New York University

Fun Size, the Teen Comedy That's Not Bad for You

Welcome Back, Jim Crow

New laws in dozens of states could take out Barack Obama this fall.

So Much Better Than A Tote Bag

Top 10 Modern Hip-Hop Ad-Libs

Throughout hip-hop's history, rappers have sought to distinguish themselves through a variety of methods. While some have focused exclusively on lyrical content, others have focused on style and cadence. As of late, hip-hop has experienced a fundamental shift from an emphasis on substance to an emph ... More >>

Who Should Bon Iver Collaborate With Next?

With the news this week that former Dallas/current Minneapolis rapper Andy Bothwell, aka Astronautalis, is collaborating with Bon Iver on a new album, it made us think of his recent collabo with The Flaming Lips, and his James Blake team-up. Is Justin Vernon like one of those rappers you pull in for ... More >>

Ten Things We Learned from Last Night's Dallas ISD Forum at the Kessler Theater

In the spirit of last night's D-slash-TED-slash-SMU DISD Education Forum at the Kessler -- which asked each school board candidate one and only one randomly drawn question -- here are some rapid-fire observations from an evening that, while admirably efficient, was over not long after it started. 1 ... More >>

This is Why The Voter ID Debate is Not Going Away

Is Texas still racist enough to warrant hand-holding by the federal government? That's the essence of where the voter ID debate stands now and where it's headed. Though it may seem like a straightforward question, and one that many politicos have reduced to a "yes" or "no" sound bite, the issue is a ... More >>

John Leguizamo On Fighting in a Dress, Man PMS, Acting With a Broken Tooth

John Leguizamo is on a roll, and it's only 7:45 a.m. He's in a good mood, which might be attributed to the financial and critical success of his new one-man play, Ghetto Klown, which starts its three-day Dallas run at the Majestic Theatre on February 16. But I think it's more than that. The Bogota ... More >>

Feds Think Texas's Voter ID Law May Be Racist, So the State Sues to Implement It Right Away

Given Texas's dicey history with electoral rights, the Obama Administration has expressed concern in recent months about the state's new Voter ID law, which requires voters to bring government-issued identification to the polls. So the state, naturally, is suing to put the new and allegedly discrimi ... More >>

The Limelight: Illuminating an Old New York

Thin bio of an exiled NYC club king.

Fracking Chemical Disclosure Bill Blasts Through Texas House, Enviros Unimpressed

From the rapidly spreading "Fracking Song" from ProPublica and Studio 20 NYU.​In these final days of the 82nd Texas Legislature, lawmakers in Austin are throwing support behind Eastlake Rep. Jim Keffer's bill that'd require drillers to report the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing at each of t ... More >>

Watch: Another Area Puppet Sings Justin Bieber and Britney Spears on Chatroulette, Parodies Eminem and Rihanna's "Love The Way You Lie"

So. Puppet culture in Dallas? Way bigger than I ever realized -- or bigger, at least, than I realized before posting yesterday's item about Will Schutze's Mr. Bonetangles marionette. Let's just suffice to say that there are a lot of puppeteers in Dallas. And, no, I'm not going to post about all of t ... More >>

Q&A: Before His Thursday PM Lounge Gig, Tim Sweeney Talks College Radio, DFA Records and Soundtracking Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Tim Sweeney​PM Lounge, one of the only venues in Dallas of late with the motivation, knowledge and budget to routinely bring big-name electronic artists from around the US and abroad into town, will be hosting DJ Tim Sweeney for this week's installment of its no-cover Le Magnifique Thursdays.[Upda ... More >>

Remember Clell Tickle

A hallucinogen called ibogaine has helped addicts kick heroin, meth and everything in between. Is it the trip that does the trick?

An Immigrant's Heart

To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

Theatre Three's Revival of The Royal Family Almost Misses Mightily: Brevity Can't Save Dallas Hub Theater's Romeo and Juliet

Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor Is On A Roll

Back Back Back: Un-enhanced Performance with Too Many Errors

Audience Adds New Wrinkle to Raisin in the Sun

You're a Wiener, Day Three! Meat "Nasty" Nathan, No. 30 ... In the World!

Giveaway: Signed Copy Of Mogwai's Young Team Re-Issue

Preachy Liberal Guilt Dwarfs Any Good Intentions in The Visitor

Dallas-born Jazz Player Jimmy Giuffre Dead At 86

Lazer

Saturday, September 8, at Forum Roller World, Grand Prairie

Land of Opportunity...

...For many skilled immigrants, it's not here, it's home

Bugaboo Confidential

Life as a young, hot, white, educated nanny in the city sure is a drag

God in the Details

For a quarter-century Roy Abraham Varghese has been assembling God proofs. Along the way he won over the world's most influential atheist.

Flogging Blogs

Portrait of a Lady

Up in Arms

Evita has her moments, and some style, at Lyric; Alabama Sky bright at Jubilee

Odds & Ends

The Golden Falcons make some animal friends; minc celebrates three "interesting" years

The Cutter

The woman behind Raging Bull

Caveman's Valentine

Campbell Scott looks for lust in all the wrong places as Roger Dodger

Viva Vistas

Dallas' Latino film festival keeps raising the bar

Their Aim Is True

There are plenty of reasons to hate Phantom Planet. Don't.

Royal's Screwups

Wes Anderson's film is like its characters: flawed genius

A Sound Sleep

Despite some first-time flaws, Too Much Sleep is an entertaining and quirky debut

Stacks of wax

Adventures at the bottom of the music trade

Blake's baby

A former Jawbreaker makes a gorgeous mess in his Jets to Brazil

The pickup artist

It's arty and low-budget, but don't be fooled--Hands on a Hard Body swims in the mainstream

Oys in the 'hood

Restraint and good taste keep this film from knocking us on our tuchas

Jim of all trades

For David Byrne discovery Jim White, music wasn't his first career choice. Or his second. Or his third...

Events for the week

Cool city blues

A Dallas stage critic's troubled fling with New York theater

Everything's just fine

Coming down with the Dandy Warhols

Through the lens

Exposure reveals the camera's dark heart

Events for the week

Events for the week

Wide wing span

Angels in America author Tony Kushner talks politics

Scratch that itch

The Addiction writes a manifesto for blood lust