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Feature
At Golden Gate Funeral Home, Bodies Are John Beckwith Jr.’s Business, And Business Is Booming
By Kimberly Thorpe
Published: September 3, 2009
John Beckwith Jr. walks into his morgue and over to the new corpse. His colleagues and pastor follow him inside, still talking from lunch. The air in the morgue stirs and...
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Buzz
The Right Steals A Page From The Left’s Playbook And Scores
By Patrick Williams
Published: September 3, 2009
Copy cats: You'd think the activist folks on the left of the political spectrum would be pretty chapped right about now. After all, they've been in the protest and civil...
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Schutze
Lesson learned from federal corruption trial: How to gain access to the portals of power at City Hall
By Jim Schutze
Published: September 3, 2009
Look at the sequence of events: In early August, Carol Reed, a city council lobbyist and the top political consultant to Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert, is mentioned in the ongoing...
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Ask a Mexican
Goin’ To The Chapel: When Is A Mexican Girl Ripe For Marriage
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: September 3, 2009
I am a 22-year-old Mexican-American woman, still living with my parents but going to college, working full-time and taking care of myself financially. I...
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Music
The most interesting shows on the upcoming concert calendar are brought to you by the blog set
By Pete Freedman
Published: September 3, 2009
The welcome thread of a newish trend runs through the biggest show for each of the next two weeks—and, apologies to Neon Indian, headlining act for the farther off of...
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Critics' Picks
Wayne "The Train" Hancock
Friday, September 4, at the Granada Theater
By Elliott Johnston
Published: September 3, 2009
Of the artists on Chicago-based "insurgent country" label Bloodshot Records—an indie that has nurtured modern Americana faves such as Ryan Adams, Neko Case and Split Lip...
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playlist
Whitney Houston
I Look to You (Arista)
By Ben Westhoff
Published: September 3, 2009
With the exception of a collaboration with Akon, Whitney Houston's new album, I Look to You—her first studio album in seven years—is almost absurdly gimmick-free....
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Bsides
Peter Holmstrom and The Rest of the Dandy Warhols are Men of Their Words
By Darryl Smyers
Published: September 3, 2009
One of the most bizarre and far-flung repercussions of Michael Jackson's death has to be the recently issued cover of The Beatles' "Blackbird" as performed by The Dandy...
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North of the Dial
Strictly Speaking, Nick Jonas is Not One of The Bizarro Kids
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: September 3, 2009
Last Monday morning, SuperMusicman42 uploaded a video of a performance by The Bizarro Kids to YouTube titled: "Nick Jonas SIDE PROJECT BIZARRO KIDS SPECIAL GUEST NICK JONAS!"...
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Dish
In Park's Kitchen, Prodigal Son Marc Cassel Makes His Return
The trendy spot is destined for success, though its menu is still a work in progress.
By Dave Faries
Published: September 3, 2009
In a famous biblical parable, a son takes his family inheritance and wastes it on riotous living in some distant land, returning home with empty pockets and a deep sense of...
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Cheap Bastard
El Pollo Regio Serves A Salsa That Makes Angels Sing
By Alice Laussade
Published: September 3, 2009
I've been eyeing El Pollo Regio for a while now. So, when I heard that the one on Spring Valley recently got a score of 73 (that's four points above failing, I'm told) from the...
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Film
With Extract, Mike Judge Goes Back To Work
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: September 3, 2009
Mike Judge began writing the screenplay for Extract not long after Office Space opened and closed in a matter of weeks in the late winter of 1999. The two movies were always...
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Short Cuts
It Might Get Loud
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: September 3, 2009
Marketed as a guitar summit between The Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White, Davis Guggenheim's affectionate, intermittently insightful behind-the-music doc is more electric...
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Night & Day
Sooner or Later
By Andrea Grimes
Published: September 3, 2009
Many universities make a pretty penny off their sports programs, cultivating players and teams who unite and inspire their schools weekend after weekend, creating a space where...
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Night & Day
Maximum Potential
By Jesse Hughey
Published: September 3, 2009
Lighting Their Fires: Raising Extraordinary Children in a Mixed-Up, Muddled-Up, Shook-Up World is Rafe Esquith's follow-up to Teach Like Your Hair Is on Fire. Both books...
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Night & Day
Kappa Kappa Slasha
By Alex Wolens
Published: September 3, 2009
Sorority slashers must seem like a novel movie concept. Zoom in on the positive, sisterly cohort of Greek life--smiling college girls helping each other with homework while...
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Night & Day
Playhouse Builder
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: September 3, 2009
In the history of children's television, no show will ever be as smart, funny and visually stimulating as Pee-wee's Playhouse. I catch glimpses of Dora the Explorer, which is...
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Night & Day
Sit-In
By Kaitlin
Published: September 3, 2009
To borrow Seinfeld's style for a moment, what is the deal with comics having to stand up? Can't they sit every once in a while? Don't they get tired from all that joke-telling?...
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Night & Day
Charity Jam
By Noah W. Bailey
Published: September 3, 2009
Labor Day in Texas is normally marked by oppressively hot flip-flop weather, but if you feel like donning your boots for a good cause, check out the Pickin' for Preemies event...
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Night & Day
Web Of Mystery... And Laughter
By Merritt Martin
Published: September 3, 2009
Hey, it's happened to everyone at one time or another. Nothing to be embarrassed about. But consider this: In preparation for the next time you need to do the ol' "hide the...
