On Saturday George Strait is supposed to play his last live show ever, with the caveat that while he won’t be performing live any longer, he does have a five-album deal to fulfill for his record label, MCA Nashville. This is the sort of “retirement” we constantly see in the…
Parquet Courts With Swearin’ and Radioactivity Club Dada, Dallas Tuesday, June 3, 2014 About midway through Parquet Courts’ blistering set at Club Dada last night a trio of youthful looking concertgoers stood at the bar ordering cokes. The band had hit a lull in a song, then drove full bore…
I’m in my late 20s, and when you hit that period of your life suddenly things start to change. You might have worse hangovers, the bands you liked in college most likely broke up, everyone is getting married, you desperately try to make the things you liked as a kid…
In 2012, Nick Sanborn of Megafaun’s solo act, Made of Oak, opened for indie-folkers Mountain Man. During the show he hit it off with Mountain Man singer Amelia Meath, bonding over a mutual love of pop music. The two kept in touch, and eventually Meath sent Sanborn a Mountain Man…
As rock radio mainstays Jimmy Eat World ran through their albums at Fort Worth Music Festival on Saturday, a man in his 50s wearing a Suicide Girls T-shirt looked on as a group of thirtysomethings danced and relived their youth. Close by some college kids took breaks from dancing to…
At the center of a crowd of colorfully clothed My Little Pony fans sit two teenage boys, eyes locked on the television screen in front of them, thumbs moving rapidly. They’re guiding the Nintendo iconic green dinosaur Yoshi, Mario’s friend/mode of transportation through Pickachu’s lightening bolt. This is happening because…
We recently treated you to the news that seven different theaters in the Dallas area screen Die Hard in December. And you, dear reader, grew excited, because nothing quite says “Happy Holidays” like John McClain scribbling “Now I have a machine gun. HO HO HO” on a terrorist’s corpse. That…
While out with friends last Friday night, Rachel Anne Ayers found herself at The Garage, one in a chain of bars that sits in Denton’s Fry Street area and caters to one thing: “How Cheaply Can I Get Drunk?” The answer: quite cheaply. It’s the kind of bar that’s heavily…
It’s the 25th Anniversary of the DOMA. And while it’s true that bands and venues come and go, many of the people behind them have been here all along. We asked a few of these long standing music veterans — now behind the scenes at DOMA nominated venues The Kessler,…
On Saturday the people of Denton took to Downtown’s streets for the annual Day of the Dead Festival. The family friendly event includes a stage for local musicians, a salsa cook off, screenings from the 48 Hours of Hell short film contest, multiple performances of the Cirque Du Horror show…
Breweries, festivals, filling stations: It’s a golden, foamy age for craft beer in North Texas, and nothing is shepherding us though it more than the small shops that help cater to the craft beer lover. These shops have endless lists of local, national and international brews for the connoisseur to…
If you drive up U.S. 75 long enough, you enter the most recently developed reaches of Collin County, home of the almost-arena, the Allen Event Center. Because it can seat more than 8,000, it’s usually used for indoor football, soccer and hockey. But on Saturday night ex-Saturday Night Live stars…
*Editor’s Note: Nobody in Dallas is showing Teen Witch? IT’S HALLOWEEN MOVIE SEASON PEOPLE. GET EXCITED! In Dallas, theaters have rolled out the orange carpet to usher in a season of gore, spoof and general Halloweenocity. ( Movie Tavern in Denton The college town go-to hosts a Retro Cinema series…
The tale of the retired wrestler is often a tragic one, as Grantland contributor David Shoemaker has made a career of cataloging. In a way the post-ring career of former multi-WWE champion Mick Foley serves as sort of a fairytale-type alternative scenario for those hoping to leave the business unscathed…
Can you truly separate an artist from his art? Arguments from either side of the question grow inflamed in the case of Orson Scott Card. The author of the much-loved Ender’s Game has done everything possible to submarine the film adaptation’s upcoming box office release — which is a nice…
It’s been 12 years since a fire took the home of North Texas professional wrestling, the famed Dallas Sportatorium, thus extinguishing the notion of North Texas as a hotbed for dudes in underwear fake-punching each other. Before Sportatorium’s demise, professional wrestling was already limping along, thanks to the Dallas-based World…
Continuing their quest to squeeze every single cent from parents nationwide, Disney has decided to re-release The Little Mermaid in select theaters under the billing “Second Screen Live.” What the hell is second screen live? Glad you asked! Second Screen is Disney’s iPad app that invites film watchers to “interact”…
Local writers love scribbling out pieces that “Deep Ellum is back.” It happens whenever they find themselves immersed in an Elm Street festival or caught in the afterglow of an exceptionally great evening in the neighborhood. But that approach is tired and lazy. Writing that story further validates that the…
Football season has returned, and with it we are reminded of the ridiculous lengths some players will go to garner national attention. From recording songs, to appearing in commercials, to crafting signature end zone dances for when they score, players on all levels do their best to raise their Q-score…
The thing that really stood out at the Ticket’s Fight Night yesterday was that these were definitely amateurs in the ring. Bout after bout would start in a flurry of punches and a burst of energy, only to quickly turn into a lethargic affair of tired legs and weak punches…
On Thursday, August 29, Sportsradio 1310 The Ticket takes over the Village Country Club with a ring, a copy of the Marquess of Queensbury Rules, and a slew of ever loyal P1s. That’s right folks, it’s time for Fight Night ’13, an event members of the Hardline call “The best…
The concoction you see above is 32 ounces of Adios Motherfucker. “What’s an Adios Motherfucker?” you might be asking. Well, according to the internet, it’s a mixture of rum, gin, vodka, tequila, blue curacao, and 7-Up. It’s known as the drink of destruction, one that sends you well over the…
