Try to imagine all the time you’ve spent playing video games. Sure they are good for hand-eye coordination and can help numb the pain of living in a violent world by desensitizing you to it, but the number of hours must reach into at least the thousands, even if you’re…
Once upon a time on Routh Street, Renfields Corner used to offer local bands a fun place to play filled with people who were filled with happy juice and aching to hear music that didn’t come from an overpriced jukebox. “Everybody in the bar, including the owners, is really into…
We all have strong opinions about what songs constitute good music and what songs should only be played as part of a psychological warfare campaign to drive armed kidnappers out of barricaded compounds. But that doesn’t mean we need to bulldoze every conversation with our own taste. And it can…
Magician/comedian The Amazing Johnathan comes from the magical land Las Vegas, where families’ college funds mysteriously disappear, and those with $10 in their pocket can consume more barbeque ribs than science allows. He got his start performing for spare change on street corners. Later, he joined the comedy clubs ranks…
Fort Worth’s 1919 Hemphill may not be old enough to hang with the cool kids who can buy music with the “Parental Warning” stickers on them. However, they still can attract the attention of bands and musicians who need a welcoming place to play. The performance art space opened its…
Local fans of mainstream comedy headliners have the rare opportunity of having a choice of comedians to see this Friday, unless they have figured out some biological chemical algorithm to achieve transubstantiation, in which case HOLLER. Mr. Show and Sarah Silverman Program star Brian Posehn will be at Hyena’s Comedy…
The greasy haired, cocktail clutching comedian Neil Hamburger often gets compared to Tony Clifton, the egotistical lounge singer who served as the alter ego of the late Andy Kaufman. But that’s unfair: Hamburger’s a much crueler bastard. The self-proclaimed “King of Komedy” has an ingenious hook that most comedy club…
October may be the traditional time to watch scary movies, but there aren’t many new scary things coming to a theater near you this month, unless you count Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Escape Plan. The Dallas Comedy House has a worthy-sounding alternative to pretending that you wet your pants…
Long before The Daily Show became the most trusted name in fake news, including the one with the smarmy guy from Sportscenter who threw away his late night career to star in a Rob Schneider movie, and even long before the first season of Saturday Night Live gave a much…
Does anyone else notice how much modern horror movies suck? Sure there’s an occasional creative hit like the first Paranormal Activity or The Cabin in the Woods, but the second a horror movie shows a modicum of popularity, Hollywood runs into the dirt with an endless series of pointless sequels…
Demigods and politicians have often used games like the Grand Theft Auto titles as surefire signs of the nation’s moral decay and scapegoats for much bigger problems that require actual work on their part, a theory that’s proving more true today as certain members of the U.S. House and Senate…
Guys, admit it. Part of you thought it was kind of hot when Bugs Bunny dressed up like a woman to trick dumb ol’ Elmer Fudd. Perhaps it’s because you subconsciously felt bad for Mr. Fudd since he’s clearly lonely and in need of companionship thanks to years of inadequacy…
Another Texas State Fair is upon us and when you’re not trying to stuff as much fried, doughy goodness into you or riding any number of spinning rides hoping said dough won’t unexpectedly leave your body, you might want to take a breather and listen to some music. It’s just…
Hunter Moore hasn’t technically been in business with the notoriously sleazy site “Is Anyone Up?” for some time. But he’ll forever be associated with the revenge porn site he maintained for years. Since the site shut down in 2012, Moore’s had more time to dedicate to traveling around the country,…
Tomorrow’s opening of the Texas State Fair doesn’t just mark the start of another heat stroke inducing, artery clogging, diabetes causing month of fun. No, this one is special because we get to say hello to an old friend who can’t say hello back because he’s a giant inanimate object…
October may be synonymous with Halloween, Oktoberfest and diabetic comas from all the candy and beer drinking that happens throughout the month. So you may not know that October is also Literacy Month. That’s probably because of all the comas and beer. Maybe it’s because of all the drunken revelry…
Jeff Whittington does not work on the most musically inclined part of your radio dial. Yet the executive producer of KERA’s Think with Krys Boyd and host of the long running Anything You Ever Wanted to Know, a concept started by the late Glenn Mitchell with whom Whittington worked as…
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was the go-to screening for teachers during union strikes, rainy recesses or just to grab a smoke break to prevent them from tranforming into the headmaster from Pink Floyd’s “The Wall.” Even though it is not totally faithful to Roald Dahl’s famous children’s book,…
Patrick, the Dallas Zoo’s star gorilla, has become something of a celeb among the primates in the same way that Russell Crowe and Mel Gibson found notoriety — by acting like a massive tool. Patrick hasn’t been very friendly with other gorillas, especially females, thanks to an uncaring mother who…
The grand opening of the Steven Alan store on Knox Street last night featured, among other things, an appearance by Austin weirdos White Denim. They were scheduled to perform outside, but of course Mother Nature had other plans. Namely the first big rain storm we’ve had in what feels like…
Curling may seem like a strange way for a human beings to spend their spare time — like cataloging 19th century poisons or collecting Barbie dolls if you’re not age 12 and a girl — but there’s nothing any football worshiping Texan can say that will faze a member of…
It is not every day that an email lands in my mailbox from my editor with confirmation that I’ll be seeing Vanilla Ice at a restaurant/venue in Frisco. The Farmers Branch native’s music may not be on top of most people’s Spotify playlists these days, but there are clearly more…
