Reunited: Fever in the FunkhouseClub Dada’s Amanda Newman just gave me the official word for her club’s New Year’s Eve plans. In fact, she was so excited about it that I’ll let her tell it herself: “So…after lots of back and forth and phone calls…New Year’s Eve at Dada will…
Apparently, local musician Darlington likes to sleep around. At least he admits that in Monday’s Washington Post article about musician mom, Barbara Jones. If you’d like him in your bed, ask him this Friday at the Darkside Lounge where he performs with Greyskull, Poster Boy Material and Responsible Johnny where…
Hey, they aren’t called Lovie for nothing. (Ange Fitzgerald) Talk about a smackdown, in DC-9’s first Rock ‘n’ Rumble, Handclaps and Harmonies bitch-slapped Handshakes and High Fives all the way back to Granbury (where High Fives hail from). Nineteen out of 21 comments sided with the Rhino Records-ready band, and…
Dare to dream that a Footloose sequel would be filmed but if it was the case, filmmakers might consider Argyle High School, northwest of Dallas in Denton County. According to the Wall Street Journal, school superintendent Jason Ceyanes has a problem with freak dancing. What is freak dancing you say?…
Back to the Future’s Tom Wilson is all grown up, but still calling people buttheads in his stand-up act. (Macdonald-Murray Management)Not paying attention to our weekly Laughcast? Well, here’s what you missed: Tom Wilson and Dennis Regan Nov. 18, 2007 Addison Improv Caught the last part of Dennis Regan (yes,…
Courtesy one of my favorite MP3 blogs, Songs: Illinois, we find Salim Nourallah talking about his album Snowing In My Heart, which the site says is due nationally December 4 from German label Tapete Records, though, uh, it’s actually been out for some time. Oh, and when I say “talking,”…
This weekend was a little bi-polar between getting kinky at the Lizard Lounge and raising money via a bake sale up in Denton. Re-live the weekend here. 2007 Dallas Fetish Ball at Lizard Lounge Does someone need a spanking? (James Villa) Dirty boys, dirty girls and a dirty grandma had…
Lollipop Shoppe Nov. 17, 2007 Sloppyworld I thought I was going to get Ziggy Stardusted at last night’s Lollipop Shoppe party but the makeup table wasn’t too discernible from any of the other tables with empty beer bottles and plastic cups on it. Either that or the glare from all…
It’s after noon on Sunday and I’m still in sugar shock from NovemberFest at Rubber Gloves in Denton last night. Not only were the bands and the sound guy in sweet form, but the NF bake sale was incredible. And I mean incredible. Nouns Group produced some of the best…
Can someone explain to me why I keep hearing Third Eye Blind on the radio? My iPod battery died on the way into work this morning, so I flipped around and landed on 102.1 KDGE and caught the tail-end of “Graduate.” In the last couple weeks I’ve come across both…
If it’s comedy you want, Dallas has it this weekend. While Tarrant County has some comedic offerings, the funny will be obscured by a heavy fog of haven’t-we-heard-this-before? But the constellations in the clearly comedic night sky of Dallas forecast formidable amounts of funny. Friday: The Addison Improv has Tom…
You don’t need to be living to love Calabrese.As always, this weekend’s best bets. This week we’ve got a kick-back, a bit of undead fun and some piano pop to help us recover. Aesop Rock with Black Moth Super Rainbow, Blockhead and DJ Signify 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. The…
The first (inebriated) recount of Chelsea Callahan’s birthday shindig at the Double Wide last night, compliments of our own Andrea Grimes, who emceed the event: “Chelsea Callahan lap-danced a chair at my insistence. The crowd didn’t give a shit about my jokes. They wanted rock and roll. And Dove Hunter/Big…
Remember Ms. Erykah Badu? We didn’t forget her soulful vocals and enchanting beats. Well, we’re in luck, because the Dallas native just released her first single, “Honey,” from her forthcoming album — tentative title Kahba — which will hit stores on her birthday, Feb. 26. The new track, featuring beats…
Those in Dallas who are digging Foo Fighters’ new disc Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace are getting first crack at seeing the band perform the tunes live in the U.S. The band just announced its first North American tour in support of the disc, which came out in September, and…
Wow. You guys are on top of stuff. I’ve been getting emails this morning wanting to know when I was going to blog about Jonanna Widner leaving the Observer. I was waiting until everyone at the office was in the loop, but, hey, the cat’s out of the bag. Things…
The Hold Steady with Art Brut and 1990s Nov. 14, 2007 The Palladium Ballroom Better than: Watching the Project Runway premiere. Big time. Download: Watch our video of The Hold Steady from last night’s show at the end of the review. Or just check out the slideshow. Review: As a…
Many of us take our birthday as an opportunity to see how many Tuaca shots we can force down and still be able to walk. And while trying to prove alcoholic wherewithal is a legitimate birthday practice, perhaps it’s not the most worthy endeavor we can undertake. The most we’ll…
Soulja Boy is not weird for the sake of being weird. He’s weird for the sake of being lucrative. Which actually might make him post-postmodern, or maybe just post-post-Diddy. Either way, he’s harnessed the power of the post-MySpace, post–Lonely Girl, Web 3.0 world better than anyone else in music. Of…
I was 16 years old when my older cousin started dating the guy who would turn me on to “punk rock.” This was in a very backward Pennsylvania town during one of my transitional teenage years. By this time (1996-’97) most of the cool kids in my school were in…
You might think the use of the theremin would be a mark of distinction, but plenty of bands have employed the sci-fi sound machine. Led Zeppelin built a bridge out of it for “Whole Lotta Love,” the Pixies knitted “Velouria” with it and for Phish it was a segue out…
The most-viewed YouTube clip starring Puscifer, Tool leader Maynard James Keenan’s twisted side project, is “Cuntry Boner,” which features MJK, his drawers distended by a massive faux erection, twanging out lines such as “I’ve fucked Minnie Pearl” over a stomping hoedown beat. “V” Is for Vagina’s title promises more of…
