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The man at the pulpit with the mass of neatly coiffed silver hair is speaking of sin and redemption, pleading with his flock to forgive him his very human frailties. "No one is...
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Adding to subtract
Crow Pot Pie
Slobberbone
Doolittle Records
This isn't to be confused with Slobberbone's same-titled, Sam McCall-produced debut of last year, but...
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When my sister the chef used to visit New Orleans, the first thing she'd do after checking into a hotel was head for a convenience store and buy a couple of bags of Zapp's...
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When I walked out of a screening of Dead Man Walking last January, I didn't quite know what to think. Here was a movie written and directed by Tim Robbins, and starring Susan...
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thursday
may 9
And the Light Shineth in Darkness: Texas-based painter Calvin Davis is up-front about the agenda behind his series of gorgeously detailed paintings....
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What is it with Texas actresses and product endorsements gone wrong?
First Brenda Vaccaro rasped about the absorbent properties of tampons, then Sandy Duncan chirped about...
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E-e-e-e-e-o-o-o," squeals Kathryn Benton, a brown-haired moppet with vivid blue eyes and a wide smile. With a rigid hand she paws through a book of laminated pictures of...
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Melting the wax museum
Austin's never going to land an alternative-rock band anywhere except in the cut-out bins; Spoon (whose first four albums I owned when they were...
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If you've got a Tolltag, you know where Tupy's is. Along with Horchow Finale--the discount store of catalogue leftovers--Tupinamba (called Tupy's by regulars) anchors a...
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The buzz on Heaven's Prisoners, the screen adaptation of James Lee Burke's novel, has been so miserable for such a long time that its release date has been changed more than...
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The search for an editorial direction which will offend no one continues to elude the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Despite its best efforts, the struggling Cowtown daily still has...
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Ten years ago it would've been a major event in my life--receiving a new Elvis Costello album in the mail--but when I got All This Useless Beauty last month, it just went in...
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It's often considered the most romantic restaurant in the city, and when I go there, I realize all over again how far I am from understanding romance. In my experience, love...
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Vida Stegall threw all my stuff out on the lawn last week and refused to gimme my dog back just because I failed to mention I was having the occasional date with Cherry...
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In the fiercely competitive world of youth soccer, no one has more power and influence over children than the coaches. Several weeks ago, a young female soccer player from...
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Odds and sods
All This Useless Beauty
Elvis Costello
Warner Bros. Records
Deep Dead Blue
Elvis Costello/Bill Frisell
Warner Bros. Records/Nonesuch
Warner...
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Can't he retake the test?
The reign of University of Texas at Arlington president Ryan Amacher is over, but not forgotten. In fact, it's gone on to become a case history in...
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In Sam Myers' East Dallas space-age bachelor-pad apartment, the bluesman keeps vintage 1950s LPs of Louis Jordan, Percy Mayfield, T-Bone Walker, and, of course, his old partner...
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Nail in metal's coffin
That letter from ASKA's entertainment lawyer, Paul Webb, was hilarious ["A kick in the ASKA," Letters, April 25]. Obviously trying to make himself...
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In the 14 years during which East Texas State University has been holding its "Five Star Concert Series," never once has a rock-and-roll band graced the school's stage. There...
