I’ve been frustrated by the latest season of Downton Abbey. It began with the edited out wedding in episode one, was enhanced by too many Edith romance story lines and then the loss of Lady Sybil? Unforgivable. So when the season finale rolled around, I didn’t watch it. Instead, I…
I wanted to post a video by comedian Tracy Morgan, but I couldn’t. They have f-bombs, p-bombs, s-bombs, n-bombs and even some very rare y and x bombs that I hadn’t previously known existed. Now that 30 Rock is all wrapped up, Tracy Morgan is on the loose and he’s…
Sorry Dallas, you’re missing this booty clap action. Mike Tyson’s curious one man show ‘Undisputed Truth’ was scheduled to touch down at Verizon Theater tomorrow, February 19. The production has had runs in Vegas and Broadway, and snagged temperate reviews at its Indianapolis kick-off. But ending the Spike Lee directed…
Local video director, photographer and general scene starter, Brian Braun, gathered the Metroplex’s most vibratey folks at Klyde Warren Park on Saturday. They united over a shared love of spastic motion, costumes and that dancehall-inspired Baauer jam. Yes, it was an attempt to out Harlem Shake all other Harlem Shakes,…
Walking into “My My Misfire,” an installation exhibition curated by thinker/artist/writer and UT Arlington Professor Stephen Lapthisophon, and organized by collaborative Apophenia Underground, was a bitchslap of juxtaposition. Setting the tone is a hand scribbled note taped to the abandoned storefront’s window. It reads: “We find things as they are…
It’s the smaller categories that excite me most during the Academy Awards, and the animated shorts have a special place in my heart. The Magnolia is currently showing both the five Oscar contenders — including Disney’s darn-charming contribution “Paperman” shown above — and five great runners-up. (My favorite is a…
Glimpse, October’s Aurora-light event that illuminated the Design District, was a nice reminder that art can still be unexpected, thanks to grassroots organizing. Glowing jellyfish sculptures blew in the wind. A performance art piece tiptoed through the Donor Reflecting Pool in front of the Winspear. Experimental sound wranglers, Waterfalls, played…
“I’m not going to fight with the room,” says Pin Show Executive Producer Julie McCullough. She’s explaining her newly targeted plan for this year’s massive fashion fête, happening on Saturday, February 23, and its exciting departure from the ordinary. “I don’t want to pageant it up.” In 2012, we found…
That Ken Price show is so wonderfully pervy, and Chagall (opening Sunday at the DMA) has a natural sentimentality to it, so we at Mixmaster thought they’d make for good dirty valentines. Here’s a few. Take a screen shot and send one to someone you love and/or want to sleep…
That footage above was filmed at an O’Reilly Autorama in Dallas back in 2007 and yes, I’m now definitely going. It’s happening all weekend long, so prepare your switches to be flipped. Happy Sexytime Day, y’all! What’s that? You don’t have plans? No sweat. Check out my list of super…
You could consider him one of the last world-recognized boxers in history and you wouldn’t be wrong. You could, also associate him with lady beating, ear biting and face tattoos. So what will Mike Tyson say during his two-hour one-man show Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth at the Verizon Amphitheater (1001…
A legacy piece of local cinema, The Playroom is an interesting look at family dynamics, pinned to the hinge of powerful generations. Time itself plays a role, as we see parents (Olivia Harris, John Hawkes) who missed the most thrilling eras of rebellion and who are now trapped together in…
When considering Dallas art galleries that go against the grain, a few come to mind. But no other artist-run space has stuck it out as long and unconventionally as 500X (500 Exposition Drive), which has provided local emerging talent walls to start careers on since 1978. It’s remarkable that 500X…
My mom always said that it isn’t Valentine’s Day unless you have to sign a waiver. Which brings us to Moxley Manor, the metroplex’s only haunted house catering to this special day of sexual tension. Will she cling to your arm for protection during the scary bits, or just associate…
Medieval Times (2021 N. Stemmons Freeway) tips its crown to young lovers on Thursday night with an AMAZING date package. For $99 you get a split of Champagne and two commemorative glasses (smuggle in gin and you’ve got French 75s!), a commemorative scroll, a photo, some flags to cheer on…
Sometimes you want to be direct on Valentine’s Day, and if that’s the plan, go straight to the skin. La Bare, the male dancer revue and window-shopping spot of choice for women who go “Woo-o-ooo!”, is catering its programming to both of you for Valentine’s Day. It’s a Guys and…
If you and your significant other are rich, or just bonded over that movie Crash, why not up the adrenaline with an expensive car rental this Valentine’s Day? Exotic Driving Experience has a deal where you can rent one exotic car (Ferrari, Lamborghini, or other vehicles with pasta-like names), and…
It’s happening again. Reps for the Dallas Opera were thrilled with last year’s Magic Flute collaboration at Cowboys Stadium. Since then they’ve been hinting, and in some cases, flat-out stating that they’d hold another opera simulcast in the Arlington sports center during the 2013 season. At yesterday’s press announcement it…
“Superman is a hero for all of us,” says Richard Neal, co-owner of Zeus Comics. “He’s not just a hero for some people.” Neal is responding to a divisive decision brought about by industry giant DC Comics. It recently announced that comic fans will get the Man of Steel storylines…
Everyone needs a dog park to call their own. Without it, where would you publicly shame your fur child for humping? Nowhere, for he’d have no one to inappropriately hump. There’s a lesson in there somewhere… Our Oak Cliff neighbors have a lot of great things, but so far a…
Dear Romantics, I’d like to apologize in advance for this list of amore-rich dating ideas. You see, I’m an overextended writer who forgot what love was ages ago. My heart is actually made of diamond now, and not the naturally-occurring timelapsed compression of carbon that you’re most familiar with –…
Dallas science fiction lovers, you officially upped your game at this year. Maybe you pushed it to 88 because Christopher Lloyd was a special guest — or perhaps we got collectively dorkier since 2012’s Sci-Fi Expo — but however it happened, we all won. You guys suited up as Fresco…
