Pikahsso & Tahiti of AwkQuarius made the most of the woodland setting last night at the Lodge for their bit as the warm-up act for comedian Paul Mooney.Mooney was in town to film a Showtime special, and we’ve got shots of the act in this slideshow. With appearances from a…
“Enough is Enough” probably won’t make the cut at the next Successories jam session, but so it goes. As noted earlier, that’s the name of the bold-faced group that announced its presence with authority at the Stoneleigh Hotel. Its intention, in case you missed it the first go-round, is to…
DJ, producer and remix artist extraordinaire Josh Wink spun at Plush on Saturday night, and drew a big crowd out for a nightcap to their Record Store Day celebrations.Along with scenes from DJ Keith P’s set Friday night at the Cavern, check out all the Lek Brothers’ shots in this…
With a day-long lineup of local acts, Good Records went big in its celebration of National Record Store Day last Saturday — right on until Erykah Badu’s set got broken up that night.With a stage inside, a stage in the parking lot, and free food and beer, there was plenty…
Mark Olson and Gary Louris dusted off some old Jayhawks favorites, along with a helping of new songs off this year’s Ready for the Flood, for the crowd at Sons of Hermann Hall Friday night. Eric Grubbs has more on the show here.For a look at the show, including a…
Philly Connection6334 Gaston Ave., Dallas214-828-9070Promised delivery time: “Around 8″Actual delivery time: 8:10Flawless execution of the scheduled delivery: 20Would not deliver beer, so I had to leave the house after all (“I’m sorry, they don’t let me do that.”): 0Genu-wine Philly-made Tastykakes: 15Free delivery with $12 order: 12 Patience on the…
Dan Deacon & EnsembleThe Modern Art Museum of Fort WorthApril 18, 2009 Better than: having to make the tough decisions, like: Do I spend the night looking at paintings, or go out to a show? Do I flip out dancing with my white T-shirt pulled over my head, or with…
Brian Baugh, the University of North Texas senior behind the “Denton Police” Twitter account, says his project began with his surprise at how much information is out there about each of us online. Not just the party photos on Facebook, the home address in the people search or your Twitter…
While Dave kills time at a booze-free bar (place hadn’t lined up its liquor license yet), we take a culinary expedition with some of the luminaries of the printed page, and other folks whose job it is to make everything a little prettier. Or at least more edible.The Week in…
If you’ve been planning your implosion party for Reunion Arena’s impending demolition, well, we’ve got some bad news. Pack up your lawn chairs and put the cooler away — from now till early October, Reunion’s coming apart piece by piece. Mechanically.Once the lower seating bowl is removed, City of Dallas…
The developers at the mic said it, and the poolside bigwigs all seemed to agree: From the sleek, modern design to the inventive lounge chairs, the new-look Mercantile Place is a big win for a downtown resurgence.The high-rise apartments are filling up; a swanky new restaurant, Jean Michel’s, is opening…
Plenty of government agencies are dipping their toes into the Twitter waters these days, but when we found the Denton Police Department’s Twitter page this afternoon, we knew we’d found something truly special.With automated posts for everyone booked at the jail since Sunday night, the feed comes complete with a…
We already mentioned that Jenny the Elephant’s got a few new friends trying to spring her from the Dallas Zoo, including the great Emmylou Harris, the irascible Kinky Friedman and Laugh-In star Ruth Buzzi. Buzzi, who lives just west of Fort Worth, joined Concerned Citizens for Jenny founder Margaret Morin…
The Brian Jonestown Massacre played the Granada Theater on Monday night, hurling an intensely back-lit psych rock performance at fans who made it out for the night. If you missed it yesterday, be sure and check out our Last Night review, in which Lance emphatically proclaims the show not a…
As the Morrissey crowd cleared out from the Palladium Friday night, DJs Klever and Craze were just getting started in the Lonestar Room next door.More shots from the Nicaraguan-born Craze and Atlanta-based Klever’s touring show in our slideshow here.The Night Moves action continues halfway through that slideshow, with shots of…
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti played Hailey’s in Denton Saturday night, with Vivian Girls and Fight Bite onstage ahead of them.Hal Samples was there, and we’ve got the proof in our slideshow here…
Big week here for hard-boiled western flavor on City of Ate. From Dave’s review of Tex-Mex offerings at the months-old Maximo — whose reputation, apparently, preceded it into town — to Tabasco-infused tequila that’ll keep you ridin’ numb in the saddle, it’s been one long, dusty trail from Monday morning…
Maximo, the subject of this week’s restaurant review, approaches Tex-Mex and margaritas with all the humility its name implies.For more shots of the tableside guacamole setup, margaritas and down-home, aw-shucks ambience, check out Sara Kerens’ slideshow here…
Because we can hardly even believe it ourselves, we’ve got plenty more photos where this came from, shot at Forever the Sickest Kids’ big homecoming show Tuesday night at the House of Blues.All the shots, by photographer Caity Colvard, are up in this slideshow…
There are a few schools of thought on how to fill empty walls in a new house. You can go dark and moody, with an auction piece from some little-known Serbian painter, or hang some pastel beach scenes for that “Motel 6 in Galveston” vibe. You could go conceptual, with…
If you’re into Lil Wil, Soulja Boy and cars with dollar signs for seats, well, you were probably also out at the Dallas Convention Center Sunday night, where the annual custom car show and concert hosted by 97.9 The Beat drew a crowd of around 20,000. If you missed it,…
In true pop radio fashion, it’s another Two-fer Tuesday here on DC9, and we’re coming at you with a double-dose of Lek Brothers nightlife shots. Extreme enough for you?! Great.Saturday night’s birthday party at Zubar saw a few particularly enthusiastic dancers in tight blue clubwear, and things got a little…
