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Feature
Can teaching rebellious teenage girls how to become old-school "ladies" save them from a cycle of teen pregnancy and poverty?
By Kimberly Thorpe
Published: June 26, 2009
Nyjai Hill is dressed like a debutante, but she isn't in the mood to act like one. Wearing a white dress, a tiara and gloves that reach her elbows, she can no longer ignore the...
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You Said It
"Mystery Meat" | "Storm Damaged" | "Buzz"
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Published: June 26, 2009
"Mystery Meat," by Robb Walsh, June 18 No Cow blood for Oil! Truly amazing energy resources are required to raise, process and deliver beef. Read up for yourself so you...
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Buzz
Buzz: Guess which Dallas City Council member is looking all establishment now?
By Jim Schutze
Published: June 26, 2009
Puttin' on the Ritz: Buzz returned from Dallas City Council member Angela Hunt's post-inauguration luncheon held at the Stoneleigh Hotel last Monday, for which Buzz showed up...
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Sports
Dallas Cowboys’ coach Wade Phillips tries to put on a tougher face. You buying it?
By Richie Whitt
Published: June 26, 2009
During last week's minicamp at Carrollton's Standridge Stadium, Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips was chatting with longtime radio voice Brad Sham. It had come to Sham's...
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Ask a Mexican
How do we know whether Walt Disney was a Mexican? Maybe a little mouse told us.
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: June 26, 2009
Dear Mexican: You once asked why Mexican bands don't hit it big in the good old U.S. of A. I think the simple answer is that there are no Mexican Mouseketeers. You don't get to...
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Music
Brave Combo Celebrates 30 years of Rockin' Polka
By Darryl Smyers
Published: June 26, 2009
Even after 30 years as the leader of legendary area polka act Brave Combo, Carl Finch sounds like he's just getting started. "Every year, there seems to be some kind of new...
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Critics' Picks
John Vanderslice, The Tallest Man On Earth
Thursday, June 25, at the House of Blues'Cambridge Room
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: June 26, 2009
Singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson (aka The Tallest Man on Earth) may hail from Dalama, Sweden, but his debut album—last year's Shallow Grave—sounds straight out of...
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playlist
Tori Amos
Abnormally Attracted to Sin (Republic)
By John Seaborn Gray
Published: June 26, 2009
Tori Amos' previous album, 2007's American Doll Posse, brought back the rebellious-outsider attitude that attracted her legions of fans in the first place. And, on this...
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Bsides
Behind Zac Crain's Dimebag Darrell Bio
By Jesse Hughey
Published: June 26, 2009
Zac Crain's favorite "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott story isn't about Dimebag, actually. Rather, it's about one of the late guitarist's pets. "He had a goat and had dyed its beard...
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North of the Dial
Play Pinball! Records Offers A Perfect Snapshot Of Denton Punk
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: June 26, 2009
Unlike many fledgling record labels, Denton-based Play Pinball! Records isn't testing the waters by starting things off slowly, releasing a 7-inch every now and again. Though...
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Dish
Ava: A restaurant so good, Dave Faries might consider moving to Rockwall for...Nah.
By Dave Faries
Published: June 26, 2009
Just why would anyone drive all the way to Rockwall? I mean, unless they happen to be stuck to a mortgage there. Yeah, there's the big reservoir, but if you venture out on the...
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Cheap Bastard
Hunky' s No-Hassles Wait Staff Makes the Burgers That Much Better.
By Alice Laussade
Published: June 26, 2009
Hunky's is your typical '50s throwback diner, with the added bonus that they have STD testing information on the bathroom walls. It's the diner equivalent of Sesame Street: fun...
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Film
Not even the curmudgeonly Larry David Can Make Woody Allen's Whatever Works work.
By J. Hoberman
Published: June 26, 2009
Character is destiny—at least for Woody Allen's Whatever Works. Allen's exercise in Woody Allen nostalgia opens with a snatch of Groucho Marx singing his trademark...
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Night & Day
Looking Toward 'Nam
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: June 26, 2009
Exhibit curators are an underappreciated group of people. We know going into an art gallery or a museum that the artists are responsible for what we see around us, but I think...
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Night & Day
Paint the DJ
By Jesse Hughey
Published: June 26, 2009
Justin Bua has an instantly recognizable style that merges the kinetic playfulness of graffiti art, the careful detail of classical art and the skewed perspectives of cubism...
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Night & Day
Girly Show
By KAITLIN INGRAM
Published: June 26, 2009
What do star-shaped creatures, a mandala made from a plastic bag, a bunch of brightly colored monofilament line, entropy and the Internet have in common? Well, they're all...
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Night & Day
Blizzard's A-Comin'
By John Freeman
Published: June 26, 2009
The tribute band's goal is to bring the full concert experience of a "famous" touring group to a more intimate setting. If you've ever wondered what it would be like to see...
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Night & Day
Band Shell Diva
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: June 26, 2009
About 20 years ago I went to my first concert, The Jets, at Six Flags. I couldn't tell you much about the show itself, but I do remember thinking that concerts at Six Flags...
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Night & Day
At the Pole
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: June 26, 2009
There's no better way to work up an appetite for a hot dog-eating contest than a nice long run, right? The Fourth of July in Texas might not be the ideal time for outdoor...
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Night & Day
Gourmet Killin'
By Anastasia Jakse
Published: June 26, 2009
When you think of the Wild West, a few choice words may come to mind: chaps, horses, shoot-outs, outlaws, cowboys and...murder? How about murder--Western-style--at the Gaylord...
