So, I was hanging out the other day, working on my list of things that make babies go blind, and I just felt like something was missing. I had all the obvious ones, such as sharp objects and hazardous chemicals and, of course, blindfolds. But it just didn’t feel complete…
John Oliver’s sculptures have been described as “whimsical,” “sophisticated” and “colorful.” They’ve also been called “blobby” and “bubble-gum-like.” You can find out what exactly this means (art that looks like Horatio Sanz with glasses?) at Introductions North, a dynamic collaboration between the Greater Denton Arts Council and the comtemporary art…
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a movie that should never be remade, retouched or jacked with in any way. It’s not only one of the most charming films ever made, it’s a genre-bending, anachronistic film that eschewed typical Western violence for slapstick and humorous banter. And it also…
We say: the phrase “killer of sheep.” You think: rap metal band circa 1994, something Wes Borland would have been into before he met Fred Durst. Or maybe you’re thinking more along the lines of an awesome epic epithet. Like a metaphor for a character’s tendency to wipe out hordes…
Who knew someone who claims to not understand sex, and who yet was put on trial for allegedly touching young ladies on their naughties, could be such a hoot?! Somehow Paula Poundstone has transcended her oddities and resurrected her career. In fact, she has twisted said oddities into positives, utilizing…
The thing you most want to do on a national holiday? We surveyed 137 imaginary Dallas-area people and came up with these results: 47 percent said sleep, 32 percent said some combination of or something similar to “drink beer, watch Jerry Springer and Oprah” [if on a weekday, we assume]…
Something happened at a Texas Rangers game a few weeks ago that was really heartwarming. No, they didn’t win–that would actually go in the miracle file. A group of soldiers, freshly returned from Iraq, managed to get a full 10-minute standing ovation. The Rangers could have beaten the Red Sox…
Clay Aiken’s latest CD, A Thousand Different Ways, showcases the thousand different ways you can shit on music. It starts crapping immediately with 10 covers. Of love songs. Including Bryan Adams’ “Everything I Do (I Do It for You).” Then, it takes a big dump when Clay’s backup band turns…
Everybody likes things that go BOOM, right? How ’bout food, music and historic military airplane flyovers? Well, Addison holds a crowd pleasing pre-Independence Day celebration that features all of the above. The Addison Kaboom Town fireworks display has been rated one of the top shows in the country. The 50th…
While the image of Rosie the Riveter represents the 6 million women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, it doesn’t apply to all those honored in the newest exhibit at The Women’s Museum at Fair Park. Women in War: Reflections of Courage explores the vital role…
Remember lying in bed as a kid terrified of that horrible monster in the corner? And then when you got up the courage to tiptoe over and flip the light switch on, you discovered the “monster” was a crumpled pair of pants draped over a chair? Sometimes our eyes play…
Toby Keith is bringing America to the Smirnoff Music Centre for a concert this Sunday night. As the official keeper of America, Keith will unload buses full of apple pie, ass-whoopings, yellow “Support Our Troops” magnetic ribbons, Bud Light, Big Macs, Bibles and pretty little blond girls with ringlets. He…
For years, Blue Bell Creamery’s slogan was, “We eat all we can and sell the rest.” Maybe that’s why I can’t get their peppermint ice cream year-round; some bigwig on a mint kick is gulping it all down before it even gets to the store. And that’s not even counting…
If you enjoy WFAA Channel 8 movie critic Gary Cogill’s benign movie reviews then you’ll probably enjoy the Metropolitan Winds’ Close Encounters of the Oz Kind hosted by the man himself. The evening of movie music by the symphonic band will feature selections from the films that make up the…
Evil stepmothers and hungry kids who end up in cages isn’t the stuff of today’s Disney-fied fairy tales. But since Hansel and Gretel was a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, it took their trademark twist toward the dark and macabre. Instead of ball gowns and glitter, this fairy tale reflects some…
Ten years on, it’s nothing short of mind-boggling that the Great Swing Scare of 1997 ever happened in the first place. I’m sure you all remember the horror—swing dance nights at your favorite bars, frat boys incessantly quoting Vince Vaughan’s character from Swingers, and of course, left-field radio hits from…
I love those well-intentioned parents who try to keep the education going during their kids’ summer break. Efforts to get them all cultured up with trips to the museum, symphony and theater add up to a proud gleam in mom and dad’s eyes while clandestine yawns are borne from their…
Who knew someone who claims to not understand sex, and who yet was put on trial for allegedly touching young ladies on their naughties, could be such a hoot?! Somehow Paula Poundstone has transcended her oddities and resurrected her career. In fact, she has twisted said oddities into positives, utilizing…
Why do some insects have feminine names like “damselfly” and “ladybug,” but there aren’t any ‘machobeetles’ or ‘manwasps’? It seems unfair to the menfolk. Although, I heard damselflies were named as such because they’re similar to dragonflies, but smaller and weaker, so maybe it’s the female bugs who should be…
I saw The Music Man in high school. I remember it having one of the most earworm-y soundtracks of anything I’d ever heard. “Ya Got Trouble,” “76 Trombones,” “Shipoopi,” “Marian the Librarian,” “Pick a Little, Talk a Little/Goodnight, Ladies,” “Gary, Indiana” and “Till There Was You” were permanently embedded in…
We’ve never really understood tribute bands. It’s one thing for a band to play some covers, but to devote your entire musical career to aping one particular artist—especially one that sucks like, say, Sublime—seems the opposite of rock ‘n’ roll dreams come true, as Meatloaf might put it. In fact,…
Whether you like yours played on a traditional ektara or fused with hip-hop, reggae and house, get your Bhangra fix from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Friday at Clay Pit’s (4460 Belt Line Road in Addison) Bollywood Beatz blowout. Share the latest buzz from the world’s hottest film capital, Mumbai…
