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Issue: April 30, 2009
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  1. Feature

    Craig Newmark Speaks at Victim's Memorial in Wake of Craigslist Killings

    By Bradley Campbell and Matt Snyders
    Published: April 30, 2009

    In October 2007, Katherine Olson was looking for work. Since graduating summa cum laude from St. Olaf College with a dual degree in theater and Hispanic studies, she'd mostly...

  2. You Said It

    "Off Course," | Cheap Bastard, | Same Old, Same Old

    By Jim Schutze and Alice Laussade
    Published: April 30, 2009

    "Off Course," by Jim Schutze, April 23 till it's gone Building reservoirs to feed Dallas' growth is Texas' version of paving paradise to put up a parking lot. Jim R. from...

  3. Buzz

    Craig Watkins is ready for his closeup

    By Mark Donald
    Published: April 30, 2009

    Screen cred: Buzz couldn't help but wince a bit when we got the advance DVD copy of Dallas DNA, Investigation Discovery's new six-part series that adds to the growing legend...

  4. Sports

    The Dallas Cowboys’ Draft Deteriorates into a Dirty Dozen

    By Richie Whitt
    Published: April 30, 2009

    New stadium. New station. Same starters. Lots of reasons to be excited about the Dallas Cowboys in 2009. Jonestown Coliseum will be the world's coolest sports venue. The team...

  5. Music

    Slow Roosevelt Joins The Reunion Trend

    By Pete Freedman
    Published: April 30, 2009

    It's been five years now since Slow Roosevelt decided to end its run as Dallas' perennial Next Big Thing that never quite was. The band, which for most of its seven-year...

  6. Music

    The Guys Behind Spinal Tap Return, Unwigged and Unplugged

    By Robert Wilonsky
    Published: April 30, 2009

    On the long-out-of-print 1998 Criterion Collection release of This Is Spinal Tap—the only DVD version of the 1984 film on which Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and...

  7. Music

    This Cinco de Mayo, give the mariachis a break from the old standbys

    By Gustavo Arellano
    Published: April 30, 2009

    Dear Readers: As you drinko por Cinco this May 5, please take this column around listing songs that mariachis will gladly play instead of having to glumly strum through the...

  8. Critics' Picks

    Cake

    Thursday, April 30, at the Palladium Ballroom

    By Daniel Daugherty
    Published: April 30, 2009

    2009 marks 15 years since Cake debuted Motorcade of Generosity, an album that carved the band a niche with its low-key style and quirky lyrics. To celebrate, the band's...

  9. playlist

    Asher Roth

    Asleep in the Bread Aisle (SchoolBoy/SRC/Universal Motown)

    By Ben Westhoff
    Published: April 30, 2009

    Being a privileged white guy from the Philly suburbs doesn't disqualify Asher Roth from legitimate hip-hop MC status. But not being able to spin an interesting yarn does. The...

  10. Bsides

    Old Crow Medicine Show Hits The Road...Again

    By Lance Lester
    Published: April 30, 2009

    In 2000, the movie O Brother Where Art Thou? set events in motion that were unprecedented at the time: All of a sudden, there was a revival of old-timey string band music....

  11. North of the Dial

    The Make Believers Break Up

    By Daniel Rodrigue
    Published: April 30, 2009

    "Thanks," Aaron White says to the crowd gathered in the living room of Dust Congress' Nick Foreman. "We're The Make Believers, and that was our last song," White's remarks,...

  12. Dish

    Inca's serves up down-home food from way, way down south

    By Dave Faries
    Published: April 30, 2009

    There are a couple of things you should know before heading to Inca's, the Peruvian hangout in Carrollton. First, on a recent Friday night visit, the not-quite-dog-whistle...

  13. Cheap Bastard

    Back Yard Burgers

    By Alice Laussade
    Published: April 30, 2009

    There are literally hundreds of places you can get yourself a burger in Dallas. So, it shouldn't come as a surprise that there's a Back Yard Burgers restaurant right across the...

  14. Film

    Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past: Matthew Mcconaughey Is Scary Bad

    By Melissa Anderson
    Published: April 30, 2009

    Two weeks after jowly Matthew Perry transformed into pretty Zac Efron to relive his adolescence in 17 Again, Warner Bros. releases Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, another backward...

  15. Night & Day

    Oh, Sarah

    By Michelle Mathews
    Published: April 30, 2009

    I've learned a lot from books. From Sarah, Plain and Tall, I learned the words "squall" and "ayuh" and that storybook stepmothers aren't always evil. The Newbery Medal-winning...

  16. Night & Day

    Rent To Own

    By Noah W. Bailey
    Published: April 30, 2009

    If there's one term in music that doesn't always live up to the hype it's "rock opera." Sure, The Who and Bowie pulled off their versions pretty well, but for every Tommy...

  17. Night & Day

    5,6,7,8 Danza!

    By JENNIFER MEDINA
    Published: April 30, 2009

    Yes, it's Cinco de Mayo again. No, we still don't fully understand the fact that it isn't Mexico's Independence Day (that's in September). Regardless, we still love a reason to...

  18. Night & Day

    Buddha's Delight

    By Kelly Knickerbocker
    Published: April 30, 2009

    Celebrate the birthday of the awakened one. Buddha, that is. There are more than 350 million Buddhists worldwide, making it the third most practiced religion, and now it's time...

  19. Night & Day

    Watertight BFFs

    By Patrick Williams
    Published: April 30, 2009

    We know what you're thinking, right-wing worrywarts, but it's cool. Frog and Toad are just really good friends. Your marriage is safe, and no one is "indoctrinating" your...

  20. Night & Day

    Renaissance Men And Women

    By John Freeman
    Published: April 30, 2009

    The smell of turkey legs wafts through the air. In the distance you hear the tones of a hammered dulcimer conjuring hazy musical memories. The playful sounds of children...

Issue: April 30, 2009
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