Welcome to Alice Column, in which Alice Laussade writes stories about things on (roughly) the same day of (roughly) every week, making it (roughly) a column. Got an idea for a column? Start your own blog and write it up, you lazy shit. The city of Dallas is considering a…
Now that we’ve given up hope that state or federal governments will ever do us any good, the focus is on cities. So what about Dallas? The Brookings Institution is offering us advice as part of its “Global Cities Initiative,” telling Dallas to concentrate on education, exports and sister cities…
He’s one of the quiet observers-from-a-distance of our local music scene. He knows local people both big and small, but judges no one. He’s sick and tired of all the name jokes, and wisecracks about being eaten on a Lee Harvey’s burger. He’s the ultimate barfly, and wise observer of…
What would music be without a beat, a rhythm or a backbone? Though they qualify as the first instruments ever created, the drums are probably the last thing most music fans can live without. And while we worship plenty of drummers in modern music, there are some Gods of Thunder…
If you were a Martian visiting Dallas for the first time, you might have trouble even believing how obscure the issues are in City Council elections here, as if we were always voting between one guy who ties his shoes left to right and another one who goes the other…
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…
Last week, on Wednesday, May 29, Steve Knopper of Rolling Stone.com detailed Daft Punk’s domination of the Billboard album chart with the release of their eagerly-awaited Random Access Memories. The article moves into territory deeper than simple retail numbers, though. Knopper even dug into the number of Spotify spins for…
Welcome to Ask Willie D, where the Geto Boys MC answers reader questions about matters, in his own words, “funny, serious or unpredictable.” Something on your mind? Ask Willie D! Photo courtesy of Peter BesteLOVING ORANGE COUNTY Dear Willie D: I’m a newly single divorcée with lots of time and…
It occurs to me this country is quite spaced out. Not in the drugs sense, although God knows that happens too, but in the sense it is really quite large. I mean, have you seen a map? That shit is humongous. Furthermore, there are only so many places poor overworked…
Talk about falling from grace. Tim Lambesis, the 32-year-old lead singer of the Christian metalcore band As I Lay Dying, is accused of plotting to kill his estranged wife. He posted a $2 million bail on Friday. Lambesis must wear a GPS monitor and stay away from his estranged wife…
Good read by Jay Root in The Texas Tribune today about whether Governor Oops will run for re-election as governor of Texas or run for something else, who knows what, president of France, whatever. Root suggests it will be the governorship again for Oops, and he talks some about other…
As the temperature increases and we all make that switch to that summertime state of mind, we at The Overserved thought it might be nice to toast our rising hemlines and glowing foreheads with a little summer kick-off. Blake Ward has kindly let me take over his Friday night party…
Late last month, indie-loving fans of the globe, and especially here in Texas, finally received a single, but major, piece of news regarding the project that’s surely to be slapped with the ubiquitous “supergroup” label. Overseas, consisting of David Bazan (Pedro the Lion), and former Dallasites Bubba and Matthew Kadane…
Lindsey BestAndrew Youssef [Editor’s Note: Longtime concert photographer Andrew Youssef found out almost two years ago that he had Stage IV Colon Cancer. In that time, he has continued to shoot tons of music events for our sister paper OC Weekly on top of other freelance work and working a…
Welcome to Alice Column, in which Alice Laussade writes stories about things on (roughly) the same day of (roughly) every week, making it (roughly) a column. Got an idea for a column? Start your own blog and write it up, you lazy shit. There’s a shopping center off of Royal…
Oh, no, wait a minute, please. You’re telling me The Stonewall Democrats of Dallas are shocked and amazed because Delia Jasso, the City Council candidate they endorsed against Scott Griggs in North Oak Cliff, turns out to be a spineless flip-flopper? They thought she was going to be what? Abraham…
As proprietor of what could possibly be the finest P.A. system in Deep Ellum, Trees’ Lee Russell is a repeat guest in this column. We spoke to him in January about his jet engine of a sound system, installed at Trees, but he’s up to more now. Much, much more…
The underground parking lot of the W Hotel isn’t all that different from the Ghost Bar some 300 feet above it in some ways: white walls, industrial interior. Still, the lack of air conditioning was growing uncomfortable, and my perfectly waved ‘do was giving way to frizz, but that will…
We can be proud of our glittering Vegas-scale Arts District and still be honest about how it came to be. Right? I hope so, because maybe if we look at that history frankly and think about it for a bit, we will be better equipped to gauge what’s going on…
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…
Occasional correspondent Bill Marvel, who defends the high holiness of art, sent me the following headline this morning, “DIA’s art collection could face sell-off to satisfy Detroit’s creditors,” along with a personal note: “I know this will warm your heart.” The DIA is the Detroit Institute of Art, their big…
Look, life is not football. It’s more important. I do get that. But, sorry. At a certain point in last night’s Dallas ISD board meeting, a big scoreboard flashed in my mind. MIKE MILES, 7. JOHN WILEY PRICE, 0. Very, very superficial of me, I know. But, hey, I am…
