10 Questions You Should Not Ask Kevin Smith Friday Night

Longtime filmmaker/podcaster Kevin Smith returns to town for a Q&A and a live podcast recording on Friday night at the Texas Theatre. He loves to do these kinds of events, as they are part storytelling, stand-up act and fan interaction, all in one. He’s done them his entire career, from…

Radioactivity Has Built a True Musicians’ Studio with Cool Devices

Nestled in a converted two-car garage in Tarrant County, Cool Devices has become a hot spot for locals and out-of-towners to record their material. Owned and operated by members of the band Radioactivity, the studio doesn’t advertise its location and it only has a Facebook page up with an e-mail…

Lynyrd Skynyrd Played the Classic Rock Hit Parade at Verizon on Friday

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eddie Money, Blue Öyster Cult Verizon Theatre June 12, 2015 If you went Lynyrd Skynyrd’s show at Verizon Theatre on Friday night expecting to find much evidence of today’s political and racial tensions, well, you came away empty-handed. For all the band’s Confederate flag-waving and good-old-boy pretenses, this…

Let’s Stop Glorifying Deep Ellum’s Golden Years

It’s a good time to be a fan of live music in Dallas. With the smashing success of The Bomb Factory’s reopening last weekend, it’s clear that the local scene, and in particular its hub in Deep Ellum, is the strongest it’s been in ages. Thousands of people flocked to…

The Bomb Factory’s Return is About More Than Just Nostalgia

This Thursday night, a long-dormant (and very large) room in Deep Ellum will open back up for business. The Bomb Factory, on Canton and Crowdus just a couple blocks from the heart of the neighborhood, hosts its first show since the ’90s with locals Erykah Badu and Sarah Jaffe. Just…