Most Popular

  • The Hard Lie
    How former Ticket host Greg Williams destroyed the most dynamic duo in Dallas talk radio through drugs, deceit and disaffection
  • American Girls
    Crossing between American and Egyptian cultures, he Said girls made one deadly misstep: They fell in love
  • The Dirt Doctor
    How radio show host Howard Garrett pushed Dallas to the center of the organic gardening movement through passion, principle and molasses
  • The Caretaker
    One mother's crusade to better the life of her mentally retarded son and the system that failed him
  • Our 20th Music Awards
    1988-2008: Two Decades of DOMA

Recent Articles

Recent Articles by GEOFF JOHNSTON

National Features >

  • SF Weekly

    Identity Plagiarism

    A blogger steals someone else's life story and calls it her own.

    By Ashley Harrell

  • Westword

    Fuel's Gold

    How William Orr's quest for better, cheaper gas became a crime.

    By Alan Prendergast

  • Miami New Times

    Mold Over Miami

    The family of a dead judge blames a creeping fungus in the federal courthouse.

    By Tim Elfrink

  • The Pitch

    McCain Girl

    I worked at Kmart with John McCain's director of strategy.

    By Alan Scherstuhl

Living for the City

Stevie Wonder takes Dallas

By GEOFF JOHNSTON

Published on November 29, 2007

"Music is a world within itself with a language we all understand." Who said that? No, not Jesus, but close. It was Stevie Wonder, the greatest song stylist of this or any other era. And who said, "As long as I know I have love I can make it?" Was it Richard Marx? Clivillés and Cole? Raffi? Wrong again, jackass. Last one: Who sang these immortal words, "We've got jungle fever/We're in love?" That's right, friend. Steven Wonderful sang it. Need a reason to check out Stevie Wonder when he comes through town this week? How about, "You have two ears and they work." We obviously don't need to tell you who this cat is. We don't need to impress you with our encyclopedic knowledge of his work, which is in fact just our ability to key the name "Stevie Wonder" into a search engine. We don't even need to make snarky comments about the visually impaired. We just need to tell you when and where it is (8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, December 5 and 6, at the Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie, 1001 Performance Place), what it's going to cost you ($65 to $95) and how to get more information (Call 972-854-5111 or visit ticketmaster.com), and you will purchase tickets and attend accordingly.
Wed., Dec. 5, 8 p.m.; Thu., Dec. 6, 8 p.m., 2007



Dallas Observer Insiders

  • Local food, music and news blasts
  • Free Stuff
Backpage.com