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…
Even though it may seem to you that the summer has been replaced by a wind tunnel and a hyperactive dry ice machine, you know what’s coming. It’s going to be warmer than the surface of the sun (I am aware of the logical impossibility of this statement), and promoters…
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…
Dear Mexican: Like many Americans, I’ve heard about the “Fast and Furious” scandal in which our own ATF was shown to be corrupt and guilty of supplying guns that ended up in the hands of the drug cartels. I also recently saw a report about the violence in Mexico, and…
I knew some people whose only kid went off to college. Tears, blubbering, World War II refugee-style moving day with boxes lashed to the top of the car, the whole nine yards. So now the kid’s gone. They don’t just clean up his room. They don’t just clean out his…
Christian Chavarria is a talented jazz musician, and former UNT Jazz student, who has become so tireless in his trek to grow, produce and expose young artists he’s had to backburner his own projects for now. Chavarria has been working under vocal coach Linda Septien (Jessica Simpson, Selena Gomez) at…
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. “A yeast infection looks like chicken noodle…
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…
Photo courtesy of Peter BesteWelcome 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! LONG DISTANCE LOVE FADING Dear Willie D: I’m in a long-distance relationship with a good man,…
Damn. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings got me last night. I resisted, but he got me. Anyway, I finally found the answer to a question that has long nagged me. When he does that affable dumb jock routine? Yeah. He’s about to take you for a whirlwind visit to the cleaners…
Now, I’m no fireman, obviously, but it seems to me that when some standing room only venues sell out, they really sell out. I mean like you couldn’t fit another person in there with a really big shoehorn. Sometimes these experiences can be traumatic. Other times they can be fantastic…
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…
Rock The Bells season is officially here. This Tuesday, promoters Guerilla Union held their launch party/press conference for this year’s festival. Hosted by HOT97’s Peter Rosenberg, the festivities started off with the longstanding tradition of freestyle extraordinaire MC Supernatural rapping the 2013 lineup. Seated on stage with the likes Black…
Dear Mexican: Where did the notion of adding an -o to the end of an English word and assuming it makes it a Spanish word come from? Juanito Dear Wab: “Anglos have long held power in making Spanish and Spanish-speaking culture invisible,” writes University of South Florida foreign language professor…
Wow. I take it all back, Tea Party. You cool. In fact, I’m jealous. Targeted by the IRS. There was a time when that would have been my dream come true. I remember back in the day when my hippie friends started getting their FBI files under the Freedom of…
It’s only a modest card table and a couple of folding chairs. Just past the newly placed jewelry cases, the gaudy and beautiful rings and brooches sit nearby a wall of crowns waiting for an Easter service or a Derby party. You will pass a dog and there sits Melinda…
Ever been backstage at House of Blues Dallas? Rachel Behring painted the cool murals you see on the walls back there of some of rock and soul’s legends. But hell, that’s just her showing she loves where she works … and who wouldn’t? Behring spent a good stretch of time…
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 Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater…
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…
