You know the moment. The sun’s pouring in on your Rockwellian dinner table, already made up for Father’s Day, and Dad’s smoking a pipe with the Morning Herald Sun New Times. You lean over to him in your warm sweater and say “Dad, you want a cold beer?” He says…
A couple of things you’ll likely need for the non-stop improv Megaphone Marathon at the Dallas Comedy House on Saturday: a brain full of suggestions and some sort of cheek cream to soothe your laugh-aching face bones. It’s going to be a shotgun blast of good comedy: 19 acts from…
We’ve had Cary Pierce, Tiger Darrow, Salim Nourallah, Nicholas Altobelli and Smile Smile at Patio Sessions so far this year: a wild mix of styles and sound. It was no different on Thursday’s steamy afternoon: celtic masters The Killdares played outside the Winspear Opera House, in Sammons Park. Our photographer…
Why you no dance, Dallas? 691 people. That’s all they needed from you, Dallas. So, why you no dance! Let’s back up for a second. What are we talking about? Saturday, at 11 a.m., at the the AT&T Performing Arts Center, the Largest Remote Dance Lesson was to break the…
Last week, we joined forces with the Fellowship of the Village Voice Media Ring to bring a epic slideshow of burgers across the country. There were some surprises: the peanut-butter slathered monstrosity from City Pages, and (my god!) the grilled cheese flanked burger in Phoenix. Working with the Houston Press,…
Yesterday morning, the Miami New Times published a piece about hometown barbecue. In the piece, they state that Miami smokes Dallas in barbecue. And basketball. After a passing out from white-hot rage, writer Alice Laussade woke and wrote up a response. Among other things, Alice called for the Miami New…
The Frisco and Allen locations of In-N-Out are three weeks old today. You’ve had time to digest the Double-Doubles, the well-done fries, and that one girl has, hopefully, wiped away her tears.Opening day was a manifest destiny of meat. Some travelers had “In-N-Out or bust” on their cars, and others…
Back in December, the stunningly gorgeous trailer for Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life arrived and blew some minds. Somewhere in between the montage of space, rivers and birth was a brief shot stained-glass ceiling of the Chapel of Thanksgiving in Dallas. It got Unfair Park editor Robert Wilonsky wondering:…
It certainly was a sexy weekend (ooh ahoo). Before Pete and crew are along with reviews of Twilight Singers and Margot & The Nuclear So & So’s at the Granada, there’s several photos from the Memorial Day parties we’re gonna pass along. The Vault had DJ ASAP spinning for a…
What follows are some must-see photos from contributing photographer Stephen Masker, who brought his keen eye for performance to S4’s Rose Room in Dallas last night, Thursday, May 26. The event was RuPaul’s Drag Race Tour with showcases by Season Three winners Raja, finalist Alexis Mateo and contestant Carmen Carrera…
Yesterday’s weather was perfect for bumming around, grilling, Kung Fu-ing, Mavericking, Whirleyballing, or patio sessioning. In last week’s Patio Session, Tiger Darrow and Cary Pierce played under a staticky-gray sky. Last night at the AT&T PAC, however, was all green grass and sunset. It featured Salim Nourallah, who worked with…
So, the weather cleared up in time for Memorial Day. Which means you can do the whole Bobby Flay thing. Grill, we mean. You can grill. Not embarrass local chefs by out-cooking them at their own dish. You could do that though, if you wanted. Anyway, it’s grilling season. Much…
This food truck is quite operational. While food trucks are inching closer and closer–please, hurry!–to being parked in the Arts District in Dallas, the Grillenium Falcon has made its way to Arkansas. The force seems pretty damn strong with this one. Besides the effing genius art, the menu features sandwiches…
Gray swaths are covering North Texas today, which is pitch perfect weather to discuss Bon Iver developments. His new, self-titled sophomore album is dropping on June 21 (a single, “Calgary,” is already making the rounds), and the first leg of a US tour has been announced. No stops in Texas…
In a confluence of events that involved meat helmets, gorilla suits and balls, Dallas Observer’s Mixmaster (hey, that’s us!) made an entry into the 24 Video Race last week. The race, as the name indicates, messed with our circadian rhythm enough to construct a film around not going to the…
Next month’s Supper Club, our monthly dinner and music series with local chefs, is showcasing the raw meat talent of Chef Tim Byres of Smoke. Later this week, we’ll post Chef Tim’s menu for those lookin’ to get their Supper on (as well as hear some good tunes from Austin…
Maybe you’ve heard the news “Macho Man” Randy Savage died today in a car accident in Tampa, Florida. The story is all over Twitter and Facebook right now, and fans of his incredible character-acting performances in movies like Spider-man, as well as anyone who “snapped into a Slim Jim” because…
Around 9 p.m. last night, the Mavericks were finishing up the first half, warm peanuts sat in a barrel at Jack Daniels Saloon, and Bravo, Max! began tuning up for Locals Only, part deux. Meanwhile, the mechanical bull was chucking back and forth on the patio.A quick recap: Locals Only…
Just before The Mavericks packed fans into the American Airlines Center and Bravo, Max! opened up Locals Only part deux (we’ll be along later with photos), the AT&T Performing Arts center hosted Patio Sessions–a free music series showcase of local bands sponsored by, well, us.This week? Cary Pierce and Booker…
It doesn’t matter how much it costs. It really doesn’t matter. Running down the checklist of the requirements for perfect art — flaming car (check), enormous moon (check), wizard (with rock horns) check — it’s immediately clear that this glossy print might be the best in the history of humankind.In…
All jokes aside, no one eats more penis on television than Andrew Zimmern. From cobra to yak penis, Zimmern is the all-time animal wang-devouring king of modern television (using the “find” tool to search “penis” on Bizarre Foods Wikipedia is quite an experience).After years of watching Zimmern drink blood, devour…
Several hours ago (what day is it?), a couple of Dallas Observer staffers were wearing meat helmets. With real salted, cured meats. The reason was very, very simple: the 24 Hour Video Race happened. Which, naturally, means gorilla suits, massive foil balls and a helmet made of roast beef and…
