In this week’s paper, you may notice a piece including some of our DC9 writers’ choices for best albums of the year. But, space being limited, we couldn’t run all of our writers’ lists. So, thanks to the power of the Internet, we’re doing just that, right here. In-house Nick…
In this week’s paper, you may notice a piece including some of our DC9 writers’ choices for best albums of the year. But, space being limited, we couldn’t run all of our writers’ lists. So, thanks to the power of the Internet, we’re doing just that, right here. Resident hip-hop…
In this week’s paper, you may notice a piece including some of our DC9 writers’ choices for best albums of the year. But, space being limited, we couldn’t run all of our writers’ lists. So, thanks to the power of the Internet, we’re doing just that, right here. Mailroom cleanser…
In this week’s paper, you may notice a piece including some of our DC9 writers’ choices for best albums of the year. But, space being limited, we couldn’t run all of our writers’ lists. So, thanks to the power of the Internet, we’re doing just that, right here. The mind…
In this week’s paper, you may notice a piece including some of our DC9 writers’ choices for best albums of the year. But, space being limited, we couldn’t run all of our writers’ lists. So, thanks to the power of the Internet, we’re doing just that, right here. Denton-based scribe…
There are few things more refreshing on Christmas morning than wheeling the dial and finding an original Christmas song. Or, at least, one that is not by Mariah Carey. Our parents have to be sick of it too. They just have to be. The frustrating thing is that there are…
Of all the Internet jokes on all the sites around the world, typography and font puns really, truly have to be some of the geekiest. And that’s why when we came across Buzzfeed’s list of font and typography puns — specifically this attached “I shot the serif” brilliance — we…
It’s hard to argue with Charlie Brown: Thanksgiving is here, man (paraphrased). Over on our on food blog, City of Ate, the writers are counting down to Thanksgiving with odes to their favorite T-Day foods. DC9’s thinking: why can’t we join in on the fun? After the jump, we’ve constructed…
This morning, a headline on CNN read, “Beatles come to iTunes.” Innocuous enough, yes, but, gosh, where the hell else are you going to buy music from (arguably) the world’s biggest band? At Best Buy? Apple’s official announcement (the above pic is from their homepage) did, however, make the staff…
You remember Album Tacos, right? Of course you do–it was the Internet meme where photoshoppers inserted glorious tacos (in forms abstract and literal) into album covers. What the hell would you do in life without these genius memes? Anyway, we thought we’d throw–thanks to our resident art dude Alexander Flores–another…
To the Trekkies and Harry Pottererers who skipped all this weekend’s claw fever for the Star Trek Fan Days at the Plano Center: We’ve brewed up some memorabilia for you to get autographed in the future.If you didn’t know already, William Shatner was one of three big Guests of Honor…
So, Halloween’s closing in, and you have to choose a costume. It’s tough, isn’t it? The clock is ticking–and if you don’t choose something remarkable then the night is a big suck pile.Then, there’s your pet. Do you dress it up for the occasion? If so, how? We can see…
No more Cotton Eyed Joe! Please!You know the drill: A pitcher walks three batters in a row, and the coach comes steaming out of the dugout. Whoever’s in the stadium’s audio control box gets their cue, lunges for button, clicks it, and the entire stadium fills with “Na Na Hey…
If Cee-Lo wrote the greatest song of all humankind with “Fuck You,” which has sufficiently taken over the Internet this week, then Meat Loaf certainly deserves a firm No. 2 spot for his own masterpiece, “California Isn’t Big Enough (Hey There Girl),” a song that finds the 62-year-old singing, quite…
They’re sometimes called “America’s Rock and Roll Band.” And, yes, fastidious Aerosmith fans will shout for the rooftops that “Dream On” is a badass song. But, au contraire, friends, for there are several facts after the jump that prove the falseness of any “badass” accusation you may make. In fact,…
Let’s start this off right: We’re absolutely not saying these bands suck. We’re saying they suck in the heat and humidity of an overpacked, porta-potty using festival. And, with ACL approaching fast and other festivals that people like coming up real soon, there’s a lot of choices in that butt-sweat-soaked…
So, we found Harry Potter’s iPod. We know it was Harry’s because it had smoke burns on the wheel, and the back featured an engraved lightning bolt. We found the device, and a set of headphones, when we were taking a walk in a dark forest. There it was–right next…
Dear Dad, First of all, Happy Father’s Day. OK, now that that’s done, we’ve got something to say. Our heads our going to explode, Scanners-style, if we hear you jack up the radio to ZZ Top’s “La Grange” again. Maybe back in the day, when you and your friends were…
The Twilight Saga’s soundtracks have been mostly impressive. You can say what you want about the movies sucking it hardcore (vampires playing baseball, really?), but the soundtracks feature some surprisingly good tracks from bands like Fanfarlo, Band of Horses, Justin Vernon, and Florence and the Machine. Good indie bands right?…
There’s a lot of bad movies out there made better by music. There are also a lot of indie movies out there made famous by music. The unsung heroes, however–beyond the Oscar–winning soundtracks and the Garden States of the world–are those great bands made up completely for the benefit of…
Dear Hollywood, We know it’s hard to cut trailers, and you want to the maximum possible appeal. It’s understandable, and we all know the game. Unfortunately, you’ve recently achieved critical mass on one subject: overused, hackneyed trailer songs. Sometimes they’re indie and soft and intellectual, and other times they are…
You know what really gives us the summertime blues? “Summertime Blues,” not to mention other maddening summer hits like “All I Wanna Do,” “Margaritaville” or the shotgun-in-mouth-inducing “Hot Hot Hot.” It’s bad enough global warming is cooking the planet like a plastic cup in the microwave–why must we be subjected…
