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Yabba Dabba, it’s ABBA

Thar She Blows: A Great Idea Rises at City Hall. Fetch the Harpoons.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. A huge idea turned up at City Hall yesterday. Huge. This is like a Blue whale beaching itself on the banks of the Trinity River. I'm afraid City Hall is going to send a crew out there and chop it into cat-food. We need to stop and take a big look at this ... More >>

Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne On Regionalism, Gummy Skulls and Neon Indian (Part 2 of 2)

​Yesterday, we shared with you the first part of our exclusive Q&A with Wayne Coyne, in which the Flaming Lips frontman discussed the future of the music industry, the importance of timely releases and how he came to discover Dallas' A&R Records. Today, we bring you the second half of our ... More >>

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 37: Hulon Pate

​Hulon Pate has a lot of love for house and techno tunes -- so much, in fact, that he spends most of his time on the look out for the next hot thing to drop at Absinthe Lounge, where he currently has a residency, Deep After Dark. Pate's has been DJing for nearly 20 years now, and considers himself ... More >>

Watch That Scene, Dig It

The Old 97's Rock the Book Store, Celebrate New Album's Release at Borders

Photos by Patrick MichelsRhett Miller just saw what these guys charge for a DVD of Meatballs.​Between the "Music and Media" and "Travel" sections at Borders' Lovers Lane branch last night, the Old 97's celebrated The Grand Theatre, Volume One's official release date with a 45-minute set, followed ... More >>

Q&A: The Old 97's Rhett Miller Talks The Grand Theatre, Accepting The Band's Alt-Country Tag and The Trouble With Releasing Double Discs.

Piper FergusonThe Old 97's are looking sharp once more.​In tomorrow's print issue of DC9, I take a long hard look at the Old 97's eighth studio release, The Grand Theatre, Volume One, which earns its release on Tuesday, October 12. And I find, as we've been saying since we first heard the disc bac ... More >>

Ida Maria Carries A Heavy Scandinavian Pop Burden

Girl Drink Drunk: Family Karaoke

Seriously, no idea who that is. Really.First of all, I realize some people don't like karaoke, that it ain't their thing and they'd prefer to sit there and just watch the fun. That's cool. But just trust that at Family Karaoke -- where parties of up to 25 can reserve private sound-proofed room ... More >>

What It Was Like: Abe Vigoda, Monotonix, Circle Jerks, Todd Barry, Janeane Garofalo

Jesse HugheyMonotonix singer Ami Shalev in a rare calm moment during his band's set at "Mess With Texas" in Austin's Waterloo Park Saturday. And yes, that's the same microphone he shoved up his ass earlier in the set.I've read again and again what a spectacular display Monotonix's live show is and f ... More >>

Border Patrol, or: Where's Dallas Again?

Friend of Unfair Park "Peterk," who two weeks back brought to Life these old photos of Dallas, sends word of the latest and greatest in confusing time-killers: Boundaries. (Click the image above to enlarge Dallas's boundaries.) It's the brainchild of English Web developer Tom Taylor, who's dipped Fl ... More >>

Abba Zabba

Casa Mañana says Mamma Mia!

Four-Part History

Shaw Business

Quaint scandals at Theatre Three; shrieks of horror fill the night at Teatro Dallas

Bang to Hype

At SXSW, it's all about the buzz, not the Buzz Band

One More Time

Everything happens at the right time for Alejandro Escovedo

Monkey Business

William Dembski thought Baylor University would be the perfect place to investigate a scientific alternative to Darwinism. He didn't know he'd be crucified for his cause.

Find our way

On its new album, The Apples in Stereo don't sound like anyone but themselves

SXSW Diaries

A thousand bands + a dozen parties + one cigarette lighter = average South By Southwest

The LeAnn Rimes of mariachi music

Talented and determined, Nydia Rojas is forging a pop career while remaining true to her roots

Building the perfect beast

Phil Tippett and his studio--creators of Starship Troopers' murderous bugs--are envisioning the digital future of creature features

The Ego and the Ecstasy

Sculptor Raffaele Martini Pandozy wages a one-man war to revolutionize Dallas' aesthetic from inside his South Dallas fortress

Private dealing

How Ron Kirk killed the public arena briefing