Fun Fun Fun Live Shot: King Diamond

Danish metal legend hits the high notes and then some

"...King Diamond hates his grandmother...."

Nov. 9, 2014 Music Post by Adam Ganderson

King Solomon's Mines

"...love in the jungle while searching for the legendary diamond mines of King Solomon. The polished production won Oscars..."

Sept. 23, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Welcome Home

King Diamond crowns Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...least not in the case of heavy metal icon King Diamond. The 58-year-old Denmark native born Kim Bendix Petersen,..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Krampus

This horror-comedy brings a demon to the holiday gathering

"...Exports or subject yourself to Michael Keaton as the talking snowman-cum-dad in Jack Frost...."

Dec. 11, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fun Fun Fun Live Shot: Modest Mouse

No new material and none the poorer for it

"...King Diamond was the name on everyone’s lips Saturday night...."

Nov. 9, 2014 Music Post by Neph Basedow

When in Rome

Kristen Bell stars as a woman who pulls three coins from a fountain … and three new beaus in the process.

"...this movie were enticed by the idea of a working vacation in Rome. Press materials tell me the film..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

The sometime Austinite tours the U.S. for the first time since 1969

"...proto-black metal spawned the likes of Alice Cooper, Kiss, King Diamond, and Marilyn Manson. Fan club heavies included David..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Judas Priest Pounds Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014

Some heads are gonna roll

"...Good Fields, Guided by Voices, J Mascis, Julianna Barwick, King Tuff, Knapsack, Majical Cloudz, Mineral, Neutral Milk Hotel, the..."

May 19, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Playback – Fun Fun Fun Fest: A Decade of Aggression

Flashing back on 10 years of Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...an extension of Emo's or the Mohawk," says Moody. "Taking those kids into a sensitive neighborhood and screaming 'Angel..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Lines, Rhymes, and Redemption

The line at Fun Fun Fun Fest wasn't the only show last weekend

"...plodding of young post-punk Danes Iceage. Corpse-painted metal god King Diamond made up for those fellow countrymen by peaking..."

Nov. 14, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest: Hell Bent for Leather

Some heads are gonna roll at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014

"...black and white grease paint in excitement over seeing King Diamond, a Dallas resident who hasn't toured the U.S...."

May 23, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Trivium's 'Crusade'

Trivium launches a crusade.

"...was interesting to hear you penned a song with King Diamond to say the least. MH: At the time,..."

Feb. 22, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

Lots of information and finely honed arguments characterize this vicariously thrilling and joyous documentary that explores heavy metal’s many permutations and sheer endurance over the past 30-odd years.

"...the past 30-odd (sometimes very odd if you count King Diamond or Voivod) years. Dunn, a metalhead since the..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bad Joy Backlog

Cleaning out the wax

"...Fune included former Butthole Surfers drummer Teresa Nervosa alongside King Coffey, perhaps a warm-up for the group's reunion this..."

May 29, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

Dark Streets

A collection of blues originals by the likes of Aaron Neville, B.B. King, and Etta James lightens this otherwise dreary exercise in modern film noir.

"...Elias Koteas, Jarreth J. Merz, Michael Fairman and Toledo Diamond. Let no one ever say that Dark Streets doesn’t..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Ready to Rumble

"...Arquette, Oliver Platt, Scott Caan, Rose McGowan, Bill Goldberg, Diamond Dallas Page, Joe Pantoliano and Martin Landau. I'm sorry...."

April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Live Shots

The King's Singers

"...The King's Singers are the six Englishmen who perform a startling..."

May 5, 1995 Music Review by Jeff Parker Knight

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...no exception as the festival has just announced The King of Staten Island as one of its Headliner titles...."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback: Sound on Sound Fest Is Set, but What About Fun Fun Fun?

SOS Fest dropped its lineup this week, but what of predecessor FFF?

"...to the festival's aesthetic that he'll be welcomed like King Arthur in Camelot. That the 70-year-old genius wild man..."

June 23, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

What's the Buzz?

Guide to Summer Films

"...version of the mythos lay with their insistence on forsaking Toho Studio's traditional "guy in a rubber suit" in..."

May 26, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Texas Rangers to Play in Round Rock

Express host new parent club

"...game vs. the Round Rock Express at the Dell Diamond on Wed., March 30, 2011, 6:30pm. Gates will open..."

Nov. 8, 2010 Sports Post by Mark Fagan

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014, Saturday

"...King Tuff..."

Nov. 9, 2014 Photo Gallery

Playback: Cherubs Flit Back

The unlikely return of Nineties noisemakers Cherubs.

"...Martin, who resembled a composite of Blue Man Group, King Diamond, a World War I GI, and a 19th..."

July 25, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

ASL Preseason Heats Up

The Alternative Softball League: Still cheap as free

"...Records) plus newbies the Brentwood Donkeys, C3 Presents, the Fucking Nihilist Eagles of New Brohemia (Transmission off the diamond),..."

March 14, 2009 Sports Post by Mike Crissey

Walk Like Cleto

H-town's Chingo Bling slings tamale beats

"...The oversized football jersey, diamond-studded braces on his teeth, and hubcap-sized medallion around his..."

June 11, 2004 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

I Want My MP3s

The rise and demise of Austin's once dominant file-sharing service, Audiogalaxy

"...fences offering no back way out of the narrow parking lot. The location manages to stay camouflaged in the..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

The Adventures of Sancho Panza

Guitar Techs

"...down face towels and water cups, all the while wisecracking with the band while they put on their game..."

June 23, 1995 Music Feature

Panic Fest 2022: The History of Metal and Horror

"You got gore in my riffs!" "You got riffs in my gore!"

"...every horrorcore rapper proves, but the sheer number of talking heads and overt creative links proves that this unholy..."

May 1, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Destroyer of Light

"...Steve Colca backs away from the shrill chills of King Diamond, instead reclining his larynx lazily in an angry..."

July 5, 2019 Music Review by Rick Weaver

Ignitor

"...(Broken Teeth, Watchtower) leads this five-headed Valkyrie as if King Diamond resided in Dallas. Priest ("To Brave the War"),..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

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