Beavis & Butt-head: The Mike Judge Collection, Volume 3 (Paramount) Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf (Panik House) Broken Saints: The Animated Comic Epic (Fox) Dallas: The Complete Fifth Season (Warner Bros.) Elvis: ’68 Comeback (BMG Heritage) A Fish Called Wanda: Deluxe Edition (MGM) Girls Next Door (Fox) The Graduate (MGM)…
If you’re looking for one more reason why the Rolling Stones were better than the Beatles, consider 1964: The Tribute, a Beatles Tribute show, coming this week to Fort Worth. At a recent concert in Liverpool, 1964: The Tribute drew 35,000 fans, or close to twice the capacity of the…
I’ve debated the idea of subjecting myself to multiple rejections at one of those mass rapid-dating events. But how many times do I really need to hear “You’re not my type”? At the same time, I’m widely fascinated by this dating option. With just a few minutes and some clever…
In what looks like a showcase of dancing Captain Kirks, the Wiggles are a group of four Australian men that have sung and danced their way into the hearts of preschool children across the world. On a sadder note, they have also entranced thousands of stoned college kids too. Their…
When I first read the words “Rick Springfield Eddie Money Loverboy Scandal” (with no punctuation, as if Christopher Walken had written it!) I thought I was about to discover the pinnacle in creepy rock-and-roll debauchery. What sort of “loverboy scandal” could Springfield and Money have been caught up in? I…
It’s amazing that Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne had the idea to make Oxygentankfest free while the relatively younger dudes in Korn, who started the Family Values Tour, haven’t realized corporate sponsors will foot the bill if you let them cover the venue with more logos per square foot than a…
Oh, hell yeah! Didn’t get enough art/spy/Vatican craziness with the media frenzy surrounding the accusations of plagiarism against Dan Brown and his bestseller The DaVinci Code or the release of the feature film starring the oddly cast Tom Hanks and the subsequent über-coverage of all things Opus Dei on CNN’s…
A movie adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas could have been an unmitigated disaster in the hands of your average Hollywood filmmaker. As one of modern cinema’s most mischievous mavericks, Terry Gilliam has a well-earned reputation for turning disastrous productions into dazzling visual masterpieces, even…
Your kids are pushovers about Harry Potter; hand them any of the books and they’ll get lost at Hogwarts for weeks. And you’re no stranger to the series, having bought your own copies because you’ve had trouble stealing the kiddies’ copies when they’re asleep. But what about your friend or…
At least once a year I’m subjected to a lament by a certain doctor I know about the horrors of managed health care. Next time I’ll have a response: Join Doctors Without Borders. A year or so in Darfur, Sudan, or earthquake-devastated Pakistan, or maybe a few months attending to…
Is there such a thing as Kumar Pallana overload? Not for fans of movies like Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Terminal, each of which featured the quiet-yet-charismatic 87-year-old Indian actor. But locals know that Pallana is more than a guy with endearing bit parts in Wes Anderson…
I’m not really a fan of being read to, unless it’s by Sarah Vowell or someone similarly brain-sexy. The visual learner in me just can’t deal with it, which is why I run for the hills when I see my family members moving toward me with e-mail printouts. But if…
Now in its fifth year, the Asian Film Festival of Dallas—which runs Thursday through August 10 at the Magnolia Theater, 3699 McKinney Avenue—has emerged as an event that transcends its modifier; though many of its 25-plus entries are imports (some even funded with U.S. bread), more than a few would…
What exactly would one wear to a biker’s wedding? Jeans and a tux shirt with the sleeves cut off? Suit pants and a “If You Can Read This, The Bitch Fell Off!” T-shirt? The answer might lie in J.C. Corcoran’s new novel, The Biker’s Wedding. This is no fun-filled romp,…
It’s amazing what the muddy, turtle- and tire-filled Trinity River can inspire. While some see a polluted ditch, others see a reason to spend millions for a fancy-schmancy bridge to nowhere. Still others see a good place to dump old couches, refrigerators and the occasional corpse. The artists at McKinney…
The hapless promoters of Nashville Star once tried to bill their alleged talent show as a country version of American Idol—but better because their contestants often played their own instruments and wrote their own songs. In this case, all that means is that their south of Stepford performers feel empowered…
In Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute, evil is warded off by a prince with said magic flute. Hmm, that’s interesting. Momma always said that “magic flutes” brought nothing but evil and the boys attached to them were far from princes. Guess we’ll see who’s right when the University of North…
Raise your hand if you know that Duncan Sheik had an album after 1996’s self-titled release that included the seemingly triple-tracked vocal wonder of “Barely Breathing.” Keep them up if you know that Sheik actually has five albums to his credit, and four of them are far superior to that…
When it comes to dead presidents, it’s not always all about the Benjamins—or even the Grants or the Jacksons. And for once around here, it’s not about Kennedy. Larry L. King’s The Dead Presidents’ Club pits four U.S. presidents—Nixon, Coolidge, Johnson and Truman—against a committee of saints, who are deciding…
Is there such a thing as Kumar Pallana overload? Not for fans of movies like Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Terminal, each of which featured the quiet-yet-charismatic 87-year-old Indian actor. But locals know that Pallana is more than a guy with endearing bit parts in Wes Anderson…
Walking the streets of Dallas, we can’t help but see so many tragic faces. We imagine the heart-wrenching stories behind them as those we pass look to us for hope. How sad that there are so many people in need of something so simple: wine edification. Thank God, then, for…
Are you one of the people who are just now discovering the greatness that is Art Prostitute? It’s OK, I understand—I’m one too. That drive up 35 always seemed so long in the past, didn’t it? You always wanted to check it out, but you just couldn’t bring yourself to…
