Picture Show: Remembering MJ at Zubar

We already mentioned the candlelight vigil for Michael Jackson in Duncanville Thursday night here on DC9. Later that night, though, Dallas DJs did their part to keep the pop legend on everyone’s mind, while plenty of folks turned up in their vintage MJ-wear.As Tyrone Smiley & DJ Niro spun old…

Sloppy Seconds: Who Got the Hooch?

Whether driven by an asinine Constitutional amendment, grand notions of urban planning or draconian dietary shackles, folks who find they have to suck it up, tug at their bootstraps and get down to business — they’re the ones who make the real innovations. This week, one way or another, from…

Well, Since You Already Made the Signs …

If you were wondering just how serious the city is about renaming that stretch of Young Street after César Chávez, well, looks pretty serious.Happened upon this sign earlier today whilst downtown, outside the Maceo Smith Federal Building at Young and Griffin Streets, and as you can see, the city won’t…

Picture Show: Jenny Lewis at the Granada Theater

Our own Melissa Crowe already offered her take on last night’s Jenny Lewis show and, by that account, with Lewis cruising the stage in a pair of Daisy Dukes, you needed a heart of stone not to find religion out in the Granada crowd.Thankfully these are 90 minutes that’ll live…

When PETA Protests Seal Slaughter, Dallas Sends Recipes

In our wildest dreams, we never thought a seal hunting protest would be worth noting on City of Ate–but the comments on our coverage of PETA’s downtown demonstration this afternoon has taken on a distinct culinary flavor. Readers have contributed a pair of seal recipes.It’s not all that much of…

Sloppy Seconds: Blazing A Trail

Getting of the beaten path and trying new things can be especially rewarding when of comes to food, and this week on City of Ate proved it. From a Hophead excursion to Bonnaroo, to a taste of new gelato flavors for summer, we brought plenty of ways to avoid the…

Review and Gallery: Salum

In this week’s paper, Dave checks out Salum, where the lobster to beef tenderloin are complemented but not overwhelmed, and there’s plenty to recommend, even if you go for the smaller portions.For plenty more shots of what the restaurant’s got to offer, you can check out this week’s photo set…

Poke-A-Thon

How sword fighting and not, say, pistol duels or throwing knives, evolved into a slick Olympic sport, I’ll never quite understand. With button-tipped foils and thick safety gear, fencing has almost entirely removed the element of danger that always made swashbuckling such a good time. Used to be, you could…

Picture Show: Grizzly Bear at the Granada

Doug Davis had the last word on last night’s Grizzly Bear show at the Granada… until now. Because Hal Samples was there to document the show from the front row–maybe even closer, from the looks of it–and we’ll close out the day on DC9 with his look at the show.You…

Sloppy Seconds: As Seen On TV

Having handily dispatched the written word, television’s having its way with dining now, too — at least, that’s the idea you get after reading our last week on City of Ate. Not good news for those of us who write about food.From an Oxygen Network TV crew getting in our…

Review and Gallery: Central 214

In this week’s paper, things get real as Dave drops some Wilfred Owen on a Central 214 waitress — but after unleashing phrases like “naughy kitchen” and “quest for world culinary domination,” chef Blythe Beck may get the best lines.Check out more shots from the restaurant, including her chicken-fried Kobe…

Night Moves: Bloody Tears and Kimonos

Keith P celebrated his birthday at the Cavern last Friday night, and the Lek Brothers were there to catch photos of the scene as the birthday boy spun goth, punk and ’80s new wave with DJ’s Tommy Boy and Pretty Vacant.Saturday night, the Leks caught up with Dub Assembly and…

Picture Show: The Flatlanders at the HOB

In last week’s paper, Noah wrote about The Flatlanders’ enduring relevance and knack for writing about the times we’re living in–and, on Friday night at the House of Blues, Butch Hancock, Joe Ely and Jimmie Dale Gilmore put on a show to prove it.Check out more photos in our slideshow…