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Fort Worth Untapped Releases Beer List Including Cheech and Chong from Rahr

Did you get your fill at the Big Texas Beer Fest last weekend down at Fair Park? Nah, us neither. While it was a delicious beer event, it really just teased our hophead tendencies. So, fantastic news! The Paste Untapped Festival is next weekend, April 20, in Fort Worth. Even better news! The beer ... More >>

CutForBieber Was a 4chan Prank, but in 2013 Pranks and Trends are Basically the Same Thing

Pranks are never more effective than when a prankster finds the precise border between reality and absurdity and just barely steps over it. This week's #CutForBieber trending topic--in which Justin Bieber fans were supposed to be cutting themselves in an attempt to force their ur-boyfriend off marij ... More >>

BeerFeast Was a Truckload of Fun

Every time I go to a Flying Saucer beer festival, or BeerFeast or whatever they want to call them, I ask myself, "Why don't I go to these more often?" And then I remember -- distance. My fantasy is that the chain opens an outpost in Dallas proper within walking or at least biking distance from my ... More >>

Ladies, Start Your Mammary Glands: Dallas is Sponsoring a Syncronized Breastfeeding Event

Back in December, the city of Dallas opened its Community Baby Cafe, which provides resources not for eating young children, as the easily confused might be led to believe, but for nursing them. Research has made the benefits of breastfeeding increasingly undeniable, so the city decided to launch CB ... More >>

Smoke Out of the Holy Grail, Ride a Flying Saucer or Just Sit at The Common Table For Summer Beer Events

Summer is just about upon us, and with it lighter session beers, wheats and wits. And while those can be complex, satisfying brews, it's still nice to take the occasional break from them for richer (and more alcoholic) choices. Or maybe that's just my too-tolerant liver talking. A few events on t ... More >>

A Boy, A Beach And Michael Jackson. Don’t Worry, It’s Fine.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra's Ruban Nielson on Nerve Damage, Howlin' Wolf and Flying Nun

Unknown Mortal Orchestra's 2011 Fat Possum debut is one of those albums that sort of blindsides: Every song is a different texture, soul, hip-hop, funk and psych layered for maximum gonzo appeal. The vocals on every song are different too, to the point that the album almost plays out like a Nuggets ... More >>

Five Best and Worst Album Covers of 2011

The actual artistry of the album cover has been making a comeback. Of course, over the years, the cheesy head shot has gradually (for the most part) faded away and been replaced by, well, art. Go figure. Anyhow, 2011 was a particularly good year for the album cover. Well, there were a few examples w ... More >>

A Video That Actually Sells Dallas, In This Case to Foreign Investors. Y'all Come Now, Y'Hear?

​In recent days we've seen a video in which the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau sells the city to conventioneers and tourists, and a short film in which the Dallas Citizens Council sells the city to ... um, the citizens council? But after the jump, here's a real, honest-to-God pitch -- a fre ... More >>

Cut Copy, Holy Ghost!, Foals, The Naked & Famous

Wednesday, April 20, at Granada Theater

Chef Tell: Mise en Place and Celebrity Chef Double Whammy

​First off, I was on vacation last week so apologies for the lack of Top Chef All Stars recap. And while we're on the subject of last week, yes, I need a vacation from my vacation and DANG! that was one amazing showdown by eliminated chef Jen. Also, I appreciated that Tom acknowledged that a chef ... More >>

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

The Dandy Warhols, Hopewell

Saturday, November 13, at GranadaTheater

Remember the Alamo: Mission San Antonio De Valero Sauvignon Blanc

​In 2008, Fall Creek Vineyards in tiny Tow, Texas, released a couple of wines with a mission. They dedicated their 2007 Sauvignon Blanc and 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon harvests to help raise money and awareness for much-needed restoration of the Mission San Antonio de Valero (aka The Alamo). Spec ... More >>

Last Night: Crowded House at the House of Blues

Crowded House, Lawrence ArabiaHouse of BluesAugust 5, 2010Better than: Seeing Crowded House on an Edgefest bill in 1994 and only getting 45 minutes of greatness... Oh, and um, all my expectations. Because, people, I'm not pretending this is an unbiased work, or, howyousay, an objective review. I bou ... More >>

Lady Blues

Dirt Don't Hurt

Flight of the Conchords, Eugene Mirman

Tuesday, May 5, at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie

RA Sushi in Plano

The attitude's served up raw, but the execution is half-baked

Salim Nourallah Is Big In Fake Australian Advertising, Mate

Blackheart Society

Oh!! Oh!! (Hit Records)

Music for the Eyes

A bevy of new music DVDs, just in time for the holidays

The Brunettes

Structure and Cosmetics (Sub Pop)

So, You Don't Like Airplane Food, Hunh?

Eighty Thousand Still Without Power -- and Our Editor's One of Them. TXU, We're Lookin' at You.

Alan MacDiarmid, UT Dallas' Nobel Prize-winner, Dies at 79

Liquor Rep

What does your drink say about you?

Is Screwing Hip?

We twist open 2005 for a nip. Is this a sign of things to come?

Portrait of the Art Cafe

Kathleen's Plano location is no work of art

Greener Pastures

Wanna move to Canada? Write an essay about it.

Heaven Help Them

Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey are Peter Jackson's HeavenlyCreatures

Best Sommelier

Todd Lincicome at Al Biernat's

Zilch

Zolon is a little rough around the edges

Nice Spice

Cooking for the curry-ous

Go Blond

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Wine Snubs

Can people really tell a cheap wine from an expensive one?

Best Sommelier

Todd Lincicome (Al Biernat's)

The Datsuns, the D4, the Electric Six, the Sights; Sahara Hotnights, Ikara Colt, the Washdown

March 15

D4 / The Datsuns

6Twenty (Infectious/Flying Nun) / The Datsuns (V2 (Import))

Worth the Sprint

Central Market offers up a variety of meals on the run

About a Girl

Hippie-era New Zealand frames the coming-of-age drama Rain

Dairy Tale

The price of watching The Price of Milk is a dangerous overdose of whimsy

Garageland

Do What You Want (Foodchain)

Snow Job

Vertical Limit isn't a "relationship" flick--it's a numbing Die Hard on ice

The Case of the Headless, Handless Corpse

A reporter's tip helped detectives identify a mutilated body dumped along the Trinity, but finding the man's name led to a deeper mystery -- the disappearance of atheist gadfly Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Private universe

Neil Finn has moved out of the Crowded House and gone exploring

Beating heart

A stark New Zealand drama explores the roots of violence

Personal best

From a year full of startling and memorable movies, here are our favorites

Fever dream

The adolescent fantasy Heavenly Creatures is the best film Terry Gilliam never made