BreakThruRadio Features Denton In Its “Spotlight On The City”

Over on BreakThruRadio.com, there’s oh, about 80 minutes of pure bliss for Denton music fans.The web site has decided to feature good ol’ Denton, TX, this week in its “Spotlight On The City” feature, which you can stream at BTR’s site. Or, since its basically just a podcast, you can…

Gig Alert: Kristy Kruger, Dylan Sneed and Sean Foster

When Dallas singer-songwriter Kristy Kruger’s older brother died in Iraq in 2006, her response was to hold a benefit concert for her brother’s family. (Darryl Smyers wrote about her experience in “The War At Home.” ) Tonight, on what would have been the 43rd birthday of Dallas soldier Lt. Col…

The Tearing Down The Building Where Robert Johnson Recorded Blues

508 Park Avenue, the building in which legendary blues man Robert Johnson recorded 13 tracks in June of 1937, could be on the verge of getting demolished. Glazer’s Distributors, owners of the property, have filed a permit to tear the building down. At this very moment, though, preservationists, who say…

Picture Show: Eleven Hundred Springs at the Double Wide

Eleven Hundred Springs took to the Double Wide Saturday night, playing to a drunken audience (don’t worry–it was the happy kind) and recording the efforts for potential use on a future live album. Photographer Matt Nager was there to take some shots, er, photographs, for us. Check them out in…

Dixie Chicks Defamation Lawsuit Moved To Federal Court

About a month back now, we first caught wind of the defamation lawsuit Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of one of three 8-year-old boys killed 15 years ago in West Memphis, Arkansas, was filing against the Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines after the group’s volatile lead singer posted a note to the…

Slideshow: Deep Ellum Film Night

Saturday night’s Hopelessly Devoted To You II at Kettle Art Gallery proved to be a fun, laid-back evening of free entertainment, food and drink, all aimed at proving Deep Ellum’s cultural significance, past, present and, hopefully, future. Not that anyone on hand at the Deep Ellum Enrichment Project event needed…

Celebrating the Birth of the King with Cake, Chips and Salsa.

As noted earlier today on City of Ate, yesterday marked 74 years since Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tupelo, Miss., and to mark the occasion, Chuy’s locations around Texas paid him the honor of hiring impersonators, handing out cake and inviting diners to dress like him.Elvis impersonator Michael Wroughton,…

Seabound Ticket Giveaway Tonight at Panoptikon

Next Saturday at the Lakewood Theater, two German electronic acts, Seabound (pictured, right) and De/Vision, bring their piles of synths and boogie friendly tunes to our area. And for those who don’t want to shell out the $17 for a ticket can get one–for free–tonight’s Panoptikon event at Excuses Extreme…

Scaraoke Boasted Some Actual Talent Last Night

The folks in attendance last night at “Scaraoke”, the weekly Thursday night karaoke event hosted at the Libertine, got to bear witness to something of a treat: Rhett Miller joining in on the festivities.Or so the reputable Simon McDonald, the bar’s owner, tells DC9 via an email: “The very gracious…

Poster Of The Week: Johnny Lloyd Rollins At The Double-Wide

This poster, promoting Friday’s Johnny Lloyd Rollins/Bridges and Blinking Lights/RTB2 show at The Double-Wide, looks a lot like is the work of two-time Poster of the Week recipient Dave Perry of Method Entertainment. Which would make sense, as Method’s John Solis is used to be Rollins’ drummer. Somehow the fact…