Polar Vortex 2: Electric Boogaloo
That was a crap weekend, wasn’t it? Well it was if, unlike me, you went outside at all. The outside is over for all of us until Texas bucks its ideas up. Guess what though? Texas is about to buck its ideas up…
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A Guide to Eating in Carrollton, Which Is Much Nicer Than It Sounds
As a resident of Carrollton, I feel like we get a raw deal in the media. We’re not in any of those fancy things about the neighborhoods, because there are apparently just too many regions of Plano, our sprawling neighbor. Bizarrely little is written about our thriving K-Town, our downtown…
What It’s Like To Attend an ACL Live Taping
If you are ever fortunate enough to win tickets allowing you to attend a taping of this venerable televisual institution, then you will have a Good Time. That is not in doubt. You probably won’t ever win tickets, though, unless you’re super awesome like me. You being this super awesome…
In Most Addison Move Ever, TGI Friday’s to Open Across the Street from TGI Friday’s
Look, when it comes to a much-mocked place like Addison, you don’t always want to deal in stereotypes. But sometimes these jokes write themselves. In what is presumably an attempt to catch people who accidentally drove past the first Addison TGI Friday’s, a second one is opening a block away…
Dallas Weather: See You All Tomorrow For the #Stormpocalypse
I don’t know if you can analyze weather like what I can (I also type good) but if you’ve even glanced at one of those funny colored-in maps they have out there on those weather stations, you’ll be aware that tomorrow is going to look very bright. Bright in the…
Dallas Weather: DELIVER US FROM THE HEAT, POLAR THINGY
So, what are you doing right now? You’re inside, right? You might be living inside a fridge, or lying, face down, by an air vent, or maybe having an angry fight with a fellow employee over the thermostat. It’s probably one of those things. Well, that’s only going to get…
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Chasing The World: One Man’s Crazy World Cup Quest
The roof of my car has sprung a leak in the middle of a tropical rainstorm, and the backseat is rapidly flooding. I’d pull over, but I’ve been stuck on an under-construction highway for the last half hour, and time is slipping away. We’re two weeks into the World Cup…
Jamie Benn: Cornerstone of a Stars’ Revolution
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 20 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Can Turk. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. In Game 4 of this year’s short but impressive playoff run, the Dallas Stars were down 2-0…
Bow Down to Pete Delkus, Weather God
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 20 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Can Turkyilmaz. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. Pete Delkus always thought he’d be a pitcher. But as he and his big arm rose through…
Eddie Izzard’s Maniac World of Silliness Was in Full Force at the Majestic Last Night
Now, I like Eddie Izzard. I do. Like you, I watched his tapes (yes, they were tapes then) at college while doing things I can’t tell my parents or any potential employers about, and his sheer commitment to ridiculousness endeared me to him in a way it did with few…
Your Dallas Summer Forecast: Searing Pain
That’s right, Dallas. Apparently Saturday marks the first day of Summer, according to Delkus anyway, which means no further research is necessary. All this can possibly mean is discomfort, sunburn, pain, short fuses, and an inevitable exquisitely painful death…
Fu Manchu at Gas Monkey Made Me Realize We Are All So Goddamn Old Now
Fu Manchu Gas Monkey Bar & Grill Wednesday, May 28, 2014 Since I’ve been over here, I’ve been slowly but assuredly collecting bands I liked in the late ’90s, like someone younger might collect baseball cards, or Pokémon, or whatever it is the youth of today enjoy. Bands I would…
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Weather: Memorial Day And All Associated Festivities Are Canceled
Memorial Day. Now, I don’t know exactly what Memorial Day is, being from abroad. I’m not letting that stop me from speculating, however. As it is an American holiday in almost-summer I’m going to assume you have idyllic plans. Apple pie, grilling, family members, monster trucks, shooting animals, grossly misunderstanding…
Eels Never Play the Same Show Twice
Eels/Chelsea Wolfe Annette Strauss Square 5/19/2014 I have seen Mark Oliver Everett and his rotating band of anonymous indie rockers several times now. Not once, in all of these times, have I heard the same song. Sure, I’ve literally heard the same song a few times. But it’s never been…
You Won’t Believe The Weather In Fort Worth This Weekend (NSFW)
We step away from our usual prediction of the weather in Dallas to say hello to everyone in Fort Worth! Hello Fort Worth! We haven’t forgotten about you. In fact we have a very special NSFW FW post ready for you. NSFW, of course, stands for No Shit, Fort Worth!…
At a “Stylish Korean Kitchen” in Carrollton, a Delicious Taco of Questionable Taconess
All week at City of Ate, we celebrate the magic of the taco. Check back for more interviews, essays and maybe a list or two. Or maybe four? The little slice of Korea up in North Carrollton, where 35 meets PGBT, is pretty sweet. It’s got a Super H Mart,…
Special Weather Report: You Should Fear Thursday
We interrupt your usual weekly news messages to bring you an early weather report. We do this partially because the weather for this weekend looks pretty boring, as long as you consider your internal organs melting to be boring, and because Thursday brings the best chance of Pete Delkus rolling…
Ghost B.C. Is a Mystery, But It’s a Goddamn Entertaining One
Ghost B.C. With King Dude House of Blues, Dallas Saturday, May 3, 2014 What do you get if you combine Scandinavian metal, Satanic chanting, 1970s shock-rock pageantry and exhibitionism, the best parts of an American classic rock radio station, and some of the tightest funk-rock licks to emerge from a…
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Dallas Weekend Weather: Enjoy Yourself Before The Sun Consumes Us All
Yes. That was the entire period between icepocalypse and the fiery king of the heavens moving to within eight inches of the surface of Texas. Did you blink? Then I’m sorry, you missed the entire thing. All of that patio weather, gone. Every chance you had to go outside without…
Dillinger Escape Plan Is Still The Best Live Band In The World
Dillinger Escape Plan With Tera Melos, Vattnet Viskar, and Baring Teeth Trees, Dallas Thursday, May 1, 2014 Last time I saw the Dillinger Escape Plan, I informed you of their status as the best live band in the world. I took ten months, searching up and down, over hill and…
Dallas Weekend Weather: It Is Literally the Apocalypse
Hold on to your hats, both metaphorical and physical, because this weekend is going to get a little wild. I don’t know what the deal is with weather specifically on Sundays, but all we can really infer is that none of us are going to church enough, and the Lord…
The BBQ Ranch in Fort Worth is Texas in Miniature
Somewhere, in a far-flung part of Fort Worth, there is a corner of land that will remain forever Texas. It’s in Texas, obviously, but that’s not quite what I’m driving at here. The BBQ Ranch, a recently opened barbecue restaurant in the corner of five acres of ranch, is so…