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    February 13, 2012

    The Best and Worst Performances of Last Night's Grammys

    Five Best Performances 1. Jennifer Hudson Grammy host L.L. Cool J had a hard enough job presiding over a celebration undercut by tragic circumstances, and he achieved a perfect, almost pastor-like tone from the get-go. But Miss Hudson's musical tribute to Whitney Houston - a subtly searing but stil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Worst Musical Trends of 2011

    C'mon, guys​It's been quite a year enduring the Top 40 in "The Problem With....". Looking back at the year and my reviews, I've noticed three things about music that I loathe and think need to change. Too many collaborations (feat. Rihanna, Lil' Wayne, Pitbull, Jay-Z...) The less we talk abou ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2011

    Just Like Bogie and Bergman

    C'mon, guys​It's been quite a year enduring the Top 40 in "The Problem With....". Looking back at the year and my reviews, I've noticed three things about music that I loathe and think need to change. Too many collaborations (feat. Rihanna, Lil' Wayne, Pitbull, Jay-Z...) The less we talk abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    2010 World Series GAME 1 - Giants 11, Rangers 7: My Top 10 Observer-ations

    10. Bigger Giants' ass-kicking: New York 41, Cowboys 35 or San Francisco 11, Rangers 7? The football Giants ran off 31 unanswered Monday night in Arlington. The baseball Giants erased an early two-run hole with eight consecutive runs in the middle innings. Either way, ouch. Dare I say toni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    The 15 Worst ...and Friends! Albums Of All-Time

    ​It's hard not to remember Santana's 1999 album Supernatural. Besides just the Rob Thomas collab "Smooth," which we've spent the past decade trying to erase from our memories, the album received a lot of attention at the time for being one of those records that featured a different collaboration w ... 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 >>

  • Music

    March 12, 2009

    On Hold Time, M. Ward Further Establishes Himself as a Student of Music

    ​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 >>

  • Music

    March 12, 2009

    Quincy Jones Can't Help But Look Back on His Life and Legacy

    ​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

    December 23, 2008

    Dude Food: Farewell 2008

    Six weeks of things fried and greasy, slopped in barbecue sauce or glopped from a buffet tub--damn it's been great.Mostly.This year was a short one, considering we started City of Ate less than two months ago. The Dude Food dudes return to action January 6, 2009, diving weekly into the pit of Dallas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    Dude Food: Roma Express

    Roma Express 1601 Main St. 214-747-1236It takes a big pair of pepperonis to make "Best Pizza In Dallas" your motto. But after trying the calzone at Roma Express, I plan a return visit to test that claim. And considering the not very dude friendly stretch of real estate it occupies...I initially plan ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 1, 2008

    The Last Castrato

    See Frankie Vallie at the Meyerson

  • Calendar

    April 17, 2008

    It's Tony, Baby

    See Frankie Vallie at the Meyerson

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2007
  • Calendar

    May 18, 2006

    Crooned Tunes

    See Frankie Vallie at the Meyerson

  • Music

    April 14, 2005

    An Old Flame

    Four decades later, a forgotten Dallas jazz label descends from the 90th Floor

  • Dining

    June 10, 2004

    Trying Times

    Kyoto rises from the wreckage on the shores of Lake Ray Hubbard

  • Dining

    April 15, 2004

    Bury Frank Already

    Blade's needs an update

  • Music

    October 16, 2003

    Elvis Costello

    North (Deutsche Grammophon)

  • Dining

    October 2, 2003

    Opening the Tap

    Knox Street Pub & Grill coming soon

  • Music

    April 18, 2002

    Elvis Costello

    When I Was Cruel (Island Def Jam)

  • Dining

    August 9, 2001

    Shoal Shocked

    The Lighthouse doesn't quite work

  • Culture

    October 5, 2000

    Gotta Be Me

    Through four decades of masterful painting, Wayne Thiebaud remains true to his vision

  • News

    April 6, 2000

    Beggars' banquet

    Dallas' matrons of charity find that ostentation is out and value is in when it comes to raising money

  • News

    February 11, 1999

    Major Mistakes

    Signing to a record label can be bad for a band's health. So why do they keep doing it?

  • Calendar

    October 22, 1998

    Sunny day

    Signing to a record label can be bad for a band's health. So why do they keep doing it?

  • Music

    September 24, 1998

    Baby, it's them

    Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach are not such unlikely partners

  • News

    April 16, 1998

    Buzz

    Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach are not such unlikely partners

  • Music

    March 20, 1997

    Pop mart

    South by Southwest '97: Will guitars give up the ghost? Yes and no, but mostly no

  • Music

    July 4, 1996

    Hey, Pachuco!

    Retro rascality or cultural imperialism?

  • Music

    December 7, 1995

    Austin's real lounge lizards

    Down south, it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing

  • Calendar

    December 7, 1995

    Events for the week

    Down south, it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing

  • Music

    November 16, 1995

    From hereto eternity

    Frank Sinatra isn't dead.He's just an 80-year-old man

  • Film

    April 20, 1995

    Joe Bob Briggs

    Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

  • News

    February 2, 1995

    Building to a Crescendo

    Dallas Opera was once the toast of the nation. Now it is reaching for that high note again.

  • Music

    December 8, 1994

    Chestnuts and lumps of coal

    Bennett, Buttholes, and John Tesh--these are a few of our favorite, and least favorite, things

  • Music

    November 10, 1994

    Idol worship

    In the 1950s and '60s, Tony Zoppi wrote about -- and rode with -- the stars

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