Mahatma Gandhi

1998 Dallas Observer Music Awards Nominees

Love letters

Pauline Kael's For Keeps is a diary of a strange and passionate affair with movies

Events for the week

Pauline Kael's For Keeps is a diary of a strange and passionate affair with movies

Keys to the kingdom

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

Buzz

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

Buzz

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

Out There

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

1998 Best of Dallas

Sports

Joe Bob in Bloom

John Bloom has taken his alter ego, Joe Bob Briggs, and gone Hollywood. But watching America's favorite drive-in movie critic on television these days, a new character is emerging: John Bloom himself

Letters

Missing Molly, Discordant Sound, A Sorry Man

Let the Madwomen Rule

Plus: Pretty in Gray

Your Show of Shows

Theater Too stages explosively funny Big Bang; Stage West goes Japanese with a sexy puppet play

Theory's Company

Big Bang wastes no time with facts in a mad, mad musical history of the world

Moral Minority

The wages of sin are a big fat bankroll for Trammell Crow, thanks to city council

Our top DVD picks for the week of February 20

The wages of sin are a big fat bankroll for Trammell Crow, thanks to city council

The Short Goodbye

The wages of sin are a big fat bankroll for Trammell Crow, thanks to city council

On a Wing and a Prayer

Minister to despots across the globe, evangelist K.A. Paul just needs a few tons of jet fuel--and a safer plane--to keep up God’s work

Troubled Water

Deepa Mehta completes her trilogy amid outrage from Hindu fundamentalists

Modern Art

MoMa's extreme makeover

Screenplay Zero

Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley struggle through floundering frights

The Definitive Take

Indie hip-hop label Definitive Jux plays kingmaker for the underground

It's De-Lovely

With Anything Goes, Theatre Arlington makes a Cole Porter musical classic easy to love

Letters

With Anything Goes, Theatre Arlington makes a Cole Porter musical classic easy to love

Get on the Bus

For one fellow traveler, the road to an anti-war protest in Washington is paved with good intentions and bad politics

The Scarlet Isle

Northern Ireland's troubles explode in a new depiction of Bloody Sunday

Queen of Pain

Julie Taymor and Salma Hayek paint a spectacular portrait of Frida Kahlo

Columbine Harvester

Michael Moore goes threshing about in search of fear itself

Hair Trigger

A strong, solitary voice needs accompaniment in An Almost Holy Picture

Psyches Gone Wild

The nasty but brilliant Sexy Beast has Ben Kingsley at full dazzle

Robert Rosen

Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon (Soft Skull Press)

Good Vibrations

Disputed Reform Party candidate John Hagelin thinks he can change the world with the power of positive thinking. Does that make him nuts?

Mr. Fixit

"Ex-gay" minister Randy Thomas prays to put gays and lesbians on the straight and narrow

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Cotton candy

DTC's 35th anniversary production is fluffy, but good

DTC’s Sarah, Plain and Tall is Stretched Too Long; As Thousands Cheer Deserves Your Applause.

DTC's 35th anniversary production is fluffy, but good

Can an over-analytical control freak find inner peace— or at least get up in the morning—with help from an Indian life coach?

DTC's 35th anniversary production is fluffy, but good

Greg Metz Teams Up With PETA To Display His Very Special Last Supper on the National Mall

PETAGreg Metz's The Diner, now on display on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.​We're clearly big fans of UTD's Greg Metz -- not for nothing did we once bestow upon him our Best Visual Artist award. In doing so, we claimed that "his art carries energy and a bit of controversy," which so happene ... More >>

Vival La Mexico

PETAGreg Metz's The Diner, now on display on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.​We're clearly big fans of UTD's Greg Metz -- not for nothing did we once bestow upon him our Best Visual Artist award. In doing so, we claimed that "his art carries energy and a bit of controversy," which so happene ... More >>

Q&A: Page Hamilton of Helmet Talks Guitar Symphonies, Hippie Rock Bullshit and Possible Band Names

Page Hamilton​When Page Hamilton formed Helmet back in 1989, he just wanted to make music that both punks and metal heads could enjoy. Sure enough, Helmet did find a way to combine punk's DIY spirit with the technical roar of metal, and the band was rewarded when its sophomore effort, Meantime, re ... More >>

Dallas Observer Names Nine Dallas Artists as Finalists in Its First Annual Masterminds Award

Page Hamilton​When Page Hamilton formed Helmet back in 1989, he just wanted to make music that both punks and metal heads could enjoy. Sure enough, Helmet did find a way to combine punk's DIY spirit with the technical roar of metal, and the band was rewarded when its sophomore effort, Meantime, re ... More >>

MasterMinds: Matthew Posey, Joel Hester and Karen Blessen Are Winners in Our Inaugural Creativity Awards

Page Hamilton​When Page Hamilton formed Helmet back in 1989, he just wanted to make music that both punks and metal heads could enjoy. Sure enough, Helmet did find a way to combine punk's DIY spirit with the technical roar of metal, and the band was rewarded when its sophomore effort, Meantime, re ... More >>

As Occupy Protesters' Camps Are Broken, Pause to Consider What They've Accomplished

​Wait. The "occupy" part of Occupy may be over, but that's not the story. The story is what the movement has accomplished already. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has evicted Occupy from Zuccotti Park. Our own mayor is making it plain that the Occupy Dallas camp behind City Hall is soon to ... More >>

The End of the Occupation: Scenes From Dallas Police's Raid on Occupy Dallas's Encampment

Photos by Justin Terveen, slide show hereIn the shadow of Dallas City Hall, officers on horseback and in riot gear prepared to raid the Occupy Dallas encampment early this morning.​A little past 11 last night, one of the protesters camped out behind Dallas City Hall was walking from tent to te ... More >>

All-Time Top Five: The Devil Makes Three's Favorite Albums

It's not inconceivable to figure that curious folks of the next few decades will look into the music and movements that surged just beneath the surface of the glossy mainstream in this millennium's first decade. Those would-be students of music history won't have to dig through too many virtual co ... More >>