Dallas Poet Laureate Builds House of Poems, Responds to Residency Questions
When Joaquín Zihuatanejo was a child, his uncle, Tío Silastino asked, “Mijo, what do you want to be when you grow up?”
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Lamb of God Remakes Megadeth, Recalling the Time Rigor Mortis Nearly Kicked Megadeth’s Ass
The metalhead had been visiting his lover, Diana, for several hours, rendezvousing in the backseat of his rusted old sports car.
Dallas Lost a True Great This Week With the Death of Dennis González
Dallas jazz music legend Dennis González recognized in his music, poetry and prose that he lived in a world of spirit.
Legendary Dallas Talent Buyer ‘Big Mike’ Rios Is Retiring After 30 Years in an Ever-Changing Industry
The night “Big Mike” Rios’ life changed, he was sitting at Blind Melons in San Diego, watching Willie Jay and the Texas Hurricanes.
Vinnie Paul’s ‘Heavy Metal Graceland’ in Arlington Appears to Have Been Bought
The plan from Avenged Sevenfold singer M Shadows to buy Vinnie Paul’s house sounded like something from AMC Theatres owner Adam Aron’s playbook.
Reefer Madness: Compassionate Use Laws Leave Some Texans Out
Peggy had just left the hospital when she went to visit her cannabis dealer in Denton. A retail cashier in her mid-60s, she was struggling to pay her bills and buy the drugs prescribed to treat an inoperable brain tumor. She needed the cannabis to give her an appetite when…
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Nearly Four Years After Amanda Clairmont’s Murder, Corinth Police Still Searching for Answers
In November 2017, Amanda Clairmont’s body was found in her car, parked next to a fence in a vacant parking lot along the service road off Interstate 35 in Corinth. Her passenger door was open. Clairmont, a 21-year-old a business major at the University of North Texas, had been shot…
Wrongly Deported as a Teen, Jakadrien Turner Speaks Out About the Lawyer Who Defended Her
Jakadrien Turner had survived a lot. In early January 2012, at 15 years old, she made her first appearance on CNN. Turner wore a denim jacket and her blondish-brown curls beneath a dark hat as she walked through the DFW airport with her mother, Johnisa Turner, and grandmother Lorene Turner…
Megadeth and Lamb of God Are Bringing ‘Metal Tour of the Year’ to Dallas
“Sweating bullets” is what metal legend Megadeth plans for Dallas fans as lead singer Dave Mustaine returns to the stage in the States for the first time since his battle with throat cancer.
Jim Schutze’s Seminal Book The Accommodation Is Set for Republishing
Some considered it the most dangerous book in Dallas, a moniker coined by D Magazine years after it was published. The Accommodation: the politics of race in an American City, traces race relations and politics in Dallas from slavery to the early ’80s. It argues slavery was crueler in North Texas…
The Old Grey Wolf Retires: The Ticket’s Mike Rhyner Signs Off
Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Chuck Noll was a hard ass. He transformed his team from an NFL punchline into a powerhouse. He was known to chew out players after terrible games and inspired the kind of respect that would lead his team to four Super Bowl wins, two of them…
Demon in Denton Seeks Funds for Toy Walk
On the night before St. Nick’s Day, on Thursday, a 7-foot-tall demonic Santa Claus will appear on the streets near downtown Denton, not to wreak havoc but to give toys to children who appear in his path on the Krampus Walk. Two days later, he’ll be at Wit’s End in…
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Universal Rehearsal, Studio Where Dixie Chicks, Pantera and Badu Have Recorded, Was Destroyed in Dallas Tornado
Jesse Cohea, also known as Outlaw JACC, first noticed the gloom when he left Universal Rehearsal, a popular rehearsal and recording studio off Walnut Hill Lane, to buy cigarettes at the gas station around the corner. It was late evening on Sunday, Oct. 20, and he’d been staying at the…
Hip-Hop Wars: A Fort Worth Rapper and a Producer Fight over Album Rights
Clay Perry had never heard of Oscar Wilde’s comment, “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.” An aspiring hip-hop artist from Fort Worth, Perry found his poetry in the words and rhythms of street poets like Dr. Dre from N.W.A., Snoop Dog and local street legends D.O.C. and…
Texas Department of Public Safety Warns of a Potential Mass Shooting During Joker Film Premiere
Todd Phillips’ new Joker movie has been generating buzz in the weeks leading up to its Oct. 4 release. But now the U.S. Army is warning that they have “discovered disturbing and very specific chatter (about a potential mass shooting) on the dark web regarding the targeting of an unknown…
DISH Network Wants to Pay One Lucky Horror Fan $1,300 to Watch 13 Stephen King Movies
A friendless teenage girl with superpowers and an aversion to pig’s blood. A group of sociopathic children with an addiction to corn. A vampire who chills in a crate only to crawl out at night to spread a rare disease. A killer clown from outer space lingering like a pedophile…
Quaker City Night Hawks Drummer Apologizes for Onstage Meltdown and Berating Venue Staff
Quaker City Night Hawks drummer Aaron Haynes exploded onstage last week at the Big Velvet Revue showcase at the Basement East in Nashville. Well, exploding may be too strong of an image. His Fort Worth bandmates, David Matsler and Sam Anderson, weren’t actually finding pieces of their drummer strewn about…
Paul Anka Recalls the Time Chuck Berry Thought ‘Diana’ Was the Worst Song He Ever Heard
His songs have been performed more than 100 million times worldwide. His LP and single sales number more than 90 million. He’s sold 10 million albums worldwide, and got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Canadian one, too. With more than 500 songs to his credit,…
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Police Say Kylie Rae Harris Caused the Accident That Took Her Life and a Teenager’s
Texas country music singer Kylie Rae Harris was responsible for causing the fatal three-car crash that killed her and a 16-year-old high school student in Taos, New Mexico, according to the Taos County Sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office didn’t say Thursday evening if Harris was intoxicated at the time of…
Dallas Music Scene Mourns the Death of Rising Country Star Kylie Rae Harris
Every 48 minutes, someone is killed in a drunk driving crash. It’s the leading cause of death on U.S. roads, ending more than 37,00 people’s lives in 2017, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. On Wednesday night, that someone turned out to be rising Texas country music star…
Puddle of Mudd’s Wes Scantlin Is Back to Rocking the Stage and Not the Courtroom
It has been a long road to sobriety for Wes Scantlin. As the lead singer for Puddle of Mudd, he followed the well-worn footsteps of many rock stars: booze, drugs, jail. He didn’t handle his rock stardom well and left a slew of headlines in his wake. In January 2016,…
A Dallas Boutique Hotel Asks Guests to Untag Them in Photos. Does It Have the Right?
DFW music promoter Callie Dee was trying to be body positive when she booked a room at the Lorenzo Hotel and brought a professional photographer friend for a photo shoot. It was Valentine’s Day 2018, and Dee had just lost weight, mostly due to stress, and was seeking to love…