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Feature
Only Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Could Build A Palace Big Enough To Match His Larger-Than-Life Persona
By Richie Whitt
Published: September 10, 2009
Jerry Jones is unbuttoning his shirt. And as usual—as with everything concerning the owner of the Dallas Cowboys—the whole world is watching. Well, for now, it's...
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You Said It
A Bridge to Somewhere | Up the Sleazy River | Dead Man Coaching | Music of the Not | Josh vs. Josh | Gay Panic in Cowtown
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Published: September 10, 2009
"A Bridge to Somewhere," by Sam Merten, August 27 Too Much for Too Little It's very hard to say anything negative about a pseudo-charitable organization, but I am able to...
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Buzz
The Dallas City Council is Tackling Ethics Reform Behind Closed Doors. Anyone Else Have a Problem With That?
By Patrick Williams
Published: September 10, 2009
Defining inanity: It's not often anything we read in The Dallas Morning News makes us laugh out loud, but we giggled last Thursday morning when we read this headline over a...
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Sports
Neftali Feliz is a fireballin’ pitching phenom who has brought the surprising Texas Rangers Christmas in September.
By Richie Whitt
Published: September 10, 2009
First off, let's settle the debate: His name is nef-tah-LEE. Second, let's identify the pitch: It's not his 100 mph fastball, it's a 77 mph curveball. Last, let's punctuate...
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Ask a Mexican
Mexicans--you want your voice to be heard? Gustavo tells them its time to take things to the streets—again.
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: September 10, 2009
Why do Mexicans make the sign of mucho dinero with a gap between their thumb and index fingers, as if holding an imaginary wad of bills between both fingers? —El Zorro...
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Music
Macon Greyson Is Smarter Than You Think.
By Pete Freedman
Published: September 10, 2009
For a second there at Adair's Saloon on Friday night, the band onstage recalled another country-rooted local product, one also known for its boozy sound, swaggering stage...
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Critics' Picks
Zanzibar Snails, The Annoysters, Muzak John, Wu Fru De Lu Vs. Space Dragon Killah, Welby
Thursday, September 10, at The Phoenix Project
By Jesse Hughey
Published: September 10, 2009
You never know what you're going to get at a Zanzibar Snails show. There are only a few constants—or what passes for constants in such an improvisational act—in the...
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playlist
Jay-Z
The Blueprint 3 (Roc Nation)
By Ben Westhoff
Published: September 10, 2009
A recent poll of influential hip-hop writers determined that Jay-Z's 2001 work The Blueprint is the best rap album of the decade. The only other thing that most of this set...
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Bsides
Chairlift Bruises Beautifully.
By John Hood
Published: September 10, 2009
These days, there are few better ways for a band to achieve instant recognition than by having a song featured on a TV commercial. And when said song happens to be hyping a...
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North of the Dial
Sunnybrook's Paul North Follow's In His Big Brother's Foot Steps.
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: September 10, 2009
Until very recently, nearly every mention of 21-year-old Paul North, who musically goes by the moniker Sunnybrook, noted that he's the younger brother of Sleep Whale member...
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Dish
A lush patio makes the drive to the iffy neighborhood of Carolina’s Mexican Cuisine’s worth it. And so does the food.
By Dave Faries
Published: September 10, 2009
There we were, sipping drinks on a lush patio behind some sketchy 7-Eleven when a sudden, sharp spurt of maniacal laughter interrupted our spell. Just another Saturday night...
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Cheap Bastard
Boston Burger Has Little to Do Wth Boston and Everything to Do With Burgers: Delicious, Sloppy and On the Cheap
By Alice Laussade
Published: September 10, 2009
Drove up to Boston Burger totally excited to be magically whisked away to Boston. Would their burgers have baked beans and clam chowder on them? Would they be made of John...
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Film
With 9, Shane Acker Creates an Animated Post-Apocalyptic Hellscape. Wall-E Would Never Get Out Alive.
By Scott Foundas
Published: September 10, 2009
Early in Shane Acker's computer-animated debut feature 9, a diminutive anthropomorphic whatsit with wooden hands, copper fingers and the titular numeral emblazoned on his chest...
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Night & Day
Beaut Of A Uke
By Jennifer Elaine Davis
Published: September 10, 2009
The laws of supply and demand should be more carefully adhered to when you're trying to decide what musical instrument to play. Sure, piano is a good skill to have, and guitar...
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Night & Day
Fry Girl
By Jesse Hughey
Published: September 10, 2009
Fans of chicken-fried everything have just a couple of weeks before that orgy of deep-frying known as the State Fair of Texas. But if you can't wait, Central 214 at Hotel...
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Night & Day
Looking Kind
By Merritt Martin
Published: September 10, 2009
So you love great design? We do too. A well-appointed home with personal style is ideal, for sure. The perfect couch is a challenge (I can attest to this after searching for...
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Night & Day
Garden Of The Grans
By Alex Wolens
Published: September 10, 2009
Grandparents Day must be a hard holiday for nannies and gramps across the country. Whereas on Mother's and Father's day, they get a whole day for themselves, Grandparents Day...
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Night & Day
Song Of The Sake
By Michelle Mathews
Published: September 10, 2009
Are you hipper if you drink your sake warm or cold? What's so special about honjozo-shu sake? Is sake a wine, a beer or a spirit? Get the answer to these questions and others...
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Night & Day
Dallas On Exhibit
By Alex Wolens
Published: September 10, 2009
When you leave the state--and say you're from Texas--it's common to be stereotyped quite quickly as a Southern, y'all-sayin' lover of hot sauce and barbecue. There is, of...
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Night & Day
The Market's So Good Right Now
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: September 10, 2009
As a new homeowner, I can finally get behind--even get excited about--events like the Home & Garden Market. Take one part State Fair Expo and one part Home Depot and add a...
