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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
