Bob Dylan is being sued. For supposedly being racist. Could the harmonica enthusiast born Robert Allen Zimmerman — the man whose ejaculate created national treasure Jakob Dylan of the Wallflowers — truly be a bigot? Sure, he could be. Or maybe his comment likening Croatians to Nazis was misinterpreted or…
Elected officials and city staff in Dallas colluded over a decade to break federal housing and civil rights laws and promote and worsen racial segregation across the city, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has found, dealing City Hall a scathing, and potentially costly, blow after a…
The Kennedy commemoration is behind us; I have written too much about it. Now I have a confession to make, and I sincerely hope the conspiracy authors and scholars with whom I have been talking over the last year will not take this as a betrayal or a sign of…
So now eight years after this began the city finally shows its hand, and we learn the solution to a very old local riddle: Why in the world eight years ago was the city of Dallas sending armies of cops and code inspectors out to harass two guys who had…
From behind the counter at Ernest Tubb Record Shop, Jerry Kay Weeks greets visitors from China, Germany, Amsterdam, London and Australia…and that was just last week. The Original Ernest Tubb Record Store is a Top-3 must-see in Nashville for music fans. And long before Nashville called to his soul, Tubb…
Editor’s Note: Shea Serrano is an award-winning music writer and goofball whose recent exploits include Bun B’s Rapper Coloring and Activity Book. In his new column, he writes about his life and times. The biggest concern in my life recently is that every show on my DVR is the regular…
I have a column coming up in this week’s newspaper calling Austin radio personality Alex Jones a “Jeremiah,” which is supposed to be a good thing — that is, a prophet calling to awaken his people from their slumber and corruption. But I admit, it’s a tough swallow, even for…
You’re home for the the Holidays, and you start to get that restless feeling. It’s perfectly natural. The evening’s winding down, and the Thanksgiving spread is now a pile of dishes you don’t want to wash. Maybe there were kids running around all day and you’d like some grown up…
Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist and is the author of The Girls’ Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to…
The only truth-teller Friday was Alex Jones, who said the whole thing was a lie.By now all of the responsible parties are congratulating themselves for the seamless passage of the 50th Kennedy Assassination Anniversary event at Dealey Plaza last Friday and especially for the way the massive security apparatus worked…
As a self-respecting female with professional aspirations and a desire to be taken seriously as an individual, it’s become increasingly difficult to identify with American electronic dance music culture without feeling kind of irresponsible. By Kat Bein Six or seven years ago, the playing field was pretty even. We went…
1:52 p.m.: Spent the last couple hours freezing my intellect off with Austin provocateur radio host Alex Jones and a gang of about 150 of his “InfoWars” followers who matched to Dealey Plaza chanting “No more lies.” I called ahead to a foreign documentary crew inside the barricades to tell…
Greetings from your local Dead Kennedy’s tribute band, Dallas Über Alles. What better city to have a tribute to the legendary hard-core punk rock act than the one where JFK himself was assassinated? Our first year of playing shows marks the 50th anniversary of the event that our city is…
Not that the office of district attorney isn’t political anyway. In the old days when the Republican old guard dangled the local district attorney on puppet strings, the office functioned as a kind of collection agency for the well connected. Walk away from a deal with one of those guys,…
Getting pretty stoked, have to admit it, pretty revved up for the 50th Kennedy Assassination Celebration downtown tomorrow. Lots more calls coming in from the curious. Friend called from New Jersey asking if there will be a parade. Had to tell him no, sadly. They were afraid they wouldn’t be…
Part of why I write is because I think words are important. They are similar to songs in that the right one in the right place at the right time can absolutely change your life. Words are not meaningless or forgettable, no matter what Depeche Mode might claim. By Jaime…
Dear Mexican: I watched the brown pride marches of the early 1970s and heard the shouts of “La Raza” and how it was going to be different now that the “Chicano” had arrived. I remember when President Ronald Wilson Reagan gave amnesty to some 5 million illegal Mexican immigrants and…
Over the last three years as the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination has drawn closer, Dealey Plaza where he was killed has been the setting for an ugly battle. On one side has been an eclectic army of conspiracy theorists insistent on their right to use the plaza as…
Earlier this year, we ran an article on some of the top live sound engineers in Dallas. We were properly admonished for not including Carlos Sanchez on that list, and it lit up our interest in him. While he’s not the easiest fellow to get ahold of (many live soundfolk,…
All, right, that’s it, I’m sick of this and I’m not going to take it anymore. Every other day The Dallas Morning News runs another op-ed piece by some unknown New York pinhead about who should be the next city manager of Dallas, and not once have they asked me…
Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist and is the author of The Girls’ Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to…
Editor’s Note: Shea Serrano is an award-winning music writer and goofball whose recent exploits include Bun B’s Rapper Coloring and Activity Book. In his new column, he writes about his life and times. Last week, I wrote about why One Direction’s “This Is My Story” sucks. Usually, whenever one of…
