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Feature
A Killer F5 Tornado Rips Through Dallas County -- How Ready Are We for this Nightmare Scenario?
By Thomas Korosec
Published: April 16, 2009
Tim Marshall and his wife, Kay, were bickering like seagulls when the cow dung flew inside their pickup's passenger-side window and splattered across his face. "Put the vehicle...
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You Said It
Free Jenny
By Patrick Williams
Published: April 16, 2009
Free Jenny Thank goodness Margaret Morin hasn't given up on Jenny—without hope, there often is nothing. If Jenny knows, she appreciates it. Morin has a wonderful vision...
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Buzz
The DMN Buries the Lede and Common Sense
By Patrick Williams
Published: April 16, 2009
Lost in translation: Wow. That was some piece of reportage The Dallas Morning News produced this Sunday about Richard Allen's inland port project in southern Dallas County....
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Sports
The Mavericks Mark the 25th Anniversary of the Wackiest Game in Franchise History
By Richie Whitt
Published: April 16, 2009
If you claim to have witnessed the wildest game in Dallas Mavericks' history, chances are you're lying. Only 9,007 fans squeezed into the team's makeshift home at SMU's Moody...
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Ask a Mexican
Hey, Mexicans, Don't Drink the Water!
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: April 16, 2009
Dear Mexican: In an earlier column, you mentioned that conservatives can't have an argument against illegal immigration without it degenerating into a diatribe against culture....
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Music
Good Records Brings Badu, Others for Saturday Celebration
By Pete Freedman
Published: April 16, 2009
There's no denying the convenience of iTunes or even Amazon's online store. Or, for that matter, torrents and music blogs (at least when it comes to the pirates among us). The...
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Critics' Picks
Amon Amarth, Goatwhore,Skeletonwitch, Lazarus A.D.
Thursday, April 16,at the Granada Theater
By Chris Steffen
Published: April 16, 2009
Metalheads looking for enough hair windmills—a circular type of headbanging that, um, is exactly what it sounds like—to give Don Quixote a coronary will find their...
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playlist
Neil Young
Fork in the Road (Reprise)
By Ben Westhoff
Published: April 16, 2009
So here's the deal. Old Neil had his 1959 Lincoln Continental re-jiggered so it could run on some sort of bio-hydro-electric propulsion system, and then he wrote an album about...
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Bsides
Dan Deacon Builds an Army
By Rob Harvilla
Published: April 16, 2009
Jovial Baltimore titan Dan Deacon has made his name with a glowing green skull, a ratty Fred Flintstone T-shirt and a joyous one-man electronic arsenal combining pulverizing...
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North of the Dial
Introducing Kashioboy and his Chiptunes.
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: April 16, 2009
Watching Chris Finley ready his gear before performing a gig as Kashioboy is like watching someone preparing for an '80s computer techie's yard sale. At a recent fund-raiser...
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Dish
Cava Serves Down-Home Comfort Food with a Latin Flair
By Dave Faries
Published: April 16, 2009
If your oral surgeon misses by the tiniest fraction, that foolproof replacement tooth could end up cracking your mandible. Did you know that? I didn't either until I overheard...
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Cheap Bastard
Wok China: Believe in the Cheap Chinese food God
By Alice Laussade
Published: April 16, 2009
The sign at Wok China that reads "No refunds. Exchange only" might scare away some diners, but not me. That was true especially once I saw that every entrée on the...
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Film
State of Play Finds Thrills in a Dying Industry--Newspapers
By J. Hoberman
Published: April 16, 2009
Kevin Macdonald's Washington thriller is a bellows designed to puff up the most beaten-down reporter's chest. Compressed from the highly regarded BBC miniseries first telecast...
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Night & Day
Go On, Miss Daisy
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: April 16, 2009
The last time a PG-rated movie won the Best Picture Oscar was almost 20 years ago. Really, it's difficult to imagine that Driving Miss Daisy could charm Oscar voters in the...
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Night & Day
Hats On To You
Don your finest headwear for charity
By Sarah Johnson
Published: April 16, 2009
Akubra. Balmoral Bonnet. Casquette. Fascinator. Kolpik. Porkpie. Ushanka. You're probably wondering what all these weird words I'm throwing at you are, and no, they're not...
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Night & Day
Mo Money
Rocca brings the laughs for a good cause
By John Freeman
Published: April 16, 2009
The multi-tasking Mo Rocca has had his fingers in a multitude of comedy pies over the last decade. He accomplished the rare task of representing "real" media like Larry King as...
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Night & Day
Extremely Big D
Take an insanely historical tour
By Jesse Hughey
Published: April 16, 2009
The skydivers chugging Mountain Dew and eating Taco Bell were bad, but I didn't think EXTREME marketing could reach a lower point than Extreme Pringles. Really, Pringles?...
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Night & Day
Axe Men
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: April 16, 2009
I've never understood why guitar festivals insist on booking the same tired blues and hard rock guitarists year after year. Really, when was the last time you heard anyone...
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Night & Day
Double-Tasking
Look and amble at DADA's Spring Gallery Walk
By S. Anne Durham
Published: April 16, 2009
Are you behind on your gallery-hopping? We understand. Dallas has a whole lot of galleries, and checking out all of the best ones isn't always easy. Luckily The Dallas Art...
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Night & Day
For Sale
The Heard becomes a spring plant marketplace
By Merritt Martin
Published: April 16, 2009
Looking for some snakeweed, a pink skullcap, small leaf pussy toes, a red hot poker or fire bush? Well, you can find them at the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife...
