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Feature
The Dallas Diesel Give Football Has-Beens and Hopefuls One More Shot at the Gridiron
By Dave Faries
Published: August 6, 2009
"This is bullshit." Normally soft-spoken, at least by defensive lineman standards, Ernie Story may be wired on energy drinks—just about everyone else is. Besides, there...
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Buzz
Judging Judges
By Patrick Williams
Published: August 6, 2009
Oh, sure, Mr. Private Sector Wage Slave, you probably get formally evaluated by your boss every year. That annual review by your boss—that idiot—is a painful,...
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Schutze
Good News -- Really -- From the City Hall Corruption Trial
By Jim Schutze
Published: August 6, 2009
Believe it or not—and I'm actually trying to talk myself into it—there may be a way to look at this terribly depressing City Hall corruption trial now under way in...
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Sports
Rangers’ GM Jon Daniels Has Matured Into One of Baseball’s Best Brains
By Richie Whitt
Published: August 6, 2009
It was two years ago that I sat down with Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels. We ate sushi. We swapped stories. We talked baseball and life and near-death and...
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Ask a Mexican
Why are Mexico’s national soccer players such poor losers?
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: August 6, 2009
Dear Mexican: Why does El Tri act like pendejos every time the U.S. men's national soccer team kicks their ass? They won't even shake hands or exchange jerseys after the game,...
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Music
Picnic's Ready For The Spotlight
By Pete Freedman
Published: August 6, 2009
It's been just another day at the office for 26-year-old Richard Escobedo. But even though the work's done at his day job as the in-house photographer for the Plano-based...
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Critics' Picks
Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp
Friday, August 7,at QuikTrip park in Grand Prairie
By Ron Kasten
Published: August 6, 2009
The irony of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp touring minor-league ballparks is as rich as their combined estates; it's not like these Hall of Famers...
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Bsides
Bowerbirds Soar Off The Grid
By Doug Davis
Published: August 6, 2009
If an instrument requires a plug for operation, you're likely to never hear it played on a Bowerbirds recording. Indeed, the music of Bowerbirds keeps with the lifestyle that...
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North of the Dial
The On Nom Noms Feast On Fishboy
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: August 6, 2009
The official release date for Fishboy's NOM EP may not be until August 18, but all nine of the EP's songs are already streaming on the band's Muxtape page, and previews and...
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Dish
Lumi Empanada and Dumpling Kitchen Makes a Fine Case for Walking in Dallas
By Dave Faries
Published: August 6, 2009
Too bad no one can make it to Lumi. The restaurant is far more interesting than its immediate neighbors, although I say that with some hesitation. Just to the south sits Patio...
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Film
In Julie & Julia, Two Biopics Boil Down to Half-Greatness
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: August 6, 2009
It was the best of movies. It was the worst of movies. Which is to say: There's half of a great movie in Julie & Julia—but since Meryl Streep has already starred in one...
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Night & Day
Lunching with History
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: August 6, 2009
Honestly, we are poor military historians, so what little we know about the Dallas Artillery Company--which eventually became Battery A of the Texas National Guard's 133rd...
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Night & Day
Flips and Flops
By Andrea Grimes
Published: August 6, 2009
Anyone who's ever borne witness to a particularly taut Speedo, watched a gratuitous '80s metal video or seen anyone other than an American Apparel model actually wearing...
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Night & Day
Peanut War
By Anastasia Jakse
Published: August 6, 2009
Calling all winos! The Pinot Noir tasting at Charlie Palmer at the Joule may be just your glass of wine. Is the wine buttery? Acrid? Attractive? You get to decide as you sip...
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Night & Day
Shorties Watchin' Shorties
By Brittan Dunham
Published: August 6, 2009
Even parents with the most discerning taste in film have been known to sit through mindless movies where animals make fart jokes through their computer-generated mouths. Forget...
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Night & Day
This Could Be Your Kitchen
By Merritt Martin
Published: August 6, 2009
Are you a speed, steam or double oven kind of person? Do you desire warming capabilities where your junk drawer currently resides? When you watch the Food Network, does your...
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Night & Day
Very Big Deal In America
By Anastasia Jakse
Published: August 6, 2009
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has been called the greatest love story ever written. The tragic tale of forbidden love has found its way into many modern-day renditions,...
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Night & Day
Health In Numbers
By S. Anne Durham
Published: August 6, 2009
We're healthy. We've watched television shows, read magazine articles and counted footsteps and calories in pursuit of a better us. Now, we're ready to commune with like-minded...
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Night & Day
Run for the Border
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: August 6, 2009
Chihuahuas are odd little creatures. They have personalities the size of Andre the Giant, but they usually travel around in purses or under the arm of their owner. At first I...
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Night & Day
Foul-Mouthed Hussy
By Andrea Grimes
Published: August 6, 2009
Back in the '80s, if you were a member of a hair band (and don't act like that's terribly difficult to imagine, daydreamer of spandex fantasies) it's very possible that you'd...
