Weird Al Yankovic

Here's Why Ticket Prices are So Outlandish, and a Modest Proposal to Change That

Ticket prices are getting a little silly, wouldn't you agree? The smaller venues are doing a great job of holding them down (it cost me less than a cheap meal for three hours' of the Melvins and Unsane last year), but at your larger scale venues they long ago passed the $50 mark and kept climbing. I ... More >>

VideoBob Mosely Went from Geek to Artist for Pantera: "If My Magnum Could Talk"

This isn't the first time the Observer has reached out to "VideoBob" Mosely. If memory serves, he popped up in the City of Ate blog when he took over Reno's Grill for a spell, with a pretty visionary menu of barfood taste sensations, lots of self-designed movie props (Mosely does them professionally ... More >>

A Few Questions with Kiernan Maletsky, the Dallas Observer's New Music Editor

Yesterday we welcomed to Observer HQ Kiernan Maletsky, our new music editor. Kiernan is the former music editor at the Riverfront Times in St. Louis and has contributed to Denver's Westword and other publications. He plays the drums and is slightly too tall for my tastes. I asked him a few question ... More >>

The Eagle Gun Range in Lewisville is Reconsidering its "Santa and His AR-15" Photo Shoot

In what no doubt seemed like a wonderful idea at the time, Lewisville's Eagle Gun Range announced last Wednesday that Santa would be paying a visit, and he'd be "bringing his favorite toys to share in the Christmas photos -- his AR-15 and other firearms of choice." "Come get your picture taken with ... More >>

The 10 Best Halloween Shows in DFW

Perhaps the pressure of planning your witty political costume have driven you to write off Halloween 2012 altogether. Don't throw in the towel just yet! There are plenty of great shows around DFW this weekend and on Halloween night that will put you in the festive spirit, even if you've opted for je ... More >>

Resistance is futile. The U.S. Will Assimilate Its Mexican Immigrants.

Love and a 45: Fate Lions Talk Favorite Wax Tracks

Fort Worth five-piece Fate Lions just dropped a new three-song 7-inch and and are celebrating with a show at the Kessler on Friday. With that in mind, I asked guitarist Jerko Dabelic and singer/guitarist Jason Manriquez about some of their favorite 45s growing up. Jason Manriquez Barry Manilow "A ... More >>

Victoria Jackson, Tea Party Princess

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

Deion Sanders Collaborates With Snoop? Merle Haggard's Got Song About Wash? Yes and Yes.

The Old School Brother.​It's been a weird, surprisingly musical week in Dallas sports, y'all. For starters, recent Hall of Fame inductee Willie Beamen Deion Sanders is back in action on the hip-hop front. Sanders, you may recall, released a Dallas Austin-produced hip-hop album called Prime Time in ... More >>

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 >>

See Fear, Smell Popcorn

The More Doughnuts, The Batter: Five Music Videos for National Doughnut Day.

​The first Friday of June marks National Doughnut Day, folks. True story. Our co-workers over at City of Ate even got Homer Simpson to comment on it.Anyway, since we love foodie holidays here at the Observer -- especially ones celebrating sweet, deep-fried, ring-shaped balls of dough -- we thought ... More >>

Listomania: Six Album Covers Inspired by Lady Gaga's Born This Way

Alexander FloresTina Fey's daughter still has it. Though Lady Gaga is not her Godmother. ​If Lady Gaga's nude butt didn't illuminate the tone of "Born This Way," then the surrealist image of her face and arms fused with a hellish-motorcycle will brighten it to near-sun levels. This image, wh ... More >>

The Problem With... Lady Gaga's "Judas"

Last week, a new Lady Gaga track called "Judas" premiered. And, with it, she released a new, tacky cover image for her upcoming album (see it after the jump).This week, Lady also pulled a "faux ga" of sorts with Weird Al. The story goes like this: Gaga's manager snubbed his parody of her last singl ... More >>

Last Night: Nobunny at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios

Nobunny, Cats in Heat, Video, IdiotsRubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios in DentonFebruary 17, 2011Better than: wearing pants.Nobunny​By night, garage rock musician Justin Champlin goes by another persona, transforming, as he has for nearly a decade now, into Nobunny, a man in a bunny mask infamous for ... More >>

My First Show: Beau Wagener Tells Us About Seeing Weird Al in '87 In Advance of His Debut With People on Vacation This Weekend

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Beau Wagener​Beau Wagener might be best known around town as the bassist for Macavity and, more recently, as one of three guitarist ... More >>

My First Show: The Octopus Project's Toto Miranda Saw Weird Al -- And Sill Has The Shirt.

Welcome to a new feature here on DC9 called My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be.The Octopus Project​Austin four-piece The Octopus Project hits up the South Side Musical Hall tomorro ... More >>

Fun Fun Fun: "Weird Al" Gets This Party Started, Nerd-Style

"Weird Al" Yankovic's "Dare to be Stupid" was as close to Devo as Fun Fun Fun Fest-goers will get this weekend.​As cool as the lineup for Fun Fun Fun Fest today and tomorrow may be, the Friday night kick-off party was clearly for the nerds--former and current. Chris Hardwick was intended to be the ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Massive Attack at the Palladium Ballroom, Sarah McLachlan at Verizon, Black Tide at The Loft and Johnny Flynn at The Prophet Bar, Hanson at House of Blues, The Local Hang at The Libertine

Busy way to start the work week--and on a night when the Rangers face World Series elimination, no less...

Giveaway: Yet Another Pair of Free Tickets to Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin

​We've done this not once but twice before, so by now you should know the drill. If not, a quick refresher: On November 5, 6 and 7, at Austin's Waterloo Park, the other fall music festival in the capital city will present it's biggest--not to mention, we think, it's best--lineup offering to date. ... More >>

Giveaway: Another Free Pair of Fun Fun Fun Fest Passes

​We did this once before to big results, so, as promised, here it is again: The fifth incarnation of Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest, this year taking place at Waterloo Park on November 5, 6 and 7 and featuring the likes of Weird Al, among many others, is looking like the festival's most promising offer ... More >>

New Additions to the 2010 Fun Fun Fun Fest Lineup Includes One Act With Dallas Ties

John Dufilho & Apples In Stereo​We've been doing lots of talking about this year's installment of Austin's Fun Fun Fun Festival--and with good reason. It's looking like everything good about SXSW and Austin City Limits Music Festival combined into one big party in Waterloo Park on November 5, ... More >>

Giveaway: A Free Pair of Tickets To Fun Fun Fun Fest

​Back at the beginning of the month, we shared with you all the very impressive lineup for the fifth incarnation of Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest, which is set to take place on November 6, 7 and 8 in Waterloo Park, down in that pretentious city about three and a half hours south of here.This year's ed ... More >>

Fun Fun Fun Fest Announces Badass 2010 Lineup. Included On It? Dallas' Own Power Trip.

​The folks who run Austin''s Fun Fun Fun Fest have made it clear: Heading into their fifth year of operation, they aren't planning on slowing down their ever-growing momentum. Quite the opposite, actually: The fest is ramping up to seriously challenge ACL as Austin's premiere fall fest.Seriously: ... More >>

Good Friday: DOMAXXII Showcase Edition

​Not sure if it's possible to be reading this right now and still be unaware of the biggest show coming to town this weekend. Saturday in Deep Ellum, we will kick off the Dallas Observer Music Awards festivities with the most kickass showcase we've ever put on. Aside from over 40 of the area's top ... More >>

Like A Surgeon

Everybody Was In The French Resistance...Now

Sunday, May 23, at Hailey's in Denton

Show Announcements: Robert Plant, Green Day and More

​Former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant now has a new band featuring a well-respected female Americana singer, but her name isn't Alison Krauss.Rather, Patty Griffin has been in the studio with Plant--along with Darrell Scott, Byron House, Marco Giovino and Buddy Miller--as The Band of Joy, which ... More >>

Today In Music News: Kele Okereke Goes Solo, Weird Al Joins The Pixies And Carl Sagan Rocks

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2009...Bloc Party's Kele Okereke is recording his first solo album.Apparently Weezer aren't the only band into weird collabos: Weird Al will sing the Pixies' "I Bleed"... with the Pixies. Jack White's Third Man label is going to release ... More >>

Asylum Street Spankers, Porter Davis, The O's

Friday, July 3, at the Granada Theater

How Can They Call It Mexican Food If It Doesn’t Bring the Heat?

Last Night: Punk Bunny, Rival Gang, Darktown Strutters and Pocket Change at Mable Peabody's

Punk Bunny brought the raunch to Denton.Gay Prom Bloodbath Mable Peabody's in DentonFriday, February 13, 2009 Better than: A Priscilla, Queen of the Desert movie marathon Friday the 13th welcomes the truly bizarre, and Mable Peabody's Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair in Denton was ... More >>

Toonces, Noooooo!

An SNL alum visits McKinney

Ennis' National Polka Festival Ain't Nothing To Polk (Ha!) Fun At...Or Is It?

Bowley and Wilson Put it Back In

Sounds Spooky. Ish.

Smells Like Victory

In Memoriam

The career of Ashlee Simpson, 2004-2005

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Pitchfork's Progress

The Internet's most popular music site comes of age--and gets in trouble

Hat Tricks

"Weird Al" Yankovic has turned other people's careers into his own

Gimme Moore

She turns the world on with her smile

The Coral

March 14

Out & About

Atom & His Package

Out & About

Cave In

"Weird" Al, movie star

Out Here

Joe Bob Briggs

Drive-In Movie Critic of Grapevine, TX

Punk, polka, and puke

New releases: Sonic Youth, Los Lobos, The The, and Mr. Spock