Yes, for the princely sum of $20, you could get in a van with a total stranger somewhere in South Dallas and go to commit property damage somewhere near Greenville. That’s the latest enticing proposal out of our local Craigslist, always a font of good ideas and totally above-board goings-on…
What with the announcement of this year’s Meat Fight date (more on that in a minute), and the sad fact that said date is way off toward the end of the year, we thought it might be time to have a quick poke around the internet to see what we…
Joey Santiago is a man at peace with himself. Lead guitarist for the Pixies, and by most accounts the driving force behind their reunion, Santiago couldn’t be more content with the current state of the band. Answering our phone call with a “YEEHAW,” Santiago proceeds to interview us for the…
The new Lockhart Smokehouse, right on Plano’s main square, is up and running, and the crowds are already forming. Tuesday afternoon, your peak-time lunch wait would have been a good 40 minutes or so, which is cruel given that you can smell Plano’s barbecue mecca from more than a block…
It’s an hour until showtime. We’ve been struggling with synchronized bowing for the last half hour or so. There’s a V formation we have to make, but it relies on our dear departed former arts editor Jamie Laughlin, the last speaker of the evening, depositing a stool backstage and running,…
I don’t know how many of you were at the Jeff Mangum show last January. For those of you who were not, though I assume the Venn diagram of the two crowds shares a considerable crossover, the crowd at the solo show could sense a frailty in Mangum that made…
Welcome back to our countdown of the weirdest suggestions for Valentine’s gifts we could find on Dallas Craigslist, counting down today from ten all the way down to number one. There’s some really magical crap today, you guys. Without further ado. See Also: The Weirdest Valentine’s Gifts on Dallas Craigslist,…
If you’re buying your Valentine’s Day gifts for your loved ones off of Craigslist, then you may not be doing it right. However, if you’re selling things on Craigslist, you might be able to see why you would try to tie said crap you are flogging to the upcoming capitalist…
Welcome to our second ever live weather blog, where the news is made up and the weather doesn’t really matter. Here are the facts — it’s cold. How cold, you ask? Well, imaginary internet person, it’s really very cold. Cold enough that, were Jack Nicholson to head outside with an…
The last time I told you all a story about my teenage years, Billy Corgan got really angry. So I tell you this story in the hope that it will, for no apparent reason, anger Billy Corgan again. I was either 14 or 15, and I was living in a…
It’s time for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and although I am British and thus bitter that we never win anything (apart from the really fancy sports, like rowing or cycling, that require very expensive equipment to compete in, thus ruling out a lot of countries), I understand America…
One thing I have discovered since moving to America, besides that pile of barbecue I consumed last year, is just how amazing Vietnamese coffee is. The one above is from Pho Bistro in Carrollton, at 3052 Old Denton Rd, but they’re the same all over. It’s basically one of the…
Has Community Beer really only been around for 365 days? It feels like a lot longer than that, but I suppose that’s testament to the incredibly fast-growing North Texas brew scene. Attending their party inside their fancy brewery on Saturday, I was amazed at how many adherents the brewery already…
America’s second favorite committer of treason, Julian Assange, is to speak and be interviewed at SXSW on March 8, the Austin mega-fest has announced. Obviously he won’t actually be there, as he has been a geographical prisoner since 2012, trapped inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London by a now presumably…
Calling all photography students! The lovely and friendly people at the Dallas Observer are recruiting a photo intern for the upcoming semester. Our interns work directly with the art director and the web editor to supply quality photography for blogs and slideshows, covering events including burlesque shows, art openings, local…
Colin Quinn brings his one-man show Unconstitutional to the Wyly Theater at 8 p.m. Friday. While he might be an SNL veteran, TV host, and stand-up comedian, Mr. Colin Quinn is better known these days for his conceptually ridiculous Twitter account. Sounding absolutely nothing like Colin Quinn himself, his account…
Editor’s note: The author is British, so this thing is, like, authentic. And you might be saying “Hey, didn’t you run an almost identical drinking game last season?” Actually, yes! We considered writing a new one, then remembered how enraged we were by the Season Three finale and just posted…
Pecan Lodge is the best place in the city to get fat. Have you ever wished, though, that the legendarily long line (or “queue” as civilised people call it) suddenly ceased to be a problem, leaving you free to waltz up the front counter and secure your meat? You could…
I reviewed a lot of concerts this year. Partly I love live music, and partly it was a way to get out the house for cheap. Really though, I was excited to spend the year exploring every musical experience this part of the world has to offer. From shows I…
The icepocalypse is seemingly on its way out. While it was no joke for a lot of people, for some it was an excuse to frolic in the ice with their confused pets, some of whom seemed deeply unsure about the sudden white coating everything had received. We asked Twitter…
Welcome to the Winter Storm Cleon live blog, where will be constantly updating you about a storm that is potentially the apocalypse, another damp squib, or somewhere in between the two. As you are no doubt aware, the Weather Channel’s harbinger of sky death, Jim Cantore, is on the ground…
Nick Offerman likes red meat. This much is clear. The lines between him and the comic creation Ron Swanson, one of the most consistently funny sitcom characters ever made, are distinctly blurred. Both are huge fans of woodworking. Both enjoy self-sufficiency. Both would rather there were less government encroachment into…
