Picture Show: Monotonix at Hailey’s

As promised, our photos from the show, in all the high-contrast, white-striped, goodness that has got to be Polaroid, are up in this slideshow.It was quite the show, too. Monotonix’s three members led the Hailey’s crowd all around the venue, from the stage, to the floor, to the sound booth,…

Night Moves: St. Patrick’s Day Dance Parties

For anyone out partying on Greenville Avenue early Saturday, it took either incredible stamina–or an afternoon nap–to make it back out to the clubs that night. But the biggest party day of the year finished off with a few big, vaguely Irish parties.Guest DJ J Boogie spun at Zubar, Zephyrs…

Sci Fi Cosplay Portraits from the Weekend’s Dallas All-Con

As promised over the weekend, photographer Danny Hurley spent the weekend out at Dallas All-Con 2009 out at the Crowne Plaza, where cosplay is king.Superheroes, anime stars, and even a few bots and droids, were among the subjects Hurley caught for his portrait setup, and we’ve got his full series…

Review and Gallery: Marlo’s House

For his review this week, Dave went old-school with a visit to Marlo’s House, where they do a fine job with poutine, pierogies, and other Pennsylvania Dutch favorites. Owner Mark Petryk’s nonstop puns, well, they’re a little less expert.To really get a feel for the atmosphere at Marlo’s House, it’s…

Video: Wine-Bottling on Wheels

More photos in our slideshow here.Dale Rassett is a unique kind of trucker, crisscrossing the Southern U.S. with his mobile wine bottling operation in tow. Hoist up the back trailer door, load the empty wine bottles onto the conveyor belt, and in a minute or two they’ll come back out…

Growing Up

The best thing about being shown a photo retrospective of someone else’s kids, usually, is that they didn’t reach for their wedding video instead. But photographer Todd Stewart’s latest project, The Garden, has taken his twins’ earliest encounters with nature, from the backyard to the Home Depot, and produced images…

Big Finish for Last Year’s Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Squad

More photos here in our slideshow.For most fans, there isn’t much of the last Cowboys season that’ll be remembered too fondly — but for the team’s cheerleaders, who gathered up for one last time for a year-end performance last week, 2008 drew a tearful adios. The crew of dancers, some…

Picture Show: Southern Culture on the Skids at Sons

Southern Culture on the Skids brought their time-tested surfabilly sound to Sons of Hermann Hall Saturday night, with frontman Rick Miller strutting around the stage–like a Foghorn Leghorn-Colonel Sanders mashup who’s just here to party–and bassist Mary Huff deftly balancing her beehive ‘do through the entire set.We’ve got photos from…

Picture Show: Cut Copy, Matt and Kim at the Granada

Cut Copy played the Granada Theater Saturday night, while Matt & Kim used the stage more like their own personal orienteering course. First, be sure you check out Doug Davis’ Last Night review for more on the show.For shots of the bands in action, though, Caity Colvard has you covered,…

Picture Show: Dr. Dooom vs. Dr. Octagon at the Loft

Lance wasn’t the only member of our team who waited out Kool Keith’s fashionably late start (and fashionably brief performance) Friday night at the Loft — photographer Rachel Parker stuck it out and came back with a slideshow of photos from the show.You can check them out here…

Review and Gallery: Agave Azul

Amid the tequila and the ornery boss, Dave finds salvation in sauces at Agave Azul, in this week’s Dish column.For a close-up look at their offerings, and the scene around the Carrollton restaurant, check out our slideshow here…

Night Moves: Spacemen and Mad Hatters Looking for a Good Time

Sons of Hermann Hall played host to the Lollipop Shoppe’s “Mad Hatter Tea Party” Friday night, in honor of the group’s five-year anniversary, and our nightlife crew of Ray and Peter Lek were on hand to document the fun. You can check out their shots in this slideshow.Later in the…

O Faces: Bluegrass Duo is Deep Ellum’s Latest Wall Candy

With their own enormous faces staring down from the wall behind them, John Pedigo and Taylor Young of the O’s helped celebrate the latest mural in Frank Campagna’s Deep Ellum music series Saturday night, with a quick set in the Deep Sushi parking lot on Elm Street. As Pete warned…

Picture Show: Bosque Brown at Dan’s Silverleaf

Up at Dan’s Silverleaf, Bosque Brown kept the room warm late into Sunday night, headlining a bill that included indie rockers Fight Bite and Hospital Ships.Matt Nager covered the show for us, and you can check out his shots from the show in our slideshow here…