Christian McPhate
Dallas Observer
Dallas, TX, United States
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Jerry Warden Was Kicked Off His Run for Mayor for a Sex Offender Charge. Now He Faces Charges.
The self-proclaimed Godfather of Heavy Metal didn’t run for Arlington Mayor in early 2021 “to become a poster boy for fighting a ruling that said that convicted felons couldn’t after they finished their sentences,” as he pointed out in a recent Observer interview. → Read More
Ozzy Osbourne's Full Moon Has Finally Set With His Retirement Announcement
In a Feb.1 statement posted to Twitter, Ozzy Osbourne announced that due to damage to his spine from an accident four years ago, he would no longer be touring. → Read More
The Portrayal of the Gibson Guitar Factory in The Process Is Actually Pretty Accurate
For decades, Gibson built its acoustic guitars at a factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Artists such as B.B. King and Johnny Cash made them famous. → Read More
A Change Encounter at a Fort Worth Bar Land Isaac Hoskins a Dream TV Spot
Isaac Hoskins knew the gentleman in the crowd was important. Standing onstage at the Magnolia Motor Lounge in Fort Worth, Hoskins was playing another opening slot at a Friday night gig as he’d been doing for nearly two decades now. → Read More
Denton's paid parental leave was nearly a year in the making
Nearly a month has passed since the city of Denton announced that employees will now receive six weeks of paid parental leave for births, adoptions and placement of a child → Read More
Tribal Gaze and Its Deadly East Texas Metal Goes Well With Tourmates Creeping Death
Singer McKenna Holland was 14 years old when he first started perfecting his death metal chops. The East Texas native has always been a metalhead, but he then discovered deathcore and the extreme stuff. → Read More
Jess Barr, Twilite Lounge Owner, and Slobberbone Guitarist, Died Last Week
Slobberbone’s guitarist, Jess Barr, had this cocky thing he used to do onstage whenever he finished a kickass guitar solo. → Read More
Lamb Of God Is Making a 'Pissed-Off' Tour Stop in Dallas This Week
Guitar World has dubbed Lamb of God “the most important contemporary metal band in the world,” hailed the group as the architects behind the “new wave of American heavy metal” as torchbearers of the heavy metal that Megadeth → Read More
DCAD board ousts McClure with goal of ‘better service to the taxpayers’
Chief Appraiser Hope McClure is out at Denton Central Appraisal District, the board announced Tuesday afternoon in an unanimous decision. → Read More
Denton will be holding a 'Clear the Shelter' event, waiving adoption fees
Denton is holding a “Clear the Shelter” event at the Linda McNatt Animal Care & Adoption Center, waiving all adoption fees to help find homes for cats and dogs at → Read More
Two Dallas Lawyers Teamed Up to Get Session Musicians $45 Million in Unpaid Royalties
Chastity “Chaz” Marie was fresh out of high school when she and her sister Stephanie got hired as background singers on country superstar LeAnn Rimes' album Sittin’ On Top of the World. → Read More
GWAR Continue Expanding Their Universe With a New Album, Documentary and Comic
Blóthar the Berserker looked upon the Civil War soldiers crawling from their graves around Richmond, Virginia, where the band GWAR originally formed in 1984. → Read More
Fans and Friends Are Split About Whether Pantera's Upcoming Tour Is Good News
Some fans and friends aren't hapy that Pantera is touring after the death of drummer Vinnie Paul and hs brother Dimebag Darrell. → Read More
Monsignor King Outreach Center hours expanded during this weekend's extreme temperatures
As North Texas melts from the extreme heat this weekend, the city will be helping offer extra hours at the Monsignor King Outreach Center to provide needed cooling from the → Read More
Bernard Wright, Sampled By Everyone, Mentored Young Musicians
A godson of R&B singer Roberta Flack, Bernard Wright moved to Dallas and became a mentor to local jazz, funk and R&B musicians. He died on Thursday, May 19. He was 58. → Read More
Snotty Nose Rez Kids Talk Grave-Digging Dark Times Ahead of Dallas Show
As snotty nose kids on the Haisla Nation reservation in Canada, the Snotty Rez Kids played a lot of basketball and dug graves for their loved ones. → Read More
Dallas Found Its First Poet Laureate in Joaquín Zihuatanejo, Who Lives in Denton
Dallas' first poet laureate Joaquín Zihuatanejo doesn't live in Dallas. But does it matter? → Read More
Lamb of God Remakes Megadeth, Recalling the Time Rigor Mortis Nearly Kicked Megadeth's Ass
The metalhead had been visiting his lover, Diana, for several hours, rendezvousing in the backseat of his rusted old sports car. → Read More
Dennis González, Who Died Tuesday, Wanted To Be 'The Hero of His Own Legend.' He Was.
Dallas jazz music legend Dennis González recognized in his music, poetry and prose that he lived in a world of spirit. → Read More
Legendary Dallas Talent Buyer 'Big Mike' Rios Is Retiring After 30 Years in an Ever-Changing Industry
The night “Big Mike” Rios’ life changed, he was sitting at Blind Melons in San Diego, watching Willie Jay and the Texas Hurricanes. → Read More