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Keep reading Northerners talking about Dallas shutting down after “2 inches of snow.” Well, it’s not the snow that’s the problem. Right now it’s 18 degrees F and there is about 1.5 inches of smooth-as-glass ice over most of the roads at least here in East Dallas. I braved the dangerous roads — and even…

SNOW DAY!!! DISD cancels…my job cancels.

Tough Roots Radics riddims and the floating, ethereal vocal stylings of Wayne Jarrett make CHIP IN (1982) not only a classic and key entry in the Jamaican music canon but a damn fine listen to nearly 30 years on. The Junjo Lawes production also boasts some of the worst LP art in Reggae. Maybe not…

Another test using email

Testing new phone app

New Suspira Poster art by Matt Leer Dallas Cinemania is screening Dario Argento’s classic SUSPIRIA (1977) Jan 20th, 8pm at the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff. Due to the fact that the TT doesn’t have a 35mm projection system at the moment, we’re gonna be showing this in the digital format. Some folks may decry…

Last night finally got around to watching The Three Burial of Melquiades Estrada (2005) dir: Tommy Lee Jones. Thought it was ok if a bit long. Started out promising but devolved into an awkward “road-trip” movie — or trail-trip…or whatever. Also watched Inception (2010). Twice. Finally figured some things out the second time but I…

Leslie Nielsen passed away this Sunday. He was 84 according to the AP. I first remember seeing Leslie in Forbidden Planet. That was a film made back in 1956. It was Technicolor fantasy, loosely based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest. It had Robby the Robot in it. Good film to see on the big screen. I…

A search for info on the collapse of the current economy doesn’t turn up any definitive answers. No one can really judge it because we’re knee-deep in it. Right? Knee?Throat? Who really knows the depth and breadth of this mess? Most can probably agree the U.S. economy has lost a prime mover — our biggest…

More JA madness in Big D. This time DJ Diamond Age and I will be spinning at Lee Harvey’s at 1807 Gould St in Dallas, TX. We’ll probably go on around 9pm and spin vinyl until 2am. No admission and I think they’re having 1/2 burgers. Not exactly ital, but hey…We’ll also be celebrating the…