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Feature
Get lost with Jim Schutze while canoeing the Neches River and find the wildlife refuge Dallas wants to dam to secure its water supply
By Jim Schutze
Published: April 23, 2009
Can't budge. My 22-year-old son, Will, is standing in the bow of the canoe breaking branches to allow us to go forward. I'm trying to paddle backward so we can turn, but the...
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You Said It
Blown Away | Dish: The Joy of Waiting | Big Talk | Golden years
By Tom Korosec, Dave Faries and Patrick Williams
Published: April 23, 2009
"Blown Away," by Tom Korosec, April 16 Cats and Dogs Living Together So, Dallas is not ready for a flood or a tornado. Next week, a cover story on how we are not ready for an...
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Buzz
Dallas has trouble locating planet Earth
By Jim Schutze
Published: April 23, 2009
Atlas shrugged: On Monday, 14th Civil District Judge Eric Moye put the planet Earth back where it belongs, much to the relief of people clinging to its surface in one East...
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Schutze
Richard Allen brings jobs to the black community.That makes him racist?
By Jim Schutze
Published: April 23, 2009
With help from Michael Morris, transportation director of the North Central Texas Council of Governments, The Dallas Morning News has been painting the developer of the city's...
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Sports
Mavs Have an Old Demon to Exorcise
The Mavs better find a way to exorcise their old demon after suffering a Game 2 playoff loss against the Spurs
By Richie Whitt
Published: April 23, 2009
See, here's the problem: The Dallas Mavericks aren't just playing the San Antonio Spurs; they're also fighting the devil. Their internal devil. Who is he, you ask? It's the...
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Ask a Mexican
Blood ties between Arabs and Mexicans? Oh, man, that’ll drive Lou Dobbs really nuts.
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: April 23, 2009
Dear Mexican: First of all, please don't think that I'm a self-loathing Mexican; I was born in the United States to northern Mexican parents. As far as I know, my ancestry is...
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Music
Crystal Castles' Cancellation Set Off A Nasty Chain
By Pete Freedman
Published: April 23, 2009
Things were pretty damn close to turning ugly at the Granada Theater last Tuesday night. (Well, as ugly as a crowd of gussied-up hipsters dressed in their American Apparel...
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Critics' Picks
Pennywise,PepperThursday, April 23,at the Palladium Ballroom
Thursday, April 23, at the Palladium Ballroom
By Eric Grubbs
Published: April 23, 2009
Maybe it's to their detriment—or maybe these bands just happen to know exactly what their devoted audiences want—but Pennywise and Pepper preach to the choir. Keep...
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playlist
The Secret Handshake
My Name Up in Lights (Triple Crown)
By Pete Freedman
Published: April 23, 2009
Few acts among the crowded local mall-pop scene are as sonically promising as The Secret Handshake. Luis Dubuc's songs are bouncy, light, danceable affairs, simple and...
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Bsides
Dr. Dog Follows Its New Orders
By Michael Alan Goldberg
Published: April 23, 2009
A couple of years ago, Band of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell described Dr. Dog to the New York Times thusly: "It's fun, happy music, good for partying at barbecues or playing...
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North of the Dial
The Bleach Boys' Gimmick Won't Wash
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: April 23, 2009
Plenty of rock bands have gimmicks, attention-grabbing quirks, devices, antics or personas that help set the band apart. Other bands make it on the laurels of their own talents...
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Dish
Zymology continues a Greenville Avenue trend
By Dave Faries
Published: April 23, 2009
People demand certain things of restaurant patios. They want a view, perhaps, or a stream of passers-by, each more interesting than the last, and maybe a breeze off the lawn...
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Cheap Bastard
Mr. Goodcents makes you want to ride the Subway
By Alice Laussade
Published: April 23, 2009
Mr. Goodcents is a sub sandwich chain with restaurants in nine states. Originally I thought that (plus the fact that the word "good" is in its name) meant it was gonna have...
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Film
The Soloist fiddles with schlock
By ELLA TAYLOR
Published: April 23, 2009
The Soloist opens with newspapers thudding onto lawns, a quaint sight that makes the movie practically a period piece, even though the events that inspired it took place within...
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Night & Day
Screams
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: April 23, 2009
Personally, the idea of watching some metal bands is about as scary as it gets for me. Not the good ones--AC/DC, Sabbath, Motorhead, Metallica, etc.--but the really dumb ones,...
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Night & Day
Happy Birthday, Dear Promised Land
Celebrate Israel Independence Day in Dallas
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: April 23, 2009
The Hebrew calendar is a tricky thing. Historically speaking, the State of Israel declared its independence on May 14, 1948, but chances are you won't find people waving flags...
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Night & Day
Stage Frost
Nixon gets his at the Majestic
By Andrea Grimes
Published: April 23, 2009
Yes, Frost/Nixon was a hit film about the famous interview between David Frost and shamed president Richard Nixon. And before Frost/Nixon was a hit film, it was a hit stage...
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Night & Day
Art Out Loud
By Merritt Martin
Published: April 23, 2009
As an art student, you just want your work to be seen. And sure, it's great if the student at the next easel or podium really digs your style, but it would be a bit more...
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Night & Day
In Your Face
Spikefest invades Grand Prairie
By Sarah Johnson
Published: April 23, 2009
The sun is beaming down on you, and out of the corner of your eye you see your teammate setting up the ball--you jump up into the air and come crashing down with a hard spike...
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Night & Day
Crawling For Culture
Take in a day of art in Oak Cliff
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: April 23, 2009
Remember how Deep Ellum is dead? You wouldn't have known it a few weeks ago during the Deep Ellum Arts Festival. Streets were blocked off, pedestrian traffic was heavy, and it...
