Vermont

Cheese-maker Dave Eagle: It Takes Passion to Make it in the Cheese World

Dave Eagle of Eagle Mountain Farmhouse Cheese in Granbury speaks with a strong Texas swagger and often in a very direct, to-the-point manner. Before becoming a cheese maker, he practiced law. And I suspect that if you were involved in some type of litigation, you'd want him on your side of the table ... More >>

Weekly Wax is a Music Blog That Promises to Buy 156 Records this Year

Weekly Wax was an idea for a blog born in Denton by Lumberjack Fest creator Harlin Anderson and his buddy and debt collector, Richard Oram. One night after tailgating at a UNT game, the two went back to Anderson's house and started listening to records. "We decided that we would endeavor to buy on ... More >>

King Tuff's Kyle Thomas: "I Am a Goddamn Wild Card"

One listen to King Tuff's eponymous sophomore effort and you will be hooked. Whether it's the glam-inspired "Anthem" or the painfully catchy "Alone and Stoned," the 12 cuts vary wildly, but are linked by an intensity that is as disarming as it is unique. Speaking from a tour stop in Tampa and in a ... More >>

Since When Does Wendy's Have Mac and Cheese?

I never rarely indulge in punish my body with fast food, but recently, after a long day of dealing with used car salesmen, a little Frosty and chicken nugget orgy sounded way better than actually cooking something. Sometime back in April Wendy's introduced a new line of "Signature Sides" including ... More >>

Union Bear Bartender Jonathan Colley on Crime and Punishment and Local Beer

Jonathan Colley is one of the resident barkeeps and beer nerds in the basement at West Village (aka Union Bear). He got into the beer biz by frequenting his neighborhood watering holes in Oak Cliff, where he met the ambitious Spillers Group. When they recently opened Union Bear, they hired Colley, w ... More >>

The Epic Burgers of Dallas, In Pictures

A hundred years ago (in Internet Time), we posted about the epic burgers of Dallas. We return now, at the turn of the year that was supposed to be a zombie apocalypse or something, to update you with burger photos that are currently blowing our socks clean off our feet. Our contributing food photogr ... More >>

Here's Hoping Grandma Doesn't Mind if I Dallas Up Her Stuffing Recipe

Turkey Stuffing -- Vermont? ​Seven days. I've got seven days till the greatest holiday of all time commences, and I haven't done a thing to prepare. Once an avid home cook, I've prepared, no exaggeration, one meal since I moved here in July. A bowl of steel cut oatmeal, laced with sweet Texa ... More >>

Ben & Jerry's New "Schweddy Balls" Flavor Gives New Meaning to Ice Cream Social

Ben & Jerry's​Our favorite hippie ice cream makers from Vermont might have lost their minds, but they have not lost their sense of humor. Today they announced their new flavor: "Schweddy Balls." According to B&J's, the Saturday Night Live inspired dessert has "vanilla ice cream with a hint o ... More >>

The Commissary & The Table: No Standing O'

Chef John Tesar's new Arts District eatery misses its marks.

Harold Simmons One Step Closer to Getting What He Wants: Everyone's Nuclear Waste

Annette and Harold Simmons​At the end of last year we spent quite a bit of time following Nuke Free Texas's efforts to stop  Governor Rick Perry's appointees on the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission from giving Waste Control Specialists the thumbs-up to bury nuclea ... More >>

Nine Tips for Digging Through Local Farmers Markets

​It didn't take a study of Vermont farmers markets to tell us what we knew for a long time: Supermarkets aren't cheaper. That being said and this being spring, it's a good time to riff on farmers' markets, plus give you a few shopping tips on how to navigate them. 1. Find Your Market I always ass ... More >>

RTB2 Premieres "Goon," Bowling For Soup Releases "Saturday" and The Cush Get Refueled.

Almost!​Lots of news coming down the pipeline today on the local music video front, as two longtime area favorites debut new music videos and a third act -- once a local, then not a local, and now a local once more -- gets a little shine in the form of a taped performance. Hit the jump to take it ... More >>

ZestFest: We Found Some Good Spicy Stuff That Won't Send You to the Hospital

​I tasted a fantastic array of bracing and exhilarating hot sauces last week at ZestFest, but since I did my sampling as a judge for the Fiery Food Challenge, I wasn't privy to the names or brands of any of the products I tried. So this weekend I returned to the Exhibition Hall to see if I cou ... More >>

For a Few Days, At Least, An Austin Judge Delays Vote on Harold Simmons's License to Bury 36 States' Nuclear Waste in West Texas

Annette and Harold Simmons​For those following along, it seemed all but inevitable that Gov. Rick Perry's appointees to the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission would sign off next Tuesday on Harold Simmons's license application to bury 36 states' nuclear waste out in We ... More >>

A Bike Trip Through Vermont Makes Buzz Realize There's A Whole Lot Of Democracy Going On-- In Places Other Than Texas

Grace Potter's Bringing Sexy Back

Happy Birthday, Residual Echoes, Fungi Girls

Thursday, August 5, at The Nightmare

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets to See Happy Birthday, Residual Echoes and Fungi Girls Tomorrow Night at The Nightmare. Also: A Free Copy of Happy Birthday's Self-Titled Debut.

Abby BanksVermont's hardest to google band.​We've made no secret of our approval of either Cleburne's Fungi Girls or Vermont's Sub Pop-approved Happy Birthday here at DC9. So, yeah, of course we're looking forward to tomorrow night's show at The Nightmare, which finds the two bands sharing what we ... More >>

Staff Trax: Happy Birthday, The Walkmen, Stars, Sarah Jaffe, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and, uh, Rammstein?

​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 dominate our coverage. Consider this a chance to get some more insight into our personal tastes. And a chan ... More >>

Matt Reddick Named Head Chef At The Libertine Bar

Matt Reddick​The Libertine Bar may have earned last year's Best Bar Food award with Rosanne Dileo heading the kitchen, but owner Simon McDonald is trying to look at her departure to LaGrange as an opportunity. Matt Reddick, formerly of Nonna, starts work tomorrow."The big thing is that he's traine ... More >>

Five Hunks of Meat That Are Hard to Beat

As all people know everywhere, it's National Burger Month and National Masturbation Month. So, it seems only logical to combine the two, as some of the burgers around this glorious meat city have gone seriously soft-core. Here are five burgers to chow down on as you settle in for a little private ti ... More >>

Yes, But What If Texas Were Healthy?

​Yes, indeed -- when it comes to health care, says the Commonwealth Fund, Texas ranks ahead of only Nevada, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Mississippi. The full study's here for those looking for context, but for Texans all the bad news is right here -- five pages full of charts documenting all ... More >>

Pictures For Pleasure

Chewing the Fat: Think Globally, Enact Locally?

Ever wonder if the steaks served at Texas Roadhouse--or any other restaurant, for that matter--were actually raised in Texas?adamr.stone, via Flickr Restaurant-goers in Upstate New York and Vermont, rightly proud of their famously pure, high-quality maple syrup, have come to expect the best, even ... More >>

Chewing the Fat: Locavores of the World, Unite?

The past few weeks have seen plenty of discussion about House Resolution 875, the Food Safety and Modernization Act of 2009. Some of the extended blog panic includes allegations that Tyson and Cargill, among others, had a hand in drafting the legislation. Whether or not that's the case, there's le ... More >>

Today in Music News: NIN Shares Video, Zeppelin Ain't Performing, Phish Sets A Tour, and Dre Gets Leaked

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, January 9, 2009... If you have a lot of bandwidth and extra time on your hands you can download HD footage for Nine Inch Nails shows and make your own concert video! I should've joined the high school A.V. Club when I had the chance... I gues ... More >>

Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs

Monday, October 15, at the Palladium Loft

Au Revoir Simone, Oh No! Oh My!, Sidney Confirm

Wednesday, August 29, at Rubber Gloves, Denton

Show Up, 6/15/06

V for Vendetta

Cruiserweight

Secret Weaponry (Heinous/Doghouse Records)

Varnaline

February 15 and February 16

White Man's Burden

Spinning Into Butter spreads itself thin over racial prejudice

Mates of State

January 31

Scene, Heard

When is a local band not a local band?

Scene, Heard

Trees closes its doors...for a while

Scene, Heard

Counting down the days 'til February

Scene, Heard

A good idea...in theory

Pele and Tristeza

The Nudes (Polyvinyl Records) | Dream Signals in Full Circles (Tigerstyle Records)

Scene, heard

Darlington disolves; Rubber Gloves gets booked; Mandarin time; Club anniversaries; Shabazz 3 heads north; Plus, much, much more

Across the Bar

[DARYL]'s Communication; Centro-matic is almost automatic; Captain Audio has The Cure; And more

Bitches' brew

Fort Worth Theatre's revival of Boys in the Band still offers a much-needed slap

Scene, heard

Across the Bar

Post from Vermont is returned to sender; Who is A Quick One; The Cavern experiments; The Volares get good print

Scene, heard

Darlingtons bass-less again; Vibrolux takes the stage once again; Deep Blue Something cracks the top 50

Wayward son

The Irving stepmother of a man linked to the shootings of abortion doctors wrestles with questions about his involvement

The frightener

Getting dumped

Despite shoddy science, bad economics, and catastrophic health risks, a West Texas border community may become the nation's nuclear dumping ground

Good clean feed

Spotless Rigatoni offers ample helpings of fresh Italian food

TV diners

Big Shots makes eating in front of the tube a guilty pleasure