Check out this photo set for more photos from the kiss-in.It wasn’t quite the complete and total kiss-o-rama the posters suggested, but toss in the pecks on the cheek, the hugs and the still-awkward bro-pats between strangers, and there was plenty of same-sex affection out in the open at Queer…
When it feels like the rest of the world is out on vacation, daydreams about island living come easily — and even if a tropical refuge in Bishop Arts doesn’t quite give the same effect, sometimes the right table in the right restaurant is vacation enough for now. Plus, there…
As the story in this week’s Observer will tell you, Los Campesinos! never went out looking for buzz-band status. But based on a sampling of folks on the street here back in January, we could’ve told you there’s something special about the catchy, upbeat sounds from this British septet –…
For a while there last month, it seemed like Fort Worth-based Telegraph Canyon might start looking for property in Dallas — or at least a Wal-Mart to park the band’s trailer. After playing a late set in the DOMA showcase at Bandera, then appearing onstage at the Granada for our…
In the fight over the fate of 508 Park Ave., this week saw the opening salvos at City Hall between the Glazers, who own the old Warner Bros. Pictures storage building where Robert Johnson and Bob Wills once recorded, and preservationists who want to keep it standing.Along with worries about…
In this week’s Dish column, Dave takes a tropical holiday across the river to Oak Cliff, where Hula Hotties fits right in among its Bishop Arts District neighbors.To get a feel for the place, and a look at the flower-topped food the kitchen turns out, check out the photos in…
John Mackey’s no stranger to a little controversy, especially the online-first Mark Cubanesque variety. But the Whole Foods co-founder took it up a notch with his Tuesday guest editorial in The Wall Street Journal, in which he takes issue with universal public health care proposals, and offers his eight tips…
With all arms of the government digging around for ways to green up their operations, the Dallas VA Medical Center is jumping into the renewable energy pool feet-first, capitalizing on one of its greatest resources: a huge roof.Says the latest issue of Resource Week, the hospital’s wrapped a project to…
With your own Texas Rangers and the Boston Red Sox in the heat of a wild-card race, this weekend’s three-game series is huge. With less than two months to go, that long baseball season starts looking awfully short. When they faced off last month, the Rangers knocked the Red Sox…
…and if it’s the YouTube you want, then, by god, it’s YouTube you get.Good luck picking out each of the instruments at work in this week’s video.Along with the pair of guitars he’d play that night, Robert Gomez rolled into SPACE for last Wednesday night’s taping followed by Heather Test,…
If your Rhett Miller alarm was sounding off all morning and you just couldn’t figure out why, North Of The Dial’er Daniel is here to help, pointing out that CNN’s Shannon Cook sat down with Miller to feature him in today’s installment of CNN’s interview series “Music & Conversation.” (Two…
While the Cowboys finish saying goodbye to their old home one piece at a time, they’re busy finishing up the newest feature at their digs Arlington: 14 works of contemporary art commissioned specifically for Cowboys Stadium. Gene Jones led a media tour for through the building yesterday, along with family…
Using the term “bandanna” loosely — some might just be du-rags, keffiyehs or shirts — but, used to whatever purpose, there were plenty of them out on the dance floor at Suite Basement last Friday night. Big J, Yeah Def and Vega all spun, and our nightlife photo crew was…
Like the Kid Rock/Skynyrd show at Superpages a few weeks back (or even the chihuahua owners from last weekend), the shots from Saturday night’s Crue Fest are worth a look if only as a window into a world you’d otherwise rarely have reason to encounter.That said, Roger Caldwell’s shots of…
Late yesterday we were fixing to end the day on a high note, and send two pair of DC9 readers to the Granada’s double-bill of hip-hop duos scheduled for tonight.But the good people at the Granada sent word instead that Clipse and Cool Kids had bowed out. Close followers will…
The day Jerry Jones introduced the world to his huge new TV screen, gamers wondered what it’d be like to plug in their PlayStation and have a game 90 feet above the Cowboys Stadium field.Well, wonder no more. While the stadium opened up to season ticket holders for Saturday’s open…
Could’ve filed this one under “Night Moves” just as easily, because the King Bucks’ poolside set at the Belmont Hotel last weekend was all about the scene.Under Thursday night’s full moon, with the Dallas skyline lit up behind them, the Bucks spent hours on the lawn stage, while the hotel’s…
Check out our slide show for a closer look at the racing chihuahuas, and the rare breed of owners who trained their dogs for this.One-hundred and fifty nine Chihuahuas came to the parking lot Saturday morning, but by high noon there was only Charlie. Flanked by his entire family on…
As Catherine eloquently related over the weekend, Broken Social Scene finally made their long-awaited Dallas tour date, after the flu-induced fevers and hot tempers of their late January cancellation.For those of you hankering for another look at the show, Stevey Visneau brings us this photo set with more shots of…
Check out our slide show for more shots from the tournament and around the stadium.It was a moment you knew was coming ever since the Cowboys unveiled the largest-in-the-world 1080p HDTV screen hanging above midfield in their new stadium.Saturday afternoon at an open house for Cowboys season ticket holders, Sony…
Breakfast is really the only meal that could make that movie work. Not that The Supper Club couldn’t be great too — but it would have to go in a different direction. This week we learned that Lola is on the way out, even if plenty more places are just…
A few months ago, much of the Observer’s SXSW posse closed out the mess by catching Bobby Bare Jr. in a pretty empty barroom on the second floor above Sixth Street. With his always-straining voice, smart lyrics and easy turns from folk to all-out rocking, he was a breath of…
