Over here at Observer HQ, it was a year of street cars, Texas craft liquors, Pomplamoose and NASCAR, eight-tracks and fracking. And, you know, other things. Clearly you’ll find a great horde of final best-of-end-of-totally-ranking-year-end lists all over the dern place, and by golly we’re no different. We just loooove…
Earlier this year, the Alamo Drafthouse released a video of a completely real-life voicemail from a rather-upset film patron who was booted from the theater after texting during the film. The Drafthouse, which I’d argue is one of the great theaters in our Milky Way, is very clear about their…
You may remember back in November, after Art Conspiracy 7, which temporarily transformed 511 West Commerce into a house-that-art-built, Unfair Park hinted at the possible wad of cash the event generated for a worthy cause. This year’s cause, of course, was Musical Angels, which provides piano lessons to hospitalized children…
Speaking of montages… The fine editors and shooters of YouPlusDallas (shot by Mark Blitch and Matthew Rojas) have posted their super-high-def recap of our Artopia party at the Dallas Contemporary. Very cool, guys. Very cool. I highly recommend jumping over to their site for the humongo-high-res version…alas, our strained servers…
With “Best Of” lists and year-end round-ups and critic’s picks ranking the best films of the year stacking up, the folks at Filmography (h/t Daily What) have created a great cheat sheet for you: a montage of the 2011 in films. Among them, of course, you’ll see gems like partly-Dallas-shot…
Hang on, let me brush the Sun Chip crumbs off my Led Zeppelin Zoso shirt … OK, so, we’re really fancy. Dallas is debonair, well-dressed and completely brimming with gorgeous ass implants. According to a survey recently done by LivingSocial, Dallas ranks number-freaking-one in “Best Dressed Individuals.” That’s not all…
If you’re anything like us Dork Knights, and you’re patiently clawing at your thighs in anticipation of the upcoming Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol screening (you know, so you can see the Dark Knight Rises prologue in glorious IMAX)… Then you’ll like the above newly-released, Bane-themed one sheet. Holy. By the…
Last year, Planet Earth sorrowfully asked mankind “Why, dear peoples, why?” after the invention of something sinister and bizarre: KFC’s Double Down. Well, congratulations, 2011: You are the mind-fuck of a fast food year that actually found a way to add to the Famous Bowl, to create McDonald’s mind-control television,…
You may have seen a couple hundred balloons speckle the air on Saturday outside the American Airlines Center. Our photographer Stephen Masker did as well. It was the Snowball Express, which serves to benefit and honor the children of fallen military. Snowball brought over 1,700 kids–from all over the world–who’ve…
Every kid and, you know, non-kid, who fussed joyously with the Lite-Brite as a kid: Here’s an event you’ll appreciate. Texas Motor Speedway is showcasing the “region’s largest LED animated and glistening light displays” on the nearly two-mile drive through for the event appropriately named “Gift of Lights.” It’s called…
The trailer for the Farrelly Brothers’ Three Stooges debuted yesterday, which is less a trailer and more an embalming. It really is a fascinating piece of terribleness. You can watch the whole thing here, but I’d advise against it if you’re prone to migraines or murderous bouts of rage.But don’t…
Lens, the New York Times photo blog, debuted their “Picturing 7 Billion” photo project: a “time capsule” built with user-submitted photos that capture our little blue marble hurdling through space. It’s an incredible collection, and– wouldntyaknowit–our own contributor Danny Fulgencio is included in the mix. Danny’s work, for us, has…
FOX Network’s Follow The Money has discovered the origin of Occupy Wall street protests: the liberal brainwashing of Hollywood’s films. In this important discussion with Follow the Money host Eric Bolling and Media Research Center guest Dan Gainor on the viral ideas commie leaders like Kermit The Frog and Gonzo…
A few hours before the Lights All Night DJ finalists spun at Zouk (for the Artopia after party), DJs Skrause, DJ-O, and The Latin House Krew, took turns firing off sparky sounds at the Dallas Contemporary. Our own Audra Schroeder, Clint Keller, and Asim Sheikh, and of course the Lights…
You may have noticed: there was a lot of happenings in Dallas this weekend. The White Rock Marathon pushed on in the midst of a rainy, cold Sunday morning. Which, many of us here at the Observer missed as we nursed our splendid Artopia hangovers. Before that, our photographer Stephen…
First let me say: it was a pleasure cracking nuts with you at the Dallas Contemporary. Lots and lots going on last night to talk about–from the installation pieces (curated by Brian Gibb of the Public Trust) to the fashion show–but the night certainly kept-on with the bright rock-pop of…
It’s on the stands and on-the-webs now: the finalists of our second annual art awards (the MasterMinds). That’s right, we’ve named ’em, and it’s all a big ol’ countdown to our fancy pants Artopia party on Saturday at the Dallas Contemporary. If you’re not going to that, shame on you…
Got home late Monday night and saw the following post on Facebook from the chocolate wizards at Dude, Sweet: After breaking the sound barrier on I-35, I arrived at Dude, Sweet and desperately asked: “Are there any bacon fat cookies left?” There were. Checking out, the Dude, Sweet worker referred…
Speaking of signs… Before we all stuffed our bodies with Thanksgiving last week, Congress declared pizza a vegetable. Only not really. Tomato paste, which is obviously associated with pizza, was declared a vegetable. We’ll leave it to the Washington Post to sort out the nutritional madness. Meanwhile, in San Antonio,…
The Size of Texas with Clint Howard from Clint Howard Here’s a new brilliant one from Funny or Die, where writer / Director Scott Gairdner parodies Michael Bay’s Armaggedon (or any ridiculous asteroid movie)–specifically the scene where Billy Bob Thorton exclaims the asteroid about to pulverize Earth is “the size…
There’s a fairly standard lunch routine here at Observer headquarters: meander around staffers offices and cubicle like brain-hungry zombies until a restaurant decision is made. Often, it’s tacos. Even more frequent: the consumption of meat (Sorry Anna). Hell, it’s usually around lunchtime when our hunger overrides our visual accuity and…
You knew there’d be at least one insane-ass Black Friday video. Over on Unfair Park, Robert hat-tipped to a story of a Los Angeles woman who hosed down some shoppers with pepper spray (sorta totally like this dude!). Well, you just knew it was coming: our sister paper the Denver…
