Saturday Night Live

Why Kanye West May Prove to Be the Perfect Punk Rock Rapper

This weekend Kanye West released two new singles off his upcoming album, Yeezus, in the most grandiose possible fashion. On Friday, he announced the video for his newest single, "New Slaves," would be projected onto 66 buildings across six cities around the world in one night. Crowds gathered by the ... More >>

Kanye West on Saturday Night Live: Five Reasons I Will Stay Home and Watch

I don't think we have really gotten in the weeds about my feelings for Kanye West, but know this about me: My name is Deb and I am a West apologist. He is temperamental and sensitive in ways that feel vintage rock star in today's cookie cutter world of celebrity people pleasing. He is arrogant in wa ... More >>

Justin Timberlake and Kanye West's Feud And Avoiding Famous-Guy Backlash

The foundation of Justin Timberlake's fame--broad-based and consistent and weirdly resistant to automatic internet backlash--is that it came, originally, from looking this ridiculous, and he seems to accept that. That's the only thing I can come up with to explain just how many people I heard talkin ... More >>

Eight Covers of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know," From Great To Just Awful

Tomorrow night sees the arrival of unstoppable force Gotye, as the Belgian-Australian singer and his cohorts take over a sold-out Verizon Theater to play a bunch of songs no one wants to hear till he closes the show with "Somebody That I Used to Know." The song plays on the radio every few minutes, ... More >>

In The Campaign, Hijinks and F-Bombs on the Trail with Will and Zach

Victoria Jackson, Tea Party Princess

Victoria Jackson went from the big leagues of comedy to the rabid right of modern politics.

Double Your Funny, Guaranteed

Bill Hader as Rick Perry: "I'd Be Such a Good President If There Wasn't Talking Involved"

Pretty lackluster episode of Saturday Night Live last night -- and no, that isn't a cue for you to go on about how the show hasn't been worth watching since (insert whatever era during which you first saw the show). It's been strong lately, a nice mix of "funny ha-ha" and "funny weird," as comedy ... More >>

After Shweddy Balls Ice Cream, 10 Other SNL Sketches That Need to Be Food

​Ben & Jerry's announced its production of "Schweddy Balls" flavored ice cream today,  "vanilla ice cream with a hint of rum" and flecked with big ol' fudge balls. Sounds pretty tasty, actually. More importantly, it got us thinking, which we try to do sparingly: What other Saturday Night ... More >>

He's A Comedy King To Us

Watch: Kanye West Performs His Symbolyc One-Produced "Power" For SNL.

Hate Kanye West all you want. But we here at DC9 think he's the biggest rock star around. Everything about him--from the narcissism to the award show interruptions to the free downloads to the fashion obsessions and the online Twitter rants--just makes him all the more polarizing in the eyes of the ... More >>

LAZER

Twatobahn (Self-released)

Back to a Simpler Time, When Mr. Peppermint and Activist Roy Williams (?!) Had TV Shows

A Friend of Unfair Park sends a note: The You Tube'r known as "cringevenom," who has an unusually large collection of vintage Dallas broadcast-TV and cable-access videos, has returned to the virtual airwaves with a series of recent postings -- all of which feel like lost Saturday Night Live sketches ... More >>

Yeah! That's The Ticket!

Staff Trax: Kris Kristofferson, The National, David Garza, Fear and Phil Collins

Welcome to Staff Trax, the weekly feature here on DC9 where we shed some light on the music we've been enjoying of late, regardless of the touring or album release schedules that tend to bear the focus of most of our coverage. Consider it a chance for you readers to get some more insight into ... More >>

Whitt's End: 5.7.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Newy Scruggs is on vacation next week from 105.3 The Fan, which means two things: 1. I'll miss my pawdnuh. 2. At least one of the days I'll be joined by a very special, very familiar mys ... More >>

Saturday Night Live Remembers Deep Blue Something

Be Klein, Rewind

Knee-Jerk Snap Judgment: KXT

​OK, so KERA's musical youth been on the air for, what, 60 minutes? First song played: Santana's "She's Not There" (probably a little too classic-rock for a new-station kick-off, you ask me), followed by Monsters of Folk, Ingrid Michaelson, Telegraph Canyon and ... well, look, the playlist is here ... More >>

Smothered and Covered

If The Drummer In The Background Looks Familiar, It's Because He Should.

Wait till right around the one-minute mark in the above clip and you'll catch a familiar face backing Regina Spektor during her Saturday Night Live performance from this weekend: Denton-based Midlake and Fieros drummer McKenzie Smith. Neat-o!

We Spy A Chevy

Family Affair

Tony Rock plays the Improv

Toonces, Noooooo!

An SNL alum visits McKinney

Crazy Kids

See the legends of Canadian comedy live

¡Ask a Mexican!

So Very Beck-cellent!

These Dogs Still Hunt

Drowning in Camp

The Aqua Rangers take Lakewood

Our top DVD picks for the week of May 23.

USA Film Fest Gets the Shaft

On Being Rowdy, Loud, and/or Proud

Kodachrome

LBM sings in full color

Straight Man

Kevin Nealon visits the Addison Improv

Now Dirtier Than Ever

The Willis

Bathtub, Light Bulb, Heart Attack (Double Plus Good)

Get Served

In Memoriam

The career of Ashlee Simpson, 2004-2005

Good News

Will Ferrell's Anchorman is dumb, and funny, as hell

Free Will

Another SNL vet may be the next Bill Murray. Seriously.

Fallon Fast

Saturday Night Live's prime player is rapidly outgrowing television's small screen

Rescue 9/11

This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

Second to None

The famous Second City alumni may be missing, but their wit isn't

Tricks and Treats

These are not your parents' magicians

Lots o' libido

SNL's latest breakaway, Molly Shannon, makes herself large for the big screen in Superstar

Live from New York?

Saturday Night Live and DreamWorks Records team up for two not-ready-for-prime-time compilations

Rock on

Chris Rock's Bigger and Blacker than anyone, and his new album may be the funniest hip-hop album ever made

'Toon Man

Robert Smigel is the hottest animator you've never heard of

Buzz

Kid in a Candy store

Brain Candy's Scott Thompson charts the strange evolution of the Kids in the Hall