When Skynyrd recorded “Double Trouble” 30 years ago they may not have had Johannes Wunner and Sallie McIlheran in mind, but all you visual artists had better watch out when this husband and wife photo-and-paint team comes around to your gallery. You want color? You want ironic compositions snared by…
The smoke’s cleared from the sky by now, but this was the view out the windows of Unfair Park HQ a little while ago, looking southwest at a mighty plume of smoke rising from the roof of the Wedgwood Tower Residences, an apartment building that, until recently, had been home…
Trill Bass headlined Dub Assembly’s three-year anniversary celebration at the Green Elephant on Friday night, with Mundo, Royal Highnuss and Thomas Allen opening.You’ll find plenty more shots from the party in this week’s Night Moves set from Ray and Peter Lek…
As hot as it was downtown at Taste of Dallas last weekend — we warned you — plenty of food-lovers, balloon animal enthusiasts and Disney Channel superfans turned up in the West End to join the party.You’ll find more shots from Taste of Dallas here in our slide show…
Matt & Kim played to a sold-out House of Blues Cambridge Room Saturday night, with the locals in Giggle Party ahead of them. Balloons were thrown, crowds were surfed, and fans of all ages had a good time, from the looks of it.Check out more shots of the show in…
Once the mercury bubbled up past 100 last weekend, you might have been more drawn to the nearest open freezer than to downtown’s sweaty West End–but then, you would’ve missed the “crown jewel” of local summer street food events, Taste of Dallas.Sure, the menu options leaned a little to the…
Meat, in its many exotic forms, took center stage this week in local food writing, from steak tartare and meat loaf in the Morning News food reviews, to meatballs and veggie-friendly (but primarily meat-serving) restaurants on City of Ate.The Week in Review(s): Your own Dallas Observer: Lemongrass is the site…
Flickr’s been very good to Unfair Park over the years, helping to turn up vintage photos from Fair Park, inspired looks at the skyline and sharp political commentary from Southfork.Starting next week, we’ll be showcasing some of the best new shots from around town in a weekly slide show: the…
In this week’s paper, Dave pays a visit to Lemongrass in Deep Ellum, and has plenty of time to consider the experience while he waits for the waiter to return.More shots from the pan-Asian bistro and sushi spot, including more of the spring rolls Dave praises in his column, are…
Earlier this week, we pointed out this impressive three-minute virtual walk-through of Entangled Bank, a winning Re:Vision Dallas entry from North Carolina-based Little Diversified Architectural Consulting.Turns out, Little’s director of design, Brad Bartholomew, was in Dallas for a tour of his own this week, checking out the proposed project site…
Patriotism swept across Dallas DJs’ playlists last weekend like Michael Jackson tunes the week before–and on Friday night, Barcadia was no exception.Out nightlife photo team caught up with the crowd there as Redeye spun patriotic songs (like the Team America: World Police anthem “America Fuck Yeah”) over the crashing sounds…
If Eric’s review and Darryl’s list of Top 10 lessons learned at the Warped Tour didn’t quite get you there, we direct you this afternoon to our photo set from Sunday afternoon’s show, which confirms our suspicions: it was indeed a tight-packed, sweaty scrum of the half-dressed, bandanna’d future of…
Dallas’ latest incarnation of the Hard Rock Cafe…yawn…where were we…oh, it is getting set for a soft opening in the middle of next week at Victory Park’s southern end, about a block from the House of Blues.While work crews finish up the flooring and the gift shop, and the cooks…
Dallas’ new Hard Rock Cafe is a week away from its opening at Victory Park’s southern end–forming, along with the nearby House of Blues and Hooters, a mecca in three parts for a particular sort of music fan.With a soft opening set for next Wednesday–and a much grander August 20…
The Hard Rock Cafe is finishing up its preparations for a soft opening next week, but invited press to take a look around their new digs today, at the south end of Victory Park — or, as we’ve noted before, but one block from the House of Blues.While the kitchen…
A handful of parades and fireworks displays marked the country’s birthday around Dallas last night, the largest of them at the Cotton Bowl, where folks piled in to the watch the annual Fair Park Fourth pyro-spectacular.As paddling in the swan boats gave way to lounging under the exploding night sky,…
As we pause today to grill, drink and honor America, we recall those leaders who’ve helped shaped the country through skill, hard work and strength of personality — appropriate enough for the end of a week of local food writing that embraced the power of the individual at the top.The…
The Southwest Foodservice Expo, in the Dallas Convention Center last week, was a sprawling, fascinating deconstruction of the business, as if some omnipotent conventioneer had taken apart a restaurant piece by piece, and laid it all out, labeled, under a grid of fluorescent lights.Strolling around the convention floor, you could…
This week, Dave ventures up to Cadot, where a pair of cooks have teamed up in the kitchen to inspire flashes of brilliance, and the beginning of one of the more promising restaurants in town…even though a few lowlights went pretty low.Check out more photos from the kitchen, and out…
For connoisseurs of redneck rock, it can’t get much better than seeing Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd together on the same night, so while we imagine the average DC9 reader cringed a little at each part of that headline, there’s no denying this was a cultural happening down at Fair…
If you self-identify with the YouTube generation, you’ll find the video here. Devoted watchers will recall an inspired guest appearance on week seven’s Sarah Jaffe video (right around the three-minute mark), from the folks across the street at Lucky’s Tattoos. As Jaffe pointed out, they weren’t half-bad, and we decided…
We owe you a nightlife slideshow here on DC9, after a quiet time at our nightlife crew’s favorite clubs two weeks ago. Luckily, last weekend was so chock full of Night Moves goodness, we’re making amends here with a two-fer Tuesday pair of photo sets from the Lek Brothers.In Friday…
