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The Art of Humor: Two Texas Artists Who'll Make You Snort Laugh (NSFW)
June 25, 2012 in The Mixmaster
A Gary Sweeney postcard.Humor is one of the most effective methods of communicating a message, but in the art world it's often overlooked or dismissed. Occasionally we see someone just...
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Cheapskate's Guide to Saturday Night: 5 Galleries, 5 Drinks
June 22, 2012 in The Mixmaster
The toast of Miami street art, Francesco Lo Castro, will have some work in the Circuit 12 group show.Dragon Street is a bit like the Diamond District of Dallas Art....
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Holy Crap, I Need That!
June 21, 2012 in The Mixmaster
Welcome to Mixmaster's newest weekly post, Holy Crap, I Need That! Thursdays, where we bring you the best and strangest adventures in consumerism on any given topic. This week, it's...
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10 Awesome Things To Do This Weekend: June 21 to 24
June 21, 2012 in The Mixmaster
The weekend... IS ALIVE!Here's some quick math to help you get through any given week: If you view the weekend as starting on Thursday, it makes it four days long....
Here's a Cool Skateboard Video from Sunday's Thrashed Swag Event
June 19, 2012 in The Mixmaster
Get Excited About the Upcoming Lucian Freud Exhibition
June 19, 2012 in The Mixmaster
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Dave Chappelle at the House of Blues: "We Are Some Brunch-Eating Mother Fuckers."
June 19, 2012 in The Mixmaster
Last night Audra Schroeder, the Observer's music editor, and I went to Dave Chappelle's last-minute show at the House of Blues. It had been a decade since we'd last seen...
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Crushed: No Second Show For Chappelle Tonight
June 18, 2012 in The Mixmaster
Tonight's surprise 9 p.m. Dave Chappelle performance sold out so quickly that odds looked good for a second, later show. Ticketmaster's site even flirted with the idea, popping up a...
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Just In: Dave Chappelle Performs Tonight At House of Blues
June 18, 2012 in The Mixmaster
House of Blues released word late last night that comedian Dave Chappelle will perform at 9 p.m. tonight, Monday, June 18. He's been popping up in venues across the south,...
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Saturday is East Dallas Gallery Day: 9 Great Shows, Free Beer and Giveaways!
June 15, 2012 in The Mixmaster
They say the simplest ideas are often the best. When Brian Gibb noticed that Chicago had a day where all of the galleries banded together and threw a party he...
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Cheapskates' Guide to Film: Five Free Weekend Movies
June 15, 2012 in The Mixmaster
Scenes from last night's screening of Monster Shark!For all its flash and bling, Dallas is a pretty easy city to do on the cheap. Take this weekend: With the Oak...
Stupid Dallas: Five Other '80s TV Shows We Cannot Remake
June 14, 2012 in The Mixmaster
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11 Awesome Things To Do This Week: June 14 to 17
June 14, 2012 in The Mixmaster
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X kicks off this weekend's Oak Cliff Film Festival/rocks your socks. Like the Supermoon or Venus in transit, the universe is highlighted with tremendous points of...
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Big and Free: Watch the "Dallas" Premiere Wednesday at the Angelika
June 13, 2012 in The Mixmaster
The clothes. The backstabbing. The most insidious family tree ever planted in an oil field. It's "Dallas," and it's back. Wednesday night we'll see if the three-decade morality struggle between...
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DMA Scores $500,000 Grant, Doesn't Disappear to Cabo
June 13, 2012 in The Mixmaster
Mark Leonard, conservingThe Dallas Museum of Art announced yesterday that it received a $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, to support the advancement of the museum's Conservation Department,...
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8 Great Photos: Derby Girl Oil Wrestling and Hot Dog Eating Contest
June 11, 2012 in The Mixmaster
Photo by Danny HurleyYou think your friends are tough as nails? Unless they spent yesterday pounding hot dogs around the Scorpion's Motorcycle Club stripper pole, they cannot one-up a Dallas...
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New Dating Show "Just Give A Shit," Strikes Gold With Lady Viewers
June 11, 2012 in The Mixmaster
This amazing spoof of modern dating programs was created by Ben Stiller and set loose on the internets last week. While it most directly mocks "The Bachelor" (which is casting...
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Burlesque Goddess Dita Von Teese: "I Really Don't Get Hit On"
June 08, 2012 in The Mixmaster
Dita Von Teese cannot be confined to one avenue of employment, while she's known primarily for bringing back -- and glamming up -- the arena of burlesque as a whole,...
One Badass Picture Of Venus From Dallas
June 07, 2012 in The Mixmaster
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Forever Single? Audition for 'The Bachelor'
June 07, 2012 in The Mixmaster
Bringing shame to your family is easy, but if you want to permanently sever those trust bonds, use reality television. Let them watch uncomfortably as you aggressively fondle a stranger...
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12 Awesome Things To Do This Weekend: June 7 to 11
June 07, 2012 in The Mixmaster
Air fists! Sweatband! Air fists! Neckerchief! Air fists! Now, ...exhale. Alright you cubicle captives, let's break these 9 to 5 chains and get destructive. We've got comedians we grew up...
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Ignore the Bad at Good Magazine, Focus on Fixing Dallas Tonight
June 06, 2012 in The Mixmaster
Despite the bloodshed over at Good Magazine last Friday, tonight's "Good Ideas for Cities" panel is still a-go. The magazine darling known for focusing on the positive and most inspiring...
Your Chance to Beat Dirk Nowitzki at a Sport. (And Maybe Help Some Kids or Something)
June 05, 2012 in The Mixmaster
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Tom Waits Narrates John Baldessari's Life in Under 6 Minutes
June 05, 2012 in The Mixmaster
It's a perfect marriage: Two of the worlds most (only?) famous residents of National City, CA together in one amazing short film. Tom Waits narrates this piece about John Baldessari,...
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Free Tickets to Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson: Win a Date with Old Hickory
June 04, 2012 in The Mixmaster
Andrew Jackson: The original rockstar president.Having lustful feelings for our founding fathers was once the stuff of fetishes, then a little musical came along that made America (or, "Amercia" for...
