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20,000 Days on Earth Is Showing at Texas Theatre Until Thursday, and You Need To See It

By Gavin Cleaver
Oct 6, 2014

I spent last night at the fabulous Texas Theatre watching 20,000 Days on Earth, the new documentary about legendary Australian songsmith Nick Cave. You need to go and see it there before its extremely limited run closes on Thursday, and here is why. First off, it's not even really a...
Valets Suck, So Here Are Five Ways To Mess With Them

By Gavin Cleaver
Sep 17, 2014

You can't go out in Dallas without the threat of valets. Somehow, in one of the most sprawling cities in America, we've managed to mess up parking to the extent where valets are legally required, and to get to them you have to drive past the parking spaces they will...
Eddie Izzard's Maniac World of Silliness Was in Full Force at the Majestic Last Night

By Gavin Cleaver
Jun 26, 2014

Now, I like Eddie Izzard. I do. Like you, I watched his tapes (yes, they were tapes then) at college while doing things I can't tell my parents or any potential employers about, and his sheer commitment to ridiculousness endeared me to him in a way it did with few...
A Drinking Game of Thrones, In Honor of Sunday's Televisual Dragon Party

By Gavin Cleaver
Apr 4, 2014

Everyone's favorite ultra-budget dragon tease mega-series returns for its fourth season on Sunday night. We've constructed a drinking game in its honor. I would opt for a light mead. Not wildfire. Will Daenerys actually make it across the sea? WILL JOFFREY EVER DIE? How amazing is Brienne of Tarth? Will...
The Dallas Observer is Looking for a Multimedia Intern

By Gavin Cleaver
Apr 1, 2014

If you see the world in visuals and aren't afraid of interviewing, recording, cropping, color adjusting, and rendering, we have good news. The Dallas Observer is looking for multimedia interns for this summer. - Meat Fight 2013 - The Video - Greenville's Truckyard - A Video Tour Above, you can...
I Spoke at Oral Fixations Last Night and I'm Somehow Still Alive Today

By Gavin Cleaver
Feb 18, 2014

It's an hour until showtime. We've been struggling with synchronized bowing for the last half hour or so. There's a V formation we have to make, but it relies on our dear departed former arts editor Jamie Laughlin, the last speaker of the evening, depositing a stool backstage and running,...
The Weirdest Valentine's Gifts on Dallas Craigslist, #10-1

By Gavin Cleaver
Feb 14, 2014

Welcome back to our countdown of the weirdest suggestions for Valentine's gifts we could find on Dallas Craigslist, counting down today from ten all the way down to number one. There's some really magical crap today, you guys. Without further ado. See Also: The Weirdest Valentine's Gifts on Dallas Craigslist,...
The Weirdest Valentine's Gifts on Dallas Craigslist, #20-11

By Gavin Cleaver
Feb 13, 2014

If you're buying your Valentine's Day gifts for your loved ones off of Craigslist, then you may not be doing it right. However, if you're selling things on Craigslist, you might be able to see why you would try to tie said crap you are flogging to the upcoming capitalist...
The 8 Cutest Photos From Sochi Olympics in Klyde Warren Park

By Gavin Cleaver
Feb 3, 2014

It's time for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and although I am British and thus bitter that we never win anything (apart from the really fancy sports, like rowing or cycling, that require very expensive equipment to compete in, thus ruling out a lot of countries), I understand America...
Julian Assange at SXSW -- Here Are Some Conspiracy Theories

By Gavin Cleaver
Jan 14, 2014

America's second favorite committer of treason, Julian Assange, is to speak and be interviewed at SXSW on March 8, the Austin mega-fest has announced. Obviously he won't actually be there, as he has been a geographical prisoner since 2012, trapped inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London by a now presumably...
The Dallas Observer Wants a Photography Intern

By Gavin Cleaver
Jan 10, 2014

Calling all photography students! The lovely and friendly people at the Dallas Observer are recruiting a photo intern for the upcoming semester. Our interns work directly with the art director and the web editor to supply quality photography for blogs and slideshows, covering events including burlesque shows, art openings, local...
5 Ridiculous Tweets From Colin Quinn's Troll Twitter Account

By Gavin Cleaver
Jan 9, 2014

Colin Quinn brings his one-man show Unconstitutional to the Wyly Theater at 8 p.m. Friday. While he might be an SNL veteran, TV host, and stand-up comedian, Mr. Colin Quinn is better known these days for his conceptually ridiculous Twitter account. Sounding absolutely nothing like Colin Quinn himself, his account...
A Downton Abbey Drinking Game, In Honor of Sunday's Season Four U.S. Premiere

By Gavin Cleaver
Jan 2, 2014

Editor's note: The author is British, so this thing is, like, authentic. And you might be saying "Hey, didn't you run an almost identical drinking game last season?" Actually, yes! We considered writing a new one, then remembered how enraged we were by the Season Three finale and just posted...
The Top 10 Dogs of the Icepocalypse

By Gavin Cleaver
Dec 9, 2013

The icepocalypse is seemingly on its way out. While it was no joke for a lot of people, for some it was an excuse to frolic in the ice with their confused pets, some of whom seemed deeply unsure about the sudden white coating everything had received. We asked Twitter...
A Weekend With Nick Offerman

By Gavin Cleaver
Nov 19, 2013

Nick Offerman likes red meat. This much is clear. The lines between him and the comic creation Ron Swanson, one of the most consistently funny sitcom characters ever made, are distinctly blurred. Both are huge fans of woodworking. Both enjoy self-sufficiency. Both would rather there were less government encroachment into...
Swap Guns For Spoons, and Irish Comedian Dylan Moran's Other Suggestions for Texas

By Gavin Cleaver
Oct 25, 2013

Last night two of our number saw the frankly magnificent Dylan Moran swoop through Dallas. A lot of his set is a stream of consciousness, and so being in Texas, he had some typically European thoughts, served with a dash of surrealism, about our state that we thought were worth...
Dylan Moran Came to Dallas and Was Positively Enchanting, Not That He Cares What You Think

By Gavin Cleaver
Oct 25, 2013

Comedian Dylan Moran is a freewheeling delight to behold in person. A veteran of the comic circuit (as he admits, as part of a fantasy sequence, he'd really like to have a job, he's just never had a real one), he doesn't seem to have a plan as such. Sure,...
Dallas Chosen as One of Eleven U.S. Cities For Dr. Who "Global Simulcast"

By Gavin Cleaver
Oct 24, 2013

As the British guy on staff, it falls to me to tell you the Dr. Who-ge (geddit?)* news involving our very own Dallas. The new Dr. Who "cinematic event" (the press release I have is extremely grand), entitled Dr. Who: The Day of the Doctor, is to be the subject...
Your Breaking Bad Drinking Game

By Gavin Cleaver
Aug 9, 2013

You don't need this writer to tell you that the most hotly anticipated televisual extravaganza of the year is upon us this weekend, as all-time great TV series Breaking Bad returns for the start of its final eight-episode hurrah. It's been a show based entirely around one question -- What...
Four Video Games You Might Not Realize Were Made In Dallas

By Gavin Cleaver
Jul 24, 2013

Video games are meant to make you feel like you're somewhere else, so while playing them you might not consider their development process. However, if you're even a casual gamer you've likely played a game made right here in Dallas, whose thriving game development industry has flown somewhat under the...
Check Out the New GTA V Trailer and See Why My Fall/Winter Calendar is Booked

By Gavin Cleaver
Jul 9, 2013

How respectable is it to get overexcited about a trailer for a new video game? I suspect the answer is "grow up, you mess," but that has not stopped me from getting extraordinarily worked up about the gameplay trailer that was released this morning featuring footage from the latest installation...
Five Places You Can Still Play Arcade Games in Dallas. HADOUKEN!

By Gavin Cleaver
Jul 2, 2013

Arcades, guys. They ain't what they used to be. Now that every young whippersnapper has one of them newfangled game consoles in their bedroom, why would they ever leave the room and venture into a poorly lit room full of bleeping noises, armed only with every quarter they could find...