Hopper

Seems to me like it's nothing more than creative PR. A way to keep your name in the news. Bands have been doing this forever - there's nothing wrong with it...until Pac and Bigge get shot.

Somehow, I don't see this ending up that way.

Yep, that's exactly what I meant.

A simple idea that wouldn't really solve that much...

....but I wish there were more weekend daytime music things going on there - just a little low-key outdoor stage music festival. It's easy to park then, not nearly as scary, the weather is perfect right now, and it's a way to get people back to Deep Ellum AND have a positive experience all in one. It exposes a lot of new bands and lets people hear new things.

Again - certainly not a "solution" - if there is such a thing - but something that's sorely missing from the Dallas music scene in general. Outdoor concerts that aren't trying to promise record deals or what not - just ones that do it because hearing music outside while having a beer is a good way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

Start times are a little different:

9:00pm - JD Whittenburg & Trainwreck 10:00pm - The Dirt Blazers 11:00pm - Travis Hopper 12:00am - Collin Herring

I don't think this is the same guy...

Wrist-slapping...that sounds so negative! I just wanted to let you know that Tom hadn't approved it yet. And by Tom, I mean Tom Petty. I just call him Tom now though....

Rat b@stards!

Must. Find. New. Local. Music. Site. Now.

Well, it was on the bonus disc, but I guess I'm too late to clarify. I think my answer would've passed on Jeopardy, but you're the Trebek here. Your call, I guess...

1. Singular Girl
2. Satellite Rides
3. Marc Bolan

So messed up that you won't even know how to spell "guaranteed"...

"...John Candy (back when he was funny)."

Back when he was alive too.

Genius.

They're not taking anything right now....or at least not to the email addresses they have posted. Both have kicked back as "undeliverable". Hope they get those fixed soon...