Email Author Nick Rallo

2011 Stories by Nick Rallo

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  Five Shirts To Buy After Your $85 Starbucks Coffee-Stained Shirt

  published Sep 28, 2011

  To celebrate its 40th year nuking our insides with caffeine, Starbucks has worked with designer Alexander Wang on an $85 T-shirt that looks like you spilled coffee all over it. NBC DFW reported yester... More >>

• Baroque Muppets Painting Is The One For The Ages

  published Sep 27, 2011

  Late afternoon, a fellow Tumblrer tipped us to the above painting, which we immediately passed around the office. Needless to say: we were speechless. Far as we can suss out, it's called "Beaker Slayi... More >>

• Stephen King To Host Sixth Floor Museum Fundraiser at the Majestic

  published Sep 26, 2011

  Last month, when it was announced Jonathan Demme (of Silence of the Lambs fame) would helm Stephen King's new novel about a teacher who time-jumps to stop JFK's assassination, we thought: Hey, isn't t... More >>

• These Grilled Cheese Photos Will Completely Melt You

  published Sep 23, 2011

  The above photo, which forced this author to change his shorts after viewing, is the first shot of a big, food-porny slide show our photographer Sara Kerens brought covering the big grilled cheese of ... More >>

• Dallas' Snappiest Desserts, In Photos

  published Sep 22, 2011

  We're mostly savory animals at the Observer. We like our fried things, cheeses and big burgers. In the last year, we've sent food photographers to shoot Dallas' meats, tacos and chicken-topped waffles... More >>

• Terrence Malick and Christian Bale Grace ACL With Collective Presence

  published Sep 19, 2011

  On Sunday, while DC9 at Night was racking up excellent photos of the pretty, folk doll that is Ryan Bingham, Pete Freedman tweeted this: Christian Bale is in VIP for Ryan Bingham's set. Crowd scream... More >>

• Five Awesome Photos From The Dallas Gay Pride Parade 2011

  published Sep 19, 2011

  So, our photographers had a busy weekend. Between Mauskateers, Batman at Austin City Limits (!), Oktoberfest's Chicken Hats, and the Eyes Wide Shut party at Wish Lounge, we all but exhausted our photo... More >>

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  George C. Scott Watches Rick Perry

  published Sep 09, 2011

  George C. Scott has been forced to watch the Jack & Jill trailer recently, and now he's pretty fed up with Rick Perry. Follow the Mixmaster on Twitter and Facebook.... More >>

• Oh, This Is What Hundreds of Thousands of Bees In a House Looks Like

  published Aug 31, 2011

  There's a famous quote from Einstein where he says humans would have approximately four years left on Earth if the bees disappeared. Don't panic everyone, the bees were discovered in Houston last year... More >>

• Even Tyrannosaurus Rex Needs to Shower

  published Aug 25, 2011

  After a hard day of terrorizing Jeff Goldblum, even a dinosaur needs a hot shower. Brushing those rows of razor sharp teeth are clearly important, if the toothbrush and paste next to the sink are any ... More >>

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  Drink with Harrison Ford Forever with Han Solo in Carbonite Ice Cube Tray

  published Aug 24, 2011

  Man, if we had a nickel for every time we watched Han Solo get encased in carbonite in The Empire Strikes Back and said the words "damn, that'd make a great ice cube!" Too bad. ThinkGeek, in their i... More >>

• Luxurious Craigslist Ad Comes With Promise of Bloodstains, Placenta

  published Aug 22, 2011

  It must be a joke. Rightr It has to be. Otherwise, there are no words. New photos posted on on this snarky Craigslist ad of a heart-shaped placenta stain on a $500 mattress suggest it's a keen littl... More >>

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  Stephen King's New JFK Assassination Novel Is Sorta Exactly Like Quantum Leap Episode

  published Aug 16, 2011

  Reading Stephen King's IMDB profile is like scrolling a Hollywood Greatest Hits & Misses list. The speed in which Hollywood is adapting these stories is nearly becoming a parody of itself, as if Holly... More >>

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  In the Most Uncomfortable Art Project Ever, Woman Adds Horse Blood to Her Blood

  published Aug 15, 2011

  Dadaist Marcel Duchamp once wrote ... well, OK, never mind -- there's truly no quote that can encapsulate the strangeness of this artistic endeavor. According to Wired, Marion Laval-Jeantet spent mo... More >>

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  The Great Hot Dogs of Dallas

  published Aug 11, 2011

  Somewhere between National Hot Dog month, which was July, and our search for authentic carnitas, we decided we wanted to show you the great wieners of Dallas. After snickering like fifth grade boys fo... More >>

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  Picture Show: The Fans, The Bands at Rockstar Mayhem Festival

  published Aug 11, 2011

  Fuckin' Slayer! No, we don't mean that. We're actually referring to this perfect photo from last year's Iron Maiden show at Gexa Energy Pavilion. Over the last year, we've collected a number of great ... More >>

• Everybody Must Get Boned by Meddlesome Moth's Bone Marrow

  published Aug 10, 2011

  In an episode from last year, Anthony Bourdain described bone marrow as his "desert-island" dish. Maybe when he comes to town in October, we'll rent some sort of City of Ate van and kidnap the food wr... More >>

• Meet the Tiny Fuppets on Your Internet Machines

  published Aug 09, 2011

  The Tiny Fuppets website describes the creatures as "so small, they could only be friends!" The strange mistranslations are part of the charm of this new animated series from Scott Gairdner (a member ... More >>

• It's So Here: The Best of Dallas 2011 Readers' Poll

  published Aug 04, 2011

  A few weeks ago, we asked you to help us (help you) on the subject of the Best of Dallas Readers' Picks Categories. Your suggestions didn't disappoint. After throwing your advice in the hopper and giv... More >>

• Presenting! The Best of Dallas Readers' Poll for 2011

  published Aug 03, 2011

  A few weeks ago, we asked you to help us (help you) on the subject of the Best of Dallas Readers' Picks Categories. Your suggestions didn't disappoint. After throwing your advice in the hopper and giv... More >>

• And Now, We Present: The Readers' Poll for Best of Dallas 2011

  published Aug 03, 2011

  A few weeks ago, we asked you to help us (help you) on the subject of the Best of Dallas Readers' Picks Categories. Your suggestions were as supremely helpful. After throwing your additions in the hop... More >>

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  It Was So Hot Yesterday We Tried Cooking Bacon and Cookies in the Car

  published Jul 26, 2011

  So, a question for all of your doctors out there: If you eat bacon that cooked on the dashboard of a car parked outdoors in the midday, 100-plus degree heat, will you experience health issuesrAh, hell... More >>

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  Dallas' Best Food Needs You: A Plea For Ater Input

  published Jul 22, 2011

  Earlier this month we teased the launch of our big ol' issue: Best of Dallas. Since the Rapture is rapidly approaching, we wanted your feedback on how to improve our Readers Picks' categories. We aske... More >>

• Picture Show: Hayes Carll at House of Blues

  published Jul 18, 2011

  Last time we ran into singer Hayes Carll, he put on a special little two-stepping show at the Double Wide in the midst of a small-club tour throughout Texas. On Saturday at House of Blues, photograph... More >>

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  The 10 Most Amazing Damn Movie Deaths Ever

  published Jul 18, 2011

  The End had a good weekend. According to BoxOffice.com, Harry Potter's final, holy-shit-epic installment has already made astonishing 168 million dollars in the United States ($475.5 million worldwi... More >>