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Former Rangers Josh Hamilton, C.J. Wilson Team Up for Weird Shampoo Commercial

Apparently, Head & Shoulders and Old Spice have teamed up to create a deodorizing shampoo. And Proctor & Gamble has apparently apparently picked C.J. Wilson and Josh Hamilton to pitch it. They co-star in the commercial above, with a cameo from Hamilton's wife. Troy Polamalu and Old Spice Guy they a ... More >>

Eight Long Seconds

Blowfly

Saturday, February 9, at Club Dada

Armadillo Ale Works to Brew at DEBC, Despite No Good Armadillo Stories

Yiannis "Yanni" Arestis and Bobby Mullins of Armadillo Ale Works in Denton have been trying to pull this thing together for quite some time. But, building a brewery isn't necessarily easy. Well, backtrack. Building a brewery might actually be the easy part. Building a sustainable and successful beer ... More >>

Godzilla and Flowers: The Films of Kim Jong Il

Spotify and the Future of the Independent Artist

Spotify and the Future of the Independent Artist

On August 31, Todd Gautreau, the brains behind excellent area dream-pop act Crushed Stars, took to the band's Facebook page to sound off on a topic that's turned into a national debate among artists, record labels, music consumers and various streaming services, specifically and most notably Spotify ... More >>

Three Weeks After FBI Raid, Feds Indict Barrett Brown

Three weeks after the FBI raided the Dallas apartment of Barrett Brown, an affiliate of the hacker group Anonymous, the other shoe has finally dropped. The U.S. Attorney's Office filed an indictment today, charging Brown with Internet threats, conspiracy to make publicly available restricted persona ... More >>

Listen to Radio Traffic From Tuesday's Police Shooting

It's raw and unedited, but here's a recording of radio traffic on the scene of Tuesday's shooting near Fair Park. It was posted to YouTube by Fire Scene Audio, an operation that apparently records traffic around the country. In the process now of listening to the whole thing. I'll mark interesting ... More >>

Perfume Genius: "I Think All Gay Men Are Used To People Saying No To Them, To People Not Giving Them Choices."

Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius, is a talented, young singer-songwriter who has made quite a mark with his sophomore effort, Put Your Back N 2 It. However, the release was not without controversy. Perfume Genius' 16-second ad for the new album was deemed inappropriate by YouTube because it feature ... More >>

Best Musical Trends of 2011

OK, Sexy Sax Man. Just 15 more minutes. ​Tell the world, rock is coming home This year saw a wave of rock bands catching up to a new generation. We got Soundgarden touring again, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blink-182 and even less renowned bands like Urge Overkill and Bush releasing new albums. Aft ... More >>

Worst Musical Trends of 2011

C'mon, guys​It's been quite a year enduring the Top 40 in "The Problem With....". Looking back at the year and my reviews, I've noticed three things about music that I loathe and think need to change. Too many collaborations (feat. Rihanna, Lil' Wayne, Pitbull, Jay-Z...) The less we talk abou ... More >>

Sound the Horn

Five Music Shows We Wish MTV Still Aired

​At the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, Justin Timberlake got on the mic and pleaded with MTV to "play more videos!" Timberlake's sentiment was hardly a new one. The station switched from heavily playing music videos to being a reality TV-based network in the early 2000s -- shortly after the old for ... More >>

Rapping at Whole Foods? Always Seemed More of a Jam-Band Place to Us.

Shouldn't a Texan have written a rap about Whole Foods Market? The chain was born in Austin, after all, and here a Berkeley, California, native has gone and created the Whole Foods Parking Lot Music Video, which went viral on YouTube last week. OK, to be fair, Austin is lot closer kin to Berkeley ... More >>

Watch: "PETE FREEDMAN'S A B*ITCH THE MUSIC VIDEO"

Today's a proud one for me, as -- finally! -- my likeness has been immortalized in music video form, courtesy of an anonymous YouTuber who goes by the username "DallasOdserver" and whose interests include "Exposing Pete Freedman and everything bad about Dallas Texas [sic]." The point of the above vi ... More >>

Dallas PD Uses Facebook to Post Videos of Officer's Assault, Chief Brown's Address

From the dash-cam video posted to DPD's Facebook page last Wednesday night​Late yesterday, Dallas Police sent word about a story you've no doubt seen plenty of since: Late on January 27, DPD Officer Quaitemes Williams kicked in the face and used pepper spray on a handcuffed man named Rodarick Lyle ... More >>

The Art of Art Conspiracy Redux, This Time in Mini-Documentary Form

Yesterday we took a look at Mattie Stafford's look at Art Conspiracy 6, which occupied many Friends' Saturday night (and early Sunday morning). By way of companion pieces, I just stumbled across this on YouTube: a freshly minted mini-doc from Saturday night, scored to Sat-night-performing Ishi's "Co ... More >>

Via CNN, Via the Internet, Fort Worth Council Member Joel Burns's "It Gets Better" Bullying Speech Now an Inspirational Message

By now, no doubt, you've seen Fort Worth council member Joel Burns's speech to the council on Tuesday, in which he told the victims of bullying that, yes, life may seem "unbearable" at times, but that "it gets better." At which point Burns, born and raised in Crowley, recounted the violence he encou ... More >>

Will You Take The "Panty Challenge"?

​Irving-based Kimberly-Clark, they of the toilet paper and tampons and whatnot, are already in the business of being in your business, as it were, so maybe we shouldn't be too surprised that they're currently looking for 250-word essays on how your underwear got to be so nasty."Project Makeunder," ... More >>

Neon Indian's Gravy Train Keeps Rolling, Now With Moby and MTV's Stamps of Approval.

Neon Indian's Alan Palomo. And, before you ask: Yes, those are his real eyes.​The red-hot promo train just keeps rolling for the North Texas-bred Neon Indian, whose next stop back here at home will take place on Tuesday, October 5, at the Granada Theater.On Friday, the band (Alan Palomo, Ronnie Gi ... More >>

Jermaine Dupri Protégé Dondria Readies Her Debut

Too Much of a Bad Thing: Internet Lures Kids into Porn Addiction

Strictly Speaking, Nick Jonas is Not One of The Bizarro Kids

Rick Perry, Caffeinated

Rick Perry came to Dallas yesterday for a bill-signing -- two months after he'd signed the bill.Then he swung by Opening Bell on South Lamar for some coffee-talk with campaign workers, which was closed to the media but open to YouTube. Drink up.

The Five Most Interesting Things You Didn't Know About Soulja Boy

Dallas, You're a "Shining Beacon" Filled with "The Most Retail Space Per Capita"

The Dallas Regional Chamber just posted to YouTube this short film made to commemorate its 100th anniversary, and it's star-studded: Ebby Halliday, Erle Nye, Ray Hunt, Jan Hart Black, Bob Estrada, Wright Lassiter and, of course, Mayor Tom Leppert talking Trinity. Also, it's absolutely loaded with ol ... More >>

Of Death And Cooking

A couple of new food-related sites caught our eye last week...while we maybe should have been working. Aren't you glad we're willing to procrastinate? [Editor's note: you should have been working--and stealing stuff from the Internet to cover your tracks doesn't count].SympathyFood.com: Why say i ... More >>

Dirt Nasty

Friday, July 3, at Ghostbar

The Spirit of the Spirit of Texas

A Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to Uncle Barky's nice YouTube discovery: WFAA-Channel 8's analog adios on Friday, a brief retrospective of the ABC affiliate that offers a far fancier farewell than KXAS-Channel 5's anti-climactic fade-to-static. It's worth a look-see, especially for lon ... More >>

At Least for a Day, Dallas Filmmakers Get Priorities Straight at 24-Hour Video Race

Gloria LevarioCheck out our slide show for a look behind the scenes on race day.Now in its eighth running, Dallas' 24 Hour Video Race is built on harnessing that special brand of creativity that only surfaces under extreme deadlines. This year's racers had no idea what theme or elements will be requ ... More >>

And Starring Jason Kidd as "Turtle"

This Dallas Mavericks promo was just posted to YouTube, and the Unfair Parkers who semi-regularly attend home games say they haven't yet seen this at the American Airlines Center. The joke, such as it is, works only when the vid's viewed in high-quality mode. Still, not even in the same league as "T ... More >>

Wanna Be MySpace Music's CEO?

Rupert Murdoch's toy is trying to go legit; mayhem may ensue, and success may not

Video: Black Joe Lewis at Granada

DPD Wants You

Video: South San Gabriel at Granada Theater

Ashlee Simpson "Rocks" Purgatory

Big Bad Bill

Please don't boo Mr. Burr

Update: Video from Timbaland Concert

Spinner's Relm

DJ Mike Relm scratches the Midwest's surface

Jason Does Dallas Cowboys

Jim Schutze Needs Your Help. (Yeah, Yeah.)

VNV Nation

Thursday, June 14, at the Granada Theater

Giving Girls The Shaft. Literally.

Too Late? Yup. Too Little? Nah...

Digging for Gold-diggers in Dallas. Like That's Hard.

I Vote for Icky Twerp!

Dallas Punks on Parade in 1978

Buzz