Indonesia

Meet the Monsters

From Toronto, a glimpse of this year's most bracing films

2016: Obama’s America

Dinesh D’Souza’s 2016: Obama’s AmericaI: The Five Most Hilarious Lowlights

Michael Sweet of Stryper: "We Have Always Thrown Bibles And We Always Will."

When the Christian rock band Stryper first emerged in 1983, many people thought they were both a marketing ploy and tasteless joke. After 1986's To Hell With the Devil sold over two million copies, so-called Christian bands started popping up everywhere. Somehow, brothers Michael and Robert Sweet h ... More >>

Erykah Responds to the Malaysian Ban on Twitter, Cites Holy Mountain Director Jodorowsky

After scrolling through Erykah Badu's Twitter feed last night, it seems the concert scheduled for today has been canceled after all. She held a press conference in Kuala Lampur earlier to address the issues that lead up to the cancellation, and beyond the bigger issue of art, religion and where th ... More >>

Act of Valor Wants You.

Civet Coffee is the Shit

It's not every day that you find the world's most expensive coffee in your mailbox. A friend of mine told me she'd received some kopi luwak from one of her friends in Indonesia. Then she asked me if I wanted her to send me some. Duh? I'm not sure what I was expecting. I figured I'd grind the beans ... More >>

Is Garnishing a Cocktail Gilding the Lily?

If your drink looks like this, have a chat with your bartender.​The wedge of dragon fruit tilted the cocktail placed on the table. And it was annoying. The drink, one of the beverages offered at a tequila cocktail competition this weekend, was lip-smacking good without it. It was gratuitous w ... More >>

Three Shows Worth Seeing in Dallas Tonight

Not a bad Tuesday night coming at you this evening. After the the jump, we highlight the three best.

Rob Allyn Used to Run Local Politics. Now He's Making Movies in Indonesia.

Rob Allyn​Longtime observers of the local political landscape probably hear the name Rob Allyn and think of the Trinity River Corridor Project (Schutze insists it was Allyn who came up with those solar-powered water taxis), myriad mayoral campaigns, those Dubya ads attacking John McCain's environm ... More >>

Q&A: Leon Oziel of The Dallas-Based House Music Label and Blog French Express Talks His Latest Release and Label's History, Shares MP3

For about a year now, Leon Oziel's house music blog, French Express, has been the best-kept secret in the local blogosphere -- partially because he's not from town (he moved here in 2010 from Toronto) and partially because he writes about so specific a niche in music that there's little room for cr ... More >>

Since It's Never Too Early, Dallas International Film Festival Announces Its First 12 Titles

The Indonesian Blood of Eagles is among the first dirty dozen titles selected for this year's Dallas International Film Festival.​While in the middle of dealing with some South by Southwest film fest logistics, this announcement arrived from the Dallas International Film Festival: It's ready to de ... More >>

Stewart Copeland's Career Has Evolved From Police Duty to Drum Symphonies.

Extended Q&A: Former Police Drummer Stewart Copeland Talks Symphonies, Drumming and What It's Like Telling Sting to Fuck Off

This Friday and Saturday night, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra will perform "Gamelan D'Drum," a concert percussion piece written by Stewart Copeland. The former drummer of The Police was specifically commissioned to write the concerto for the Dallas Symphony in conjunction with the local drum ensembl ... More >>

Five Cuisines Dallas Needs Now

Elizabeth BairWith all due respect to this beautiful thing, we'd like to see some other cuisines come through Big D.​Fusion cookery is great. It can make global eats accessible to novices, turning something initially unpalatable to timid taste buds into something irresistible. It can be a gateway ... More >>

Liverpool FC Supporters and Chuck Greenberg Say Same Thing: Tom Hicks Out! Like, Now.

From County Meath, Ireland, two little girls have something in common with Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan, who are now suing the Texas Rangers. Oh boy.​Based on a demand for injunctive relief just filed in Fort Worth bankruptcy court, it looks like Chuck Greenberg's just about had it with Tom Hick ... More >>

Top 10 Overlooked Culinary Vacations

Flickr user ^riza^It's a long way, but the rendang is worth the trip.​Anyone with the means can travel the villages of Tuscany, visit tasting rooms in Napa Valley or hit Belgium's chocolate shops. In fact, certain places are so well known as culinary destinations, even those with only the faintest ... More >>

Birds Of A Feather

Read, Speak, Learn

Louder Than Karaoke

No, not that Phil Collins

Pollo for Thanksgiving!

Review: Cafe Rembrandt

Maintaining a warm and inviting space

Review: Dallas Fish Market

The Market may become the city's seafood pinnacle

"We Fight the Good Jihad"

Cast-Iron Stalk

Deathless Tiki Tacky

Kitsch is cool again at Trader Vic's

He-Man Called and Wants His Phone Back

Rusty's Tiki Dare

Trader Vic's returns in nostalgic glory

Bill Clinton Rocked the Nokia Last Night. But, Really..."Red Hot," Jonanna?

Shooting Blanks

Joe Strummer Revisited

Two long-lost reissues shed light on a punk icon.

Live to Ride

A motorcycle accident cost Bill Rucker his leg, but that won't stop him from building-and riding-bikes

Helping Out

Granada benefit show to help tsunami victims

Wave On

Music's lunatic fringe lives, breathes and flourishes on the shortwave radio dial

Kitchen Prism

Food is art at Mirabelle

Terrorist's Cookbook

A manual tells terrorist recruits how--and why--they should wage unholy war

Good Sports

McKinney Avenue Tavern scores big points for its sports bar grub

Inside the soapbox

Michael Moore gets out of his La-Z-Boy to find The Awful Truth

Taste great

Robin Leach is your guide to the eats of the rich and famous

Macha

Gypsy Tea Room

Havana good time

Brave Combo's Joe Cripps goes to Cuba, becomes friends with Peter Buck, and talks to Castro

Oldie but goodie

Lawry's The Prime Rib: an old wrinkle ahead of its time

Macha men

More than a decade after fronting one of Dallas' first new-wave bands, Joshua and Mischo McKay go out of this world

Thai one on

Two strip-mall restaurants offer decent, basic Southeast Asian fare

Travels with Mikey

Michael Moore's ego is The Big One in his new documentary

Bordered by ballads and folksongs

John and Alan Lomax, groundbreaking musicologists

Roadshows

Out There

Rhyme and Reason

Leaning House Records puts a new slant on poetry

Events for the week

Keys to the kingdom

Local new age piano sensation Danny Wright ponders the secret of his success