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Pentecostal Preacher Sherman Allen Turns Out to Be Reverend Spanky
The Fort Worth preacher is accused of beating, threatening and assaulting women for more than 20 years
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Obama and Me
It was the year 2000, and I was a young, hungry reporter in Chicago with a young, hungry state legislator on my speed dial
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Death in the Inner Circle
Apparent murder-suicide cuts to the heart of the mayor's southern Dallas advisors
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Why is Hillary Neglecting Delegate-Rich Dallas County?
While Obama has events going on throughout the city, Clinton is nowhere to be found
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Obama and Me (67)
It was the year 2000, and I was a young, hungry reporter in Chicago with a young, hungry state legislator on my speed dial
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Melodica Festival Self-Indulgent, But Still Positive for Dallas (51)
If a festival happens in Exposition Park and only the built-in crowd shows, does it make a sound?
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Ole Oops (58)
Popular prosperity preacher sues ABC and Trinity Foundation
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Murder at the Howard Johnson's Serves Up Flavorful Fare (27)
Also: Collin College kicks up heels with Li'l Abner and unfunny Nipples at Hub
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Pentecostal Preacher Sherman Allen Turns Out to Be Reverend Spanky (26)
The Fort Worth preacher is accused of beating, threatening and assaulting women for more than 20 years
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Melodica Festival Self-Indulgent, But Still Positive for Dallas
If a festival happens in Exposition Park and only the built-in crowd shows, does it make a sound?
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Dallas Music Finally Getting National Attention
It may not be Austin-level love, but we'll take it
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Erykah Badu Has Returned
The songstress burst through her stuggles with writer's block and created a solid record
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You Don't Have to Head to SXSW to Find a Festival This Week
Dallas has something for all tastes in town
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South by Southwest Bounty Overflows to Benefit Dallas
This and next week are full of big-name acts making their ways to or from the Austin festival
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Jim, Your Crazypants Look a Little Snug
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Nightline Wonders if Dallas "Enviromental Medicine" Doc is "Dangerous"
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Muffin Feels Fuzzy. How 'Bout You?
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Meet Paul Ford, The Man Who Reviewed Half Of The Bands At SXSW -- Without Even Attending
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"Desperation On The Road To Dallas"
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March Madness? A Great Time For Sports Music
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By Joel Warner
Southern California's Incubus emerged from the rap-rock pack in 2001 when its hit single "Drive" revealed front man Brandon Boyd to be the kind of guy who might come back to his high school nine years after he graduated to give a motivational speech and award one lucky essay-writing girl an unforgettable dance at the senior prom. Before that the band played warmed-over funk-metal and made CDs with really awful covers. A Crow Left of the Murder, Boyd and his bandmates' new album, is pretty much power-ballad-less, and though its not-as-awful cover boasts some very dramatically rendered roses, its appeal to senior-prom-attending girls is seriously compromised by its general air of rehearsal-room myopia and wanky art-rock drama. (Apologies to all you Limited-shopping 2112 fans.)
In this way it reminds me of Pearl Jam's totally underrated Yield, which I'm fairly sure only I think is better than Ten. Well, not better maybe, but more interesting: Boyd freaks his falsetto a lot, giving "Smile Lines" and "Beware! Criminal" a supple, sensual curvature that's anathema to most rap-rockers; there's a defanged Tori Amos/Trent Reznor pulse to "Sick Sad Little World"; "Pistola" is almost post-punk in its compact fury (even though Boyd sounds like he's singing, "My panties are a pistola"). Despite that highlight, the singer's lyrics are rubbish throughout: "You're an exception to the rule/You're a bona fide rarity/You're all I ever wanted/Southern girl, could you want me?" Still, no biggie, since no-fun-to-look-at guitarist Mike Einziger steals Crow's best moments anyway, mellowing Tom Morello's air-siren attack to a sort of surfer-dude sizzle and giddily flummoxing tablature writers at every pass. Save the last dance for him.
