In June, I had the pleasure of reviewing one of Juice WRLD’s two Bomb Factory sets, and I noticed something about him that was rare. He was popular enough to do a two-night stand at a 4,300-capacity venue, but at the same time, he was everyone’s little secret. You may…
Editor’s note: On Tuesday, restaurant critic Brian Reinhart wrote an essay about the rise in the number of what he called “servant restaurants,” those high-price places that primarily cater to extremely rich customers, and what that rise means for the city’s restaurant industry. (It’s not good, he contends.) Not everyone shared…
According to one indicator, the restaurant bubble in Dallas is going to burst soon. The warning sign is the rise of what I call “servant restaurants.” Servant restaurants exist primarily to cater to the whims and caprices of extremely rich customers. Chefs in charge of such kitchens aren’t really given…
In less than a year, 26-year-old Deandre Conway, better known as chart-topping recording artist Yella Beezy, has become one of the biggest new stars in music. His rise includes No. 1 hit “That’s On Me,” a stint as an opening act on Beyonce and Jay-Z’s “On The Run II Tour”…
Did Sunday’s loss ultimately seal Jason Garrett’s fate? Fans hope so. After burying the memory of a three-game losing streak with two consecutive 30-plus wins, Sunday’s loss to the Vikings — which, if you ask us, was lost in the first quarter, not the fourth — reopened the burning question…
Last year I had this cool gig where I shot photos for a cruise line. The A/V crew was awesome, we all got along great. Until one lunch break when we were all sitting at a large table in the Windbreaker, consuming calories as fuel to go about the rest…
In case you haven’t had the displeasure: “Incels” — an abbreviation of “involuntary celibates” — are a group of men who meet in the dark corners of the web to support each other’s rampant and often violent misogyny. For as long as the incel subculture has been around, the group…
It’s 2019, and I’m about to tell you something groundbreaking: Women can be anything they want to be. Like, an astronaut or a marketing executive or a newspaper columnist or a mom or a mommy blogger or a farmer or even a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. On Wednesday, Dallas Morning News…
The Dallas food scene is a confusing, tumultuous place. Restaurants open and close constantly, and fads seem to sweep in from the coasts with regularity before receding. For out-of-towners, Dallas is especially mysterious because our reputation is out-of-date. Around America, food lovers know Houston is a mellow melting pot of…
“As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.”— Proverbs 26:11 Now that the 50-year anniversary of Woodstock and its attempted celebration have both passed us, no foreseeable Woodstock revivals lurk on the horizon. In a perfect world, it would stay that way forever. But it won’t. Nostalgia…
I love the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. I’ve gone out of my way to meet some of them. I have their calendar. Every year, I watch the CMT reality show based on the team. I recently bought a Debbie Does Dallas poster to hang in my apartment because it’s campy and…
Many artists complain about how little coverage they receive from local press. Musicians work in a saturated, competitive market, so any means available to get more attention for their work is highly sought after … unless the artist is rapper Bobby Sessions. This April while on tour in Chicago, Sessions…
Stephanie Drenka never felt the need to weigh in on the abortion debate – until now. Drenka is a Korean adoptee who grew up in Southlake and now lives in Dallas. She’s a writer and activist who predominantly focuses her attention on writing about adoption and the Asian American community,…
The Hulu hit The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian drama based on the novels by Margaret Atwood, returns tomorrow for its third season. But imagine if it were shot like a ’90s-era soap opera. That’s exactly what local singers Teddy Waggy and Sudie Abernathy did, and then they shot an “opening…
There was a time, roughly 708 days ago, when we at the Dallas Observer published an article detailing our trip to Waco and our stay in one of the homes “fixed up” on Fixer Upper, a home remodeling show starring Chip and Joanna Gaines. The review wasn’t mean, we swear…
Summer is coming and if you’ve got a PlayStation 4 or a PlayStation VR headset, then you’ve got some very good reasons stock up on Vitamin D supplements and never go outside again until the fall. Sony gave the Observer a chance to preview some of their newest unreleased exclusives for…
Starting today Lyft and Uber drivers will no longer roam freely through the streets of Deep Ellum. A no-go zone, covering Good Latimer Expressway to Malcolm X Boulevard and Indiana Street to Commerce Avenue, has been enacted as part of a pilot program orchestrated by the City of Dallas and…
10. The three most naively optimistic words you can utter on Greenville Avenue during St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dallas: “Table for 12.” In 20 years of parades, I’ve been on the Observer float, the 105.3 The Fan float and even (in 2012) a co-grand marshal. But this Saturday I’m…
After one meal at Khao Noodle Shop, I could tell that the Dallas restaurant scene had changed forever. Well, that’s not quite true. Thanks to Khao’s terrific bowls of Laotian noodles, the Dallas restaurant scene is slightly better than it was before. The real difference is that, finally, the rest…
It takes years to build a good name and only seconds to destroy one, so should you choose to organize concerts or festivals, tread carefully, always be prepared to take a loss and don’t bite off more than you can chew. Some neophyte promoters are legitimately slimy characters, but sometimes…
We asked three of our regular contributors, Taylor Frantum, Preston Jones and Jacob Vaughn, to tackle a tough question: Should we still listen to the music of the late Michael Jackson, R. Kelly or Ryan Adams, three hugely popular artists in the news over allegations they were sexual predators who…
“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” — Ronald Wright from A Short History of Progress *** We rightfully mock Billy McFarland and Ja Rule for the disastrous Fyre Festival in the Bahamas, but it would…
