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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
