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The Rocklahoma Diaries: A Journey Into the Prairie With Axl Rose and Bad Tattoos

The Worst of Rocklahoma 2013, Starring Axl Rose

Some of the attendees were of questionable nature, with a variety of tattoos and T-shirts expressing various viewpoints that are, shall we say, somewhat extreme. No doubt rural Oklahoma, with its various billboards on abortion, meth addiction and Christianity prominently displayed outside of the rea ... More >>

Alice in Chains Was the Highlight of Rocklahoma 2013

For all the pomp, pageantry and excess of the previous day in a field thirty miles from Tulsa, there was a lack of focus. Even though the simple fact that a Guns and Roses gig, with Axl Rose singing some of the most memorable, catchy, and energetic rock songs of the last thirty years can take place ... More >>

Globe-Trotting Banana Car Survived Yesterday's Deadly Storms Under a Tarp in Dallas

First, a bit of background. There's a giant banana-shaped car making its way across the country right now. It's official name is the Big Banana Car, and it's the brainchild of a Brit named Steve Braithwaite who, along with his brother, is "making a documentary film about building a huge banana car a ... More >>

Pearl Cup in Richardson Now Open

Pearl Cup Coffee in Richardson at II Creeks shopping center is now open (2701 Custer Parkway, Ste. 917). This is the third spot for one of Dallas' favorite locally owned coffee shops; other locations are the original at 1900 Henderson Ave. and 750 N. Paul Street downtown. Tuesday was their first d ... More >>

It Seems the Dallas Police Department Has its Own Lowrider

Victor Lozada was a 19-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department when he was killed in a motorcycle crash while escorting then-presidential contender Hillary Clinton to a campaign rally in Oak Cliff on February 22, 2008. His death yielded a momentary pause to the hard-fought Democratic primary, a ... More >>

Warren Jackson Hearne Keeps on Dancing with Death

Warren Jackson Hearne Waits For God To Strike Him Down

Around one in the afternoon on a Thursday in July, young ladies and gentlemen walk into Dan's Silverleaf dressed elegantly in black suits and formal dresses. All of the windows and doors are covered by dark blankets and sheets. Avoiding the dancers, Warren Jackson Hearne walks into the bar fresh fr ... More >>

Rock of Ages Posits Tom Cruise as a Hair-Metal God and Hair-Metal as Something Un-Awful

Now Dallas is the 15th "Smuttiest" City

Dallas may be inhospitable to hipsters, but we're apparently a city filled with porn enthusiasts: Men's Health recently ranked Dallas 15th in a list of the 100 "smuttiest" American cities (Orlando won. Those perverts.) MH based its rankings on the number of adult DVDs purchased, rented or streamed ... More >>

Theatre Three Makes Muddled Mystery of The Art of Murder; Project X Hones Powerful Diamond Dick

Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett's in Dallas Trying to Get Businesses to Move to Oklahoma, OK?

​Saw a piece outta Tulsa yesterday that said Mayor Dewey Bartlett Jr.'s in town trying to convince Dallas companies to move to his patch of God's country. And, sure enough, when he called me back last night around 9 he was at dinner at Truluck's on McKinney. First thing I asked him: Wouldn't it be ... More >>

Watch This: Polyphonic Spree Hit the Road

Polyphonic Spree hit the road for the first time in four years, starting next month in Tulsa and ending February 16 at Sons of Hermann Hall. New Fumes opens those dates. That's just "Phase One." There's also a new song debuted in the video. So that probably means a new album soon on Good Records R ... More >>

North Texas Bets Big on Pumping from Lake Texoma

Environmentalists fear plan will let invasive zebra mussels spread.

The City Has Three Finalists for Library System Director, and Two Come with Some Baggage

​Back in late August we mentioned that the city had hired a search firm to find a permanent (well, you know what I mean) director of the Dallas Public Library System. Corinne Hill's been serving as interim director since Laurie Evans retired in June 2010, and by all accounts she's done a bang-up j ... More >>

Last Night: The Jayhawks, Jolie Holland

The Jayhawks.​Last Night: The Jayhawks, Jolie Holland Granada Theater November 16 Better than: rummaging through closets for dubbed copies of Crossroads episodes. Looking only at The Jayhawks' set list from last night, you could think the show was more for a hardcore fan than a casual one, b ... More >>

Cannibal Corpse: Why They Tore Down the Whirly Ball And Put in a Sam's (And a Walmart)

In my day, this was also the site of the best Sound Warehouse in town. In my day.​Over the weekend I espied the deconstruction site you see here, across from Bachman Lake at Northwest Highway and Marsh. The new Sam's right there took me by surprise -- so too did the disappearance of the landmark W ... More >>

Cousin's Wins the Red River BBQ Shootout, Has Slow-Cooked Bragging Rights Until Next Season

Main Street Garden hosted the inaugural TX/OU Red River BBQ Shootout on Friday night, and the BBQ carnage that ensued left folks young and old victim to great rib artistry. Amidst a backdrop of thick country music and a setting sun, Cousin's BBQ of Ft Worth squared off against Leo's BBQ of Oklahoma ... More >>

ACL Stage Banter: The Weekend's Funniest and Most Interesting On-Stage Quotes

Marco TorresAnd the award for ACL 2011's best stage banter goes to Kanye West.​Now that Austin City Limits Music Festival is in the rear view mirror, all we have are the memories. That is, unless you spent the weekend drunk and high, in which case you might not even remember who performed, let alo ... More >>

The Conversation: North Texas Bands on Tour!

Time to load up the van and hit the road, bros.​Going on tour is pretty much the funnest thing that a band can do, ever. On the road with your bros, drinking during the day, making tons of money, and so on and so on.Well, probably not that part about making money. Not early on in a band's career, ... More >>

Three Four Shows Worth Your Seeing While Tonight

Not a bad musical selection to start out the work week. A legendary band out in Grand Prairie and a rapper/comedian highlight a night in which some locally affiliated acts also provide some worthwhile options.

35 Conferette Adds More Acts, Including New Sub Pop Supergroup Featuring Michael Cera

If nothing else, Michael Cera is cooler than Danny Masterson, right?​After announcing last week the addition of another 135 bands to its bill, you'd think the folks up at Denton's 35 Conferette might need a breather -- or, I dunno, maybe some time to focus on the actual logistics of the fest, sinc ... More >>

35 Conferette Adds A Whopping 135 More Bands To Bill, Including A Whole Slew of Locals

Big things happening today in the world of 35 Conferette -- bigger news, even, than the fact that the-festival-formerly-known-as-North-by-35 now has an actual website to call its own (!). Bigger, too, than the really awesome web teaser/advertisement that the fest's organizers have created to promote ... More >>

Dallas-FW, Briefly a Top-Five Contender in $1.5-Mil Food Bank Challenge, Is Falling Fast

​Two weeks ago today, Mayors Tom Leppert, Mike Moncrief and Robert Cluck asked locals to "like" Walmart's Fighting Hunger Together campaign, which is doling out $1.5 million to food banks nationwide -- $1 million to the top Facebook vote-getter, and $100,000 each to the next five highest-ranking c ... More >>

Gig Alert: Hypernova and The Yellow Dogs Tonight at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios in Denton

It's not often that a band from Iran makes its way to our area, much less a pair of them, so tonight's Hypernova/The Yellow Dogs performance at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios should provide a good reason to head to Denton. Now based out of New York, Hypernova has gone through quite a journey jus ... More >>

Big Balls In...Richardson?

Tell Me Whatch Gonna Do

Who the Hail is Mary?

I rip (make that ripped, past tense) Wade Phillips all the time, but, um, looks like Minnesota Vikings' head coach Brad Childress needs a history lesson. On Dec. 28, 1975, the Dallas Cowboys traveled to frigid Metropolitan Stadium for a playoff game against the Vikings. Trailing 14-10 with less tha ... More >>

For Your Weekend Listening: Live Gourds!

​Sorry I didn't make it out to The Gourds show at the Granada on Saturday; had every intention, as it's been too long. And I was just thinking about the boys -- came across the Picket Line Coyotes' '88 cassette Upholstery Van Songs right before Christmas in a Sound Warehouse crate full of demo tap ... More >>

Bonus MP3: The Lash Outs -- "Contemporary Music"

​DOMA-nominated punk-rockers The Lash Outs, the guys who griped that "The Kids Don't Wanna Dance," continue their role as cultural commentators on this new track, "Contemporary Music." It's one of two new tracks just posted to the band's MySpace page, and will be included on the band's upcoming al ... More >>

Gig Alert: No Thanks Fest In Emory This Weekend

​It's crappy out right now, but this weekend is supposed to be mostly sunny and cool. In other words, perfect camping weather. Which is good news for the punk and metal bands and their fans making the hour-and-a-half drive out to Emory this weekend for the third annual No Thanks Fest for two days ... More >>

Good Friday: The Feds, Astronautalis, King Khan & BBQ Show, The Eagles, Jack Ingram, Dale Watson, Do For It Records' Launch Party, I Love Math, Nouns Group

Kinda an interesting weekend upon us, now that it's the end of the day on Friday and all. While there's a lot happening early next week, the weekend's kinda dry as big, big shows go. Anyway, onto the show's we already told you about... Tonight, there's a big one (Of Montreal and Icy Demons at ... More >>

Those Were Record Days

Ask a Mexican

In corn vs. flour, wheat gets a smackdown

Tom Waits Announces Upcoming Tour, Plays Dallas on June 23

The Bicycle Thief

Salim Nourallah, Johnny Lloyd Rollins, The Hero Factor, Gazelles, Airline

Thursday, January 25, at ellum:ONSTAGE

Theater Critics Camp Diary, Days 3 through 9

Aqueduct

I Sold Gold (Barsuk Records)

Doesn't Jibe

A Dallas music fave calls it quits

Letters

Painful With Drawl

Just OK, Tulsa Lovechild sags under TV gimmicks; DTC's Glass Menagerie goes limp with Southern angst

Club Med

For Keith Foster, doctoring golf courses is all about staying out of the way

Welcome Back

Gabe--Kapler, not Kotter--returns, but what does that mean for the Chad?

Fluff

Misguided Muslims; Dot-dot-dot stuff

Flood money

The Trinity River Plan's billion-dollar vision of levees, parks, and ponds has Mayor Ron Kirk--and most of Dallas--spellbound. But engineers warn it could lead to a flooding catastrophe and destroy the same poor neighborhoods it's designed to help.

November spawned a Mozza

Morrissey proves that he still matters

Unclean thoughts

An indie-rock revolution is happening in the Alamo City

Junior or joke?

Bob Wills' family disowns man claiming to be prince of Western Swing

Rushes