If you spend your weekends banging your head in rock clubs you should give your head a break this time. Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey examines heavy metal with an anthropological eye toward sex, death and religion. It’s a lot of brain power focused on music that (seemingly) doesn’t require much…
When Y Tu Mamá También debuted on American screens in 2002, nobody had big expectations for the Mexican film with the funny title that translates “And Your Mother Too.” Once buzz leaked that the road movie about two teenage boys and an older woman featured lots of sex, beautiful cinematography,…
If you’ve never heard of Audrey Tautou, you will after May 19 when the screen adaptation of The Da Vinci Code debuts. The French ingénue will hopefully muster enough charm to distract you from the slicked-back reptilian mullet on top of Tom Hanks’ head. If you want to be able…
About five years ago I caught Linda Ronstadt performing with Emmylou Harris at McFarlin Auditorium. What should’ve been a breezy evening of country ditties quickly turned heavy-handed after the first song, when Ronstadt stopped the show to tell the audience to quit taking pictures. She was afraid the camera flashes…
The first time this Southern Baptist white boy from the outskirts of Dallas heard the live version of “King Without a Crown” pounding from his car stereo, he said to himself, “Wow! This Modest Yahoo guy is great! I’m going to look him up on iTunes and see if he’s…
Roundabout Oscar week tie-in: Amy Adams is nominated for best supporting actress for her role in the independent film Junebug, about a New York gallery curator who connects with her new husband’s rural family while on a trip to the South to wrangle up a folk artist in poor mental…
Bonnie Raitt popped up on the music radar of the general public in 1990 when her album Nick of Time got her crowned Queen of the Grammys, and she began her nausea-inducing stream of tepid ballads on adult contemporary radio. But die-hard Raitt fans love her for the nine albums…
The latest member show at 500X Gallery is a test of perception and an exploration of rarely seen images by Diane Sikes, Shannon Sullivan and Brad Wehring. Sikes fashions objects out of submerged memories that render a fuzzy déjà vu-like lack of clarity for the viewer. Sullivan’s pieces are more…
If you still haven’t recovered from the recent hockey strike and need to make up for time lost with Mike Modano and the rest of the Dallas Stars, then the Park Place Lexus/Dallas Stars Casino Night should help you get up close and personal with the players for at least…
If you bop into Nordstrom this month to try on a new pair of shoes, take a few minutes to look up from your feet in those new strappy heels and take a gander at the walls. In honor of Black History Month, the department store is showcasing an exhibit…
In its eight-year history, Q Cinema has done a remarkable job of programming films for its gay and lesbian audience in Tarrant County. (It’s worth the trip from Dallas.) The monthly screenings help keep the group viable throughout the whole year, while most film festivals just hold one big annual…
I still remember that day in the third grade at recess when three of my best friends and I finally collected all six Constructicons and were able to assemble the super robot Devastator. It was 1985, and Transformers had officially passed Go-Bots and G.I. Joe as the coolest toy on…
If you attend Margaret Cho’s Friday show at the Majestic Theatre, don’t be surprised to hear the comedian talk about how much she loves George W. Bush–after all, it’ll be April Fools’ Day. After honing her political chops on last year’s State of Emergency tour of comedy clubs, Cho has…
Televisions in bars can be a mixed blessing. A giant-screen TV in a sports bar provides the entertainment (at least until the big game is over). But in smaller lounges and dive bars TVs are a major distraction whether they’re beaming inane MTV programming, reality shows or more sports. As…
The mammoth remodeling project that transformed dominant Oak Lawn nightspot the Village Station into the even larger juggernaut Station 4 was given a much ballyhooed grand opening over the holidays. (Station 4 because it’s the fourth incarnation of the Village Station.) But now that the out-of-towners have gone home and…
You may have been to a bad concert at the American Airlines Center before, but chances are you’ve never been to a show that smelled as bad as the ones that take place during the Texas Stampede Pace ProRodeo Classic. Not even a weeklong circus stinks up the arena as…
Texas Stadium will be the place to be on Saturday afternoon, and there won’t be a football team in sight. Still, the Redneck Cowboys vs. the Parrot Heads game should be quite entertaining to watch before Jimmy Buffett, George Strait and Alan Jackson share a triple bill that evening. Some…
Once upon a time Uptown was a neighborly neighborhood that rolled peacefully from the Hotel Crescent Court north to Lemmon Avenue past the Hard Rock Café, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary and Bread Winners Bakery with that trolley that nobody ever rides. But that was before Post Properties started its endless…
If your New Year’s resolution has anything to do with losing weight, gaining muscle, increasing exercise, decreasing waist size or just generally getting your flabby ass back into shape, then consider yourself lucky to be in Dallas. The weather’s warm enough to exercise outside most of the year, and the…
If you have someplace important to be on Sunday, take note: The 2003 White Rock Marathon is seriously going to screw up traffic patterns that morning, and the endless line of runners may not end until the early afternoon, depending on which part of town you happen to be stuck…
Of the approximately 30,000 participants in this year’s Turkey Trot, you can divide those runners into two categories: those who are trying to work off their Thanksgiving meal before they eat it and those who just want a license to pig out when that stuffed bird hits the table. The…
