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Ten Fall Concerts You'd Be Crazy To Miss

Fiona Apple Arrested In West Texas For Hash Possession

by Craig Hlavaty Sierra Blanca, Texas -- that wonderful city in far West Texas that loves to pinch leaf-loving musicians like Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg Lion -- has claimed another trophy, arresting singer Fiona Apple Wednesday night for hash possession. According to TMZ, the singer-songwriter ... More >>

Ten of the Best Fall Concerts

See also: Six of the summer's best concerts With this recent open-window weather comes the pitter-patter of the fall concert season, tugging at our sleeve and asking us to pleeeaaase hold it. There's plenty to teethe on in Dallas over the next three or four months, including bigger festivals like ... More >>

Girl Talk Cancels July WinStar Casino Gig. Tonight's Granada Show Is Still On, Though.

Womp, womp.​Picked up your fresh-off-the-presses print issue of this week's Observer yet? No? Well, go do so right now. We'll wait.Got it? Good! Now, flip the issue open. Not far, just right there after the cover. Yeah, page 3. There, you'll notice -- it's tough not to -- a massive, full-page, col ... More >>

Winstar Hosts Another Nathan's Qualifying Contest This Weekend, Now With a Prize for Top Women's Finisher

Patrick MichelsThis weekend, Adrian "the Rabbit" Morgan looks to improve on his 20.5 hot dog performance at Winstar last year. With less than a month left before this year's Nathan's Famous hot dog eating championships at Coney Island, just a handful of qualifying contests remain for big eaters hop ... More >>

Build Your Own Omelet After Destroying Your Bank Account At Choctaw Casino Resort

Photos by Andrea Grimes and Man O' The HourA bitty, bland Bloody.​Because nothing is as important as family time during the holidays, the Man O' The Hour and I left my parents' house on Christmas afternoon to drive up to the brand-spanking-new-ish Choctaw Casino Resort in pancake-flat Durant, Okla ... More >>

Sean "Flash" Gordon Wins Big at the Nathan's Famous Contest in Oklahoma, Where Even the Hot Dogs Are Tougher

Photos by Patrick Michels.Sean "Flash" Gordon puts away another dog at the WinStar World Casino yesterday. In 10 minutes, he ate 23.5 dogs and buns. Check out our slideshow for more shots from the contest.The beer may run a little weaker in Oklahoma, but yesterday's big eating contest at WinStar Wor ... More >>

At WinStar's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Qualifier This Weekend, Crazy Legs Conti is the Man To Beat

Patrick MichelsCrazy Legs Conti in 2007 at a blueberry pie eating contest in Brownsville, Ore. Competitive eating is a hard-hearted mistress, courted by many but gracing few with even a moment of her fickle affection. Most who enter a contest never do so again, and even those who do usually manage ... More >>

Dude Food: Burgers of the Northland

Noah W. Bailey​JG's Old Fashioned Hamburgers12101 Greenville Ave.972-644-8628Dude Factor: 9, or James Garner , on a scale of 1 (Ike, Taylor or Zac Hanson) to 10 (Wayne Coyne) Amigos, I have a confession to make. To me, anything north of Royal Lane might as well be Oklahoma. But since I've had some ... More >>

Show Announcements: George Clinton's Mothership To Connect With House Of Blues April 22, More

George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic at the Granada Theater in 2006.​Don't burn your entire stash on 4/20, because just two days later George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic will touch down at House of Blues in Dallas.Bandleader Clinton, as if you needed an introduction, is a true legend of ... More >>

Show Announcements: World Championship Of Honky Tonk At Sons of Hermann Hall, More

​We thought this was already settled.But apparently there's still some dispute as to who is the Honky Tonk Champion of Dallas. So the Boys Named Sue and The King Bucks--both frequent "Best Country" Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, with the Bucks taking the honor last year--will square off Sa ... More >>

Good Friday: Vance Gilbert, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Patrice Pike, Eleven Hundred Springs, Salim Nourallah, Hendrick, John Lewis Band

Weekend time!First, the shows we already hipped you to...Tonight, there's Marcia Ball at the Granada, Dale Watson at the Pearl Dancehall and Saloon in Fort Worth, Lou Gramm at the House of Blues, and, finally, at the Double Wide, there's a nice bill with Johnny Lloyd Rollins, Bridges & Blinking ... More >>

Lou Gramm's Still a Jukebox Hero

For ex-Foreigner frontman Lou Gramm, it still feels like the very first time, every time

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The latest on summer fests, a CD release and a Party party

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