The first day and night of North by 35 got underway yesterday despite many a hitch. But, in spite of the snags and snafus that volunteers were having to scramble to fix–ranging from band cancellations and double-bookings to venues with pad-locked and chained doors, to one venue getting a ticket…
If there’s one man on the planet poised to make 8-track collecting cool, it’s Bucks Burnett. Not that collecting cartridges wasn’t “cool” before–I mean, you can’t even buy a new player for them at your neighborhood indie record store. How snobby-cool is that? And, it’s not like Burnett hasn’t been…
After grabbing a pint at Ship’s Lounge the other night, we noticed plans for a new Centennial on the corner of Greenville and Ross Avenues. Turns out, the Dallas-based purveyors of fine wine, spirits and beer are opening a 7,800 square foot booze-and-food emporium, complete with walk-in humidor, selection of…
It’s all come down to this. All the months of hard work and planning, all the bookings and meetings with Denton city officials, sponsors, band managers and promoters just to get North by 35 up and running again. No musician in his right mind should have to suffer through all…
Folks really are crushing on Bryce Isbell’s FUR as of late. And, this morning, the Dentonite has once again landed on Pitchfork–only, this time, his experimental electronic project garnered a full-on track review for “Clears Throat.” And, the track from FUR’s split EP with Detroit’s Coyote Clean Up did pretty…
Well Dallas, nothing like another gray, rain-soaked Monday to get the week started off with a thud. The alarm buzz rang more mercilessly that normal, but it did the trick: Roasted was up early with plenty of time to run some errands before hitting up a coffee shop on the…
Florene’s upcoming full-length on Waaga Records won’t be released until April 27, which seems like a long time to wait for Homemade Extacy, but maybe I wouldn’t know. Anyway, thankfully, none of us will have to wait until the end of April to hear more new material from the Denton-based…
Most of the items on the City Plan Commission’s agenda today were passed no problem, but one got a decided thumbs-down from the commission: a request for a specific use permit for a bar at 301 S. Carroll Avenue. The reason given: The area’s zoned CS Commercial Service. Which isn’t…
There’s nothing like a dreary Monday to get the week off to a drowsy, snail’s pace start. And, with weather like this, Roasted knows it’s gonna take a cup of coffee, or four, just to make it through ’til the whistle blows. So, it’s always nice when the first steaming-hot…
Finally, it’s here: OneDAY trash and recycling pick-up for the entire city, about two years after North Dallas started on the once-a-week schedule, seven months after City Manager Mary Suhm proposed it as money-saving measure and seven years after then-Mayor Laura Miller first formed a task force that proposed the…
As we noted first thing this morning, the city council’s Economic Development Committee finally got around to hashing out the need for a downtown parking study, which was presented as a supplement to the Downtown Dallas 360 plan. And it passed the committee unanimously on its way to the full…
Whether it’s a morning cup of wake-up, a mid-day java jolt or a final fix of fresh-brewed for the drive home, many of us rely on our regular close-to-home/office coffee haunts to fuel us through our daily grind. And, when Roasted needs a quick perk-up but doesn’t have the time…
With less than a month until Earthling’s world premiere at SXSW 2010, the indie sci-fi film, by Dallas-based writer-director Clay Liford, is already garnering plenty of positive buzz in the movie-blogosphere based on the film’s two trailers alone.But with descriptions such as “haunting,” “magical, and “strangely beautiful,” it’s no wonder…
As we mentioned yesterday, members of the Old Oak Cliff Conservation League and John McCall Jr., its attorney and former president, met on the sidewalk in front of the Oak Cliff Christian Church on 10th Street this morning to provide more specifics on the agreement reached following its court-ordered mediation…
Today, Tufani sat in the shade of the south gorilla habitat at the Dallas Zoo half-reclined, peacefully peeling an orange, seemingly unaware of the gaggle of media looking on from a zoo-approved observation point. It was a far cry from the “code-red” scene triggered on Saturday when the 180-pound gorilla…
On a bitter-cold Sunday afternoon, when a bad case of the drags and the more-errands-to-run blues has Roasted feeling down, there’s no elixir that can jazz us up quite like a double dose of straight espresso. Oh, those hot oily-black and caramel-sweet shots of liquid lightning – don’t even think…
This afternoon comes word that a handful of other acts have been added to the already stout NX35 lineup. Fat Possum Records’ The Walkmen is the big name, of course. But others include DFW’s own Trebuchet, Saboteur and Jack with One Eye, Austin’s Pure Ecstasy and French duo Electric Electric.In…
As the city digs out from under a record snowfall — and with the forecast calling for below-freezing temps and a freezing fog advisory — it’s hard not to think about the city’s homeless population as Dallas attempts to move ahead with its plans to establish 700 units of permanent…
Wake up Dallas and smell the coffee. Oh, that hot, cup of pluck–it’s just what we need to get the heart racing and the morning going in one wired adrenal-pumping shot. Though, honestly, today Roasted may need a triple. But where to turn, so many choices and so little time…
It looks like Dallas Independent School District’s plans to demolish Oak Cliff Christian Church to make way for new tennis courts — maybe as soon as tomorrow — will have to wait at least two more weeks.This morning, Judge Martin Hoffman denied DISD’s motion to dismiss the temporary restraining order,…
Earlier today, Denton’s Final Club uploaded the finished version of all six of the bands songs–which means that, for the first time, many of the band’s fans can finally hear what frontman Brendon Avalos’ vocals sound like. See, when Final Club’s debut performance drew a sell-out crowd to Dan’s Silverleaf…
The pre-lunch portion of yesterday morning’s Dallas City Council briefing offered up at least one heartwarming, non-yawn-inducing moment as one of Dallas’s homeless was recognized, if at least for a day, as the record-setting track-and-field star he once was for the city. After a string of other awards and recognitions…
