There’s a lot of things about Pee-Wee Herman that you wouldn’t understand. Things you couldn’t understand. Things you shouldn’t understand. Most of them happened in an adult movie theater in Florida, but that’s a story for another time. In Tim Burton’s Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Herman spins yarns long and wide…
Erik Thompson was once a real wild fucker. When he first arrived on Denton’s doorstep in 1991 he came sporting a mischievous grin and a roguish gleam in his eyes. You could tell right away he was trouble—relatively harmless, but trouble nonetheless. Fifteen years later, escaping permanent capture or total…
Comedian Patton Oswalt recently made a plea for Americans of porn-buying age to stop relying on the Internet to educate today’s youth. He argued that kids should be exposed to pornography the way his generation was, via used dirty magazines found in the woods. If you share Oswalt’s nostalgia for…
If you are intrigued by the concept of a one-night stand but aren’t brave enough to engage in one, Chelsea Handler is your go-to girl. She’s done enough horizontal living for a hundred of you, and she has a book to prove it. In My Horizontal Life, Handler waxes comedic…
Adrian Belew may not be a household name—at least my mom doesn’t recognize it, and she’s my touchstone for what America is or isn’t hip to. But, like my mom, you might be a huge fan of Belew’s work. The 30-year rock veteran has been prog-rocking with King Crimson since…
What’s left of Nick Lachey? Probably not much, considering what he brought to the table. From a lackluster start as a member of the third most popular late-’90s boy band to a career-making move as the husband of the third most popular late-’90s blond starlet, Lachey stretched his 15 minutes…
Todd Barry is tolerant: “I like cilantro, but you don’t have to.” You’ll find this quote and others among the “Great Todd Barry Quotes” on toddbarry.com. His tolerance of cilantro aside, this “great quote” and its characterization as such illustrate the kind of funny Todd Barry is: dry, clever, a…
Woo! Woo! Juggalo! The clowns are coming. Insane clowns. A whole posse of them, clowning around with face paint that makes Gene Simmons think twice about the merits of one or two paternity suits. Who are the ICP? And what do they want from you? According to insaneclownposse.com, “They emerge…
Jason Cohen has spent decades bringing counterculture to Dallas. The founder of Forbidden Books and Video and the subsequent Forbidden Gallery has been this city’s No. 1 collector/peddler of all things subversive, outsider, avant-garde or forgotten. From perverted plush to performance art, Cohen has twirled his sinister fingers in all…
With a debut album that was hailed as an “instant classic” and a follow-up that avoided the sophomore slump so many bands suffer, the Marked Men have surpassed becoming a “band to watch” and are quickly on their way to “rock ‘n’ roll juggernaut” status. Their third album, Fix My…
John Ashcroft just won’t go away. When a man loses an election to a dead guy, you’d think he would take a vacation or something. But not the former attorney general: He’s back, and this time it’s personal. His new book, Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice, claims to…
Every Wednesday night, DJ Johnny Murder spins an eclectic mix at Fallout Lounge. Expect everything from Supertramp to Super Furry Animals. His spinning shenanigans will be augmented this Wednesday by a live performance from the legendary Dutch Treats. In honor of Luke Perry’s 39th birthday, the Treats will tease and…
In 1999, out of the shadowy darkness of Indiana University came Jared Fogle and his 60-inch pants. Jared “The Subway Guy” quickly became a new hero to dieters looking for a new way. In a single year, on two hoagies a day, Fogle slimmed down from a dangerous 425 pounds…
For 11 years, Carol Burnett and friends would perform skits, sing and dance and crack each other up on TV’s Carol Burnett Show. Perhaps the best part of the hour-long variety show was the first few minutes in which Carol would take unscripted questions from the studio audience. Some wanted…
It seems the caveman/frat boy idea of manhood is more prevalent than ever. There’s an oiled-up, bikini-clad starlet on the cover of every men’s magazine, and beer commercials have gone from celebratory to just plain oppressive. Even certain bank commercials describe their checking as “maximum strength” while denouncing their competition…
If Stephen Baldwin played himself in a movie, it would be his most entertaining role ever. Imagine if Mötley Crüe and Kirk Cameron were one guy and that guy always referred to himself in the third person. In a 2004 interview with New York Magazine, Baldwin explained his goal to…
A physicist, a neurosurgeon, a martial artist, a rock musician and a comic book hero walk into a bar. His name is Buckaroo Banzai. The savior of the eighth dimension is multitalented and never boring. His team of assistants/rock and roll band, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, lives together in a…
On her first North American tour in more than three years, Mariah Carey promises a surprise-filled show that will “take fans on a summertime ride” and “be the must-see tour event of the year.” One of the surprises is that the 90-minute concert is about half Mariah and half filler—costume…
Toyota’s latest promotional campaign is, in a word, crafty. Trying extra-hard to market their newest car to art nerds, the design-hip, fuel-efficient Yaris disguises its dog-and-pony show in the form of a DIY free-for-all. This Wednesday through Saturday (August 23 to 26), the YarisWorks Roadshow makes a stop in Dallas…
Former Dentonites the Riverboat Gamblers have recently played so often in the area, you might think they moved back from Austin. That’s fine, really; each show is a unique display of acrobatic rocktacity (and take bets on where, when and how badly someone in the band will injure himself). On…
Friday is shaping up to be one hell of a night. For those of you not de-evolving with DEVO or watching Sam Jackson arm-wrestle snakes, consider this: a date with the “Devil.” Southern Rock legend Charlie Daniels (and his band) will play at the Silverado Ranch in Irving, to the…
Taking the place (literally) of Art Prostitute in Denton is Secret Headquarters, an art/music/hangout space perfect for making art, making noise and, um, hanging out. In addition to showcasing some of the area’s best musicians each Saturday, SHQ has added Movie Night to its calendar. Every other Tuesday SHQ will…
