The O’s Get Access to the Belly of the Beast at Steamboat Music Fest

Courtesy of the Steamboat Grand HotelThe unlikely birthplace of many-a Texas music collaboration. Editor: The O’s are an Americana band comprising Taylor Young and John Pedigo. They’ve made the trek to Colorado for the Steamboat Spring MusicFest, where many of the 50 artists on the lineup (and the festival’s 6,000…

Boycotting Selma Because LBJ Deserved Better

Can’t go see it. This isn’t funny. I laughed many years ago when a student at SMU where I was an adjunct teacher said to me, “Everything I know about Vietnam, I know from Sylvester Stallone.” The reference, which I did not think was ironic, was to the then recent…

Country Music Will Rebound in 2015 as It Shakes off Its Bro-Country Shackles

At this point, the jokes about country music make themselves. There is nothing fresh or relevant about making fun of country music anymore, especially if you’re talking about the unfortunate bro-country subgenre. That doesn’t mean that we’ll stop making jokes about these inept and shirtless knuckle-draggers, but this is where…

Dallas Christmas Shopping Bingo! Can You Find Yourself?

It’s the holiday season. A time of joy. A time of laughter. A time when everyone likes to buy their favorite friends and family members presents whilst being total dicks to all the strangers in their path. Let’s all go to NorthPark and play Holiday Shopping Bingo! The Twitchy-Eyed Mom…