Here’s the first installment… Balmorhea This band is Texas’ best kept secret. Balmorhea create cinematic and sweeping orchestral music that fits right in there with Philip Glass compositions. In fact, they have a new limited edition 7″ entitled Candor/Clamor on the way which you can preview here complete with Godfrey Reggio/Ron Fricke-like visuals akin to >> Read More

Tim and Eric was quite a show last night at the Granada Theater! Chef De Cuisine Scott Diana made Tim and Eric and truly fabulous “Chrimbus Dinner” consisting of lemon-herb roasted chicken, herbed pan gravy, homemade citrus cranberry sauce, rustic garlic whipped potatoes, and “Chrimbus” roasted vegetables. The show was absolutely a success! Our new >> Read More

Comedy is a serious business these days. Every season, the the markets in comedy films, stand-up comedy and online comedy such as “YouTube” and “Funny or Die” have been on a major rise since the day they were invented. That’s not something people ignore giving the economic climate over the past few years. With each passing year, >> Read More

Get your Tickets! Corb Lund 11/18 Plus Two Tons of Steel, John D Hale Anyone who has met me in the last 4 years knows that I am a huge fan and mildly obsessed with Canadian alt-country singer/songwriter Corb Lund.  I mean, how could you not be in love with a classically handsome man that writes lyrics like, “The >> Read More

Salim Nourallah is a staple in the Dallas music scene and can be compared to songwriting giants like Elvis Costello, Andy Partridge (XTC) or Jarvis Cocker (Pulp).  His musical roots lie in the works of the Beatles but his latest albums reach a new level in pop music.  He began his musical career with his >> Read More

Wed. November 10 – Joanna Newsom w/ Ariella Daly To many Joanna Newsom is like Marmite. People seem to love her or hate her, a result of her distinctive rollercoaster of a soft/harsh/whispering/piercing/child-like voice. Those who have previously placed themselves in the hate category would be well advised to listen to Have One On Me >> Read More

Tonight Conan O’Brien will return to television with the debut of Conan, his new late night talk show on TBS.  Everyone has been talking about his return for months, but the question is whether or not people will actually tune in to support this glorious red headed giant.  As someone who saw his “Legally Prohibited >> Read More

This week I was asked to learn about guitar virtuoso John McLaughlin. Ranked 49th on Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”,  John McLaughlin is a English  guitar virtuoso that has experimented with nearly every variety of stringed instruments.  Whether it is an electric, acoustic, violin, Indian veena, or even an unique electric guitar-synth, John McLaughlin has been noted >> Read More

Hello reeders wuts up.  I hope everee1 had a happee hallooweeen. I dressed up as demon. c how scaree i luk? So n e way mah fine masterz at Granada askd me 2 revew some coool new bandz.  The 1st band i’m revewin are from cali n they r calld “the felines”. theyre myspace is >> Read More

Last week’s author was Philip K. Dick, this week’s is no less strange. Welcome to the cosmically horrific world of H.P. Lovecraft… In his novels and short stories esoteric cults roam foggy New England towns practicing strange and terrifying rituals, forbidden knowledge and forgotten texts lead men into madness, and humanity’s survival is threatened by >> Read More