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Feature
The owners of Bolsa are at it again—launching another hot, new restaurant while keeping their demons in check.
By Dave Faries
Published: September 17, 2009
Anyone who's followed Food Network's Opening Soon, a program documenting the furious ups and downs of bringing a restaurant to life, expects to see chaos. Fixtures break, code...
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You Said It
The Mayor's Retainers | Up the Sleazy River | Buzz
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Published: September 17, 2009
"The Mayor's Retainers," by Jim Schutze, September 3 Devil in Details Toward the end of "The Mayor's Retainers" article Jim writes: "The real tragedy of the federal...
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Buzz
The News' Answer on Trinity Toll Road Flooding Begs the Question
By Jim Schutze
Published: September 17, 2009
In a word: Well, that answers that. Sort of. On Tuesday, Dallas Morning News reporter Rudy Bush attempted to answer a straightforward question: Would all the rain the city's...
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Sports
Without T.O., the Cowboys’ pass offense opens with plenty of TDs
By Richie Whitt
Published: September 17, 2009
Terrell who? After last year's season opener, the Dallas Cowboys were 1-0, coming off a road win at Cleveland and defending their egomaniacal receiver, Terrell Owens, who had...
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Ask a Mexican
If you think Mexicans don't appreciate the American way of life, just look how many of them got screwed over by the mortgage meltdown
By Gustavo Arellano
Published: September 17, 2009
We gabachos get differing reports regarding the Reconquista. Some say it's a genuine movement, well under way. Others claim it'll never happen, but that it's useful as a slogan...
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Music
Neon Indian hits the national scene
By Pete Freedman
Published: September 17, 2009
There were bigger names at the Monolith Festival last weekend—the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Of Montreal, Phoenix, Girl Talk, The Mars Volta—but deep within Red Rocks...
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Critics' Picks
Britney Spears, Jordin Sparks
Friday, September 18, at American Airlines Center
By Wade Tatangelo
Published: September 17, 2009
When Britney Spears crashed and burned, we wrote her off as another child star crushed by the weight of celebrity. But then a funny thing happened: Britney fought back,...
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playlist
Yo La Tengo
Popular Songs (Matador)
By Tami Fertig
Published: September 17, 2009
After 25 years, the unexpected should be expected from Yo La Tengo. The Hoboken trio has kept fans' attention by dabbling in unfamiliar styles and reinventing old ones. And,...
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Bsides
Conversions with God (aka Lemmy)
By D. X. Ferris
Published: September 17, 2009
In a spoken-word bit, Henry Rollins tells a story about being on a plane whose take-off has been delayed due to the last-minute arrival of some VIP passengers. The door opens,...
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North of the Dial
Manned Missiles mans up, starts recording
By Daniel Rodrigue
Published: September 17, 2009
This week, Manned Missiles will start its third attempt at recording the band's debut EP—that is, if everything goes according to plan. But founding member and frontman...
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Dish
Numero Eno’s
By Dave Faries
Published: September 17, 2009
For some reason I can't get over the root beer float at Eno's. I know it's not a difficult thing to make—unless, of course, you follow my old method of plunging ice...
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Cheap Bastard
Cheap Bastard
By Alice Laussade
Published: September 17, 2009
It's no secret I've been A&E Obsessed with gas station taquerias recently. And you know what that means: Exposure therapy! (To clarify, "exposure therapy" doesn't mean I...
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Film
The Informant! Gets Cute With Massive Corporate Scandal and Blows the Story
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: September 17, 2009
As evidenced by The Informant!, it's a hell of a tricky thing turning real-life pulp into floss sugar. The story of Archer Daniels Midland...
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Night & Day
The Best of Times
By Merritt Martin
Published: September 17, 2009
Sure, sure, the theme of this year's Best of Dallas issue is "We Can Do It" and it features hundreds of winning shops, services, restaurants, scenes, cultural elements and even...
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Night & Day
Drawing The Line
By Merritt Martin
Published: September 17, 2009
I don't want to feed you a line or anything, but simply speaking, much of art is rooted in that little straight (or curvy) path from one point to another. Even a painting that...
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Night & Day
Art Finds A Home
By Stephanie Daniels
Published: September 17, 2009
Art can be made as easily as folding a piece of paper into some sort of origami-type shape or coloring a page in a coloring book and hanging it on a wall or fridge for your mom...
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Night & Day
Bass Rig
By S. Anne Durham
Published: September 17, 2009
Author Rick Bass' works are so intellectual that their overriding theme is a homonym. Nature, as in "the nature of the human heart" and environmental nature. The point where...
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Night & Day
Space...The Final Art Scene
By Stephanie Daniels
Published: September 17, 2009
Imagine you are putting on a spacesuit, not only preparing physically, but mentally. We've all seen Apollo 13 and Armageddon, so we get the gist of what being an astronaut...
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Night & Day
A Sordid Blanche
By Andrea Grimes
Published: September 17, 2009
If you're here, and you think Texas isn't queer, you might need to get your senses cleared. The Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau has been promoting the city's plentiful...
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Night & Day
Grapevine Uncorked
By Sarah Johnson
Published: September 17, 2009
It's no secret: I like to drink boxed wine and maybe eat a small bag of Cheetos at night sometimes. It's my weird version of wine and cheese. I even like to be called a wino,...
