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The Gold Rush Cafe

Obama/Badu in '08!

About Me

An old East Dallas favorite of musicians, sports fans, visual artists, writers, service industry folk, postal workers, smart alecks, district attorneys, good looking people and the chronically unemployed. We've had our fair share of rock stars roll through over the years; including Josh (from Queens of the Stone Age), Rev. Horton Heat, Edie Brickell and New Bohemians, Dee Dee Ramone, Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers), Rhett Miller, Hagfish, Mike Scaccia and Casey Orr (Rigor Mortis), Ben Kweller and others. Open during daylight hours. Comfortable green plastic patio furniture out front for you smokers. Delicious mounted bass hangs a little dusty on the wall. Restrooms and references available upon request. Come one, come all... it's cheap, and it feels like home.

My Interests

Sports, local music, sports, visual art, sports, subversive literature, sports, game shows, sports, fishin', sports, Comedy Central, sports, comfort food, crossword puzzles, sports, politics and more sports. Oh, did I mention we're into sports? And music? And televison?

I'd like to meet:

Bring us your tired, your hungry, your thirsty and paid. Your pimps, your pushers, your Redskins and Spurs fans. (Just kidding - if you're not a Mavs, Stars or Cowboys fan, you eat outside.) But who would we love to meet? Jerry Jones, Mark Cuban, Mike Singletary, Avery Johnson, Ret. General Wesley Clark, Barack Obama, Stephen Colbert, Michael Moore, Clint "the Mad Bomber" Longley, Roy Tarpley, Kinky Friedman, Parker Posey, Willie Nelson, Richie Whitt, Dave Chappelle, Bob Dylan, Claxton Welch, David Sedaris, Frank Luksa, Randy Galloway, Dr. Dre, Bun B, Earl Campbell, Daryl "Moose" Johnston, Jon Stewart, Roger "Catatonic" Moret (wink), Darren Hambrick ("What do voluntary mean?"), Bijou Phillips, Duane Thomas ("Evidently"), Vanilla Ice, Ann Richards, "Turbo" from "Breakin'", Paul Wall, Bode Miller, Three-Six Mafia, Bushwick Bill (the midget from Geto Boys), Manute Bol, Ricky Williams, Dave Grohl, Lou Dobbs, "Spaceman" Bill Lee, Fiona Apple, Spud Webb, Nate Newton ("We just runnin' some hoes in and out of here, ain't no thing..."), Lance Rentzel, Adam Morrison, Golden Richards, Mark "the Bird" Fydrich, Rafael Septien, Dock Ellis, Roy Jones Jr., Blackie Sherrod, Frank Black, Jack Black, Clint Black, Black Ice, Black Sabbath, Black Flag, Jim Dandy from Black Oak Arkansas, the Oak Ridge Boys, Iceberg Slim, Hank Williams III, Sarah Silverman, Dave Atell, Amy Poehler, Amy Sedaris, Terrell Owens, "Skreech" from "Full House"

Music:

New Bohemians, Bosque Brown, Loco Gringos, Rev. Horton Heat, Salim Nourallah, Sorta, centro-matic, Ten Hands, Buck Pets, Kristy Kruger, Ronnie Dawson, The DOC, Sub Oslo, Hagfish, Com:Plex, Golden Falcons, Maimou, Texas Slim, UFOFU, Rehash, Mr. Peppermint, Tablet, Arthur Riddles, Tidbits, Chemistry Set, Funland, Billygoat, Caulk, Spam, The Toadies, Chomsky, David Burris, cottonmouth texas, Polyphonic Spree, Hydroponic Sound System, Pleasant Grove, Old 97's, Spot, Tripping Daisy, Mermaid Purse, Shanghai 5, Rigor Mortis, Sorta, Donny Ray Ford, Midlake, Ben Kweller, Pilotdrift, Southside Reverb, Brave Combo, Cricket Taylor, Shadow Reichenstein, Bedhead, MC 900 FT Jesus, Erykah Badu, Spoon, Eastwood, Baboon, Riverboat Gamblers, Captain Audio, Earl Harvin Trio/Quartet, Maimou, Daveed Garza, Mazinga Phazer, Slow Roosevelt, Hairy Apes BMX, Dragna, Feet First, Radiant, Burden Brothers, Rhett Miller, Pantera, Decadent Dub Team, Fair to Midland, Vibrolux, Bowling For Soup, Doosu, Sparrows, 1100 Springs, Billygoat, James Hall and Pleasure Club, Brutal Juice, Daylights, The Backsliders, Course of Empire, Peter Schmidt, Secret Machines, Treewave, Bea, Feet First, Ben Kweller

Movies:

The Departed, Old Man, Robocop, Little Miss Sunshine, Pi, The Aristocrats, Fast Food Nation, Pootie Tang, The Last Record Store, Hempsters, Sweet Science, Primer, Dig!, An Inconvient Truth, Pot Zombies, Garden State, George Washington, Undertow, Before The Music Dies, Bottle Rocket, Friday Night Lights, Bad News Bears, Sling Blade, Mayor of Sunset Strip, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, The Player, Dr. T and the Women, Rounders, The Longest Yard, Friday Night Lights, Hoosiers, Colors, Boyz N tha Hood, Belly, Ocean's Eleven, Kill Bill, Nashville, MASH, The Last Picture Show, The Thin Red Line, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Three Kings, Jarhead, Deer Hunter, Saving Private Ryan

Television:

Chappelle Show, Colbert Report, The Sopranos, Extras, Larry Sanders Show, Unscripted, Seinfeld, Reno 911, Studio 60, Entourage, The Simpsons, 30 Rock, Strangers With Candy, Shooting Sizemore, Ben Stiller Show, Cop Rock, 60 Minutes, Nightline, Saturday Night Live, Hill Street Blues, Daily Show, Six Feet Under, Dallas SWAT, Price is Right, St. Elsewhere, ESPN, ESPN2, Surreal Life, Monday Night Football, The Office, My Name is Earl, K Street, Dallas

Books:

Lord Vishnu's Love Handles, The Worthy, Friday Night Lights, God's Coach, Choke, Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung, The War Against Cliche, Reefer Madness, Me Talk Pretty One Day, any of Robert Trammell's stuff.

Heroes:

Tom Landry (No Danny, no!"), Don Nelson, Nolan Ryan, Dirk Nowitski, Troy Aikman, Richard Pryor, Craig Ludwig, Charlie Murphy, Roger Staubach, Bob Hayes, Drew Pearson, Steve Nash, Pele, Jon Stewart, Bill Hicks, Jim "Hoss" Brock (but only in a three-point stance), Woody Allen, Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, Kurt Cobain, Charlie Hough (only when smokes cigarettes between innings in the dugout), Bobby Knight, Spike Jonez, Dock Ellis, Lou Holtz, Ed Belfour, Mark Holtz, everyone on the Ticket, Toni Fritsch, Paul Thomas Anderson, Mark Linkhous, PJ Harvey, Chris Paul, Method Man, Ol' Dirty Bastard, The RZA, The GZA, Raekwon, Young Jeezy

My Blog

Arts Magnet Reunion

Just a reminder!!! Don't forget to sign up to attend the Arts Magnet 1997 HS Reunion the weekend of May 18th. The plan for right now is May 18th 9pm ~ Drinks (tbd), May 19th Sambuca's 7pm. And possibl...
Posted by The Gold Rush Cafe on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:20:00 PST

"The Last Record Store" by Jeff Liles

From "Unfair Park" - Dallas Observer (last week)Obituary for a StorefrontIf you've spent most of your life in Dallas, then you've grown accustomed to seeing most of your favorite signature city landm...
Posted by The Gold Rush Cafe on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:10:00 PST

Denny Doran

Our good friend Denny Doran suffered a compound fracture on one of his legs while working with Chris Howell on a photo shoot last night. Please pass along your good thoughts his way while he deals wi...
Posted by The Gold Rush Cafe on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:59:00 PST

From Jeff Liles

I've been in Los Angeles since April, and during that time it's amazing how much things have seemingly changed for the worse back home. I guess it started when the Mavericks blew it in the Finals. I...
Posted by The Gold Rush Cafe on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:10:00 PST

Mark Durham R.I.P.

We will miss you, Mark.You will forever be part of the family.
Posted by The Gold Rush Cafe on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:49:00 PST

Robert Trammell

We lost a longtime member of the Gold Rush family this morning. Robert Trammell, who was the Director of the local WordSpace literary arts group, has passed away. Robert lived directly across the al...
Posted by The Gold Rush Cafe on Mon, 08 May 2006 11:35:00 PST

Alex Magcosi

We were saddened to find out that one of our logtime customers passed away this past weekend.  Alex Magcosi was a great guy, always smiling, never wearing any shoes, always there with a joke or a...
Posted by The Gold Rush Cafe on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:51:00 PST

Who was Bill Hicks?

Bill Hicks Biographyby Paul Outhwaite With American comedian Bill Hicks there was always an awareness of other people, of how our society links together. With this came an idealism and a vision of wh...
Posted by The Gold Rush Cafe on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:51:00 PST