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2007 Stories by Noah W. Bailey

• Dallas' Best Music

  published December 27, 2007

  In the pages that follow, our corporate overlords provide an alternative to gratuitous music writer geekdom and end-of-year lists, but being... More >>

• Not So Wild

  published December 27, 2007

  I must really be getting old, because I no longer understand MTV. For instance, I'm still not really sure who Nick Cannon and Tila Tequila are and... More >>

• Northern Exposure

  published December 27, 2007

  If there's a better place to celebrate your blackness than Plano, we certainly haven't found it. After all, we've never been to Africa or Harlem,... More >>

• Still Waters

  published December 27, 2007

  Dallas painter Jerry Bywaters wrote his father a come-to-Jesus letter in 1928, explaining why he was turning his back on the world of commercial... More >>

• Bad Santa's Helper

  published December 20, 2007

  Brace yourself—I have a shocking confession to make. You see, I've never read a single word written by David Sedaris—and I write for an... More >>

• Get Mellow with Gustafer Yellowgold

  published December 13, 2007

  I don't have kids of my own, but I do like to borrow them from time to time. So when I heard animated songster Gustafer Yellowgold was once... More >>

• The Bird

  published December 6, 2007

  Seattle artist J. Gordon was definitely on the right track when he agreed to exhibit his latest collection, Old Crow, in a bar. With... More >>

• Hallelujah Chorus

  published December 6, 2007

  TBAAL's (Texas Black Academy of Arts and Letters) 15th Annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert features the choirs of just about every high school in... More >>

• Driving on Stage

  published December 6, 2007

  All I really remember about Driving Miss Daisy is the part where Morgan Freeman tells Jessica Tandy he has to go "make water."... More >>

• Nash Vegas

  published December 6, 2007

  Steve Nash broke my heart on May 20, 2005, drilling a clutch three at the end of regulation and taking over in OT to down the Mavs in the... More >>

• Shop Till You Bop at Forever Young Records

  published November 29, 2007

  Dallas has no shortage of decent record stores, from Good Records to CD Source to CD World to Bill's. (Though, honestly, I haven't darkened... More >>

• Alela Diane, Mom

  published November 29, 2007

  This show was CANCELED after our paper went to print. We apologize for any inconvenience. More >>

• Barnaby the Scribbler

  published November 29, 2007

  Not only does SMU art professor Barnaby Fitzgerald have an old-timey name, he also paints the type of old-school broads you might find in a Greek... More >>

• Golden Boys

  published November 29, 2007

  For pretty much as long as I've been watching football, Brett Favre has been just about the coolest guy in the NFL. Whether it's his cameo... More >>

• 'Tis the Season

  published November 22, 2007

  I'll be straight with you—I'm a sucker for the holiday jams, whether it's "White Christmas," "Carol of the Bells" or the classic Darlene... More >>

• One Dead Lady

  published November 22, 2007

  Our Lady of 121st Street premiered off Broadway in 2003, telling the story of a gang of old friends who reunite to mourn a nun from... More >>

• Hallguest

  published November 15, 2007

  I'll admit it. Back in 1995, I saw Houseguest in the theater. And you know what? I thought it was funny. To see Sinbad fake his way... More >>

• Country Music Medium

  published November 15, 2007

  If I had to pick between being a Hank Williams impersonator and being an Elvis Presley impersonator, I'd have to go with Hank Williams. After all,... More >>

• Finders Keepers

  published November 15, 2007

  As anyone who's ever read FOUND magazine can attest, you can find some pretty interesting stuff stranded in the parking lots, dumpsters and... More >>

• Death on Two Wheels

  published November 8, 2007

  Motorcycles are dangerous. This is a proven fact. But hey, you gotta die somehow, right? Might as well do it on one of the hundreds of sweet,... More >>

• Far Out East

  published November 8, 2007

  NOH—Angels, Demons and Dreamers is the new project by critically lauded performance artists Fred Curchack and Laura Jorgensen,... More >>

• House Guest

  published November 8, 2007

  If you've had a chance to catch Curb Your Enthusiasm this season, then you've probably laughed your ass off at Leon Black, the adopted... More >>

• Message Sent

  published November 1, 2007

  I think it's safe to say we've come to the point in our society where Internet flirting is a generally accepted form of courtship. In the interest... More >>

• Walk The Dinosaur

  published October 25, 2007

  When I got the Walking With Dinosaurs DVD set a few years back, I was totally stoked, though I think some of my college girlfriends were a... More >>

• In The Halls

  published October 11, 2007

  I was a few weeks from high school graduation on April 20, 1999, roughly the same age as Columbine killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. I... More >>