Yesterday, James Wallace kicked off Mixmaster’s horror movie countdown with the stupendous slasher-flick Halloween. James mentioned that Halloween’s impact has made it so he can’t remember the exact first time he’d seen the film, but he can always remember the recent viewng. Everyone remembers Antichrist. Whether it’s the first viewing…
Around 8:45 a.m. this morning, around the time this author rabbit-punched “snooze” on the alarm clock, the world’s largest zeppelin lifted off into sky. The Farmers Airship, which at 246 feet is 15 feet longer than a Boeing 747 and is sponsored by something, is at Fort Worth Alliance Airport…
To celebrate its 40th year nuking our insides with caffeine, Starbucks has worked with designer Alexander Wang on an $85 T-shirt that looks like you spilled coffee all over it. NBC DFW reported yesterday that the shirts are available at Nordstrom’s, or Starbucks obviously, where they’ll throw in a real…
Late afternoon, a fellow Tumblrer tipped us to the above painting, which we immediately passed around the office. Needless to say: we were speechless. Far as we can suss out, it’s called “Beaker Slaying Honeydew” and is a Dada-esque riff on the early Italian, baroque piece by Artemisia Gentileschi entitled,…
Last month, when it was announced Jonathan Demme (of Silence of the Lambs fame) would helm Stephen King’s new novel about a teacher who time-jumps to stop JFK’s assassination, we thought: Hey, isn’t that a Quantum Leap episode? Now, we’ll have the chance to ask King if the new book…
The above photo, which forced this author to change his shorts after viewing, is the first shot of a big, food-porny slide show our photographer Sara Kerens brought covering the big grilled cheese of Dallas. Sara stopped by The Porch (which features the port salute, provolone and aged cheddar phenomenon…
We’re mostly savory animals at the Observer. We like our fried things, cheeses and big burgers. In the last year, we’ve sent food photographers to shoot Dallas’ meats, tacos and chicken-topped waffles. Lately, however, we’re developing a sweet tooth. It’s probably caused by the fact that we sent crack photographer…
On Sunday, while DC9 at Night was racking up excellent photos of the pretty, folk doll that is Ryan Bingham, Pete Freedman tweeted this: Christian Bale is in VIP for Ryan Bingham’s set. Crowd screams “We love Batman!” He acknowledges. #aclfest Turns out, Pete accidentally photo’d filmmaker Terrence Malick, who…
So, our photographers had a busy weekend. Between Mauskateers, Batman at Austin City Limits (!), Oktoberfest’s Chicken Hats, and the Eyes Wide Shut party at Wish Lounge, we all but exhausted our photo bay. Before you’re filled to the brim, check out a bunch of must-see shots from our contributor…
George C. Scott has been forced to watch the Jack & Jill trailer recently, and now he’s pretty fed up with Rick Perry. Follow the Mixmaster on Twitter and Facebook…
There’s a famous quote from Einstein where he says humans would have approximately four years left on Earth if the bees disappeared. Don’t panic everyone, the bees were discovered in Houston last year. Thanks to Reddit, we found this nightmarish, Candyman-esque, completely what-the-fuck video of a house in Houston where…
After a hard day of terrorizing Jeff Goldblum, even a dinosaur needs a hot shower. Brushing those rows of razor sharp teeth are clearly important, if the toothbrush and paste next to the sink are any indication. So, yeah, this is a good photo. It could be the fact that…
Man, if we had a nickel for every time we watched Han Solo get encased in carbonite in The Empire Strikes Back and said the words “damn, that’d make a great ice cube!” Too bad. ThinkGeek, in their infinite wisdom, has beaten us to the idea. Their geekery has spawned…
It must be a joke. Right? It has to be. Otherwise, there are no words. New photos posted on on this snarky Craigslist ad of a heart-shaped placenta stain on a $500 mattress suggest it’s a keen little dark-humored joke. Man, we hope so. No words. (h/t Reddit) Follow the…
Hey, it’s almost Oscar season! Well, kind of. This much is sure: The summer’s about to crest and the shitty movies will finally wash ashore like a dead, bloated whale. Then, the good films will come! You know the Hollywood drill — and, often, it involves Hollywood’s grandpappy soundtrack writer…
Reading Stephen King’s IMDB profile is like scrolling a Hollywood Greatest Hits & Misses list. The speed in which Hollywood is adapting these stories is nearly becoming a parody of itself, as if Hollywood is buying King’s wild horror pitches straight from his mind. The Dark Tower series is already…
Dadaist Marcel Duchamp once wrote … well, OK, never mind — there’s truly no quote that can encapsulate the strangeness of this artistic endeavor. According to Wired, Marion Laval-Jeantet spent months preparing herself physically to receive massive injections of horse blood plasma in conjunction with an artistic project “exploring trans-species…
Somewhere between National Hot Dog month, which was July, and our search for authentic carnitas, we decided we wanted to show you the great wieners of Dallas. After snickering like fifth grade boys for about four weeks, we’ve finally managed to cull together some great shots of Dallas’ big hot…
Fuckin’ Slayer! No, we don’t mean that. We’re actually referring to this perfect photo from last year’s Iron Maiden show at Gexa Energy Pavilion. Over the last year, we’ve collected a number of great fan photos from concerts around Dallas, but few fans display their rock horns in photos as…
In an episode from last year, Anthony Bourdain described bone marrow as his “desert-island” dish. Maybe when he comes to town in October, we’ll rent some sort of City of Ate van and kidnap the food writer (black hood and all) and chuck him toward the door of the Meddlesome…
The Tiny Fuppets website describes the creatures as “so small, they could only be friends!” The strange mistranslations are part of the charm of this new animated series from Scott Gairdner (a member of the Funny or Die team and creator of the brilliant Scott Meets Family Circus). So, they’re…
A few weeks ago, we asked you to help us (help you) on the subject of the Best of Dallas Readers’ Picks Categories. Your suggestions didn’t disappoint. After throwing your advice in the hopper and giving them a test run, we now have chemically tested, FDA-approved poll for you. A…
