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Feature
The Caretaker
One mother's crusade to better the life of her mentally retarded son and the system that failed him
By Jesse Hyde
Published: July 31, 2008
Farhat Chishty pushes her son's wheelchair into the shade of an oak tree and sits down with a sigh. It's a calm spring morning at Denton State School, the largest institution...
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News
Stuck by DART
Someday, DART might boost Fair Park business, but for now...
By Sam Merten
Published: July 31, 2008
For years, building a Dallas Area Rapid Transit rail line in Fair Park has been viewed a big step toward breathing life into the area and boosting businesses when it opens in...
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You Said It
You Can't Go Home Again|Showtime
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Published: July 31, 2008
"The Invisibles," by Jim Schutze, July 17 You Can't Go Home Again Jim Schutze has described what I've suspected since I left Dallas: that it's perhaps the most neutral place...
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Buzz
Ethics 101
By Patrick Williams
Published: July 31, 2008
Dear Dallas Independent School District trustees, Thank you for taking the time to solicit our opinion on whether your organization should strengthen its conflict-of-interest...
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Schutze
What's in a Nombre?
Diversity be damned. You want to rename Industrial Boulevard, it better "market" the city.
By Jim Schutze
Published: July 31, 2008
One of the names nominated for the renaming of Industrial Boulevard recently was Stanley Marcus Boulevard. Walk a quarter-mile in my shoes on this, will you? Marcus' name was...
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Ask a Mexican
Ask a Mexican
Explaining an idiom to idiots
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: July 31, 2008
Dear Mexican: What's with calling yourselves "La Raza"? Being Mexicans, Chicanos or whatever isn't enough—now you're THE race? Sounds pretty racist to me. —The Race...
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Music
Welcome Back, Curtis
The Secret Machines return to Dallas minus a Curtis brother—but still with plenty of confidence, nonetheless
By Darryl Smyers
Published: July 31, 2008
Some musicians who leave Dallas have negative things to say about the city and the music scene. Not Brandon Curtis, though. As the leader of psychedelic space rockers The...
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Music
Park City
Wanna go see a show around town? Fine, but you'll get a ticket in Deep Ellum. Maybe towed on Lower Greenville...
By Pete Freedman
Published: July 31, 2008
It happened so quickly. First, the sudden drop in my stomach. Then getting worried about the time. Then the frantic fumbling through my pocket, trying to find my cell phone....
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Critics' Picks
Snoop Dogg, 311, Fiction Plane
Thursday, July 31, Superpages.com Center
By Jaime Lees
Published: July 31, 2008
A'ight, here's the dizzle: The d-o-double gizzle, Snoop Dogg, is in Dallas this Thursdizzle. Snoopizzle is guarantizzled to pull out sweet summer jams such as "Drop It Like...
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playlist
Cansei de Ser Sexy
Donkey (Sub Pop)
By Dan Weiss
Published: July 31, 2008
"Your mouth is stuck to a thousand fags," cheerfully raps the one known as Lovefoxxx at the end of the song called "Jager Yoga." And this is Cansei de Ser Sexy's serious album....
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Bsides
Die Young, Stay Positive
The Hold Steady navigates through the art of punks aging awkwardly
By Melissa Maerz
Published: July 31, 2008
At hardcore shows, there are two kinds of T-shirts: one that says "Straightedge Till Death," and one that says "Straightedge Till Prom." At least, that's what Hold Steady...
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Dish
Faking It
By Mark Stuertz
Published: July 31, 2008
Ponder the paradox. The more we flee the grit of the city, the more we crave its talismans. We crave them so much we recreate them in the metropolis' own image—the urban...
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Cheap Bastard
Cowboy Chow
By ALICE LAUSSADE
Published: July 31, 2008
Buffalo head on the wall count: 2 Dishtowel napkin on my lap count: 1 Just down the street from Commerce's burgerville, a nice little saloon just opened up. It's run by the...
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Film
Small Change
Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote
By SCOTT FOUNDAS
Published: July 31, 2008
Swing Vote is an election-themed comedy that's about twice as smart as you expect it to be and still only half as smart as you wish it were. The clever premise, which would...
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Night & Day
Fresh Food
By KAITLIN INGRAM
Published: July 31, 2008
Finally, an art gallery is bringing us an exhibit that attempts to answer the much-pondered foodie question, "Are we the masters of the table, or is food seducing us?" Thank...
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Night & Day
Blow Hard
The Wolf plays lead for two tales
By Katey Margolis
Published: July 31, 2008
The Creative Arts Theater and School (CATS) in Arlington, which puts on productions using all-kid casts and crews, presents a show for the whole family. Who's Afraid of the Big...
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Night & Day
Green Is Our Signature Color
By Michelle Mathews
Published: July 31, 2008
The organic movement has laid claim to our lawns, our pantries and our laundry rooms. And now they're aiming for our closets. According to Eco-Centric, a clothing manufacturer,...
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Night & Day
Lone Star Weird
Lacey signs Amazing Texas in Southlake
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: July 31, 2008
As a kid I read lots of weird books about Texas--full of ghost stories, roadside oddities and the like. My favorite was probably the story of Ol' Rip--the horny toad entombed...
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Night & Day
Frankly Speaking
30 Rock's bespectacled smart ass visits Addison
By Merritt Martin
Published: July 31, 2008
Ironic trucker hats are not acceptable anymore. Seriously. Stop wearing them. Just go find a metal can, borrow my grandmother's recipe for "hobo stew for the campfire" and use...
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Night & Day
Bound By Goth
By S. Anne Durham
Published: July 31, 2008
Midnight is the magic hour for all manner of dark creatures. But did you ever think you'd find them at a Barnes & Noble? As Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn, the final book of...
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