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2011 Stories by Jesse Sidlauskas

• St. Louis Steps Up to the Mounds

  published November 3, 2011

  As if the tasseled breasts, acrobatics and flashes of sensual skin aren’t enough, Viva Dallas Burlesque performs Beggar’s Carnivale!... More >>

• Well Worth A Stop

  published October 13, 2011

  Stop-motion animation makes us think of the chunky clay cartoon, Gumby, or the simple waddling paper cutouts used to animate the television... More >>

• For the Faithful

  published September 29, 2011

  We've got a long list of questions we'd like to send to "Ask a Mexican," but we don't want to look like gabachos. Without going into... More >>

• The Wrath of Everyday Life

  published September 22, 2011

  Unless you're standing at the helm of a spaceship right now, you already know the life of James T. Kirk is far from normal, but it gives us warm... More >>

• Tour de Force of Nature

  published September 15, 2011

  The Tour de France is a bicycle race full of gruesome crashes as thousands of riders trek in and out of a mountain range for three weeks. We lose... More >>

• At the Center of a Stool Boom

  published September 15, 2011

  The Midwest town of Blaine may have made a name for itself during the great stool boom, but years later the "bastard people" on its city council... More >>

• Go Northeast for Northwest

  published September 1, 2011

  Little has changed over the years when it comes to the thriller genre. A clueless everyman protagonist is pursued by daunting enemies for some... More >>

• Surf's Up

  published August 18, 2011

  Almost everyone has a friend that's a book snob - someone who talks like they're reciting the New York Review of Books, drinks obscure... More >>

• Bet On All-American Good Times

  published June 30, 2011

  Be forewarned, we don't know anything about gambling on sporting events. We're aware there is a home-field advantage in every sport, and baseball... More >>

• It's Us Versus the Balls

  published June 23, 2011

  When we go to Texas Ranger games, we typically sit in seats that are the same price as our parking spot. At that distance, there's no... More >>

• These Cats Can Really Swing

  published May 19, 2011

  While trying to enjoy America's pastime at Ranger's Ballpark, do you suffer from a guilty feeling while shoving your way past little-leaguers in... More >>

• Duuude, Ever Contemplated Reality...on Dali?

  published May 19, 2011

  Remember the old public service commercial that told us our brain was an egg, and then showed the egg in a frying pan, "on drugs?" The metaphor's... More >>

• Accept No Substitutes

  published May 12, 2011

  To borrow a line from one of his films: Quentin Tarantino, when you absolutely, positively got to see everyone in a movie get killed. Accept no... More >>

• Amazing Miracle Music Cure

  published May 5, 2011

  Editor's Note: This event is not intended to treat or cure any disease. With all the self-endowment and entitlement they can muster, 4... More >>

• A Kettle We Cannot Do Without

  published May 5, 2011

  There's one thing the chaps around here can't live without, and that's the brew-kettle. Without tea our coverage of nightlife in this town would... More >>

• For the Trigger Happy and the Gun Shy

  published April 28, 2011

  In Texas, guns are everywhere. They're a part of the history as much as the folklore and it seems like a new gun show's popping up somewhere... More >>

• Ye Olde Ren Feste

  published April 28, 2011

  Unless you're literature geeks like us, you probably remember A Knight's Tale as a movie starring Heath Ledger and not the Middle English... More >>

• Pile On Loads of Earthy Fun

  published April 21, 2011

  Do you see potential in your wastebasket? Couldn't that bag of empty cans and spent paper towel rolls stack up to more than garbage? Maybe -- if... More >>

• The Real Deal...Or Is It?

  published April 21, 2011

  You may think that plot twists, themes of forgery and a storyline that confounds the ideas of time and reality are the makings of an action film... More >>

• Stories of the East

  published April 14, 2011

  Considering the vast size and extensive history of China, it's understandable if you're one of the many people who harbor misconceptions about the... More >>

• Roomful of Relics

  published March 31, 2011

  For most of us, there's a spool of old sewing thread gathering dust in the back of a drawer full of other unused junk. Plus, when a button finally... More >>

• Two-Wheeler Weekend

  published March 31, 2011

  On one side of an empty street the motorbikes of the unshaven, leather-jacketed Rockers grumble. They stare across at their rivals, the Mods, a... More >>

• Race to the Bandana

  published March 24, 2011

  Have you ever wondered what motivates runners to complete long-distance races? While we aren't qualified to answer that, a bonus incentive waits... More >>

• Hey You Guys!

  published March 24, 2011

  Neither One-Eyed Willy's booty nor a band of foul-mouthed preteens are likely candidates for a modern PG-13 movie, but they were in the 1980s.... More >>

• Howling at the 'Wolves

  published March 24, 2011

  Kevin Love could be the only thing going right for the Minnesota Timberwolves this season. Unfortunately for them, his 53-game... More >>