Even if it weren’t cold enough outside to make using a stringed instrument for kindling seem like a reasonable idea, this beautiful drawing by Sarah Canavan would be an easy choice for Poster of the Week. The poster promotes tonight’s KDGE The Local Show lineup at Trees with Jacob Metcalf,…
Now that yesterday’s Epiphany has come and gone, even those who hold onto the holiday spirit well past New Year’s Day have to admit that it’s time to get back into the workaday routine. But that doesn’t mean the spirit doesn’t linger a bit, at least when it comes to…
If you’re a baby boomer, or spent time watching reruns of 1970s Saturday Night Live episodes as a kid, you probably remember Robert Klein as the guy who sang the mock-blues “I Can’t Stop My Leg” while stomping his foot and playing the harmonica with the SNL band. But he…
It’s about time someone took down the homeless. Todd Rexx–who isn’t vicious enough to live up to his “T-Rexx” moniker–has taken up this noble battle, joking about needlessly verbose cardboard signs and stepping over a panhandler lying on the sidewalk next to a sign reading “Will Work for Food.” “”Are…
2008 didn’t see the admission of anyone from last year’s death pool into the Great Afterparty, but 2009 was a moderate success—if you include holdover picks from earlier Death Pools. Sure enough: Michael Jackson (picked in 2006) and Les Paul (selected to die in 2007) both made it past the…
We thought this was already settled.But apparently there’s still some dispute as to who is the Honky Tonk Champion of Dallas. So the Boys Named Sue and The King Bucks–both frequent “Best Country” Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, with the Bucks taking the honor last year–will square off Saturday, January…
Country Burger401 S. Hampton Rd.214-330-4743Dude Factor: 3, or Buckethead, on a scale of 1 (Axl Rose) to 10 (Slash)Last night in choosing a place to eat, I decided to stick to my New Year’s resolution. Fortunately, my resolution is to eat more bacon-cheeseburgers, which is a pretty easy promise to…
You may have noticed the item about the April 9-11 MusInk Tattoo and Music Convention in Fair Park in the November 18 Show Announcements post. At the time, all we knew was that Old 97’s, Shooter Jennings and Roger Alan Wade would be performing–certainly enough to pique our interest. After…
Forbes Travel Guide, formerly the Mobil Travel Guide, has named six Dallas restaurants to its four-star and five-star hospitality ratings for restaurants and hotels. According to the comprehensive rating system, which uses more than 750 standardized criteria (which is approximately 748 criteria more than Dude Food uses), Dallas is far…
Let’s recount the decade that was, shall we? After Y2K failed to end life as we know it, the Supreme Court decided to do so by installing George W. Bush. Then came 9/11 and the ensuing wave of fear, with the accompanying jingoism and saber-rattling resulting in a bullshit war…
With its globs and smears of vivid color, New Orleans artist James Michalopoulos’ work has a blurry, watery look to it that makes it feel as if you’re looking at it through a rain-coated window–or through the cheery haze of a few drinks. So it’s no surprise to find out…
The Prophet Bar will be really busy for Thursday’s New Year’s Eve show, with free beer, free Champagne and a dozen bands including Jeremy Megert, Hats And Statues, Michael Grey, Jacob Metcalf and more all playing the Big Room, plus more in the bar.Among those bar bands is Les Americains…
Not a lot of news this week in the way of concert announcements, but there is some interesting news from Trees: Ying Yang Twins will whisper in your ear Friday, February 26. The Twins’ club-friendly crunk beats and sexed-up rhymes aren’t exactly the brainiest example of hip hop, but it’s…
It’s almost time to pop the cork on your favorite bottle of bubbly (and surely anyone reading this column will know that beer is bubbly too). That means it’s time for Hophead’s contribution to City of Ate’s endless stream of Year In Review posts. While I may not have sampled…
Matador Records co-owner and sports blogger Gerard Cosloy has assembled Casual Victim Pile, a great compilation of Austin bands that probably don’t make much of a blip on the radar of Sixth Street blues-cover enthusiasts and Bob Schneider fans. But, this is weird: While the majority of the bands represented…
Following up on the Picnictyme-hosted mix for last summer’s Kixpo sneaker exposition, DJs Sober and A-One put together a mixtape for last weekend’s H-Town Sneaker Summit–and it features a handful of Dallas rappers on it (alongside Lil Wayne, Nas, Jay-Z, Cool Kids, Alicia Keys and more). Released under the duo’s…
As you probably know by now, the decade comes to an end this week, and just about every restaurant or nightclub in town has some kind of New Year’s Eve celebration planned for Thursday night. But let’s say you’re thinking beer budget shindigs… First of all, sibling pubs The Old…
Observer art director Alex Flores, who’s kind of a big deal, is taking some well-deserved time off. So I’ll be at the helm of Poster of the Week until his return, which means you can expect critiques that are less verbose (and yeah, I’ll admit, less authoritative) for the next…
At first, John Hartley’s works in his Scattershot exhibit simply look like paintings of toys. Look closer, though, and you’ll notice the playthings’ chipped paint and missing pieces, evidence of their age. The longer you look, the more nostalgia they evoke, and the more you are reminded of just how…
Allagash White, a Belgian wheat beer, may not be the greatest beer in the world, but Tuesday night it comes with a nice bonus: the glass. Every round of the featured beer at Ginger Man’s Pint Night includes free glassware. Just try to resist the temptation to make “gash” jokes…
The Mesquite Championship Rodeo’s Christmas Rodeos will feature bull riding, barrel racing, kids’ mutton bustin’ and a motorcycle daredevil. But nobody goes to rodeos for that: They go for the clowns. Other than maybe being an EMT in some drug-crazed third-world banana republic, is there any other job where you…
With the holidays upon us, we know it’s hard to think about anything beyond New Year’s Day. But if you’ve already got your 2010 calendar handy, mark a couple of dates, because Spune has a couple of intriguing seasonal festivals in the works. First, there’s the Spune 2K10 Winter Dance…
