Dan Solomon

  • Cloud Nothings play the Galax Z Fair in McAllen March 11.

    Every Which Way but South-By

    Spillover bookings take SXSW bands statewide. Full Story
  • Sunset at Texas Stadium

    Sky-High Stadium

    There was a time when the Dallas Cowboys used their stadium’s most passionate fans as a resource. These days, though, the people in the stands are as likely to be one-timers wearing visiting-team colors as regulars in Cowboys blue-and-white. As long as they paid full price, Jerry Jones can take pride in a victory, of sorts. Full Story
  • Bikinis employee Whitney Bell.

    Selling the Ultimate Man Cave

    Breastaurants have become a big business in Texas by marketing and selling a male-focused illusory experience. Turns out the ultimate male dream is pretty shallow. Full Story

  • Rocking the Valley

    Port Arthur has Janis Joplin. Lubbock has Buddy Holly. And the rock-and-roll legacies of Dallas, Houston and Austin are well established. There are few [...] Full Story

  • G-Baby’s Battle

    The first time I see the 21-year-old Austin rapper G-Baby perform, it’s not at a hip-hop club, or on BET’s 106 & Park, where [...] Full Story