Whitney Houston

And Sometimes, You Just Want to Sleep

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Fear Factor

But just think, no one hates TV more than Trent Lott

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Ghosts in the machine

When the vinyl jukebox dies, so will a little piece of the music it played

Roadshows

When the vinyl jukebox dies, so will a little piece of the music it played

Fifteen nailsin the coffin

Or: Rock and roll isn't dead, it just doesn't smell bad

Breathless

Waiting to Exhale triumphs with unforgettable characters

Oh, God

The Preacher's Wife is a tepid remake of a tepid original

Joyful noise

New Arts Six and Langston Hughes celebrate a stirring Black Nativity

All this useless beauty

New gay music collections make fancy cultural straitjackets

The 1997 Dallas Observer Music Awards

New gay music collections make fancy cultural straitjackets

Roadshows

New gay music collections make fancy cultural straitjackets

'Blue' it

If she isn't careful, LeAnn Rimes could fade away before she's old enough to vote

Groove's thang

Terry McMillan's fantasy fluff offers escapist pleasures for all audiences

Night & Day

June 3 - 9, 1999

Heavenly

Heavenly Versus Satan (K)

Various Artists

Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton (Sugar Hill)

Today In Music News: Whitney Due In September, The Grammy's Lose Polka, and Jay-Z Schedules A Release

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, June 5, 2009... Middle-age moms everywhere have reason to say "hell to the yes" today: Whitney Houston will release her long-awaited comeback album in September. Time to put down your squeeze box: The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ... More >>

How To Put Together A Valentine's Day Mixtape

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, June 5, 2009... Middle-age moms everywhere have reason to say "hell to the yes" today: Whitney Houston will release her long-awaited comeback album in September. Time to put down your squeeze box: The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences ... More >>

What No. 1 Songs Tell Us About Inaugurations

History, as predicted by Inauguration Day's No. 1 hits

Fairy Princess

Cinderella has a ball in Hurst

Everybody Back in the Pool

Who in music will join the Choir Invisible this year? Let's bet.

Burgers With Balls

Another great burger joint blossoms in Deep Ellum

JoJo, T-Squad, Nuttin' but Stringz

Thursday, August 16, at American Airlines CenterWhat

You Go, Girls!

This stage is chock full of real Women

Oh, Olivia

Britney, Jessica, Mariah: They learned it from watching you!

Jangled Belles

Holi-divas! premiere and Santaland revival make it the worst Noel at WaterTower

The Beatdown

Have your ID handy, because Peter Rauhofer's tracks are suitable for Adults Only

Go Ahead, Tear Us Apart

Reality TV has turned Britney Spears, Bobby Brown, Howard Jones and INXS into fascinating punchlines

Radio Ready

How The Vanished's "My Favorite Scar" became my favorite guilty pleasure

Meow Mixed

Catwoman prompts both purrs and hisses

Parental Guidance

Listening to the year’s hit singles with Mom and Dadyear’s hit singles with Mom and Dad

Supreme Fare

Talent reigns in Dreamgirls, the '80s pop-opera about hits and heartbreak in Motown

Out & About

Sade

You Jane

Criminal Hearts races with great acting

Scene, Heard

Don't put Trees in a pine box just yet.

London Calling

Lovelorn misfits across the pond go walking through an insightful Wonderland

Signing off

Local talent scout Teresa LaBarbera-Whites discovered singing sensation Jessica Simpson the way she always does: without even trying

Whitney Houston

I Look to You (Arista)

Uptown Bar and Grill Has New Happy Hour Specials, Mi Piaci Gets Face Lift

​Here at City of Ate we love happy hours. Hell, we even wrote a feature about them not too long ago. So, we're always on the lookout for our readers when a new chance for happiness -- or cheap drinks, whatevs -- pops up in Dallas. Uptown Bar and Grill just introduced the new 3-4-5 happy hou ... More >>

Noah Jackson Holes Up to Create Material for New Solo Project Lovelife.

​Here at City of Ate we love happy hours. Hell, we even wrote a feature about them not too long ago. So, we're always on the lookout for our readers when a new chance for happiness -- or cheap drinks, whatevs -- pops up in Dallas. Uptown Bar and Grill just introduced the new 3-4-5 happy hou ... More >>

Today In Music News: Czech Radiohead Fans Make A Movie, Mariah Carey With Child And Blink-182 Plan New Record

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, September 1, 2010...A group of Czech fans recorded video footage of a Radiohead show in Prague, got together, edited it and released it as a free download.  The cooler thing is Radiohead caught wind of it and gave the group the master reco ... More >>

Here For Your Entertainment

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, September 1, 2010...A group of Czech fans recorded video footage of a Radiohead show in Prague, got together, edited it and released it as a free download.  The cooler thing is Radiohead caught wind of it and gave the group the master reco ... More >>

A Very Indie Christmas: Ten Songs To Conquer Your Parents' Karen Carpenter Blues

Bring a little rock to your Christmas.​There are few things more refreshing on Christmas morning than wheeling the dial and finding an original Christmas song. Or, at least, one that is not by Mariah Carey. Our parents have to be sick of it too. They just have to be. The frustrating thing is that ... More >>

On Super Bowl XLV's Performances: Lea Michele! Christina Aguilera! Black Eyed Peas!

​Hey, the Big Day is here! And, with it, those highly anticipated music performances! It's all so exciting. I'll be honest: I didn't pay too much attention to the pre-pregame stuff -- meaning Maroon 5's and Keith Urban's performances in tents outside of Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. I caught some, ... More >>

The Grammy Awards: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. Was it just me or did Puff Daddy/P. Diddy/Sean Combs sound just like Mike Tyson? 9. Acceptance speeches are always fascinating. Last night Lady Gaga thanked Whitney Houston and Arcade Fire thanked all of Canada. But strangest of all, Train lead singer Pat Monahan gave a shoutout to Howar ... More >>

Dolly Parton's Been Writing Songs for 60 Years.

​10. Was it just me or did Puff Daddy/P. Diddy/Sean Combs sound just like Mike Tyson? 9. Acceptance speeches are always fascinating. Last night Lady Gaga thanked Whitney Houston and Arcade Fire thanked all of Canada. But strangest of all, Train lead singer Pat Monahan gave a shoutout to Howar ... More >>

Cymbals Eat Guitars' Matthew Whipple's Top Five Ideas for All-Time Top Five Lists

Cymbals Eat Guitars​We've really been getting a kick out of learning what many artists consider to be their all-time top five things of various topics are since we kicked off this recurrign feature a few months back. It's a simple enough concept: For the most part, we look to connect a top five li ... More >>

In Defense Of... Mary J Blige's "25/8"

Mary J. Blige has always struck me as a more well-balanced and humble singer than her contemporaries. Instead of overpowering the music with diva crescendos, Mary lets the music flow with her. This anti-diva approach is the reason she's abided twenty-plus years and two generations of boisterous diva ... More >>