In November 2003, shortly after Sarah Hepola was named music editor at the Dallas Observer, Robert Jenkins cornered her during a Sorta and Sparrows concert at Deep Ellum's Sons of Hermann Hall.
"You're not going to change anything in this town," Jenkins said.
His wisdom and warning came from years of going to local shows and watching good bands struggle to find an audience. Hepola took it as a challenge, as did Lindsay Graham, who was within earshot. Together, Jenkins and Graham have stopped complaining about the lack of recognition for local musicians and decided to do something about it.
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Part Two, in which we finish our interview with Salim Nourallah, listening to music by The Happiness Factor, Salim himself, The Old 97s, The Damnwells, Rahim Quazi and Rhett Miller. Plus, we get a surprise phone call (though we don’t answer).
Robert closes out the show with a lament of bands gone by - and an admonishment to you current music goers. And then some songs by Lotion, Pleasant Grove and Chris Holt. Good stuff.
“What an idiot. If I die tomorrow, get hit bus a bus, and hadn’t made this record, then my whole life was just a waste.”
- Salim Nourallah
Whew. Editing Robert is difficult - as anyone who knows Robert can attest. BUT, we’ve made it, Show Two, posted in the last twenty minutes of today, Monday, July 18th.
In this installment, which is not near as long as the first episode, but then, not as short as it should be, I talk to Salim Nourallah, a should-be legend of the Dallas music scene. Robert is curiously missing, until he takes hostage the entire last twenty minutes of Part Two.
Salim and I discuss:
And then, Robert goes on (and on) about:
Please listen. It’s worth the effort of a mouse click or two.
For more on Salim and his brother Faris, please check out Sarah Hepola’s excellent article from the Dallas Observer.
Tearing it down,
Lindsay
Today’s show is running a little late. Some last minute updates recorded only yesterday need editing. We hope to have this second show featuring Salim Nourallah up and ready for download this evening.
Thanks for your patience.
Lindsay
The third and final part to our rather presumptuous podcast debut.
Thanks for listening.
Here’s part two, in which we start listening to the songs and artists Sarah has picked as her Best of Dallas.
So you should listen.
Happy Fourth of July, PodPeople! To celebrate the birth of our nation, we birth our own little revolution: dconstruction.org. In today’s inaugural podcast, we speak with former Dallas Observer music editor Sarah Hepola, who brought along some of her favorite - and least favorite - music from the Dallas scene. Off to New York in only a few weeks, we are privileged to have had the opportunity to speak with her.
Because Robert and I are such enormous blowhards, this podcast runs a little long. As such, it’s split into three parts with a combined running time of 1:49:53. Yep. Nearly two hours. But we play some great music:
Tearing it down,
Lindsay
