After a year of pizza, Tex-Mex and deep-fried everything, it’s time to take a look back at my year in Dude Food. While they might not have all ranked a 10 on the Dude Factor scale, the following five Dude Food meals were my favorites of the year. Look for…
As mentioned last month, the Old 97’s are going back into the studio with Salim Nourallah in January, but they’re not waiting until then to start recording. Nourallah and engineer Rip Rowan will record the entirety of the 97’s four-night stand at Sons of Hermann Hall next Sunday through Wednesday…
Thought you were done with your holiday shopping? Well, there’s one more present you ought to pick up: something for a less-fortunate child. Yes, going to a toy store or mall sounds unbearable, but trust us: it will be worth it. Not because of that warm, fuzzy feeling you get…
Rooney is more than just an O.C.-guest-appearance-making, perfume-commercial-scoring powerpop group from L.A.–the band also has a local connection.And no, I’m not referring to the band’s opening slots on Jonas Brothers and Kelly Clarkson tours. Rather, as Darryl Smyers writes in this week’s print supplement to DC9, the title track of…
While last week’s Hophead focused on just a very few of the great Christmas beers available this time of year, this week’s is a more general look at winter seasonal beers along with beers that are well suited to drinking by the fireplace or in a warm pub escaping the…
Been interested in Fizzy Dino Pop hip-hop collaborators Sore Losers but haven’t caught their live act yet? Tonight’s your chance to catch them in Dallas at The Lounge On Elm Street, along with the DC-9-approved Ty City. Also on the bill are Drama Tha King, Madam Ice, Jesse Flamez, John…
I think States of Exception–a collaborative exhibit between a Rotterdam design firm, an Amsterdam think tank and Denton artist Angel Cabrales depicting a prison cell, slaughterhouses, HAZMAT suits and torture sessions–is supposed to be some kind of political commentary. But with its bunk beds, outhouse and picnic tables, it makes…
No matter what the weather is like in late January, there’ll be a couple of marvelous nights for a moondance. Van Morrison will perform at Bass Concert Hall in Fort Worth Sunday, January 24 and the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas Monday, January 25. Tickets for both shows…
In the few weeks since going live with his new label, Mega Royal Records, Dallas hip-hop producer and DJ Rob Viktum has already given away The Big Gold Instrumentals, a beat tape by Vanderslice that you can download for free via Mediafire or UserShare. And he already has ideas for…
Swear we’re not trying to turn Hash Over into Hophead Jr., but there are several noteworthy beer-related events and announcements that will interest food lovers and beer lovers alike.First off, tonight the Idle Rich will hold its annual Christmas and Winter Beer tasting in a self-paced format from 7 p.m…
“We’re Bill Burroughs meets Jerry Lee Lewis at the funeral of Robert Johnson on the Millennium Falcon piloted by Joe Strummer and Neil Young,” says The Gourds’ Kevin “Shinyribs” Russell in an interview with William Michael Smith in this week’s issue of the print product. He goes on to describe…
Spring ales, summer hefes and autumn’s Oktoberfest beers are nice when the season arrives. But for many beer lovers, including myself, nothing can compare to the rich variety of beer that winter brings. Along with seasonal stouts and porters (which I intend to write about next week), winter also heralds…
Former Polyphonic Spree guitarist Annie Clark, a.k.a. St. Vincent, is starting to turn up on year-end lists on the strength of her album Actor. That’s no surprise–it impressed us too–but it is certainly refreshing to see a Dallas musician getting such high praise, even if she calls Brooklyn home now…
Nothing goes together quite like country music and rodeo action. So with Dwight Yoakam coming to North Texas in February, what better place to perform than the Resistol Arena, home to the Mesquite Rodeo?The country legend hasn’t released anything since 2007’s tribute to Buck Owens, but that isn’t stopping him…
Each week the Dude Food guys assess the ‘masculinity’ of Dallas area dives. The more fried meat and junk on the walls, the better the rating…Humperdink’s 6050 Greenville Ave.214-368-1203Dude Factor: 7, or “____ her? I hardly know her!” on a scale of 1 (“…OF COCK.”) to 10 (“That’s what she…
As if making year-end lists wasn’t hard enough already, Thursday will herald the release of the second Gutterth Productions compilation, featuring 34 tracks from 34 Gutterth-affiliated acts. It’s an excellent showcase of the quality music the Denton label and promotion company champions. But Compilation Two is also, with the partial…
Tomorrow, UNT students with the munchies are going to have, like, the best day ever, man. The Little Debbie Cupcake Cars arrived in the Dallas area today, and will be giving out free samples of Little Debbies as part of the Share-A-Thon Tour. They’ll be in various Dallas locations today…
It’s not carbonated. It is aged for years in a variety of barrels, served in 2-ounce pours at room temperature, contains 27 percent alcohol by volume (54 proof, in other words) and carries suggested retail price tag of $150 for a 24-ounce bottle. And it’s beer. The 2009 version of…
The Granada Theater offered DC9 readers five pairs of tickets to Saturday’s Aesop Rock show, which is a must-see for fans of eccentric, thought-provoking indie hip-hop. Pitchfork may not be too keen on his latest project, the MURS/Slug collabo Felt 3: A Tribute To Rosie Perez, but Aesop Rock is…
With Polyphonic Spree ringleader Tim DeLaughter holed up to work on new music, Good Records manager Chris Penn says, the Dallas symphonic indie-pop band will not be doing its Holiday Extravaganza this season. But that doesn’t mean the record store is being completely Scrooge-like this year. From 3 p.m. to…
Here’s how magical Christmas is: For one day this season, the holiday can move the potty-mouthed servers at a tourist-trap chain restaurant to drop the “grumpy” routine and be nice to kids for a lunch shift. This is so out of character that it’s almost troubling. What else might happen…
Despite the title, Len Jenkin’s new play Port Twilight has nothing to do with Stephenie Meyer’s teen vampirism-as-metaphor-for-sexual-frustration book series. Unless, that is, the cultural juggernaut is allegorically addressing alienation, that other facet of teen angst, with intertwining tales of mad scientists, a B-movie filmmaker, a homeless rabbi and an…
