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2006 Stories by Noah W. Bailey

• The Corny Girls

  published December 28, 2006

  Fogy that I am, the first time I heard of the Cheetah Girls was this summer from my 12-year-old cousin, who in August began planning her... More >>

• Sump'n Else

  published December 28, 2006

  If you have any idea what the Ticket's Mike Rhyner is talking about when he waxes nostalgic about Dallas bands of the '60s and '70s, then you're... More >>

• Scoring Texas

  published December 28, 2006

  Seeing a concert by the Gourds is one of those quintessential experiences that every Texas music fan should have at least once, like dancing to a... More >>

• The Dark Side of Nokia

  published December 28, 2006

  As a young acolyte of Beavis and Butt-head and Wayne's World in the mid '90s, I often found myself renting Dazed and Confused... More >>

• The Great Mustachio

  published December 21, 2006

  As of this writing, the lowly Charlotte Bobcats are sitting near the bottom of the NBA's Eastern Conference standings, so it's unlikely... More >>

• Little Gray Elves

  published December 14, 2006

  The holidays are great, but if Santa Claus or the Ghost of Christmas Past showed up in my house, I would freak the *%&# out. Judging by the number... More >>

• E Street Theater

  published December 14, 2006

  For many children, Santa Claus' impending arrival is first signaled by his appearance at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. But when I... More >>

• Down Santa Claus Lane

  published December 14, 2006

  Every Santa's been there. One minute you’re dropping off a little gift, just trying to do your Santa business, and the next you... More >>

• Texas Bard

  published December 7, 2006

  Singer-songwriter Guy Clark is nothing if not beloved. When indie-rock poster boy Conor Oberst dissed the Lone Star State in a misguided fit of... More >>

• Donkey Show

  published December 7, 2006

  Many artists have found inspiration in the world of animals; we humans are a part of it, after all, descended from the ape so that we might learn... More >>

• High Art

  published November 30, 2006

  The last time I was at the Conduit Gallery, I saw Wayne Coyne walking around in a giant plastic bubble. Now that's what I call art. Granted,... More >>

• Country Christmas

  published November 30, 2006

  Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis are Texas country's favorite couple, our very own modern George and Tammy minus most of the drama and... More >>

• Country Christmas

  published November 30, 2006

  Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis are Texas country's favorite couple, our very own modern George and Tammy minus most of the drama and... More >>

• Drowning in It

  published November 23, 2006

  All right, I admit it. If Patrick Swayze shows up in a movie on cable, I will watch it. Dirty Dancing, Road House, Three... More >>

• Sweet, Sweet Fantasy

  published November 23, 2006

  This year I am participating in not one, not two, but three fantasy basketball leagues. It's been a rocky road thus far—damn you,... More >>

• Ouch

  published November 16, 2006

  Slam poetry has never really lived up to its billing for me; there's nothing particularly "slammin'" about it in my eyes. But get a couple people... More >>

• Scared Straight

  published November 9, 2006

  Comedian Steve Byrne must have a lot of fun filling out census forms. Having sprung forth from the union of an Irish father and a Korean... More >>

• Life in Miniature

  published November 9, 2006

  I've always thought that toy trains were pretty cool, especially considering the fact that Neil Young is into them. There's just something... More >>

• Under the Big Top

  published November 9, 2006

  Last year I attended the Shrine Circus for the first time, borrowing my favorite 4-year-old for an afternoon of elephants, clowns and old... More >>

• Against the Wind

  published November 2, 2006

  For a time in the late '70s, Forrest Gump just ran. Why? Because he felt like RUNNING. I, myself have a similar philosophy about eating...... More >>

• Loose Is Fast

  published November 2, 2006

  Everything I know about NASCAR I learned from Days of Thunder and my mother. Despite repeated viewings of the trials and tribulations of... More >>

• Spoon Man

  published October 26, 2006

  The 244 poems in Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology, the tale of a fictional Illinois town as told through the stories of... More >>

• Dreadful

  published October 19, 2006

  The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs forever cemented Stephin Merritt's place among indie-rock royalty, earning countless spots on collegiate... More >>

• Dreadful

  published October 19, 2006

  The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs forever cemented Stephin Merritt's place among indie-rock royalty, earning countless spots on collegiate... More >>

• Pike's Peak

  published October 19, 2006

  It's not my job to tell you how bad Patrice Pike’s music is...it's my pleasure. After all, it's not her job to suck, either, but she... More >>