... More >>

The Feds Attack Online Poker

On Black Friday, The Justice Department killed a $2.5 billion industry.

Dallas Deportation Orders Down, But Will Obama's Policy Shift Stick?

In Dallas and across the country, the astronomical number of deportation orders issued by immigration courts is at last beginning to fall. President Obama's new strategy focuses on intelligent enforcement and prosecutorial discretion. Translated: We'll show bad guys the door, but the undocumented st ... More >>

Glacial Pace of Dallas Library's Top Job Head Hunt Is One Reason the Interim's Out of Here

Corinne Hill​Dallas Public Library system interim head Corinne Hill says she wasn't pushed out. The decision to quit Texas for Tennessee and helm Chattanooga's Public Library system was hers alone. But the city's leisurely search for a new director -- and a blown Thanksgiving deadline -- sure ... More >>

Wanna Get Into Tomorrow Night's Gym Class Heroes Show at the Granada Theater for Free?

​ Have you seen the above billboard around town? I haven't, but apparently it exists, and for the sole purpose of telling AT&T mobile customers how they can get into tomorrow night's Gym Class Heroes show at the Granada Theater for free. Essentially, if you're an AT&T customer, you just sh ... More >>

Dallas' Next Mayor Will Face Tough Budget Choices. Too Bad The Candidates Won't Talk About Them.

Welcome To The Dull House

My First Show: Steve Visneau Saw Plenty of Folk and Bluegrass Festivals, But His First Show With A Ticket Stub Came When He Saw KISS.

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Steve Visneau​Whether you've seen him behind a drum kit or a camera (which he sometimes uses as a contributor in the pages of the O ... More >>

Dallas Museum of Art's Stickley Exhibit Offers Historic Glimpse of Where We Eat

​Gustav Stickley, the furniture manufacturer and spirited salesman who helped translate the European Arts and Crafts movement for American homes, had definite ideas about dining rooms. Like his fellow Arts & Crafts practitioners, Stickley had little patience for the fussy, ornate table settin ... More >>

Cowboys Poised to Land a Coach with Six Super Bowl Rings

​On December 16, 1989 the Dallas Cowboys were -- according to their head coach, Jimmy Johnson -- a laughably weak team. After watching his offensive line and running backs fail to score four times from the 1-yard line late in an ugly 15-0 loss to the New York Giants in The Meadowlands, J ... More >>

Ra Ra Riot, Villagers, Givers

Thursday, October 28, at the Granada Theater

Tonight, Tonight: Red Bull SoundClash at the Palladium, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead at The Loft, Doug Burr at Lochrann's Irish Pub, Minus The Bear at House of Blues and Ra Ra Riot at The Granada

Another day, another busy musical evening here in the metroplex. Seriously busy.

Yes, Another Film Festival: The USA Film Festival Releases Line-Up and Schedule

Colin Farrell and Alicja Bachleda in Neil Jordan's Ondine, which is playing the USA Film Festival April 30​The Dallas International Film Festival wraps up Sunday. But tomorrow morning, tickets for the USA Film Festival will go on sale via Ticketmaster, according to the fest's publicist in the rele ... More >>

NCAA Basketball Tournament: Let the Madness Commence!

Substitute me for Dickie V, and you're looking at my next three weeks.​It was pitch dark this morning when I woke up. Must be Spring. Spent an hour this morning sweating over a bracket. Must be March. If you want to come have a beer and talk hoops and maybe punch me in the face, I'll b ... More >>

Poster Of The Week: Doug Burr and The Fox & The Bird at AllGood Cafe on Saturday Night

​POTW captain/Dallas Observer art director is under the weather today, the day in which he was supposed to make his triumphant return to the ship after a couple weeks of much-needed vacation. So he's out. And, with go-to replacement Jesse Hughey facing a few deadlines this afternoon, the duty of s ... More >>

Ra Ra Riot, Maps & Atlases, Princeton

Wednesday, September 23, at the Granada Theater

Yeah, But What If Baseball Went To The European Football Table?

I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we're all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August ... September ... maybe even October? But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards? You know, the top ... More >>

Whitt's End: 3.13.09

Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *I promise to watch Terrell Owens' reality show on VH1. Provided that I get to see the unedited footage of T.O.'s reaction when agent Drew Rosenhaus calls with the four most depressing words an athlet ... More >>

Bye-Bye, Cotton

Big D sends its bowl packing

Ra Ra Riot, The Morning Benders, Walter Meego

Thursday, October 2, at The Loft

Ra Ra Riot

The Rhumb Line (Barsuk)

Last Night: Ra Ra Riot at Lola's Saloon

What It Was Like: Hey Willpower, Ra Ra Riot, Peter and the Wolf, Be Your Own Pet, The Von Bondies, Grand Ole Party, The Lemonheads

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

Ra Ra Riot

Ra Ra Riot (The Rebel Group)

Accidental Tourists

Doc treats Sudanese lost boys as feel-good fodder, ignoring their plight and their history

NASCAR: A Yankee Pastime

Decked Halls

Christmas is all about the historically decorated homes

Out of Luck

Want a sure thing? Read Schutze's columns.

Big 10

Barley House celebrating a decade of business

Desperate Measures

Welcome (again) to the Arena League, where Desperados are kind, giants are invisible and rock concerts turn into football games

Burning Question

Why do restaurants decorate with junk?

Feelin' the draft

Between beer and Mark Cuban, there lies hope--and a bunch of drunken Mavs fans

Eat up

Vonnegut's unfilmable Breakfast of Champions is a magnificent movie after all

Journeymen of summer

Root, root, root for the home team -- whoever they are

Rebound

When Mark Aguirre left the Dallas Mavericks a decade ago, he became the fall guy for the team's decline. Now he's back, dealing with his ghosts and trying to help the franchise regain its former glory.

Pelted!

When an animal rights activist came up against Neiman Marcus, she had more than some dead fur to contend with

The son almost rises

Ross Perot Jr. is pushing 40, and still trying to slip from his father's shadow. He's built Alliance Airport, bought the Mavericks, and is trying to ramrod a new arena. But he isn't a pit bull like his old man. That's where Frank Zaccanelli comes in.

All ends well

The Undermain ricochets through a merry Comedy of Errors

60,000 naked men

When the Promise Keepers revival rolls into town, every soul in sight gets exposed

Ill-kept secret

Giuliana's has great Italian. Pass it on.

Trail of Tears

Ruth Smith set out to enshrine a Cherokee battleground and started a war of her own

Crawlin' back from Chicago

Mike Morgan slows his mojo hand with a soulful sound

From Lee Harvey Oswald to Ashley Estell, Dallas pathologist Linda Norton serves as Doctor to the Dead

Roadshows