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In this week's paper, Darryl Smyers talks Athens' Dead Confederate, explaining why Sunday night's show at The Loft is a must-see in his book:Known for their hybrid mix of alt-country and post-grunge, Athens' Dead Confederate created quite a critical buzz with the release of Wrecking Ball, the band's 2008 debut...
There are only 600 seats available at tomorrow night's Granada Theater show with Chris Knight and Somebody's Darling. And, we just heard from the folks over at the the theater that this all-seated affair is close to a sell-out. No real surprise there. Knight's a big player in Texas despite...
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Vampire Weekend Doesn’t Suck.
Patrick MichelsPatrick took this photo this morning at the Jubilee Park event. I knew it would come in handy.A few minutes ago, the Clark County School District announced: Sure enough, Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa's a finalist for the superintendent's job there -- no surprise. Joining him on...
Between the weather and the Rosh a few things fell through the cracks yesterday. Like, oh, former FBI agent Terence Hart's report to City Manager Mary Suhm concerning the funeral procession for Dallas Police Chief David Brown's son. City Hall sent the 11-page doc, and Suhm's accompanying memo, late Wednesday...
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Last week we ran a story about a local jazz family Dennis, Aaron, and Stefan Gonzalez and their recent work with L.A.-based freak-folk artist, Ariel Pink. The collaboration resulted in a 12" EP titled Ariel Pink With Added Pizzazz, which was just released last weekend on the brilliantly named record...
If Carlos Melendez has mental problems, that's news to him. Sitting on a wooden bench outside State District Judge Mike Snipes' courtroom, the 20-year Air Force veteran can't explain why exactly he was accepted as an inaugural member of Dallas County's veterans court—the latest so-called "specialty" court aimed at preventing...
Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to...
One of the officers in this picture was fired yesterday. (Hint: the one in the middle.)Dallas Police Chief David Brown isn't messing around: Late yesterday the DPD sent out yet another laundry list of officers being terminated, the third such release in the past few days, bringing the total of...
We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.Dax Riggs (Austin,...
UrbanDaddy, a free daily e-mail service, touts its ability to suss out the "single thing you need to know every day about your city." What many subscribers don't know is the magazine's also in the business of creating the screwball foods and drinks that populate its hot list, including a...
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Ron Washington should've been fired. I know it. You know it. Shoot, even he knows it. "Wouldn't have blamed them if they did," the Texas Rangers manager said of team president Nolan Ryan and general manager Jon Daniels back in spring training. "But they stood by me. My team stood...
Ron Price needs his milkshake. It's 10 o'clock on a Monday morning and the baldheaded, barrel-chested former bodybuilder is shuffling around the kitchen of a posh rehab clinic in Tijuana, wearing slippers and a blue Gold's Gym T-shirt. Price had been employed as a stockbroker in New Mexico, but his...
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The DTC Flies High
Anderson Cooper can't get enough of Texas Republicans' claims that women are coming to the United States illegally to give birth to future terrorists -- ya know, "terror babies," as state Rep. Debbie Riddle called 'em during her debate with a clearly bemused Rafael Anchía Tuesday night. Wednesday, the namesake...
Thousands of television sets had been sold in Dallas by 1951, but most of the time the machines weren't good for much. The city's biggest station aired a test pattern 15 hours a day. In homes across the county, hulking Philcos and Zeniths sat stone-faced in their mahogany veneer cases...
Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp is a chance for musicians to get a crash course in playing in a rock band. Whether your drumming skills are on par with Meg White's or somebody who can play "Pride & Joy" note-for-note in a dark corner of a Guitar Center, the intent...
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Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to...
Autolux, Golden PandaThe LoftSeptember 10, 2010Better than: waiting six years between albums. The distinctive, spectacular drumming of Autolux's Carla Azur is enough to draw a crowd. Consider, too, though, the elegant mystery of this credit for her work with Joe Henry on the album Fuse: "Carla Azur appears like the...
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Mind Spiders Mess With Your Head
Drive-By Truckers, The Henry Clay PeopleHouse of BluesSeptember 25, 2010Better Than: The Drive-By Truckers' SXSW show in March, when they methodically rushed through their new album. Drive-By TruckersIt's always interesting to see and hear how a beloved band's newest material is received by its crowds. Often times, even the most...