d Nuts || April 2, 2008

Another casualty of not being anywhere near town--I totally miss the boat on stories like this. The Pitchfork story, strangely, doesn't make any mention that ear woundee Josh Baish runs Rubber Gloves in Denton ... uh, yeah, it does. Though I totally glossed over the blurry photo. More information, of course, can be found at Denton Rock City.

While I'm here, I might as well send an apology to those who happen to reload this page on a daily/weekly basis, expecting more commentary or reviews or what-have-you about North Texas music. It has to be obvious by now that the semi-consistent posts of old are done. The area's music coverage is something that cannot be phoned in from this many miles away, and I figured the site would fade once I left and finished out the fresh coverage I still had handy around the time of my move. But I get why people still come to Dd--Dallas music coverage is rough. We Shot JR, the ultimate in local blogs, often steers too hard in the underground direction, which would be fine if the other side of coverage wasn't depressingly brief (Quick) or depressingly uninformed (Observer). Instead, local music and arts coverage ambles on with the kind of vacuous, beer-shilling swill that leaves people indifferent and uninspired--and we wonder why Dallas' arts-friendly districts get plowed over by an uncaring city's development and gentrification!

It drives me so nuts, I get tempted to start blogging about North Texas music again....... but, again, can't fly into town that often. I'm not killing the site, but understand that this slowdown will be the norm for the foreseeable future. Thanks for reading Dd, y'all, both then and now. -SM