Battlestar Galactica

He Was In Weekend At Bernie’s!

Set Phasers To Freedom

Marian Call On Geeks, Typewriters, a Dead Cat

Brian SmithMarian Call​Hailing from Alaska, singer-songwriter Marian Call is one odd duck. With songs that feature themes prevalent to geek culture (technology, science fiction, etc.), Call has cultivated a dedicated worldwide fan base. Her soon to be released double album Something Fierce was com ... More >>

Yvonne Craig on Long, Strange Journey From Oak Cliff to the Ballet Russe to the Batcave

​Should you need me 'round 3 today I'll be moderating a Q&A at the Plano Centre with Nichelle Nichols, former singer with the Duke Ellington Band, star of the James Baldwin play Blues for Mister Charlie and -- oh, right -- Star Trek's original Lt. Uhura. Nichols is here for that Sci-Fi Expo ce ... More >>

Wherein We Discover Batgirl Attended Two DISD High Schools and Spock's Coming to Town

Yvonne Craig, both a Batgirl and an Adamson Leopard (update: for one semester)​A press release announcing the month's-end Sci-Fi Expo at the Plano Center just hit the in-box containing the full list of ladies scheduled to attend the event, themed this time 'round as "Women of Sci-Fi." Among those ... More >>

Technically, If You Eat Taco Bell At Brunch Time, That Means It's Brunch.

Photo by Man O' The HourOur Taco Bell brunch pile included: two Beef Baja Gorditas, a Double Decker Taco, a Chicken Burrito and a Beefy 5-Layer Burrito.​These things went into my belly on Saturday night: apple cider bourbon toddies topped with whiskey whipped cream. Mulled wine. Absinthe. Old Fash ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Acid Mothers Temple and O.G.O.D. at The Loft

Acid Mothers Temple, O.G.O.D The Loft April 16, 2010 Better Than: This week's Stargate Universe. The scenery look great when it was called Kobol in Battlestar Galactica.Acid Mothers Temple​The dim attic of The Loft saw Japanese experimental rock group Acid Mothers Temple grace its small stage on S ... More >>

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Trade Ya: Top 10 Movie Lists for Free DVDs

​Forthcoming later today is this year's Unfair Park holiday-season auction benefiting North Texas Food Bank, which features not one by several one-of-a-kind, locally produced items. But while we wrap up this year's goodies, first this giveaway.Yesterday I posted the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics ... More >>

Let's Do the Time Warp: Quite the All-Star Threesome Lined Up for Dallas Comic Con

One of these people will be in town this weekend. One will not.​Hard to say who's the bigger draw at this weekend's Dallas Comic Con at the Richardson Civic Center: Dean Stockwell, the 64-year acting vet who's got the sci-fi skins on the wall (Battlestar Galactica, Quantum Leap and Dune -- quite t ... More >>

The Stars Orbiting the Sci-Fi Expo in Richardson, Ready for their Close-Ups

Danny HurleyGlenn MorshowerFriend of the show and Unfair Park contributor Danny Hurley joined me at the Sci-Fi Expo in Richardson over the weekend, where I chatted with the charming Joanna Cassidy while Danny snapped photos of the guests in attendance. After the jump, his role call of folks whose fa ... More >>

A Good Saturday: Hittin' the Sci-Fi Expo and Record Store Day. Is This Heaven?

Will BryantBig day tomorrow -- takin' the kid (cough, cough) to the Sci-Fi Expo in Richardson, then heading down to Good Records for the shoppe's ninth birthday bash, which so happens to coincide with the 2nd Annual Record Store Day, which DC9'ers already know plenty about. 'Cause, if nothing else, ... More >>

How 'Bout Them Knockers: i Fratelli Pizza

The Cole Brothers, famous from the pizza boxi Fratelli Pizza 6109A Greenville Ave. 214-891-0600 Promised delivery time: 45 minutes Actual delivery time: 40 minutes The ScoreSincere and easy ordering process uncharacteristic of most pizza joints in my neck of the woods: 15 Altering their flagsh ... More >>

Behind the Scenes With Keven McAlester, Local Boy Done Reel Good

With the New Old 97's Video, Keven McAlester Is Officially a Genius

Trolling Right-Wing Political Blogs Proves That November Can't Come Too Soon

We Were Born to Love You, Cindy Morgan. We Were Born To ... Well.

Use The Force

Nerd out at All-Con

DVD Releases for the Week of December 4

Omigod! This Is Stupid!

Shocking numerical revelations await in Jim Carrey's totally freaking random thriller

Our top DVD picks for the week of December 20

Dallas Observer's top DVD picks for the week of September 20

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Falling Stars

The Next Generation of sci-fi

Time Warp

Science Friction

Plus: Q&A with Deborah Norville

Brush With Greatness?

Plus: Needless Things and Sack of Kittens

Events for the week

Still flying

High note king Maynard Ferguson rules the road