This week’s roundup is a little heavy on beverage news. Don’t worry, we haven’t found more urine-based drinks–yet. But we did stumble on some good news from US Airways and a handy DIY for those of you who can’t afford home brewing kits. At last, US Airways decided to give…
We’re not sure if this belongs under food news or stupid criminals, but someone took a drink of something, so I’m gonna run with it.Props to Busted Coverage for directing us to this story that gives a whole new appreciation for the Yellow 5 in Mountain Dew. Two high school…
Been missing your jamgrass fix waiting on another Leftover Salmon reunion show? No worries, as former Salmon frontman Vince Herman comes to town this April with Great American Taxi. If you’re looking for a more traditional bluegrass show, Ralph Stanley (of “Man of Constant Sorrow” fame) brings it to the…
Just in time for the recession, the Dallas Auto Show revs its engines till Sunday, filling the Dallas Convention Center with a bunch of cars that nobody will ever buy. But that won’t stop us from staring, glassy-eyed, like children with the JC Penney Christmas catalog. I visited yesterday Thursday…
After a slow start, the Dallas Stars’ stock is rising. At the time of this writing, they’ve skated to six consecutive wins and a spot right in the thick of the Western Conference standings. With the playoffs still months away, there’s plenty of room on the bandwagon. You can jump…
I like to think I’m savvy to international politics and foreign cultures–I’m a news junkie who’s lived in several countries–or at least I can BS my way through most conversations, but I’ll be damned if I know what to make of Iran. The place seems to have a functioning democracy…
This week’s Ground ‘Round features some leftovers on food freshness, the latest pet pampering trend and Michael Eisner’s new “porn” venture…After all our talk about stretching the life of expired foods, we’re afraid to find out just how overdue those eggs are in the back of the fridge. Well, we…
Pull out your funkiest pair of dancing shoes, ’cause George Clinton’s landing the P Funk mothership in Dallas this May. More of the latest show announcements come after the jump…
You probably remember how last summer’s painful gas prices set off a ripple effect, jacking the cost of everything else, including your groceries. Now that gas prices have crashed back to a mere inflated-enough-to-fatten-Exxon-execs-and-their-political-friends level, you’re probably still waiting for your grocery costs to follow suit–especially as every day brings…
With all the recent concern over food safety, reports and stories examining the chain of food distribution and consumption are piling up quickly. While the peanut fiasco has many concerned about processing procedures, many are more than willing to brave treacherous waters. As though British cuisine isn’t dubious enough when…
Lately I’ve been worried that the olives in my martini just aren’t enough. They’re kinda old-fashioned, after all, and the jar says nothing about polyphenols or flavonoids. So where am I supposed to get the essentials, like antioxidants and anthocyanins, without sacrificing alcohol content? Acai berries to the rescue, distilled…
Grab your calendars, folks. After the jump, the latest batch of upcoming show announcements to come through our inboxes over the past week…
Here are some of the leftover bits from the past few days. Officials in Marin County, Calif., are considering the potential benefits of turning food waste into an energy source. The city already does something similar with sewage, but adding food apparently assists the process, according to Stephanie Lovette, San…
Jerry Seinfeld once joked that strip clubs are like restaurants where they let you smell the food, then take it away before you can try a bite. So what would he make of the Turtle Creek Chorale and its Valentine’s Day presentation, “Music Be the Food of Love”? This Saturday…
If you’re like me – broke and shameless – Jason Roestel at the Examiner has some tips you might find handy the next time you head to the cinema. I can personally verify that most of his tricks are both effective and ridiculously common-sensical. For the ballsier boozehounds among us,…
We gotta give Houston some credit. Sure, the city continues to suffer from its reputation as the home of Texas-sized residents, consistently placint near the top of Men’s Health’s over-hyped, under-researched “Fattest Cities” list…but at least people are doing something about it. The Chronicle posted a feature today about Recipe…
Does it seem like mercury poisoning is only for the rich and famous these days? Well, it turns out the rest of us can join in the fun for cheap. Reports came out last week on a new study that found traces of mercury in samples of high fructose corn…
Daniel Folmer and Doug Burr played Denton’s Hydrant Cafe last night, to celebrate the release of Folmer’s new CD, The Roaring Twenties. And they brought along the Burnt Sienna Trio and Glen Farris with them, the latter of whom got the ball rolling around 10 p.m. and deserves some credit…
Yesterday, over on FrontBurner, we saw a post by former Observer music editor Zac Crain, purporting that The Happy Bullets (who have a history of making some great videos) were going to attempt to break the world record for most people making out in one place at one time during…
