According to this, the Love and War in Texas benefit show for Rusty Wier was a success. With a heavy lineup of bands and singers including Eleven Hundred Springs, Darryl Lee Rush, Max Stalling and a heck of a lot more, the show was able to raise just more than…
University of Texas sophomore quarterback Colt McCoy (12) looks to pass the ball downfield in the first half. (Aaron M. Sprecher)Like you, the DC-9 crew spent the holiday weekend in a fairly traditional manner — turkey with the family, shopping with the masses (though, we didn’t pull that 4 a.m…
Once again, the weather is spotty in Tarrant County for the weekend. Best guess: Icy roads are preventing funny from rolling into town. Stay warm and dry with comedy goodness in Addison and Dallas. Friday I didn’t know Robert Hawkins was local because he’s too damned successful to hang around…
Wanda KingBlues fans have a chance to help those railroaded by the justice system this Saturday at the Innocence Project of Texas’s DNA Blues Ball, a concert to raise funds for crucial DNA testing related to Innocence Project cases. DNA tests can cost $2,000 to $5,000, says Innocence Project President…
Fiction Plane November 22, 2007 House of Blues Better Than: Thanksgiving Postprandial Exhaustion So. Fiction Plane played last night in the Cambridge Room at the House of Blues. Fiction who, you ask? Fiction Plane. A more appropriate spelling would be p-l-a-I-n. As in vanilla. Or very dry turkey with extra…
Compared with other holidays, Thanksgiving hasn’t inspired bards all that much. There are no traditional hymns, no instantly identifiable music associated with the day, save possibly various football broadcast bumpers. Nevertheless, here and there we find certain songs that — in lyric or in spirit — fit the theme of…
For the sake of hard-hitting journalism, last night I put my wits and pride to the test on my first game show. Well, make that “game show.” And while dreams of winning the ultimate prize of $500 battled against my moral dilemma of ethically accepting the cash, I really just…
Denton band Darcy is Grammy winner Eric Delegard’s latest project. (Darcy)Hidden in a rural niche in Denton is a russet, brick office building that looks vacant. The only identifying feature is the oversized 2408 above the door, but even that is brown and uninviting. But as any after-school program will…
Reunited: Fever in the FunkhouseClub Dada’s Amanda Newman just gave me the official word for her club’s New Year’s Eve plans. In fact, she was so excited about it that I’ll let her tell it herself: “So…after lots of back and forth and phone calls…New Year’s Eve at Dada will…
Apparently, local musician Darlington likes to sleep around. At least he admits that in Monday’s Washington Post article about musician mom, Barbara Jones. If you’d like him in your bed, ask him this Friday at the Darkside Lounge where he performs with Greyskull, Poster Boy Material and Responsible Johnny where…
Hey, they aren’t called Lovie for nothing. (Ange Fitzgerald) Talk about a smackdown, in DC-9’s first Rock ‘n’ Rumble, Handclaps and Harmonies bitch-slapped Handshakes and High Fives all the way back to Granbury (where High Fives hail from). Nineteen out of 21 comments sided with the Rhino Records-ready band, and…
Dare to dream that a Footloose sequel would be filmed but if it was the case, filmmakers might consider Argyle High School, northwest of Dallas in Denton County. According to the Wall Street Journal, school superintendent Jason Ceyanes has a problem with freak dancing. What is freak dancing you say?…
Back to the Future’s Tom Wilson is all grown up, but still calling people buttheads in his stand-up act. (Macdonald-Murray Management)Not paying attention to our weekly Laughcast? Well, here’s what you missed: Tom Wilson and Dennis Regan Nov. 18, 2007 Addison Improv Caught the last part of Dennis Regan (yes,…
Courtesy one of my favorite MP3 blogs, Songs: Illinois, we find Salim Nourallah talking about his album Snowing In My Heart, which the site says is due nationally December 4 from German label Tapete Records, though, uh, it’s actually been out for some time. Oh, and when I say “talking,”…
This weekend was a little bi-polar between getting kinky at the Lizard Lounge and raising money via a bake sale up in Denton. Re-live the weekend here. 2007 Dallas Fetish Ball at Lizard Lounge Does someone need a spanking? (James Villa) Dirty boys, dirty girls and a dirty grandma had…
Lollipop Shoppe Nov. 17, 2007 Sloppyworld I thought I was going to get Ziggy Stardusted at last night’s Lollipop Shoppe party but the makeup table wasn’t too discernible from any of the other tables with empty beer bottles and plastic cups on it. Either that or the glare from all…
It’s after noon on Sunday and I’m still in sugar shock from NovemberFest at Rubber Gloves in Denton last night. Not only were the bands and the sound guy in sweet form, but the NF bake sale was incredible. And I mean incredible. Nouns Group produced some of the best…
Can someone explain to me why I keep hearing Third Eye Blind on the radio? My iPod battery died on the way into work this morning, so I flipped around and landed on 102.1 KDGE and caught the tail-end of “Graduate.” In the last couple weeks I’ve come across both…
If it’s comedy you want, Dallas has it this weekend. While Tarrant County has some comedic offerings, the funny will be obscured by a heavy fog of haven’t-we-heard-this-before? But the constellations in the clearly comedic night sky of Dallas forecast formidable amounts of funny. Friday: The Addison Improv has Tom…
You don’t need to be living to love Calabrese.As always, this weekend’s best bets. This week we’ve got a kick-back, a bit of undead fun and some piano pop to help us recover. Aesop Rock with Black Moth Super Rainbow, Blockhead and DJ Signify 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. The…
The first (inebriated) recount of Chelsea Callahan’s birthday shindig at the Double Wide last night, compliments of our own Andrea Grimes, who emceed the event: “Chelsea Callahan lap-danced a chair at my insistence. The crowd didn’t give a shit about my jokes. They wanted rock and roll. And Dove Hunter/Big…
Remember Ms. Erykah Badu? We didn’t forget her soulful vocals and enchanting beats. Well, we’re in luck, because the Dallas native just released her first single, “Honey,” from her forthcoming album — tentative title Kahba — which will hit stores on her birthday, Feb. 26. The new track, featuring beats…
