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Good Friday: Slobberbone, Shibboleth, Austin Brown Sounds, Cory Branan, PVC Street Gang, Chris Holt, Salim Nourallah, Mount Righteous, Teenage Cool Kids, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Oso Closo, Tesla, Gov’t Mule and Slider Pines

Let's do this. First, as always, the shows we've already discussed.The biggest show tonight's probably the first of Slobberbone's two nights of reunions (this one at Dan's Silverleaf). The O's open. But there's also the Don Cab show at RGRS, the Dr. John and Neville Brothers show at House of...
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The End is Near

Justin Terveen It took a year, but I now feel the way this woman looked in downtown Dallas last New Year's Eve. You're now free to get your drink on -- oh, little late for that, never mind. Regardless, we come now to the final posting of the year, a...
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MTV Names New Amerykah The 9th Best Disc Of ’08`

Considering that I've only seen eight of the 25 artists mentioned in MTV's year-end best albums list (Kanye West, Lil Wayne, No Age, Death Cab, Vampire Weekend, Panic At The Disco, MGMT, Coldplay) actually have their viddeos played on MTV or sister network VH1, you've gotta imagine that, for 17...
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Check Out The Video For Damaged Good$’ First Single

Check out the above video for Damaged Good$ and British rapper Xrabit's new collaborative single (and first official video), "Follow The Leader". Now, we know we might not be the first kids on the block to be posting this video, but screw it--we like DMG$ (been hyping them for a...
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Dean Guitars Sets Up Online Dimebag Memorial

Yesterday, of course, was the fourth anniversary of Dimebag Darrell's untimely death--which probably explains the large amount of information we keep finding about him and the biographies being written about him and whatnot of late. And, sorry we didn't post this yesterday when it went up, but, to commemorate the...
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Breaking Down The Grammy Nominations (Or: Hey, Some Love For DFWd!)

The 2009 Grammy nominations were announced last night, which means, yep, we're being INUNDATED with press releases from ecstatic and eager publicists touting their clients' successes.Like we have any say in the matter. Yeah, right.But, by my count, DFWd's doing OK here. Here's a breakdown of area artists who received...
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Threads From the Urban Fabric: Halloween Night in Dallas

the urban fabric (Justin Terveen) Halloween Night outside Mantus Ultralounge Good news for Unfair Park readers this afternoon, as longtime friend of the blog, Justin Terveen, whose lens always seems to catch downtown Dallas in its best light, has sent along his favorite shot from Halloween night. With any luck,...
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Stereogum Premieres Centro-matic’s Video For “Rat Patrols and DJs”

I guess Denton is officially Stereogum's new favorite music town. In the last month or so alone, the site's covered Midlake, Centro-matic and a few others to boot. And, today, Stereogum premiered Centro-matic’s new video for “Rat Patrols and DJs”. Which, of course, was filmed outside of Denton’s own Dan’s...
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Esquire Endorses: A Sneak Peek at the Local Races (and Restaurant)

If, by chance, you've been withholding your vote till Esquire's endorsement issue, then you're in luck, as the November issue's out now with its who-to-vote-fer list covering all 482 races nationwide. Among the locals getting a nod from the magazine: Rep. Jeb Hensarling, who, despite not having a "major-party opponent,"...
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Dallas Wants, Needs Mark Wahlberg and Frank Campagna On That Wall

Patrick Michels Well, there's something you don't see every day: Frank Campagna and Marky Mark, hunh. The tandem were brought together by the magic of Max Payne, which Mark Wahlberg was in town to promote yesterday during what turned out to be a rather star-studded Tuesday. The Kettle Art-ist, famous...
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Unfair Park Exclusive: Is Pro-Hotel Faction Improperly Spending Its Money?

Scattered among the minutia related to the convention center hotel project lies the distinction between the political action committees started by the anti-hotel folks and the pro-hotel peeps. On August 27, hotel opponents backed by Crow Holdings started a specific-purpose committee called Citizens Against a Taxpayer-Owned Hotel, which was later...
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The City of Dallas’ Cartoon Network

This morning, I was bitten, then infected, by this City of Dallas-provided public service announcement about how to prevent the West Nile, which is sweeping the land! This pilot episode has tremendous potential, and I look forward to future episodes: "What Do I Do With This Syringe?," "How Do I...
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Gilding the Lily at Oscar de la Renta

Courtney Clenney After the jump, Intern Courtney's recap of her visit to Oscar de la Renta in NorthPark Center yesterday, where Tatiana Boncompagni Hoover signed copies of her novel Gilding Lily. But among the photos Courtney returned with was this one of Lisa Garza, the not-Next Food Network Star, who's...