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5 Real Anti-Vaxxer Protest Songs That Qualify As Comedy

5 Real Anti-Vaxxer Protest Songs That Qualify As Comedy

7 Songs About Turkeys to Get You in the Thanksgiving Spirit

7 Songs About Turkeys to Get You in the Thanksgiving Spirit

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20 Best Song Lyrics About Dallas

By Mark E. Moon
Nov 16, 2021

Dallas may not be the city so nice they named it twice, but naming it once should be enough, no? Sure, we don’t have the cultural cachet of New York City or even Los Angeles, but we hold our own in being quite a muse for creatives. Here are 20...
Remembering The Moody Blues’ Graeme Edge in 10 Songs

By Vincent Arrieta
Nov 16, 2021

Of all the bands in the 1960s that cracked open the colors of new musical possibilities, few are as underappreciated as The Moody Blues.
A Year After His Death, 10 Essential Songs by Mo3 You Should Listen To

By Eric Diep
Nov 12, 2021

On November 11, 2020, Mo3 was shot and killed on Interstate 35 in Oak Cliff. The North Dallas rapper, born Melvin Noble, was gunned down in daylight by a driver who pulled up next to him in traffic and sprayed his vehicle with bullets. Mo3’s car crashed into a concrete...
20 Top Options for Thanksgiving Takeout, Perfect for Everyone at Your Table

By Kristina Rowe
Nov 11, 2021

Earlier this week, we offered up a list of great places to dine in for turkey day, but we get that there are advantages to eating at home.
20 Dallas Restaurants to Dine at on Thanksgiving Day

By Kristina Rowe
Nov 9, 2021

On our race to Christmas, we need to allow at least a pit stop for Thanksgiving. It’s a chance to give thanks, charge up or veg out over a long weekend and ...
The Best Non-Problematic Movies To Watch This Thanksgiving

By Liam Gaughan
Nov 8, 2021

Thanksgiving can be an underwhelming time for movie fans. Everyone has their favorite Christmas movies, but how many truly great Thanksgiving movies are there, other than A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles?
15 Fantastic Dallas Sandwiches for National Sandwich Day

By Angie Quebedeaux
Nov 3, 2021

The average American eats almost 200 sandwiches each year. As one of America’s most popular lunch items, National Sandwich Day, Nov. 3, gives
The Box Office Is Down, So How Can You Support Dallas Theaters?

By Liam Gaughan
Nov 1, 2021

In case you hadn’t noticed, movie theaters have been in a bit of a sticky situation lately. While COVID-19 seemed to shorten the shelf-life of the traditional theaters, the rise of streaming content and “peak TV” certainly didn't help.
These Are The Collaborations We Want in DFW Hip-Hop. Period.

By Bryson "Boom" Paul
Oct 29, 2021

This may have been a bad year overall, but 2021 has been a great one in terms of local hip-hop releases. North Texas music fans were treated to a diversity of new artists, hit songs and albums from some of the hottest acts the genre has to offer, but hot collaborations among local favorites were entirely absent.
8 Long-Lost Candies That Need to Make a Comeback to Trick-or-Treat Bags

By Danny Gallagher
Oct 27, 2021

Halloween can be a bittersweet affair if you're a little older. It's not just because dressing in a costume and going door to door without children is generally frowned upon.
The Best Horror Movies by Subgenre

By Liam Gaughan
Oct 25, 2021

It's been pretty scary for the past year and a half, but we are now officially in spooky season. October is a great chance for film fans to look back on the history of horror movies, and this year you really don’t have any excuse not to dig into the classics.
Halloween Costume Ideas Inspired by Locals

By Liam Gaughan
Oct 22, 2021

Halloween is a celebration of self-expression, so why does every costume end up looking the same? It seems like every year we get our usual set of zombies, ghosts, skeletons and alien creatures making circles around the neighborhood.
In a Scale of Wes Andersonness, How Wes Anderson-y Is The French Dispatch?

By Liam Gaughan
Oct 20, 2021

Picture a movie with symmetrical framing. Add quirky characters. Colorful sets. Bill Murray. And a legion of hipster baristas ready to defend it as a work of genius. Yeah, you guessed, this is the work, any work, of acclaimed filmmaker Wes Anderson.
James Bond Should Go Up Against These Texan Villains

By Liam Gaughan
Oct 11, 2021

James Bond is back in theaters this week with No Time To Die, after its production was notoriously pushed back several times.
Eating Parts Unknown in Dallas

By Angie Quebedeaux
Oct 8, 2021

We can all agree that Dallas has some incredible restaurants and new ones are opening all the time. While standards, burgers, steaks, pasta and seafood are everywhere, so are dishes that challenge us to take our tastebuds on an exotic adventure. Here are some unique eats that anyone with an...
This Halloween Season, Check Out These Baffling Horror Movies Shot Around Dallas

By Liam Gaughan
Oct 6, 2021

Halloween is just around the corner, which means we’ll get our regular dosage of costumes both wildly inventive and horribly unoriginal.
Surprisingly, These Cover Versions of Iconic Texas Songs Don't Suck At All

By Liam Gaughan
Sep 28, 2021

Some song covers have the rare distinction of becoming just as popular, if not more so, than their originals.
The Next Big Horror Film Could Easily Be Based on These Creepy North Texas Ghost Stories

By Liam Gaughan
Sep 28, 2021

The term “based on a true story” has essentially lost its meaning. Sure, some rare films such as Lincoln and Apollo 13 became renowned as thoroughly accurate depictions of historic events, but in Hollywood those are rarities.
The Best North Texas Moments in Saturday Night Live History

By Liam Gaughan
Sep 27, 2021

It’s great! No wait, it sucks! Now it’s great again! Thus has been the critique of Saturday Night Live for the last 46 years and counting.
In Honor of Hitchcocktober, We Rated the Filmmaker's Cameos By Laziness

By Liam Gaughan
Sep 22, 2021

Halloween season is right around the corner, and so is Halloween season. That’s right, after four decades Michael Myers is still trying to kill Laurie Strode, and he’s trying again this year in the latest sequel Halloween Kills.