Listomania: Radiohead Word Clouds

Radiohead fans are chewing their nails down to the hilt this week? Why? Because, just a few days ago, the band announced that their new record The King of Limbs will be released on Saturday, February 19, both as a “newspaper album” and a digital download. It’s the band’s first…

Picture Show: The Grand Opening of the Eight-Track Museum in Deep Ellum

Last night on Twitter, the hashtag “heart shaped pizza” was trending nationwide for Valentine’s Day. Over here in Dallas, as Pete Freedman teased in his recent cover story, Bucks Burnett celebrated Valentine’s Day by opening an eight-track museum.Half of the Tom Tom Club (who officially released a new eight-track through…

Night Moves: Welcome to Armenia. Also? A Dancing Panda!

A little of this, and a little of that from this weekend. Or, more pertinently: A little panda dance and a little Armenia. It was an interesting Friday night in Deep Ellum on February 11: The Boiler Room featured Alexi Delano and a heck-of-a-lot of mushy clown noses. Also? A…

Picture Show: Robin Leach Tarries, Thrusts at Taste of NFL Dinner

Robin Leach was in Fort Worth this weekend with a saber. The “flavors of North Texas” were represented in Fort Worth on Saturday for Taste of NFL’s 20th Anniversary this Super Bowl Weekend. Of course, Leach wasn’t the only one there with a sword. Many Dallas (and celebrity) chefs had…

Picture Show: Super Bowl XLV Party Performer Round Up

So, the ice finally thawed. Honestly, the weekend was looking a little disappointing right around the Prince cancellation, but the warmer weather brought out the big Super Bowl parties on Saturday. Downtown was buzzing. So was Uptown. Hell, so was everything. Over at the Maxim party in Fair Park, Wyclef…

Guy Fieri Takes a Big Bite Out of Super Bowl XLV

We’re combing through the massive influx of photos from the Super Bowl parties, and we caught this gem from Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives host Guy Fieri. He was among a whole slew of celebrities at the Maxim Super Bowl party at Fair Park in Dallas, but one of the few…

Super Bowl Food Celebrity Super Sighting at the Bud Light Hotel

OMG! Lots of Super Bowl parties going on in Dallas–right now–and oh-so-many celebs. We’re combing through the photos from The Bud Light Hotel and the F.I.G.: not exactly foodie celeb heaven. Except a couple from last night’s Playboy Super Bowl party. Well, two if you count Iron Chef Marc Forgione’s…

This Is A Serious Situation…

In case you were wondering, yes, that is the Situation. Richie forwards this photo along from his broadcast table at Radio Row, where he no doubt was comparing abs. Why are we gazing upon the Situation? Well, he’s in town for a “Super Super Weekend Kickoff Party” which began at…

Picture Show: Super Bowl XLV Media Day Charges on in the Cold

It’s damn, damn cold out there, but Super Bowl XLV Media Day continued on this morning as promised. Richie will be along later with more observations from Media Day, but in the meantime he’s forwarded a few photos to give y’all a glimpse of the happenings. Make the jump for…

DiGiorno Pizza & Cookies Coming to a Store Near You

According to DiGiorno’s Official Facebook page, the frozen pizza chain is about to launch new, yep-these-are-real products: Pizza & Cookies and Pizza & Boneless “Wyngz*.” Fascinating! It’s a good thing they went with the mind-blowing, alternate spelling of wings, as they want to avoid customer confusion due to the wyngz…

Pyromania vs. Pyromania: Def Leppard Tribute Band Feud A-Brewin’

A heavy metal feud is brewing between California and Dallas. Seems Southern California’s Def Leppard tribute band is pretty pissed off at Dallas’ Def Leppard tribute band, according to Spinner and NME. Perusing the Huntington Beach-based Leppard tribute band’s website confirms that, alas, it is true: Seems there is a…

Picture Shows: The Frankie 45 Memorial at Club Dada

As you saw yesterday in Pete’s thoughts of Frank Campagna Jr.’s memorial at Club Dada, it was an incredibly moving night. For those that couldn’t make it, there are no better words on the Frankie’s memorial than what Pete wrote–so do read on. Pete mentions that family and friends had…

Picture Show: The Amazing Pies of Dallas

Not sure if you’ve heard, but pie is totally the new cupcake. Yeah, it’s everywhere, dude. The New York Times even wrote about it, saying New York and San Francisco are centers of pie innovation. Not to be out delicious-ed, City of Ater Kristy Yang took a pie tour of…

Early Valentine’s Gift Idea: Get Le Whif of Breathable Chocolate

Avoiding sweets is difficult enough without second-hand chocolate smoke. Well, “smoke” is not technically accurate. Thanks to Le Whif, however, with the “first prototype of the food inhaler” you can pretty much smoke your way through a six pack of cocoa. While your first reaction is possibly annoyance at the…

Picture Show: Five Celebratory Photos from NYE Weekend

So, 2010 finished its stride over the weekend. But our nightlife photographers Ray Lek, Peter Lek and Roderick Pullum still ventured into that ball-dropping madness and captured the scenes at Zouk, the Lizard Lounge, Elm Street Bar, Skye Bar and OE Penguin. Hey, there’s no way we were going to…