The Prince everyone will remember is the one immortalized in Purple Rain, the 1984 cult favorite that produced one of the best-selling soundtracks ever. The film sees Prince at the height of his ’80s glam phase: the poufy near-mullet, the purple suit, the dark eyeliner and the ruffled blouse (Dave…
Let’s not even pretend that we’re really all that worried about the Detroit Pistons themselves. As of the time this article was written, they were eighth in their conference (though, we don’t want to get too cocky). It’s really their teeth we’re concerned with. After two of Houston Rocket Carl…
There are a lot of reasons you’re going to want to make the trek to Jerry World when the Dallas Cowboys take on the Philadelphia Eagles at noon Sunday. Maybe you haven’t experienced the new stadium yet, and you want to be able to say that you, too, laid out…
Does Nancy Meyers hate women? The thought ran through my head not very long into It’s Complicated, Meyers’ biennial stocking-stuffer about the romantic trials and tribulations of obscenely privileged and narcissistic Southern Californians. Once more into the breach goes Meyers to show us what women really want, this time with…
Yesterday’s honky-tonk hero, Bad Blake, arrives at a Clovis, New Mexico, bowling alley. It’s another in a string of low-pay, low-turnout gigs with pickup bands half his age, grinding the greatest hits out of an old Fender Tremolux, including his breakout—with the chorus, “Funny how falling feels like flying…for a…
There’s no city-clogging traffic jam in Nine, the musicalized version of Federico Fellini’s movie-about-moviemaking urtext 8 1/2, but the result feels like the celluloid equivalent of a 12-car pileup. An assault on the senses from every conceivable direction—smash zooms, the ear-splitting eruption of something like music, the spectacle of a…
South Pacific cuts right to the chase. Moments after the orchestra plays the overture, ex-patriot Frenchman Emile de Becque begins making overtures of his own, playing up to pretty Navy nurse Nellie Forbush. They’re at the end of their first real date. Under the influence of good brandy and the…
If someone were to propose the idea of a progressive symphonic metal band with dozens of touring members, elaborate synchronized light shows and pyrotechnics that rival any Kiss concert, it might sound like a pretty cool idea. Now, if someone told you that this band would perform mostly Christmas songs,…
Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy and Artsy? Calm down, our beloved Dopey isn’t being replaced by an artistic hipster who only drinks black coffee, wears a beret and listens to French pop music while smoking a cigarette. Barry Whistler Gallery (2909 Canton St.) is simply putting on an art…
The Mesquite Championship Rodeo’s Christmas Rodeos will feature bull riding, barrel racing, kids’ mutton bustin’ and a motorcycle daredevil. But nobody goes to rodeos for that: They go for the clowns. Other than maybe being an EMT in some drug-crazed third-world banana republic, is there any other job where you…
Sometimes I bemoan growing up an American mutt, with no evidence of my ancestors’ nationalities except a few vague stories of people on boats in cold weather. But I do know I’m a full quarter Norwegian, and I like to tell people my Norwegian blood is why I never get…
Allagash White, a Belgian wheat beer, may not be the greatest beer in the world, but Tuesday night it comes with a nice bonus: the glass. Every round of the featured beer at Ginger Man’s Pint Night includes free glassware. Just try to resist the temptation to make “gash” jokes…
Somewhere back between ages 13 and whatever fascinating age I am now, I misplaced my balance. Shortly after middle school, I found roller skating beyond my grasp, and now occasionally walking on a slope seems challenging…but then that could be a margarita at work. The Fort Worth Museum of Science…
Whether you loved him, hated him or didn’t care much either way, you can’t deny that Michael Jackson was and always will be a music legend. With bleached white socks, a sparkling glove and a few raunchy dance moves, Michael knew how to put on an entertaining show. Let’s face…
Oftentimes our North Texas weather and landscape fail to live up to the idyllic scenes of Christmas carols–around here, there are no sleigh rides and no skating ponds, and a few days of “wintry mix” don’t quite equal a winter wonderland. So when you need a respite from drizzly gray…
At first, John Hartley’s works in his Scattershot exhibit simply look like paintings of toys. Look closer, though, and you’ll notice the playthings’ chipped paint and missing pieces, evidence of their age. The longer you look, the more nostalgia they evoke, and the more you are reminded of just how…
The Saturday after Christmas marks the beginning of Kwanzaa, the seven-day celebration of African culture and community celebrated since 1966. With each day commemorating a different principle–Umoja (unity), Kujichagulia (self-determination), Ujima (collective work and responsibility), Ujamaa (cooperative economics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba (creativity) and Imani (faith)–Kwanzaa serves as a yearly recommitment…
Dallas in December isn’t so much a description of weather as it is an inspiring exhibition of artwork at Thornwood Gallery. It features a wide range of painters and sculptures and their interpretations of the human-nature connection, the beauty of found objects and delicate architecture that is so often overlooked…
My introduction to Texas country happened at Gruene Hall on a summer night many a moon ago. Cross Canadian Ragweed was there, as was Bruce Robison. Afterward, I wanted to buy Bruce’s CD, but by a very lucky mistake I bought his brother Charlie’s 2003 Live record instead. Charlie makes…
He’s a mean one, that Mr. Grinch, always stealing stockings and Christmas trees, and no, he won’t forget about that roast beast, either. But what if this year he has another sudden change of heart? What if he decides that he just might celebrate Christmas, not only with every Who…
If you dig on Christmas, you’ve got two days for which you (or someone near you) are going to have to bust ass to create a fab dinner. Traditionally, my family takes the more casual appetizer and tamale approach on Christmas Eve, but Stephan Pyles could tempt us away. At…
If you dig on Christmas, you’ve got two days for which you (or someone near you) are going to have to bust ass to create a fab dinner. Traditionally, my family takes the more casual appetizer and tamale approach on Christmas Eve, but Stephan Pyles could tempt us away. At…
