Internet Broadcasting

Cleburne Man Decries Police Brutality After Probably Justified Traffic-Stop Tasing (Video)

A number of facts surrounding Donny Hinshaw's May 23 arrest by Cleburne police are firmly established. Minutes before the YouTube clip above, the 30-year-old had gotten in a wreck and driven away. When he's pulled over, he steps out of his truck and ignores the officer's command to put his hands on ... More >>

Billboard Now Counts YouTube Plays, so "Harlem Shake" is Number One

"Harlem Shake" is the No. 1 song in the United States of America this week, which means that now is your chance to listen to more than fifteen seconds of it. Baauer's meme soundtrack is the beneficiary of a Billboard rule change--YouTube views have been added to the Hot 100 calculations, joining phy ... More >>

My Bloody Valentine's Website Crash Shows What it Means to Be Indie in 2013

My Bloody Valentine released a new album over the weekend, and by all accounts it's very good. There are a lot of thick, quavering guitars on it, you can't really hear the vocals, and nothing goes much like you expect it to, which is to say that if you enjoy My Bloody Valentine, you'll enjoy m b v. ... More >>

Rage Against the Machinima

As YouTube becomes increasingly wealthy, its stars and the networks that contract with them battle for money and creative control.

Why is "Gangnam Style" Now the Most-viewed Video on YouTube?

"Gangnam Style" Bests Justin Bieber for Most-Watched YouTube Video Ever. What's the Formula?

By Dan Moore Psy's "Gangnam Style" is now the most-viewed YouTube video ever, which means it's been watched more than 830 million times. That means that the single biggest pop culture event of 2012--the video you're most likely to talk about with your grandma at Christmas--was, as I predicted back ... More >>

Get To Know Your DOMA 2012 Nominees: Snow Tha Product

Leading up to our November 10 showcase, we'll be getting you familiar with some of our Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, either via past features we've done on them, or new ones. You can vote for your favorite acts, venues and more right here. This piece originally appeared in our June People ... More >>

Watch Cowboys Fan's Epic, Profanity-Filled Tirade Over Loss to Seahawks

Yesterday, still irrationally giddy from the beatdown their Seahawks delivered on Sunday ( I for one blame the replacement refs for Felix Jones' fumble on the opening kickoff. And the subsequent blocked punt. And the Romo interception right after. And -- oh screw it, the Cowboys blew.) , our colleag ... More >>

Snow Tha Product: The Human Alarm Clock

In this week's Dallas Observer, we profile 30 of the metro area's most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Mark Graham. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. Claudia Feliciano has lived in Fort Worth for the past three years, but she's flown under ... More >>

All of the Arguments About Digital Music, Summarized

Piracy is theft. Piracy isn't theft because nothing physical is being stolen. You are taking money out of the hands of artists. Artists were already being ripped off by labels. Artists can make the money back by touring. Kickstarter. Here is a bulleted list of numbers showing how much it costs ... More >>

The Weeknd at House of Blues

Friday, June 15, at House of Blues

The Viral Video Conundrum: Riff Raff, Kitty Pryde and Krispy Kreme Walk Into a Bar

When Sean Parker was asked by David Kirkpatrick at a roundtable web summit how and why videos go viral, the Silicon Valley visionary shifted in his seat, nervously adjusting his tortoise shell-framed glasses and skinny tie. The Napster co-founder posited, "Videos go viral because people share them. ... More >>

Texas Guitarist David DiDonato Breaks The Guinness Record For Longest Guitar Solo

Austin guitarist David DiDonato started playing at 7pm on Sunday night, at Red 7, and beat the Guinness record for longest guitar solo last night. The record previously stood at 24 hours and 18 minutes, but even after he broke it, DiDonato, formerly of punk band J Church, kept playing, clocking in a ... More >>

YouTube Sensation Keith Reber Is Your Favorite DJ's Favorite Drummer

Reality shows and social media over the last 20 years have obviously altered the landscape of pop culture and entertainment. Those two mediums have also had an enormous effect on the musical evolution of drummer Keith Reber. Back in 2004, he had his first taste of fame as a bassist in the metal band ... More >>

John Iskander's Got Big Ideas For Parade of Flesh

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. John Iskander was "at dinner with a priest" when he came up with the name Parade of Flesh, his one-man live music "boutique." But it would be rather antiseptic to label what he does as si ... More >>

How to Open a Bottle of Wine with Your Shoe

I know you've been there. It's late on a Tuesday and your boss has just handed you your ass on your last project. You're tired. You're stressed. You need a drink. And despite having a few bottles of wine on hand you don't have a corkscrew to open any of them. I found this handy video on YouTube, a ... More >>

Rick Perry Thinks He's Just Like Rocky Balboa, and Not Because They're Both Brain Injured

If you gave me 100 tries to guess how Rick Perry is similar to Rocky and Babe Ruth, I don't think I'd come up with "Champion." But there it is, in all its strings-and-keys glory. Soak up the magic while the YouTube channel still exists.

Guilty Pleasures of 2011: Rihanna's "We Found Love"

Often, usually after a long night out, in the wee hours of the morning, I find myself fixated on my computer, repeatedly blaring whatever music video strikes my fancy at the time. While there are certain videos I frequently resort to -- I'm a sucker for anything by Thieves Like Us, just about everyt ... More >>

Concert Foul No. 14: Amateur Concert Videography

Is this you?​In the words of the great, would-be time traveler Kip Dynamite: We "love technology."And we do. Let's be honest: Music fans of today have it a bajillionty times better than the generation previous to this current, wireless point in time. Blogs, mp3s, iTunes, Myspace, Facebook and eve ... More >>

Miss Turkey and The Top Five Shameless Carl's Jr. Ads

Carl's Jr - YouTube"To help you remember we put Miss Turkey in a bikini": Carl's Jr. new ad for their turkey burger.​Carl's Jr., which opened a new spot in Dallas late last year, has added a new entry to their weird, not funny food-meets-porn marketing strategy. The commercial popped up on Eater t ... More >>

Pomplamoose's DIY Revolution

Saturday Night Live Remembers Deep Blue Something

The Statler Hilton Gets an Extreme Makeover. For Now, 'Tis But a Dream.

Much obliged to Rudy and DowntownDallas for directing our attention to this what-if video made by Merriman Associates, which imagines what the Statler Hilton might look like if it wasn't, well, a shadow of a shell of its former self. I too asked Ashley Claborn, director of marketing at Merriman, ... More >>

The Dark, Cloudy Future Of Your Music Collection

Why, Oh, Why Does WFAA-Channel 8 Hate A Charlie Brown Christmas So Much?

Much obliged to Tim Rogers and Uncle Barky for the reminder: Earlier this week WFAA-Channel 8 yanked A Charlie Brown Christmas to run Good Morning Texas After Dark, which, as Ed describes it, is "basically is a collection of mini-infomercials sharing space with actual non-paid program content." Whic ... More >>

DC9 in SPACE, Ep. 15: Robert Gomez

...and if it's the YouTube you want, then, by god, it's YouTube you get.Good luck picking out each of the instruments at work in this week's video.Along with the pair of guitars he'd play that night, Robert Gomez rolled into SPACE for last Wednesday night's taping followed by Heather Test, Jesse Ch ... More >>

Could Cell Phones Topple iPods?

Could your cellphone's ability to stream music render the iPod obsolete? Quite possibly.

D-Town Boogie: The Do It Ourself Video

Here at DC9 this week, we took Pete's cover story to heart, especially this dig DJ Drop takes at folks in night clubs who try out the D-Town Boogie dances: "You can tell the people that are doing it right off YouTube. They're doing it right off the instructions."To those of us who'd never seen the R ... More >>

All the Ike Video You'll Need

The Rap Up: Save Some Boobs This Weekend!

Dallas County GOP'ers Serve Lupe Valdez Chicken for Breakfast

Is This Why Leppert Was in China?

Bringing Sachse Back

21-year-old Dondria Nicole's on the verge of a major-label push as we prepare for the Observer's 20th Music Awards issue

Video: Simple Plan at Palladium

New PPT Video: "When We Was Kool"

Geeks v. Xenu

Soulja Boy: Crankin' the Chain

No one understands the world of major-label rap better

God's Favorite Web Site

Deaf Pedestrians Get Some Geek Love

Angela Hunt Has Rudimentary Video-Making Skills, At Best

Got Questions for Forever The Sickest Kids?

In Your Face, Facebook

Deep Ellum's "Home Movie" Maker Revealed

Video Killed the Mayoral Candidate

Griffith and Wells: Eww, Tube.

The Good Ol' Days at Channel 8

More Moronic Morons

Cuban's "Moron" Surfaces...

Skating is For Wussies

Radio Active

With Napster six feet under, the RIAA now wants to hang the Internet DJ