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Feature
Guantanamo's Final Days
America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and jihad looms
By Tim Elfrink and Jesse Hyde
Published: February 26, 2009
The soldiers move through the wheat field, scanning the windswept plain for signs of trouble. There are six of them, dressed in fatigues and body armor, wearing the sunglasses...
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You Said It
Getting to No | Eat Less Live Longer
By Jim Schutze and Elaine Liner
Published: February 26, 2009
"Getting to No," by Jim Schutze, February 12 Blame Uncle Sammy As a native and resident of New Orleans who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina, I was mortified to see...
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Buzz
Buzz: Sex Ed in Texas Gets an "F"
By Patrick Williams
Published: February 26, 2009
Sex=death: The good news, for all you Texas parents out there, is that the state's public schools are not teaching your kids that babies are delivered by water fowl or that...
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Schutze
Low-Rent Landlord Alex Stolarski is City Hall's Fall Guy
By Jim Schutze
Published: February 26, 2009
Wow. Have I got a story for you! Headline: Ancient riddle solved! Dallas city officials join with local newspaper to discover root cause of crime. Apartment owners! Amazing....
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Ask a Mexican
There’s no Shame in Being Called “Illegal”
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: February 26, 2009
Dear Mexican: I believe that the words people use to describe other people, intentionally or unintentionally, reflect their political values. But I want to give you the benefit...
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Music
The metal scene remembers Abboud Greig, Joe's Garage
By Pete Freedman
Published: February 26, 2009
All it takes is a little perspective, really. A little added backstory. In the story of Abboud Greig, the 74-year-old Fort Worth landlord killed early last month during an...
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Critics' Picks
Heartless Bastards
Friday, February 27, at the Longhorn Saloon, Fort Worth
By Mark Daniel
Published: February 26, 2009
Sure, Heartless Bastards is among the latest add-ons to the conga line of garage bands from Dayton, Ohio. But when the band's dusky-voiced linchpin, Erika Wennerstrom,...
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playlist
Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel
Willie and the Wheel (Bismeaux Productions)
By Chris Gray
Published: February 26, 2009
The late Jerry Wexler, who passed away last August at age 91, was best known as an advocate and producer for top R&B and soul artists like Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and...
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Bsides
G. Love and Special Sauce Keep Jamming
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Published: February 26, 2009
In the beginning, Philadelphia native Garrett "G. Love" Dutton, who hit the national music scene like a fourth Beastie Boy crossed with splashes of Beck and Bob Dylan, created...
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North of the Dial
Darktown Strutters Keep Things Evil, Exciting
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: February 26, 2009
If, as the saying goes, image is everything, then the satanic-disco duo of Darktown Strutters has everything firmly planted on the prongs of its pitchforks. The terribly...
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Dish
Cibus: Alberto Lombardi’s Newest Restaurant Follows a Comfortable, Well-worn Path
By Dave Faries
Published: February 26, 2009
It has always been a point of envy how gracefully Alberto Lombardi's restaurants blend casual comfort with a strange sense of pretense. His sort of crowd enjoys homespun...
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Cheap Bastard
Yogilicious: Dessert for Lunch? Sure, Why Not?
By Alice Laussade
Published: February 26, 2009
Yogilicious Some people count yogurt as a meal. I call those people shartfaces. They say shit like, "It's good for you if you're trying to cut calories," and "It builds...
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Film
Crossing Over is Borderline Offensive
By Scott Foundas
Published: February 26, 2009
Haven't we been here before? The inbred mutant offspring of Crash and Babel, writer-director Wayne Kramer's Crossing Over treats the subject of illegal immigrants coming to...
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Night & Day
Punk Ages Gracefully
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: February 26, 2009
"Punk's not dead!" the Exploited shouted at the world back in '81. But that was then. Punk just turned 30. For sure, being a punk has never been easier. Suppose your mom throws...
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Night & Day
Art With A Pulse
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: February 26, 2009
If you ever watched Captain Planet and the Planeteers as a kid, then you probably remember the kid who had the lamest power: "Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! And...heart?" If only...
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Night & Day
Name Recognition
See the works of Pokrasso
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: February 26, 2009
It must be rough being an artist with a name like Ron Pokrasso, but he's been at it for more than 25 years now, making a name for himself in a world where a name quite similar...
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Night & Day
Big Bad Bob
See the life of Wills live onstage
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: February 26, 2009
Western swing is forever the music associated with dark dives and greasy diners on the outposts of dusty Texas towns from Pasadena to Archer City to Dallas. It's what makes you...
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Night & Day
Sir Sperry
Meet with the guru of Lone Star gardens
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: February 26, 2009
There's a sure-fire way to check if someone's worth their salt—check out their Wikipedia page. Take, for instance, Neil Sperry. With the upcoming All Texas...
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Night & Day
Weird Science
By Kelly Knickerbocker
Published: February 26, 2009
Always insane and eccentric, he wears a long white lab coat, black gloves and a permanent grin. Beakers in hand and hair on end, he is overly obsessed with his work. From...
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Night & Day
Shrinky Street
Elmo and his crew get down to green business
By KAITLIN INGRAM
Published: February 26, 2009
I like how kids always name their toys based on what they are. They call their dolls Dolly, a stuffed horse becomes Horsey and plastic dump trucks are lovingly known as Dumpy....
