‘A Blank Canvas That Cannot be Painted’: When COVID Presses the Mute Button on Your Tongue
The news was quite a shock. When my doctor walked into the room in a full face shield and plastic smock that he wasn’t wearing when he left,
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A Sad Note: Artists We Lost in 2021
The last nearly-two-years spurred a great deal of losses of all kinds in the music industry, from shuttered venues to billions in revenue and tours and albums postponed.
A Walk to Remember: How Deep Ellum Has Changed Since the Pandemic
The shadow of the pandemic seems to keep returning like a champion eater with a buffet pass. A lot has changed since it all started in March 2020, but any changes in Deep Ellum started long before a global catastrophe transformed our way of life as we know it.
The Let’s Go Brandon! Movement Now Has Its Own Tour … or Something … Moving Across DFW
The world of politics is full of sayings and idioms that get repeated to the point of meaninglessness. Remember “Where’s the beef?”, the Wendy’s slogan co-opted by presidential failure Walter Mondale?
Visitors Can Appreciate the Beauty of Carnivorous Plants At Paul Riddell’s Texas Triffid Ranch
Carnivorous plants may evoke images of frightening looking foliage with razor sharp teeth and a taste for blood. But Paul Riddell, the owner and operator of the Texas Triffid Ranch in Richardson, says they actually possess a unique, haunting beauty unlike any other plant species. “I just realized these were…
A Dallas Restaurateur and His Son Want to Blow Away Nerf Competition With a New Toy Gun
Nerf has pretty much been the top dog of the foam dart and disc gun toy market since its inception. Now a local businessman and his son want to challenge the “Nerf or nothing” mantra with a toy that could send them running for cover.
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Denton’s Bret Crow Got to Do a Virtual Duet with Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello
Every musician who’s ever slung an axe over their shoulder dreams about rocking out with one of their idols.
Jenna Ryan Is Getting a Book Deal (Ugh), and We’ve Got Some Title Ideas
Frisco realtor and self-described protected Caucasian Jenna Ryan is living the embroidered pillow motto, “Living well is the best revenge” – even if that means the rest of us has to suffer for it.
Jon Rudnitsky Got Fired From SNL. Then His Career Took Off.
After a single season on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, comedian Jon Rudnitsky made an impression on viewers by impersonating CNN’s Anderson Cooper and with sketches like the viral dramatic parody Farewell, Mr. Bunting.
Nick Jonas Gives Plano Fan Trevor Gray a Shoutout for His Battle with Type-1 Diabetes
Trevor Gray has Down syndrome and Type-1 diabetes. He says he wants to “be able to be on my own and have fun” but sometimes it can be hard to manage with his diabetic condition.
Dixie D’Amelio Is What Happens When Fame Supersedes Talent in the Influencer Age
When you watch the video for Dixie D’Amelio’s “One Whole Day,” the YouTube algorithm does something really funny.
The Who Needs Sleep Charity Telethon Will Stay Up Past Its Bedtime For the Fifth Year
Devin Pike turned into one of his darkest moments into one of his brightest achievements. Before founding the annual Who Needs Sleep telethon, Pike faced his second cancer diagnosis in 2017.
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Dan’s Silverleaf Joining Forces With Other Venues to Become a Denton Music Powerhouse
The owners of some of Denton’s most popular music venues started a partnership to build up each others’ places to enhance the city’s live music community.
The QAnon Situation at Dealey Plaza Gets Worse: They’re Singing
QAnoners are STILL gathering at Dallas’ Dealey Plaza, hanging on to their last strand of hope by trying to move hearts and minds through song. The only thing they’ve been able to mine so far is laughs.
5 Real Anti-Vaxxer Protest Songs That Qualify As Comedy
Novelty songs have become just that: a novelty. Back in the ’50s and ’60s, the charts were full of weird tunes from one-off artists who occasionally found their way on the charts – such as Boris Pickett’s “Monster Mash” and The Trashmen’s “Surfin’ Bird.”
The Studio Behind the Game DOOM Wants to Shut Down Dallas Band ‘Doomscroll’
A lot of bands were born out of the pandemic. One of them was Doomscroll, a solo heavy metal concept created by Dustin Mitchell.
The Violet Crown Will Rule the Former Space of the Shuttered Magnolia Movie Theatre
Twenty years ago, Bill Banowsky founded film distributor Magnolia Pictures, which led to the opening of The Magnolia Theatre movie house in Dallas’ West Village in 2002.
The New Plano House of Comedy Says Crowds and Laughs Are Starting To Come Back
The comedy migration from California to Austin is starting to make its way up to Dallas and The Plano House of Comedy may be the first step.
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Comedian Daniel Sloss Returning to Dallas, ‘One of My Top 3 Shows of My Last Tour’
Like most comedians during the pandemic, Daniel Sloss says he lost his “fucking mind a bit.” Like most good comedians who can see an opportunity even in a harrowing situation such as in global lockdowns, he says he spent his pandemic time by finishing his book [Everyone You Hate is Going to Die], “put on a bunch of weight and smoked a bunch of weed.”
The Egg McMuffin Turns 50 and Thursday It’s Only 63 Cents
The Egg McMuffin is one of the most iconic menu items at McDonald’s. It’s right up there with the Big Mac, the Quarter Pounder and the elusive McRib.
2 Comedians Talk and Sing Frankly About Being Rape Victims in Survivors Are Horny Too
So many of the news stories surrounding comedy these days seem to involve a portion of a comic’s audience getting upset over their choice of material.
Arby’s Vodka: Because Human Life Means Nothing Anymore
We’ve just come out of another Texas State Fair season when we’re finally done with the abominations of basic nutrition like the Deep Fried Seafood Gumbo Balls and the Pork Bomb.