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May 23, 2012
Here's All Those True Crime Yarns in One Fancy E-Book: Seven Sins
Every week writers for Dallas Observer and our parent company, Village Voice Media, produce elegant magazine-style feature writing -- a gritty portion of which comes in the form of true-crime stories. Now VVM has collected some of its best recent true-crime yarns into an ebook: Seven Sins: A True ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2012
SXSW Coverage Ahead. Plus, We're Sponsoring 50 Cent, Big K.R.I.T. and More
"What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>
Music
October 27, 2011
Das Racist's Crazy-Ass Combo
"What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2011
Village Voice Media Responds to Clergy Attack Ad in Today's New York Times Over Backpage
Today 36 clergy affixed their names to a paid ad and open letter to the Village Voice, the Observer's New York sister paper, and the classified ad site Backpage.com. The full page ad was published in the New York Times. The religious coalition demanded that we close down our legal, adult cla ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2011
My Final Top 10 Observer-ations
Last week's cover. Irony is funny.10. As of this morning, the Dallas Observer is out of the sports business, at least on a full-time basis. Though I'm not technically being fired ("laid off" is supposedly less damning), the paper and its owner, Village Voice Media, have decided to el ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2011
Dude, Where's My Peer Review? Celebs, Media Scare America With Bogus Sex-Trafficking Stats.
Ashton and Demi's charity guru says sex trafficking is, like, the new Darfur. In this week's Paper Version of Unfair Park, you'll find a story about underage sex trafficking from the Village Voice, our big sister in New York (she's very sharing, that sister). The story details the recent fascinat ... More >>
Blogs
May 27, 2011
Presenting! Burgers Across America: A Village Voice Collaborative
Katharine ShilcuttTouche, Houston Press.So, the weather cleared up in time for Memorial Day. Which means you can do the whole Bobby Flay thing. Grill, we mean. You can grill. Not embarrass local chefs by out-cooking them at their own dish. You could do that though, if you wanted. Anyway, it' ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2011
VVM Vet Joe Tone Named Observer Editor
New Observer Editor Joe Tone: We're thinking the empty glass on the table is a good sign.Joe Tone, a Village Voice Media veteran and former editor of the Pitch Weekly in Kansas City, was named editor of the Observer today. His first day on the job is Monday. Tone brings a broad mix of report ... More >>
Blogs
March 28, 2011
Mark Donald Resigns as Observer Editor
As I write this my farewell post, I keep hearing in my head the lyrics to a song from the Marx Brothers classic film Animal Crackers: "Hello, I must be going/ I cannot stay, I came to say/I must be going." Similar to Groucho's character, Captain Spaulding, it seems as though I just said hello, ju ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2011
The Best Of SXSW Thursday: Damien Jurado and Hangover Tacos
Nick RalloDamien Jurado, the minimalist, at the Swan DiveMoving forward.There were a number of un-missable day parties with good lineups yesterday, including those from Pitchfork, Paste Magazine, Brooklyn Vegan and, of course, the Village Voice Media SXSW Showdown (with Wu-Tang Clan).So, Pete's w ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2011
At The Village Voice Media SXSW Showdown and...Fireworks!
Nick RalloAnd the hommmme of the...Bones and walls are rattling. There's thundering everywhere!The bass thunder is coming from the Village Voice Media SXSW party, which kicked-off 'round 5 p.m. with the awesome rock of Ume and will continue with Trae Tha Truth, Yelawolf, Fishbone, and Wu-Tang Cla ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2011
Pazz & Jop 2010: Kanye Had The Best Album, Cee-Lo Had The Best Single. You're Surprised?
Late yesterday afternoon, our colleagues at the Village Voice up in New York City released the annual beast that is the Pazz & Jop poll, which, in short, accumulates the year-end lists of hundreds of critics from around the country and compiles them into a database that helps determine a cri ... More >>
News
December 23, 2010
Mass deportation, strict border enforcement, amnesty. What will comprehensive immigration reform look like if the feds take action--or if they don't?
Late yesterday afternoon, our colleagues at the Village Voice up in New York City released the annual beast that is the Pazz & Jop poll, which, in short, accumulates the year-end lists of hundreds of critics from around the country and compiles them into a database that helps determine a cri ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2010
Ethical Meat and Ethnic Eats: Why Don't We Worry About the Chicken in our Pad Thai?
I had a nasty sinus infection this weekend, so I sought solace in a bowlful of bun bo hue, a spicy broth heaving with noodles, assorted pig parts and congealed pig's blood. I didn't pause to ask my server where the restaurant bought its meat, and I'd be willing to wager none of the other pho diletta ... More >>
News
August 12, 2010
We Know What Illegal Means. So What?
I had a nasty sinus infection this weekend, so I sought solace in a bowlful of bun bo hue, a spicy broth heaving with noodles, assorted pig parts and congealed pig's blood. I didn't pause to ask my server where the restaurant bought its meat, and I'd be willing to wager none of the other pho diletta ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2010
Get Happy! And App-y
To get the Happy Hours App, click here or search Happy Hours in the iPhone App Store.In this week's cover story, Jesse Hughey and the editorial monks working in the stoney basements of the Dallas Observer have cataloged 50 bars and clubs happy hour specials.The really, really awesome ones. But ... More >>
News
April 29, 2010
An Opportunity to Stand Up
To get the Happy Hours App, click here or search Happy Hours in the iPhone App Store.In this week's cover story, Jesse Hughey and the editorial monks working in the stoney basements of the Dallas Observer have cataloged 50 bars and clubs happy hour specials.The really, really awesome ones. But ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2010
Ten Headlines You Will Never See Coming Out of SXSW
As imagined by Bill Jensen, with contributions from Erin Broadley, Craig Hlavaty, Nick Rallo, Alexia Tsotsis, and me. All Village Voice Media's SXSW coverage here.Craig HlavatyThis was AFTER we removed the red eye1. "Random Guy With Guitar On Street Signed To Major Record Label" 2. "AT&T Mak ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2010
Announcing This Year's Village Voice 2010 SXSW Day Party Lineup: Superchunk, The xx, Surfer Blood and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Some pretty exciting news out of our New York flagship this early afternoon, as our sister paper up there, the Village Voice, has gone ahead and announced the lineup for this year's Village Voice Media day-party at South by Southwest. And it's a looker, too, featuring some classic indie and some bu ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2010
Pazz Jop 2009: Animal Collective Had Best Album, "Empire State Of Mind" Was Top Song
The results are in from our New York sister paper's annual Pazz Jop critic's poll, which aggregates the opinions of thousands of music scribes into one, easy-to-peruse list of the best music from the year that was 2009 (or was it 1901?). In total, some 1,934 albums were nominated for considerat ... More >>
Calendar
December 31, 2009
Assisted Boning Community
The results are in from our New York sister paper's annual Pazz Jop critic's poll, which aggregates the opinions of thousands of music scribes into one, easy-to-peruse list of the best music from the year that was 2009 (or was it 1901?). In total, some 1,934 albums were nominated for considerat ... More >>
Music
December 10, 2009
Jay Reatard
Thursday, December 10, at the Granada Theater
Blogs
May 14, 2009
Yes, But Will They Perform "Butter-Bust Jerky" Off Their Hit Album Backwaxed?
By far, the best-reviewed doc of '09 thus far is Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Sacha Gervasi's rockumentary about a Canadian thrash-metal band's fall and rise. Noted The Village Voice's thumbs-up, it's "A Hoop Dreams for heshers," so, ya know, all right, all right, all right. It finally gets a Dallas o ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2009
Announcing the Dallas Observer SXSW Showcase Lineup. For Real.
Hal SamplesTelegraph Canyon will kick off the night at Habana Bar on March 21.Every year at SXSW, our parent company, Village Voice Media, hosts a day-party concert filled with enticing national names. This year will be no different, I'm told, although the lineup card for this year's show hasn't yet ... More >>
Blogs
January 9, 2009
The End Of The End Of Year Lists: Pete Freedman's Favorite Albums And Singles Of 2008
Sure, 2008 may be done, but the list-making still continues... This year, five contributors to the Dallas Observer's music section were asked to participate in the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll, which compiles the lists of hundreds of music critics across the country into one m ... More >>
Blogs
January 8, 2009
Florida 38, Oklahoma 30
UPDATE: Our Village Voice sister paper in Palm Beach will be live blogging from the game tonight. Pop Quiz: A) I'm jazzed about tonight's BCS National Championship Game, pitting the two best teams in college football this season. B) I'm mildy interested, even though I think Southern Cal, Texas ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2009
Dallas Observer's Parent Company Announces Pay Cuts and Layoffs
Twice today I've been asked about several posts on The Latest Word, one of our sister blogs out of Denver, referring to layoffs and pay cuts taking place throughout the Village Voice Media chain. The Dallas Observer, of course, is among the 15 papers in the chain, formerly known as New Times Inc.Spe ... More >>
Blogs
August 1, 2008
Getting Knee-Deep In "Stage Dumps"
Twice today I've been asked about several posts on The Latest Word, one of our sister blogs out of Denver, referring to layoffs and pay cuts taking place throughout the Village Voice Media chain. The Dallas Observer, of course, is among the 15 papers in the chain, formerly known as New Times Inc.Spe ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2008
A Non-Fiction Writer is Mayborn Every Minute During Annual Conference
Twice today I've been asked about several posts on The Latest Word, one of our sister blogs out of Denver, referring to layoffs and pay cuts taking place throughout the Village Voice Media chain. The Dallas Observer, of course, is among the 15 papers in the chain, formerly known as New Times Inc.Spe ... More >>
Blogs
May 7, 2008
Observer Writer Jesse Hughey Named Clubs Editor
Twice today I've been asked about several posts on The Latest Word, one of our sister blogs out of Denver, referring to layoffs and pay cuts taking place throughout the Village Voice Media chain. The Dallas Observer, of course, is among the 15 papers in the chain, formerly known as New Times Inc.Spe ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2008
Everything You Needed to Know About Bible Girl But Were Afraid to Ask
Twice today I've been asked about several posts on The Latest Word, one of our sister blogs out of Denver, referring to layoffs and pay cuts taking place throughout the Village Voice Media chain. The Dallas Observer, of course, is among the 15 papers in the chain, formerly known as New Times Inc.Spe ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2007
Nashville Byline
Twice today I've been asked about several posts on The Latest Word, one of our sister blogs out of Denver, referring to layoffs and pay cuts taking place throughout the Village Voice Media chain. The Dallas Observer, of course, is among the 15 papers in the chain, formerly known as New Times Inc.Spe ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2007
When's the Last Time Your Boss Got Arrested?
Twice today I've been asked about several posts on The Latest Word, one of our sister blogs out of Denver, referring to layoffs and pay cuts taking place throughout the Village Voice Media chain. The Dallas Observer, of course, is among the 15 papers in the chain, formerly known as New Times Inc.Spe ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2007
The Polemicist
Twice today I've been asked about several posts on The Latest Word, one of our sister blogs out of Denver, referring to layoffs and pay cuts taking place throughout the Village Voice Media chain. The Dallas Observer, of course, is among the 15 papers in the chain, formerly known as New Times Inc.Spe ... More >>
Blogs
September 11, 2007
Make Your Ears Pretty
Twice today I've been asked about several posts on The Latest Word, one of our sister blogs out of Denver, referring to layoffs and pay cuts taking place throughout the Village Voice Media chain. The Dallas Observer, of course, is among the 15 papers in the chain, formerly known as New Times Inc.Spe ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2007
SXSW Comes to Unfair Park
Twice today I've been asked about several posts on The Latest Word, one of our sister blogs out of Denver, referring to layoffs and pay cuts taking place throughout the Village Voice Media chain. The Dallas Observer, of course, is among the 15 papers in the chain, formerly known as New Times Inc.Spe ... More >>
Culture
February 22, 2007
To Tie-Dye For
Jupiter aligns with Mars and Hair returns in all its flaxen, waxen glory
Blogs
January 26, 2007
Indecent Exposure
Jupiter aligns with Mars and Hair returns in all its flaxen, waxen glory
Music
January 18, 2007
The Heartless Bastards
Saturday, January 20, at Good Records, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Sons of Hermann Hall, 8 p.m., with Pleasant Grove
Blogs
October 26, 2006
A Most Unusual Christ
Saturday, January 20, at Good Records, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Sons of Hermann Hall, 8 p.m., with Pleasant Grove
Music
October 5, 2006
Various Artists
Rio Baile Funk--More Favela Booty Beats (Smog Veil)
Music
September 28, 2006
Grandpunk
Cynicism is a disease that only the Reverend can heal
Blogs
September 25, 2006
Bible Girl? Why, Whatever Do You Mean?
Cynicism is a disease that only the Reverend can heal
Calendar
September 14, 2006
Cheap Production
Or, How I Fixed My Engine for $2.50
Blogs
July 28, 2006
More Monday for Your Friday
Or, How I Fixed My Engine for $2.50
Blogs
April 12, 2006
When Movie Studios Attack
Or, How I Fixed My Engine for $2.50
Music
February 9, 2006
Hold, Please
How 34-year-old Craig Finn became famous singing about drug-huffing 20-somethings
Music
July 26, 2001
Out & About
Sade
Music
October 21, 1999
Pet Shop Boys
Sade
Calendar
February 18, 1999
Pavlov's dogs
Sade
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